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JOIN US FOR OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY SEASON!
2024-2025
Concerts will be held at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
2400 Grant Boulevard, Syracuse, NY 13208
Programs subject to change
FRAUTSCHI-MANASSE-NAKAMATSU
TRIO
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 7:30 pm
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A Van Cliburn Piano Competition Gold Medal Winner playing a thrilling Chopin work! Three superb musicians bringing to life Stravinsky at his most inventive! Join us as we welcome back pianist Jon Nakamatsu, two-time GRAMMY nominee violinist Jennifer Frautschi, and clarinetist Jon Manasse, former first chair of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Their program spotlights their individual talents and explores some musical gems.
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Debussy: Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Piano
Debussy: Première rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, op.22
Khatchaturian: Trio in G Minor
Stravinsky: Suite from L’Histoire du soldat
Novacek: Two Rags for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
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Photo: Shervin Laine
IMANI WINDS
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
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When this splendid woodwind quintet returns to close our series, they will perform a new work commissioned by SFCM. The composer is Loren Loiacono of Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music, a prolific composer of orchestral, chamber, and choral music. A fitting culmination of our 75th Anniversary celebration!
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION: Tout le monde
Lina Mathon Blanchet: A Haitian Tale, arr. Gil DeJean
Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet no. 2 (1987)
Lalo Shifrin: La Nouvelle Orleans
Loren Loiacono: New Work (World premiere)
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring arr. Jonathan Russell
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WOSNER-VONSATTEL PIANO DUO
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sponsored by FLX TAX
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Pianists Gilles Vonsattel and Shai Wosner are presenting a delightful program of works for four hands on one piano as well as works for two instruments. “Immensely talented” and “quietly powerful pianist” (New York Times), Swiss-born American Gilles Vonsattel is an artist of extraordinary versatility and originality. And Shai Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight.
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Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448
Mozart: Barbarina's Cavatina from The Marriage of Figaro
(arr. Shai Wosner for four hands)
Schubert: Fantasia in F Minor for piano four hands, D. 940
Brahms: Sixteen Waltzes for piano four hands, op. 39
Ravel: La Valse for two pianos
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Photos: Marco Borggreve
This concert is made possible, in part, through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program, thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.
