I just got tickets to the 2007/2008 Winnipeg Chamber Music Society season, which includes 7 concerts, as follows:

Concert 1: September 23, 2007

Brahms - Piano Trio Op. 101 in C minor
McIntyre - Violin Sonata No. 2 "Sprints"
Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 74 in E flat major "Harp"

Concert 2: November 4, 2007

Dohnanyi - String Trio Serenade in C major, Op. 10
Ravel - Violin Sonata
Mozart - String Quartet in D major, K.499

Concert 3: January 20, 2008

Prokofiev - Sonata for 2 violins in C major, Op. 56
Mendelssohn - String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
Beethoven - Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, no. 1 "Ghost"

Concert 4: March 9, 2008

Beethoven - Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 1, no. 1
Schubert - Impromptu in B flat major, Op. 142 no. 3
Schubert - String Quartet in A minor, D804 "Rosamunde"

Concert 5: May 4, 2008

Haydn - Piano Trio in D major, Hob XV:7
Piazzolla - L'histoire du Tango for saxophone and piano
Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

Concert 6 and 7: June 17 & 19, 2008 "Mozart and more Festival"

Mozart - Piano Trio in B flat major, K292
Saint-Saens - Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 75
Beethoven - String Trio in G major, op. 9. no. 1

Mozart - Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat major, op. 18 Oh my YES! When I saw this, I knew I had to get the season tickets.

Hmm, I knew the K292 number didn't look familiar. I checked on my set of Mozart Piano Trios, and this wasn't on there.

Upon further investigation, I discovered this K292 was a work originally transcribed for Bassoon and Cello, or for 2 Bassoons. Interesting.

Last night was my first attendance to a chamber music concert. It was absolutely fantastic!

Live chamber music is such a wonderful experience. It was very interesting to see the interaction among the musicians.

Looking forward to the next one in November.

I'm very much looking forward to tonight's chamber music concert!

Concert 2: November 4, 2007

Dohnanyi - String Trio Serenade in C major, Op. 10
Ravel - Violin Sonata
Mozart - String Quartet in D major, K.499

Wonderful music last night!

3 very different works from each other. The most pleasant surprise of the night was the opener, Dohnanyi's String Trio Serenade in C major, op. 10 I like this work A LOT! A 5 mvt. work, I loved the Romanza 2nd mvt. and the Tema con variazoni 4th mvt. in particular.

Ravel's Violin Sonata was quite different than what one might hear in a more "traditional" violin sonata. It had some bluesy, jazzy elements in it. I loved the piano in this sonata. And I discovered that Ravel used bi-tonality in this sonata. I definitely need to listen to it again before I would make a judgment on whether I truly enjoy this piece or not.

I had not heard Mozart's String Quartet in D major, K. 499, aka the Hoffmeister quartet. What can I say, it was wonderful! Typical Mozart in that all the parts seem to fit together in perfect harmony. I particularly enjoyed the 2nd mvt. Menuetto and the final mvt. Allegro.

Glad you enjoyed the evening.

I haven't heard anything by Dohnanyi beyond those variations (which also happens to include the tune of 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'). Yet another work to add to the Listen To list.