Tucson’s “jewel of a festival” (WFMT Chicago) returns with programs designed to appeal to all chamber music lovers. Alongside the well-loved masterworks are the extremely worthy more-adventurous compositions that have been the hallmark of the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival since its beginning. This year‘s festival will feature the Jupiter String Quartet, the Sitkovetsky Trio, the woodwind quintet Windscape, and pianist David Fung, all artists of extraordinary ability.

The opening concert includes the Sitkovetsky Trio giving the premiere of a new piano trio by Julia Adolphe, and Windscape in their Tucson debut joined by David Fung to play Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds. Cellist Isang Enders from the Sitkovetsy Quartet will join the Jupiter Quartet to end Friday’s concert with what many consider to be the most sublime chamber work ever composed, Schubert’s Quintet featuring two cellos, not to be missed! The Jupiter String Quartet will give the world premiere of Steven Taylor's String Quartet in the final concert.

The lobby will be open during all festival events to bid on the Silent Auction, which will be drawn after the final concert on March 19.

The festive Celebration concert on Saturday will feature many of the artists in vigorous and more lighthearted repertoire, followed by a chance to meet and converse with the musicians while enjoying great food.

Schedule of Events:

March 12, 2023:

3:00 pm: Festival Day 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
David Fung, piano
Randall Ellis, Oboe
Alan R. Kay, Clarinet
Frank Morelli, Bassoon
David Jolley, Horn

Julia Adolphe
New Piano Trio (Arizona Premiere)
Sitkovetsky Trio

Franz Schubert
Variations on “Trockne Blumen” for Flute and Piano, D. 802
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
David Fung, piano

Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, no. 2
Jupiter String Quartet

March 14, 2023:

7:30 pm: Festival Day 2

Eleanor Alberga
String Quartet No. 2 (1994)
Jupiter String Quartet

Johannes Brahms
Trio in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Horn, Op. 40
Wu Qian, piano
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
David Jolley, Horn

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Sitkovetsky Trio

March 15, 2023:

7:30 pm: Festival Day 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in F Major (“Prussian”), K. 590
Jupiter String Quartet

Gyorgy Ligeti
Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Windscape

Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A Minor
Sitkovetsky Trio

March 17, 2023:

7:30 pm: Festival Day 4

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, no. 3
David Fung, piano
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
Isang Enders, cello

Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C Minor for Piano and Winds, Op. 40
David Fung, piano
Windscape

Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Jupiter String Quartet
Isang Enders, cello

March 18, 2023:

6:00 pm: Festival Celebration 2023

Francis Poulenc
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Randall Ellis, Oboe
Frank Morelli, Bassoon
David Fung, piano

Erwin Schulhoff
“Zingaresca” from Duo for Violin and Cello (1925)
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
Isang Enders, cello

Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 34
Alan R. Kay, Clarinet
Jupiter String Quartet

6:00 pm: Concert in Leo Rich Theater – Open Seating
6:45 pm: Food, open bar, and mingling with the musicians on the plaza

This fundraising event features the opportunity to mingle with the Festival musicians in a relaxed and festive atmosphere. Masks are strongly recommended in the lobby and theater.

Includes a special live concert, delicious food by James Beard award-winning chef Janos Wilder, and open bar.

Advance reservation required. Please purchase your ticket no later than March 10th.

March 19, 2023:

3:00 pm: Festival Day 5

Francis Poulenc
Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 100
David Fung, piano
Windscape

Stephen Andrew Taylor
World Premiere: Chaconne/Labyrinth for String Quartet
Jupiter String Quartet

Cesar Franck
Piano Quintet in F Minor
David Fung, piano
Jupiter String Quartet

Dates: March 12 - 19, 2023

Location:

Leo Rich Theater,
260 South Church Avenue,
Tucson, AZ 85701.

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