Our 43nd Season 2008-2009

Ewa Podleś and Garrick Ohlsson

Sunday, October 19, 2008 • 5:30 PM
Ewa Podleś, contralto
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
The Mity Clarke Gann Memorial Concert
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Guarneri String Quartet

Sunday, November 2, 2008 • 5:30 PM
Guarneri String Quartet
The Howard Family Concert
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Ritz Chamber Players

Sunday, December 7, 2008 • 5:30 PM
Ritz Chamber Players
with special guest Jonathan Carney, violin
The Piatigorsky Memorial Concert
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Ingrid Fliter

Sunday, January 18, 2009 • 5:30 PM
Ingrid Fliter, piano
The Yale Gordon Young Artist Concert
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Radu Lupu

Sunday, February 8, 2009 • 5:30 PM
Radu Lupu, piano
The Sidney and Charlton Friedberg Concert
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Brentano String Quartet

Sunday, March 8, 2009 • 5:30 PM
Brentano String Quartet
Peter Serkin, piano
The Douglas and Zarelda Fambrough Concert
The Reiko T. and Yuan Chuan Lee Fund
for Outstanding String Performers

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Ian Bostridge

Sunday, April 5, 2009 • 5:30 PM
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
The Helen Coplan Harrison Concert
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Emmanuel Pahud

Sunday, May 3, 2009 • 5:30 PM
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord
The Paul and Barbara Krieger Early Music Concert
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What happens when great artists bring their talents together in creative collaboration? The results—as you will see and hear—are nothing less than extraordinary!


The 2008/9 subscription season presents the Series debuts of Ian Bostridge with Julius Drake, Emmanuel Pahud with Trevor Pinnock, the Ritz Chamber Players with Jonathan Carney, and Ingrid Fliter. And making much-welcomed returns to SHCS are the Brentano String Quartet with Peter Serkin, Guarneri String Quartet, Ewa Podleś with Garrick Ohlsson, and, after a thirty-year absence, Radu Lupu.


Among the highlights of the 2008/9 season will be the celebration of the 80th Birthday of legendary pianist Leon Fleisher. Following the screening of the Academy Award-nominated Two Hands, Maestro Fleisher will be joined at the piano by former students from his 50 extraordinary years of teaching—Jonathan Biss, Yefim Bronfman, and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher.


As we wind down the 2007/8 season, I want to thank all of our friends who have helped make this one of our most successful seasons. With 154 new subscribers, record numbers of student attendees, and an unprecedented number of first-time patrons to Shriver Hall, we are clearly demonstrating that chamber music is alive and well in Baltimore!

David Baldwin, Executive Director