SALON CONCERTS SEASON 36
Listening together
Salon Concerts is pleased to present its 36th season of chamber music, featuring four exceptional concerts in the intimate setting of private homes. We invite you to join us for a spectacular 2025–2026 season of outstanding artists and repertoire, followed by an opportunity to savor delicious food, wine, and conversation with the musicians and your fellow music lovers.
Address and directions to the concerts will be sent separately as we get closer to the event date.
JANUARY CONCERT
Sunday, JANUARY 4, 2026 | 4:30 PM
Monday, JANUARY 5, 2026 | 7:00 pm
David Bernat, Violin; Nina Bernat, Double Bass; Andrew Parker, Oboe; Kristin W. Jensen, Bassoon; Colette Valentine, Piano
Passacaglia arranged for Violin and Double Bass……………….. Handel-Halvorsen
Two-Part Inventions #2, #8, #13 arranged for Violin & Double Bass….….J.S. Bach
Disco Toccata…………………………………………..……Guillaume Connesson
Grand Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano……………….……. Marie De Grandval
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, arranged for Piano…. Serge Koussevitzky
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano………………………….……..Francis Poulenc
MARCH CONCERT
Sunday, MArch 1, 2026 | 4:30 PM
Monday, MArch 2, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Patrice Calixte, Violin; Luis Eduardo Bellorin, Viola; Douglas Harvey, Cello; Gonzalo Kochi Kikuchi, Double Bass;
Rachel Woolf, Flute; Stephen Girko, Clarinet; Ian Davidson, Oboe; Kristin W. Jensen, Bassoon; Tom Hale, Horn
Wind Quintet, Op. 79……………………………….……….… August Klughardt
Mouvements Perpétuels, arranged for nonet……………………….Francis Poulenc
Flute Quartet, Op. 5, No. 2 in G Major………….……..….….……. Joseph Haydn
Nonet, Op. 77……………………….……………..…………...…. George Onslow
APRIL CONCERT
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2026 | 4:00 PM
The Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching, violin
William Fedkenheuer, violin
John Largess, viola
Joshua Gindele, cello
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 6 (IV) ……………………… Ludwig van Beethoven
Blueprint ………………………………………………………… Caroline Shaw
Ainsi la nuit IV, V, VI …………………………………………… Henri Dutilleux
String Quartet, Op. 71, No. 2 II, III ……………………………… Joseph Haydn
String Quartet, Op. 10 ………………………………………… Claude Debussy
MAY CONCERT
Sunday, MAY 3, 2026 | 4:30 PM
Monday, MAY 4, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Hilá Plitmann, Soprano; Stephen Girko, Clarinet; Kathryn Mishell, Piano
Five Yiddish Songs ……………………………….……..…………… Traditional
Arabesque—for Clarinet and Piano …………….…….…… Germaine Tailleferre
Spell of Safekeeping …………………………………………… Kathryn Mishell
Woman to Lover
Spell to Bring Lost Creatures Home
Elegia Op. 10, III—for Clarinet and Piano ………………… Ferruccio Busoni
Selected Songs …………………….…………… Robert and Clara Schumann
I Never Saw Another Butterfly—for Voice and Clarinet….……….…Lori Laitman
ii. Yes, That’s The Way Things Are
iii. Birdsong
iv. The Garden
[New Work]…………………………………………….….……Kathryn Mishell
Con Amores, la mi madre……………………….……...….…Fernando Obradors
Chiquitita la novia
Austin composers’ songs set:
I Carry Your Heart ……………………………………..……..….Donald Grantham
When God Lets My Body Be…………………………..…..……..……Dan Welcher
Try Me………………,…………………………………………..……Sam Lipman
[New Work].............…................................………………..............Sophie Mathieu
The Shepherd on the Rock, Op. 129 ……………………………… Franz Schubert
Goodnight Moon………………………………………..……………Eric Whitacre
