The East Campus Quad will resound with music this summer as both Ciompi Presents and Duke Arts bring their summer series to Duke’s East Campus while Sarah P. Duke Gardens undergoes renovations at Doris Duke Center, the location of Kirby Horton Hall.
Ciompi Presents’ three-concert summer chamber music series will be held in Baldwin Auditorium, which is one of the premiere small venues for classical music in the Southeast, following its multimillion dollar renovation in 2013. With excellent acoustics and an intimate setting at just over 600 seats, little is needed to enjoy small ensemble music at its finest in this setting. Renovated to the highest standards, the hall is designed for it to be tuned to each performance, making it possible for musical notes to carry to every corner, to each seat, and to each audience member. The auditorium is also equipped with modern seating, a wraparound balcony, wheelchair seating on both levels, and this year offers an opportunity for an even larger classical music audience to enjoy chamber music.
International and nationally recognized guest artists, familiar and new, will join Ciompi musicians – cellist Caroline Stinson, violist Jonathan Bagg, violinist Eric Pritchard – in three engaging performances that will resonate with audiences well beyond each performance and accentuate the artistry of each musician.
Join us for Ciompi Presents 2025 Summer Chamber Music Series in Baldwin Auditorium
SIDE BY SIDE: INTIMATE DUETS FROM BAROQUE TO CONTEMPORARY WORKS
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 AT 7:00PM
SIDE BY SIDE: INTIMATE DUETS FROM BAROQUE TO CONTEMPORARY WORKS
PRESENTED BY CAROLINE STINSON
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University
Renowned violinist Deborah Buck, Caroline Stinson’s colleague of 10 years in the Lark Quartet, joins Ciompi’s cellist for an evening of intimate duets from Baroque to the gems of the early 20th Century.
ARTISTS
Deborah Buck, violin
Carolina Stinson, cello
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach: Two-Part Inventions
Arthur Honegger: Sonatine H. 80
G.F. Handel/Johan Halvorsen: Passacaglia
Jessie Montgomery: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
PASSING THE TORCH: WORKS BY BRAHMS, ZEMLINSKY & SCHOENBERG
FRIDAY, JUNE 20 AT 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY ERIC PRITCHARD
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University
In 1853, Robert Schumann famously declared Johannes Brahms the composer destined to carry Beethoven’s legacy forward. Four decades later, Brahms endorsed the publication of Alexander Zemlinksy’s Trio, Op. 3 by Simrock in 1896. Three years later, in 1899, Zemlinksy’s student, Arnold Schoenberg, composed his groundbreaking work,Verklärte Nacht, (Transfigured Night) Op. 4. We trace this remarkable arc of creativity through early piano trios of these three pivotal figures in the German musical tradition.
ARTISTS
Brandt Fredriksen, piano
Elizabeth Anderson, cello
Eric Pritchard, violin
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms: Trio #1 in B Major, Op. 8
Alexander Zemlinsky: Trio, Op. 3
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, (Transfigured Night) Op. 4; Transcribed for Piano Trio by Eduard Steuermann
HAYDN, BRAHMS & GUBAIDULINA
FRIDAY, JUNE 27 AT 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY JONATHAN BAGG
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University
Johannes Brahms’ Quintet for clarinet and strings, a timeless masterwork, will bring back Rane Moore, who shone in last year’s Dreams and Prayers concert. The program begins with a piano trio by Haydn, architect of high classicism, that features flute rather than violin (D Major, Hob. XV:16). Sofia Gubaidulina’s blazing originality is already evident in her early Piano Quintet, which reveals her origins as a soviet composer under the sway of mentors like Shostakovich, but still bursts with her own unique talent and energy.
ARTISTS
Laura Gilbert, flute
Rieko Aizawa, piano
Jesse Mills,violin
Anna Elashvili, violin
Jonathan Bagg, viola
Thomas Kraines, cello
PROGRAM
Josef Haydn: Trio in D MAjor, Hob. XV:16
Johannes Brahms: Quintet for clarinet and strings
Sofia Gubaidulina: Piano Quintet
Ciompi Presents is sponsored by the Department of Music and the Ciompi Quartet Fund