The Friends of Chamber Music of Reading, Inc. in conjunction with

Lone Cricket Productions present

The Jasper String Quartet

This concert is presented in memory of Dr. William H. Lord

Recorded October 15, 2020 at The WCR Center for the Arts

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the

inexpressible is music.

Aldous Huxley

The Friends of Chamber Music of Reading, Inc. in conjunction with Lone Cricket Productions

present

The Jasper String Quartet This concert is presented in memory of Dr. William H. Lord

J Freivogel, violin Karen Kim, violin

Andrew Gonzales, viola Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71, No. 2 .......................................... Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

I. Adagio; Allegro II. Adagio cantabile

III. Menuetto: Allegretto; Trio IV. Finale. Allegretto

String Quartet in G major (1929) ................................................................... Florence Price II. Andante Moderato (1887–1953) String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105 ................................................... Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904)

I. Adagio ma non troppo; Allegro appassionato II. Molto vivace

III. Lento e molto cantabile IV. Allegro, non tanto

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~The Artists~ Jasper String Quartet

Recipient of Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, Philadelphia's Jasper String Quartet is the Professional Quartet-in-Residence at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians and the Founder and Artistic Director of Jasper Chamber Concerts.

They have been hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling,” (The Strad) and their latest recording of music by Aaron Jay Kernis and Claude Debussy was described by Gramophone as “flawless in ensemble and intonation, expressively assured and beautifully balanced.” The New York Times named their album Unbound as one of the 25 Best Classical Recordings of 2017.

The Jasper Quartet is featured Artist-in-Residence at Swarthmore College for the 2020-22 academic years.

The Jasper String Quartet is named after Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. For more information, please visit www.jasperquartet.com or www.facebook.com/jasperstringquartet.

J Freivogel, violin J Freivogel is the founding and current first violinist of the Jasper String Quartet,

winner of the prestigious CMA Cleveland Quartet Award and the Professional Quartet in Residence at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians. With the Quartet, J has released 6 albums, commissioned numerous string quartets, performed across the globe, won the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the Grand Prize at the Coleman Competition, First Prize at Chamber Music Yellow Springs, and the Silver Medal at the 2008 and 2009 Fischoff Chamber Music Competitions. An active chamber musician and teacher, J is also a core member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).

J attended Oberlin College and Conservatory for Bachelor’s degrees in Violin Performance and Politics and, during his time there, won the Kauffman Chamber Music prize three times, the Presser Music Award, the Hurlbutt prize for most outstanding violinist, and the concerto competition. He received his Master’s in String Quartet Performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and an Artist’s Diploma at the Yale School of Music. His principal teachers include Marilyn McDonald, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Cho-Liang Lin for violin and James Dunham, Norman Fischer and the Tokyo String Quartet for chamber music.

J is married to cellist Rachel Henderson Freivogel and they live in Philadelphia, PA with their children, Leon and Evy.

Karen Kim, violin

Grammy Award-winning violinist Karen Kim is widely hailed for her sensitive musicianship and passionate commitment to chamber and contemporary music. Her

performances have been described as “compellingly structured and intimately detailed” (Cleveland Classical), “muscular and gripping” (New York Classical Review), and having “a clarity that felt personal, even warmly sincere” (The New York Times). She has performed in such prestigious venues and series as Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium and Zankel and Weill Recital Halls; the Celebrity Series of Boston; the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; the Vienna Musikverein; London’s Wigmore Hall; the Musée d'Orsay in Paris; the Seoul Arts Center; and Angel Place in Sydney, Australia. She received the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 2011 for her recordings of the complete quartets of György Ligeti.

Esteemed for her versatility across a broad spectrum of musical idioms and artistic disciplines, Ms. Kim has collaborated with artists ranging from Kim Kashkashian, Jörg Widmann, and Shai Wosner to Questlove & The Roots and the James Sewell Ballet. She is a member of the Jasper String Quartet, winners of Chamber Music America's prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award and the Professional Quartet in Residence at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians. She is also a member of the critically acclaimed Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Échappé, and Deviant Septet, and she is a founding member of the “forward-looking, expert ensemble” Third Sound (The New Yorker).

Ms. Kim received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Violin Performance, as well as a Master’s degree in Chamber Music from the New England Conservatory, where she worked with Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Roger Tapping, Paul Katz, and Dominique Eade. She is a supporter of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation.

Andrew Gonzalez, viola

Hailed by the Strad Magazine for his ‘warm hearted playing and mellow tone’, Philadelphia based violist Andrew Gonzalez lives a fulfilling career as both a soloist and chamber musician, performing in prestigious venues throughout the United States, as well as halls all over Asia and Europe. As a sought after chamber musician, his playing has allowed him to collaborate with respected ensembles such as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Sejong Soloists, as well as members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Tokyo, Orion, Borromeo, and Vermeer quartets. Also an accomplished teacher, Andrew served as a fellow of Carnegie Hall’s ‘Ensemble Connect’ from 2016-2018 and teaches chamber music in the Heifetz Institute’s ‘Program for the Exceptionally Gifted.’ In the fall of 2020, Andrew became the new violist of the Jasper String Quartet.

Proceeding performances with Sejong Soloists in China and Carnegie Hall, the Orchestra of Saint Luke's, and fall and winter tours with the Sphinx Virtuosi, Andrew Gonzalez’s recent schedule includes live stream recitals, recordings, and masterclasses. Engagements include livestream solo recitals with Baroquelyn and the Perlman Music Program, recorded performances featured on the Violin Channel, and masterclasses with the New England Conservatory prep program.

Also passionate about historical performance, Andrew Gonzalez frequently performs baroque viola and the violoncello da spalla. A student of Cynthia Roberts from the Juilliard 415 program, Andrew has performed in festivals and series such as the Valley of the Moon Music Festival, American Bach Soloists, the Boston Early Music Festival,

Helicon, and many others. Andrew is one of the few people in the world who plays the Violoncello da Spalla, a five stringed mini cello that is played on the shoulder. In 2018, Andrew gave the New York City premiere of the entire sixth cello suite at Barge Music. Andrew is also a founding member of the New Amsterdam Consort, a New York based ensemble that centers around late renaissance and early baroque music.

A grateful native of Chesapeake Virginia, Andrew Gonzalez attended the Governor’s School where he was introduced to chamber music and symphonic music. This led to his affiliation with the Hampton Roads Chamber Players, an ensemble that he has since performed with and given masterclasses, as well as a concerto appearance with the Virginia Symphony. An avid orchestra player, Andrew performs frequently with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Orchestra of Saint Lukes, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, New York Classical Players, and Novus NY.

A recent graduate of the Juilliard School, Andrew holds both a master’s and bachelor’s degree under the direction of renown violists and pedagogues Michael Tree, Heidi Castleman, Steve Tenenbom, and Hsin-Yun Huang. When not performing, he spends his time playing tennis, kayaking, hiking, and playing with his two rabbits. Andrew performs on a 1930 Frederick Haenel viola modeled after a Gaspar da Salo. Rachel Henderson Freivogel

Rachel Henderson Freivogel, a dedicated performer, teacher and collaborator, is the founding and current cellist of the Jasper String Quartet. Having performed, recorded and taught extensively with the group since its 2003 inception, Ms. Freivogel has received many honors, including the Cleveland Quartet Award, the Fischoff Educator Award, and top prizes at the Fischoff, Plowman, Yellow Springs and Coleman Chamber Music Competitions. Her recordings feature music by Caroline Shaw, Judd Greenstein, David Lang, Missy Mazzoli, Annie Gosfield, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Donaccha Dennehy and others.

A passionate educator, Ms. Freivogel is an Artist-in-Residence at Temple University’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians and maintains an active private studio in Philadelphia. She is on the summer faculty at St. Paul Chamber Music Institute, Credo and Brevard Music Center. She also works with students at Swarthmore College and has taught chamber music at Oberlin Conservatory.

Ms. Freivogel began her cello studies with her mother in her hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan at the age of four. She earned degrees in Cello, Viola da Gamba and Baroque Cello Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music working with Darrett Adkins and Catharina Meints, and degrees in String Quartet Performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and Yale School of Music, where she worked with Norman Fischer and Clive Greensmith.

Ms. Freivogel is married to violinist J Freivogel, also of the Jasper String Quartet, and they live in Philadelphia, PA with their two children.

With many thanks to our 2020-2021 Patrons

Benjamin F. Souders Society

($2,500 and above) Thomas B. Souders, M.D.

Mary Alice Wotring Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

The Presser Foundation Reading Musical Foundation

Diamond

($1,000–$2.499) Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Cohn

Q & Stan Grabias Meir & Haia Mazuz

Pat & Len Pietruszynski Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Rhein, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D.

Emerald ($500–$999)

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson

Charles & June Dunn Shuji Kawata

David M. Kozloff Judith Kraines & Dr. Neil Hoffman

Jim & Peggy Mathis Patricia Perfect, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Suzanne Palmer, Esq.

Cocol Bernal & John Pankratz Margaret Patch

Enikö & James Russell

Ellen & John Shapiro David Thun

Louise W. Souders

Ruby ($250–$499)

Maria Braun & Family Joan & David Cruzan

Riva & Tony DiCintio, in memory of Jeri Kozloff

Marc & Marcia Filstein Radene Gordon-Beck

Kenneth W. & Pauline L. Betsh Jeff & Cheryl Dorko Terry & Ginny Hand

Gerard & Christine Helinek John & Priscilla Hirschenhofer Eve & Dan Kimball, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Anton & Diana Kleiner

Nancy Knoblauch Barbara Lord, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Paul & Solange Mintz

Janet Neel Janet J. Peters

Penelope Proserpi Helene & Henry Singer

Jaap Van Liere Thea & William Yeich

Sapphire ($125–$249)

Gary & Linda Adlestein Drs. Richard & Mary Jane Androne

Marc & Martha Aynardi Harriet Baskin

Shirley K. Boscov Sharon & Clifford Brahmstadt

Fred Chow Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Dooley

Robert & Susan Evatt Dr. Sarel P. Fuchs Madelyn Fudeman

Grete & Stanley Furrow E. B. Gaul

Matthew Goldstan Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Gring Barry & Joanna Groebel

Darryl S. Jeffries Natalie Koehler, in memory of

Ollie Koehler Elsa Larese

Pauline M. Lutostanski The Mayrhofer Family

Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Miller Diane S. Mongold, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Carol O. Orts

Sharon M. Scullin & James S. Rothstein Melvin Sensenig Sandra Sittler

Jeffrey & Jane Sprecher R. A. Svotelis

John & Mary Jo Weishampel Elizabeth C. Wolfe

Amethyst ($1-$124)

Elaine M. Balkiewicz Judy Ballinger

Cathy & Brad Bower Paul & Margaret Brass, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Frank & Anne Civitarese, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. C. Harold Cohn, M.D. & Rebeca Chick VADM Daniel L. Cooper, USN (ret) in

memory of Jeri Kozloff Amy, Frank, Lindsey & Ryan Daniele, in

memory of William H. Lord, M.D. Benjamin & Jane Draper

Terry & Marcia Duncan, in memory of William H. Lord, M.D.

Raymond Edling Ruth Eleanor Fetterman

John & Majida Gieringer, in memory of Kenneth P. Overly

The Gieringer Family, in memory of Najah Hannah

Dr. Ann T. Gundry Allan Meyer Hasbrouck

Nancy Hemmerich Carol Jones

J. Maxwell & Nancy Keller George & Susan Kershner, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. David Tanner & Bruce Kimball

Virginia Knowles Johanna Larese

Carrie & Stephen Latman, in memory of William H. Lord, M.D. Gary & Mary Lucchese

Doris Luckenbill Sicily Masciotti

Lisa S. Masi Barry & Anna Mast, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Sarah Mathew

David McConnell Ken Mongold

Dr. Randall Newnham Judith Nichol

Nancy O'Neill, in memory of William H. Lord, M.D. Ms. Cynthia C. Phillips

Benjamin & Katharine Randazzo, in memory of William H. Lord, M.D.

Gary Riegel, in memory of William H. Lord, M.D.

Reading Musical Foundation, in memory of Jeri Kozloff

Baruh Rodriguez & Margaret A. Thomas Susan Thomas Scheifley

Dr. Virginia Schulze-Johnson Paul Schumann

Ellen, John, Timothy, & Rachel Shapiro, in memory of Jeri Kozloff

Robert Sharetts, in memory of William H. Lord, M.D.

Nancy Stanton Thomas & Amy Steffie, in memory of

William H. Lord, M.D. Francisco L. Tellez

Diana Tirion Kevin Wagner

Glenys A. Waldman Hermann & Brenda Winkler, in memory of

Jeri Kozloff

William H. Lord, M.D. (1934-2020) We celebrate the life and mourn the passing of Dr. William Lord. He and his wife of 54 years, Barbara (Shaak) Lord, have been long and faithful supporters of the Friends of Chamber Music concert series. Through the years they were often in attendance at our concerts in the WCR Center and the Stirling Guest Hotel. Born in Reading, Bill graduated from Reading High School, Albright College and Temple University Medical School. After interning at the Reading Hospital, he faithfully served our community for more than 50 years as a practitioner of Family Medicine. We are grateful for their support of our cause for so many years.

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Program

George Walker, Lyric for Strings Beethoven: Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131

Facebook Premiere–3:00PM, Wednesday, January 20, 2021

BCTV–4:00PM, Sunday, January 24, 2021 YouTube Premiere–7:30PM, Friday, January 29, 2021

This concert is sponsored by

Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Cohn and Pat & Len Pietruszynski and a grant from the Wil l iam Davidson Foundation

Merz Trio This concert i s presented in memory of Benjamin F. Souders

by Thomas B. Souders

Program Wolfgang Rihm: Fremde Szenen III

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The Brentano String Quartet

This concert i s presented in memory of Jeraldine Kozloff

Program Schumann: Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 3

Brahms: Quartet in A Major, Op. 51, No. 2

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Board of Directors 2020-2021

Haia Mazuz, President Suzanne Palmer, Esq., Vice President

Ellen K. Shapiro, Secretary James G. Mathis, M.D., Treasurer

John R. Pankratz, Ph.D., Immediate Past President David Hall

Penelope P. Proserpi Robert P. Seesengood, Ph.D.

Tony Veloz Neil A. Hoffman, M.D., Director Emeritus Thomas B. Souders, M.D., Artistic Director Shari Gleason-Mayrhofer, Executive Director

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