Chamber Society launches winter festival at OU

    The Aeolus Quartet is among the featured artists performing in The Chamber Music Society of Detroit’s WinterFest, at Varner Recital Hall on the Oakland University campus from Jan. 19-21.
    The Aeolus Quartet is among the featured artists performing in The Chamber Music Society of Detroit’s WinterFest, at Varner Recital Hall on the Oakland University campus from Jan. 19-21. Deborah Feingold Photography
    Trio Solisti is among the featured artists performing in The Chamber Music Society of Detroit’s WinterFest, at Varner Recital Hall on the Oakland University campus from Jan. 19-21.
    Trio Solisti is among the featured artists performing in The Chamber Music Society of Detroit’s WinterFest, at Varner Recital Hall on the Oakland University campus from Jan. 19-21. Courtesy Chamber Music Society

    The Chamber Music Society of Detroit will introduce a new three-day chamber music festival, WinterFest, Jan. 19-21 on the Oakland University campus.

    Performers include Trio Solisti, the Aeolus Quartet, and three musicians with ties to Michigan: soprano Ann Toomey, pianist Tian Tian and violist Yuri Gandelsman. They will appear in different combinations in three weekend concerts, at 8 p.m. Jan. 19-20 and 3 p.m. Jan. 21, performing major works by Brahms as well as Haydn, Dvořák, Ives and Beethoven.

    Toomey is a native of Shelby Township and an alumna of Oakland University, who sings with the Chicago Lyric Opera. Gandelsman, originally from Russia, lives in Lansing and teaches at Michigan State University. Tian, a native of China, is a professor of piano at Oakland University, who resides in Canton. The two participating ensembles, Trio Solisti and the Aeolus Quartet, are both based in New York.

    Chamber Music Society of Detroit’s WinterFest is Jan. 19-21 at Varner Recital Hall, Oakland University Campus, 371 Varner Drive, Rochester Hills.

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    Single tickets and discounted festival packages are available by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at CMSDetroit.org. General admission tickets are $30 or $15 for students, and three-concert packages are $75, $37.50 for students.

    Concert Information

    • 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19

    Trio Solisti

    Haydn: Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV:27

    Dvořák: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 26

    Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8

    • 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20

    Yuri Gandelsman and Friends: Yuri Gandelsman, viola, Ann Toomey, soprano, Tian Tian, piano, Trio Solisti

    Brahms: Wie Melodien, Op. 105, No. 1

    Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91

    Brahms: Sonata in E-flat major for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2

    Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

    • 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21

    Aeolus Quartet with Yuri Gandelsman, viola

    Beethoven Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1

    Ives, String Quartet No. 2

    Brahms, String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111