“An extraordinarily talented group who play beautifully together… They have established standards of chamber music performance equal to any in the world.”
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Sample Programs:
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Please Note: The American Chamber Players generally tour with five players. Our primary configuration is piano quartet plus flute. We also tour with piano quartet plus clarinet, and we offer programs with guest artists. Our program offerings vary: many different program combinations are possible, drawing from the works listed below and from a broad range of other works and instrumental combinations. Programs offered may depend on artist availability and tour programming.
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Haydn - “London” Trio No. 3 in G Major, for flute, violin, and cello
Ernest Bloch - Concertino for flute, viola, and piano (1948)
Frank Bridge - Phantasy piano quartet in F# Minor (1910)
Ginastera - Duo for flute and violin, Op. 13 (1945)
Brahms - Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for piano and strings, Op. 25 |
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Mozart - Quartet in D Major for flute and strings, K. 285
Guillaume Lekeu - Quartet in B Minor for piano and strings (1894)
Villa-Lobos - Jet Whistle, for flute and chello (1950)
Mozart - Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for piano and strings, K. 478 |
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A Program of French Music
Philippe Gaubert - Three Watercolors for flute, cello, and piano (1926)
Ravel - Sonata in C Major for violin and cello (1922)
Maurice Duruflé - Prelude, Recitative, and Variations for flute, viola, and piano, Op. 3
Fauré - Quartet No. 2 in G Minor for piano and strings, Op. 45 |
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Beethoven - Serenade in D Major for flute, violin, and viola, Op. 25
Mahler - Quartet in A Minor for piano and strings (1876)
Gabriel Pierné - Sonata da Camera for flute, cello, and piano (1926)
Mendelssohn - Quartet in B Minor for piano and strings, Op. 3 |
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With Guest Oboe (Gerard Reuter)
Mozart - Quartet in F Major for oboe and strings, K. 370
J. S. Bach - Sonata in E-flat Major for flute and piano (orig. harpsichord), BWV 1031
Madeleine Dring - Trio for flute, oboe, and piano (1968)
Ginastera - Duo for flute and oboe, Op. 13
Brahms - Quartet No. 3 in C Minor for piano and strings, Op. 60 |
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With Additional Violin
Haydn - “London” Trio No. 3 in G Major, for flute, violin, and cello
Prokofiev - Sonata in C Major for two violins, Op. 5
Weber - Trio in G Minor for flute, cello, and piano, Op. 63
Arthur Foote - “A Night Piece” for flute and string quartet (1918)
Schumann - Quintet in Eb Major for piano and strings, Op. 44 |
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Milhaud - Suite for clarinet, violin, and piano (1937)
Brahms - Trio in A Minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114
Max Raimi - Four Songs for clarinet, viola, and piano (1988) (An ACP Commission)
Fauré - Quartet No. 1 in C Minor for piano and strings, Op. 15 |
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Schumann - Fairy Tales, for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 132
Guillaume Lekeu - Quartet in B Minor for piano and strings (1894)
Bartók - Contrasts, for clarinet, violin, and piano (1938)
Mozart - Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for piano and strings, K. 478 |
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With Additional Violin
Mozart - Quintet in A Major for clarinet and strings, K. 522
Bruce Saylor - Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano (1988) (An ACP Commission)
Schumann - Quintet in Eb Major for piano and strings, Op. 44 |
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Bruch - Three Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 83
Mozart - Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for piano and strings, K. 478
Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time |
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With Guest Double Bass
Rossini - Duet in D Major for cello and double bass
Weber - Trio in G Minor for flute, cello, and piano, Op. 63
Maurice Duruflé - Prelude, Recitative, and Variations for flute, viola, and piano, Op. 3
Schubert - Quintet in A Major for piano and strings, D. 667 (“Trout” Quintet) |
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With Guest Mezzo-Soprano
Beethoven - Serenade in D Major for flute, violin, and viola, Op. 25
Ravel - Chansons Madécasses, for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, and piano (1926)
Brahms - Two Songs, for alto, viola, and piano, Op. 91
Brahms - Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for piano and strings, Op. 25 |
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Special Program, featuring
Beethoven - Septet in Eb Major for winds and strings, Op. 20 |
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A Program of Music by Ernest Bloch
Méditation Hébraïque for cello and piano
Suite Modale for flute and piano
Sonata No. 2 (Poème Mystique) for violin and piano
Concertino for flute, viola, and piano
Quintet No. 1 for piano and strings |
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