2011/2012 Concert Series Announced At The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection presents a new season of classical music concerts in the elegant setting of the Music Room. Built in 1935 as part of the transformation of the mansion into a museum and the setting for concerts since 1938, the Music Room conveys the atmosphere of a private salon. A New York Times critic describes the spectacular setting of the Music Room as 'probably the best place in New York to hear chamber music. It is certainly the most authentic-where music of the repertory was written to be played.'

During its distinguished history, the concert program has been host to major soloists and ensembles, such as the Budapest and Guarneri string quartets, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Wanda Landowska, Artur Schnabel, William Kapell, Jean-Pierre Rampal, András Schiff, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Peter Pears, Kathleen Battle, Mitsuko Uchida, and Jordi Savall. Among those who have made their New York recital debut are Wolfgang Holzmair, Ian Bostridge, Matthias Goerne, Felicity Lott, Kate Royal, Il Giardino Armonico, Nikolai Demidenko, Thomas Zehetmair, Julian Rachlin, and Jean-Guihen Queyras.

The 2011/2012 series showcases exceptional musical talent from all over the world. New York debuts this season include acclaimed German pianist Martin Helmchen; internationally recognized Croatian mezzo-soprano Renata Pokupi?; award-winning Quiroga String Quartet (Spain); early music ensemble London Handel Players (Great Britain); Decca Classic recording artist, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (Great Britain); and British violinist Anthony Marwood, named by The Royal Philharmonic Society as 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in 2006.

In addition to the regular concert series, the Frick will this year present two special musical evenings in conjunction with Close Encounters with Music, based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. These events will recreate the salon atmosphere of musical evenings that took place in the mansion during Henry Clay Frick's lifetime.

2011
October 2 Moscow String Quartet
Borodin, Gubaidulina, Shostakovich

October 30 Martin Helmchen, pianio
Bach, Schönberg, Liszt, Schumann

November 13 The Aulos Ensemble, flute, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord
Music at Versailles: A Royal Entertainment. Rameau, Couperin, Balbastre

December 4 Renata Pokupi?, mezzo-soprano, with Roger Vignoles, piano
Schumann, Fauré, Kunc, Barber, Weill

2012
January 15 Quiroga String Quartet
Arriaga, Webern, Beethoven, Turina

January 29 London Handel Players, flute, violin, cello, and harpsichord
C.P.E. Bach, Quantz, Benda, J. S. Bach

February 19 Adskin String Trio with Thomas Gallant, oboe
Dohnányi, Beethoven, Taneyev, Mozart

March 18 Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
J. S. Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Ravel

April 1 Mahan Esfahani, harpsichordist
Byrd, J. S. Bach, Scarlatti, Powell

April 22 Anthony Marwood, violin, and Alexandar Madzar, piano
Beethoven, Schumann, Bartók

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AT THE FRICK COLLECTION
Presented in conjunction with Close Encounters with Music
Tickets are $50 each.
For tickets and information, please visit www.frick.org or call 212-547-0696.

ROMANTICISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT: MENDELSSOHN AND EDUARD FRANCK
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
James Tocco, piano; Yehuda Hanani, cello; Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin; Nurit Pacht, violin

James Tocco and Yehuda Hanani have long championed the works of nineteenth-century composer Eduard Franck, one of the few students of Felix Mendelssohn, bringing him to the attention of a newly appreciative public through recordings and the concert stage. Now they have rediscovered his cello sonata in F Major, Opus 42, a masterpiece that will receive its American premiere at this performance. It is framed by Suite for Two Violins and Piano by Moritz Moszkowski (Franck's student) and Mendelssohn's PianoTrio in C Minor. The performance will be followed by a reception.

ELIOT FISK AND YEHUDA HANANI
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Eliot Fisk, guitar; Yehuda Hanani, cello

In this unconventional and varied evening, American guitar master Eliot Fisk will join acclaimed cellist Yehuda Hanani to offer listeners a program of virtuoso music by Schubert, Boccherini, Bach, Albéniz, Villa-Lobos, de Falla, and Paganini. The last student of legendary Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia, Eliot Fisk has performed to dazzling critical and public acclaim in recitals, as a soloist with major orchestras, and in a wide variety of chamber music combinations, including a command performance for King Juan Carlos of Spain. The performance will be followed by a reception.