Season 4

2008-2009

Concert 1

October 5, 2008

Sharafyan – Voices of the Invisible Blue Butterflies, US Premiere
Schnittke – Piano Quintet
Avanesov – Zemestani/Bahari/Beheshti – World Premiere
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115

Dzovig Markarian, Michele Zukovsky, Movses Pogossian, Henry Gronnier, Varty Manouelian, Alison Speith, Timothy Landauer

Concert 2

November 2, 2008

Dvorak – Terzetto
Altunyan – String Quartet
Schubert – Cello Quintet

Movses Pogossian, Guillaume Sutre, Paul Coletti, Antonio Lysy, Ronald Leonard

Concert 3

December 21, 2008

Holiday Concert

Lark Conservatory Students
Chebotaryan – Piano Trio
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia
Schnittke – Moz-Art
Hindemith – Minimax

Movses Pogossian, Ana Landauer, Brian Dembow, Armen Ksajikian, Stephen Manes, Lark Conservatory students

Concert 4

January 18, 2009

(Dedicated to T. Mansurian’s 70th birthday)
Kurtag – Signs, Games, and Messages
Mansurian – String Trio – World Premiere
Mozart – Divertimento in E Flat Major KV 563

Movses Pogossian, Kim Kashkashian, Rohan de Saram

Concert 5

March 15, 2009

Mansurian – Six arias – World Premiere
Shostakovich – A. Blok Songs, Op. 127
Schoenberg – Fantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47
Schoenberg – Verklaerte Nacht (“Transfigured night”), Op.4 

Tony Arnold, Ida Kavafian, Movses Pogossian, Carla Maria Rodrigues, Varty Manouelian, Andrew Shulman, Paul Cohen, Vicki Ray, Daniel Fritzen

Concert 6

May 1, 2009

Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Bach – Chaconne
Ulmann – Songs of Consolation for deep voice and string trio
Komitas/Aslamazian – String Quartet Pieces
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet, KV 581 

Gary Bovyer, Varty Manouelian, Searmi Park, Movses Pogossian, Roland Kato, Kim Scholes, Lark Chorus