Music at Kohl Mansion

I'm sorry to say that I've never been to a concert at Kohl Mansion, which for many years has had an excellent chamber music program. Next season is quite extraordinary and I will be making a special effort to get there. 

Sunday, October 19, 2025,  7 p.m.
BENNEWITZ QUARTET* (Prague, Czech Republic)

Jakub Fiser & Stepan Jezek, violins; Jiri Pinkas, viola; Stepan Dolezal, cello

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2

Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"

Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105

 

Sunday, November 16, 2025, 7 p.m.
TRIO BOHÉMO* (Prague, Czech Republic - founded in Budapest, Hungary)
Jan Vojtek, piano; Matouš Pěruška, violin; Kristina Vocetková, cello
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in A Major, Hob.XV:35
Bohuslav Martinů: Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, H.327
Jan Vičar: Cycle of folk songs, “From Moravia”
Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15

 

Sunday, December 14, 2025 - Baroque Holiday Program,   7 p.m.
MUSICA PACIFICA (San Francisco)
Judy Linsenberg, recorder; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Alexa Haynes-Pilon, viola da gamba; Charles Sherman, harpsichord
Hijinks of the High Baroque: Composers Behaving Badly
Festive music of Handel, Telemann, Veracini, Rameau, Purcell punctuated with hilarious stories of the composers' misdeeds and shenanigans.

 

Sunday, January 18, 2026,  7 p.m.

BALOURDET QUARTET* (Bloomington, IN)
Angela Bae & Justin DeFilippis, violins; Benjamin Zannoni, viola; Russell Houston, cello
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Amy Beach: String Quartet in One Movement, Op. 89
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67

Sunday, February 22, 2026,  7 p.m.
LYSANDER PIANO TRIO (Athens, GA – founded at Juilliard School, NY))
Itamar Zorman, Violin; James Kim, Cello; Liza Stepanova, Piano
W. A. Mozart: Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542 

Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio
Shulamit Ran: Soliloquy
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65

 

Sunday, March 22, 2026,  7 p.m.
WINDSYNC* (Houston, TX)
Garrett Hudson, flute; Noah Kay, oboe; Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet; Kara LaMoure, bassoon; Anni Hochhalter, horn
Nadia Boulanger/arr. LaMoure: Prelude in F
Nadia Boulanger/arr. LaMoure: Three Pieces
Elliott Carter: Woodwind Quintet
Philip Glass/arr. LaMoure: Etude No. 17
Dieterich Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
W. A. Mozart/arr. Rechtman: Serenade in C minor, K. 388

Sunday, April 19, 2026,  7 p.m.
BEO STRING QUARTET* (Pittsburgh, PA) with guest artist Michel Taddei*, double bass
Jason Neukom & Andrew “Gio” Giordano, violins; Sean Neukom, viola; Ryan Ash, cello
J.S. Bach: Selections from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080

Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3, Mishima
Sean Neukom: El Balcón

Gabriela Ortiz: Mictlán (Place of the Dead), from Altar de Muertos                

Antonín Dvořák: Double Bass Quintet in G Major, Op. 77

Sunday, May 3, 2026,  7 p.m.
CALIDORE STRING QUARTET (New York, N.Y.)
Jeffrey Myers & Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, “Razumovsky"