Ciompi Quartet - 2007-8

42th season - main series & First Course offerings. Tickets: 919/684-4444 or http://tickets.duke.edu/; information: http://www.ciompi.org/. For information about The Friends of the Ciompi Quartet, call 919/660-3356.

• Wednesday September 19
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet: Fred Raimi, cellist/speaker
  Program: First Course Concert: Raimi discusses George Crumb's "Black Angels” (1970)
  Kirby Horton Hall, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 5:30 p.m.
  $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Saturday September 22
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet with Scott Rawls, viola, & Brooks Whitehouse, cello
  Program: Haydn: Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 71/3 (1793); Schoenberg: "Verklärte Nacht,” Op. 4 (1899); & George Crumb: "Black Angels” (1970)
  Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke University, Durham, 8:00 p.m.
  $15, Duke students $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Thursday November 15
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet & Stephen Jaffe, composer
  Program: First Course Concert: Jaffe... discusses his String Quartet No. 2 (Aeolian and Sylvan Figures) (2005).
  Kirby Horton Hall, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 5:30 p.m.
  $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Sunday November 18
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet with Bella Davidovich, piano
  Program: Vieuxtemps: Quartet No. 1 in E minor, Op. 44 (1871); Stephen Jaffe: String Quartet No. 2 (Aeolian and Sylvan Figures) (2005); & Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 (1842)
  Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham. 3:00 p.m.
  $15, Duke students $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Thursday February 14
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet with Joseph Robinson, oboe, & Philip Rupprecht, speaker
  Program: First Course Concert - Rupprecht discusses... Arnold Bax's Oboe Quintet (1925).
  Kirby Horton Hall, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 5:30 p.m.
  $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Saturday February 16
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet with Joseph Robinson, oboe
  Program: Music by Mozart, Bax, & Beethoven
  Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke University, Durham. 8:00 p.m.
  $15, Duke students $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Thursday April 10
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet with Allan Ware, clarinet, & Jacqueline Waeber, reader (replacing Bryan Gilliam, speaker, prev. announced)
  Program: First Course Concert: Gilliam discusses... Darius Milhaud's Quartet No. 7 (1925)& Jean Françaix's Clarinet Quintet (1978).
  Kirby Horton Hall, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 5:30 p.m.
  $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.

• Saturday April 12
  Duke Performances: Ciompi Quartet with Allan Ware, clarinet
  Program: Music by Milhaud, Françaix, & Debussy
  Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham. 8:00 p.m.
  $15, Duke students $5. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.