Mallarmé Chamber Players 2007-8; & 2008-9 (dates)

24th season - a rebirth. Season subscription includes the three "Sunday Afternoon" concerts plus a choice of one of the non-gala "At Home with Mallarmé" concerts in private homes (either 11/4 or 5/4) for $50. This year's off-series gala will be at the Washington Duke Inn. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

• Sunday September 23
  MCP Sunday Afternoon Series: Petra Berényi, cimbalom, Jennifer Curtis, violin, Susan Babini, cello, & Ilya Poletaev, piano (replacing Wonmin Kim, previously announced...)
  Program: Gypsy Caravan: Kurtág: [8] Duos, Op. 4, for cimbalom and violin; Splinters, Op. 6c, for solo cimbalom; & Hommage a Berenyi Ferenc 70; Enescu: Impressions d’enfance, for violin and piano; & Smetana: Piano Trio
  First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main Street, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
  Season tickets $50. Single tickets $17, students $5. Group discounts. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

• Sunday November 4
  At Home with Mallarmé: James Douglass & Deborah Hollis, pianos (replacing the Janus Duo, previously announced)
  Program: "Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun!" - music by Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, & Rachmaninov
  Private home t.b.a., Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
  $50 per person ($33 tax deductible). 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

• Sunday February 3
  MCP Sunday Afternoon Series & Rigsbee Hall: Jennifer Chang, guzheng, Hsiao-mei Ku & Carol Chang, violins, David Marschall, viola, & Leonid Zilper, cello.
  Program: Yin and Yang: East Meets West - includes Ma Sicong: String Quartet (US premiere)
  Rigsbee Hall, 208 Rigsbee Avenue, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
  $. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

• Sunday March 2
  At Home with Mallarmé: Louise Toppin, soprano, Kelly Burke, clarinet, Fred Raimi, cello, & Thomas Warburton, piano
  Program: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry! – Annual Gala: Rags t.b.a.; Mark Kuss: 10 [(appetizing)] American Folk Songs; Paul Reade: Suite from the Victorian Kitchen Garden; & Lee Hoiby: Bon Appétit (a chocolate concoction with text by Julia Child)
  President’s Gallery, Washington Duke Inn, Durham. 3:00 p.m.
  $100 (each). 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

• Sunday April 13
  Duke Performances & MCP: Mallarmé Chamber Players with Nnenna Freelon, jazz vocalist, & Brandon McCune, piano, & with Deborah Reuter-Pivetta, flute, Ira Wiggins, flute/saxophone, Scott Rawls, viola, Beth Vanderborgh, cello, John Brown & Craig Brown, doublebasses, Jonathan Wacker, percussion, & Greg McCallum, piano (but not with James Ketch, trumpet, prev. announced...)
  Program: "All That Jazz: Telling Our Stories": Schulhoff: Concertino; Robert Ward: Serenade for Mallarmé; & [6] Songs to texts by Mari Evans & Nnenna Freelon (with music by Evans, Bill Anschell, Freelon, & Brandon McCune) (premiere)
  Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham. 3:00 p.m.
  $20, Duke students $5. 919/684-4444, 919/560-2788, http://www.tickets.duke.edu/, or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/. Information: http://www.dukeperformances.org/.
  Related event: Public reading by Mari Evans @ Auditorium, School of Education, NCCU, Durham, 4/14 @ 2p - free.

• Sunday May 4
  At Home with Mallarmé: Paige Whitley-Bauguess, baroque dancer, Rebecca Troxler, flute, Bo Newsome, oboe, Stephanie Vial, cello, & Elaine Funaro, harpsichord
  Program: Baroque and Brand New: Schmeltzer: Serenata Con Altre Arie; Dan Locklair Arias and Dances (2007); Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, S.1009; & Marais: Les Folies d'Espagne
  Private Home, Durham. 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (2 performances) Reception(s).
  $50. Reservations required. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/

• Sunday afternoons at 3 PM:

  September 14: 1st Presbyterian Church in Durham

  October 19

  November 2

  February 8, 2009

  March 22, 2009

  May 3, 2009

  Titles and brief description will be released at the 4/13/08 concert.