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Concerts
2015-2016 Season
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Dolce Suono Ensemble Presents (Home series in Philadelphia)
Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 7:00pm
Voila Viola!
Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Music spiced with Central European folk influences, including Bruch’s Romanian-inflected Pieces, Schulhoff’s Concertino with its rollicking Czech furiant, and Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G Minor with its rousing gypsy “Rondo alla zingarese.”
Roberto Diaz, viola, guest artist and co-curator – Mimi Stillman, flute – Julia Yiying Li, violin – Gabriel Cabezas, cello – Mary Javian, double bass – Charles Abramovic, piano
Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 3:00pm
Women Pioneers of American Music / The Americas Project
Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Music of Amy Beach, Marion Bauer, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Andrea Clearfield, and DSE commission by Jennifer Higdon. The world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s new trio for flute, cello, and piano will be presented in conjunction with her opera Cold Mountain by Opera Philadelphia.
Sarah Shafer, soprano – Mimi Stillman, flute – Julia Yiying Li, violin – Nathan Vickery, cello – Charles Abramovic, piano
Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 3:00pm
Court and Country
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 412 Pine Street, Philadelphia
Dolce Suono Ensemble’s annual Baroque program explores “high” and “low” origins of genres in Baroque music, from works which originated at court to the way rural dances were absorbed into classical forms. Our program includes Bach’s magisterial Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering, selections from Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin and arias by Bach, Handel, and Rameau.
Singers from Washington National Opera – Mimi Stillman, flute – Yiying Julia Li violin – Gabriel Cabezas, cello and co-curator – Matthew Glandorf, harpsichord
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 7:00pm
Música en tus Manos (Music in Your Hands) / The Americas Project
Gould Rehearsal Hall, Lenfest Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, 1616 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Our acclaimed project exploring the music of Spain and Latin America continues with another genre-bending program with music from the chamber music and popular worlds
Pablo Reyes, voice and guitar – Mimi Stillman, flute – Charles Abramovic, piano – Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, percussion
DSE Presents Tickets: $30 General / $25 Seniors / $10 Students
Special Presentations
DSE at Arthur Ross Gallery
University of Pennsylvania, Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia
We continue our series at the University of Pennsylvania, where DSE began, with two one-hour concerts exploring musical connections with the gallery’s exhibitions. These events are free to the public.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 5:30pm
Mimi Stillman, flute
Gideon Whitehead, guitar
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 5:30pm
Misoon Ghim, mezzo-soprano
Mimi Stillman, flute
Gideon Whitehead, guitar
DSE on the Road
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
A Moveable Feast
Lucy Shelton, soprano – Mimi Stillman, flute – Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello – Charles Abramovic, piano
Music of Shulamit Ran + Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Chicago Flute Club
Stillman/Abramovic Recital
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Stillman performs Mozart and Zhou / Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle / Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Durham, NC
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Sunday, March 20, 2016
Cabrini College, Radnor, PA
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Ulster Chamber Music Series, Ulster, NY
Monday, April 4, 2016
Midday Monday, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Stillman, Cabezas, Abramovic perform Danielpour, Haydn, Higdon, Weber, Zhou
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