Duke Gardens remains an ideal setting for a music series where artistry and nature are embraced with equal measure to offer audiences a unique experience. Again, members of the Ciompi Quartet will present three programs where each musician will share their artistic excellence through performance….it is a chance for the audience to engage with the artists, the composers and with chamber music at its finest. Join us for Ciompi Presents 2023 Summer Chamber Music Series at Duke Gardens.
CONTRASTS
TUESDAY, JUNE 20 at 7:00 PM
Duke Gardens, Durham, NC
Presented by Jonathan Bagg performing with Benjamin Fingland (clarinet), Maiani da Silva (violin), Emely Phelps (piano) and Laura Gilbert (flute). The title for his presentation is drawn from a Bartók work that was written for Benny Goodman in 1938. The program features music of great contrasts, with unusual instrumentation.
Program: Béla Bartók Contrasts, George Crumb Eleven Echoes of Autumn and Undine Smith Moore Afro-American Suite
HOMAGES
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 at 7:00 PM
Duke Gardens, Durham, NC
Presented by Eric Pritchard performing with Anton Miller (violin), Heather Bentley (viola), Elizabeth Anderson (cello) and Brandt Fredriksen (piano)
Program: Heather Bentley For Nellie inspired by Ellen Shipman, visionary landscape architect of Duke Gardens; Bill Robinson Cubic Deviations, inspired by Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Handel, Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia and Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel
EVOCATIONS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 at 7:00 PM
Duke Gardens, Durham, NC
Presented by Caroline Stinson performing with the Lydian String Quartet, Rachel Calin (bass) and Adriana Linares (viola).
Program: Boccherini Cello Quintet Night Music of the Streets of Madrid; John Harbison Presences for solo cello, string quartet, and bass, commissioned to honor the young cellist, David Anderson (1978-1998); Brahms Sextet for Strings in G Major OP 36, the early joyful flowering of Brahms’ musical voice.
You can purchase tickets to individual concerts (June 20, August 8, August 17) or a series subscription from the Duke University Box Office.
Subscriptions are $60. Purchase subscription and single tickets beginning June 6. Single tickets are $25 General. Public; $20 Non-Duke Students/Duke Employees; $10 Youth/Duke students. Tickets may be purchased online at tickets.duke.edu or at the Duke University Box Office, Bryan Center, Upper Level. The box office is open weekdays 11am-6pm, or you may call 919-684-4444. The box office accepts cash, check, credit cards and Duke Card FLEX payments.
The concerts will be presented at Kirby Horton Hall in the Doris Duke Center at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St, Durham, NC 27708. Call 919-684-3698 for directions.
Ciompi Presents is sponsored by the Department of Music, Sarah P. Duke Gardens and the Ciompi Quartet Fund.