Come enjoy three weeks of exhilarating chamber music performed by musicians from around the nation and the world. This year’s theme is “firsts” and includes seven small ensemble programs, two programs featuring “keyboard firsts” for harpsichord and piano, all in Wilmington, and three programs in Lewes, Delaware. Highlights include the return of pianists Victor Asuncion and Read Gainsford, two programs with mezzo soprano Gina Perregrino (fresh from her debut this season at the Met), favorite string players from past seasons, as well as oboe, clarinet, and harpsichord artists.

Participating Artists: Kate Ransom, violin and artistic director; Eric Pritchard, violin; Julianne Murphy, viola; Hal Grossman, violin; Amadi Azikiwe, viola; Adelya Shagidullina, viola; Lionel Thomas, viola; Charae Krueger, cello; Jacques-Pierre Malan, cello; Guang Wang, cello; Douglas Mapp, double bass; John Dee, oboe; Joseph Velez, clarinet; Victor Asuncion, piano; Read Gainsford, piano; Gabriel Benton, harpsichord; Gina Perregrino, mezzo soprano

Schedule Of Events

Week 2

7pm : French Firsts

(John Dee, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe, Jacques-Pierre Malan, Douglas Mapp, Gina Perregrino, Read Gainsford)

Farrenc Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 1; Saint-Saens Elephant, Swan, Tortoises for Double Bass and Piano; Saint Saens Oboe Sonata; Debussy Two Arabesques for piano; Ravel Pavane pour une intante défunte; Poulenc Le Bestiaire; Fauré Songs Op. 1#1 (Le papillon et la fleur) and Op. 1#2 (Mai)

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