Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players

“This was music-making of a very high order”
“at the Jupiter concerts, there is always so much about which to be enthusiastic.”
“the rarities glittered like jewels”

Fred Kirshnit, The New York Sun
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Summer 2019
3 Mondays ~ 7:30 PM

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Concert Venue:
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Air-Conditioned ~ Handicap Accessible
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)
New York, NY 10023

Christ and St. Stephen’s was formed by a consolidation, in 1975, of 2 Episcopal congregations: Christ Church, organized in 1793, and St. Stephen’s, founded in 1805. In 1897 St. Stephen’s purchased the present church that had been built in 1876 as the suburban chapel of the Church of Transfiguation (“The Little Church Around the Corner”). William H. Day designed the picturesque church with its low roofline and small tower. Architect J. D. Fouquet remodeled the church at the time of acquisition. In May 2004, a portion of the ceiling collapsed, revealing evidence of the stenciling that once decorated the original walls, inspiring the church vestry to commit to a complete restoration of the interior.

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Listen to a live recording of the Jupiter Symphony
Chamber Players from September 23, 2013
Recorded by Joseph Patrych

Roman Rabinovich piano
Xiao-Dong Wang violin
Mihai Marica cello

Antonín DVORÁK  Piano Trio No. 1 in B^b Major Op. 21
i. Allegro molto
ii. Adagio molto e mesto
iii. Allegretto scherzando
iv. Finale

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Jupiter in the News

“the performers were top notch”
“The homey church where these concerts take place, nestled on West 66th Street in the shadow of Lincoln Center, is an intimate and acoustically vibrant place for chamber music.”
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times   more...

Strad Magazine
“A finely forthright, fluent and expressive account of Haydn's Divertimento in E-flat major opened this programme of miscellaneous chamber music in a series known for adventurous programming.”
Dennis Rooney, Strad Magazine   more...

ConcertoNet
“Mr. Nygaard’s cadenza flowed down Mozart lanes and paths, each with beautiful backgrounds. And at the very end, Mr. Nygaard brought forth that martial major theme, like an unexpected gift.” 
Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet   more...

“...the group’s efforts proved illuminating ...Brown played a lovely, subtly virtuosic cadenza for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 by Jens Nygaard, the ensemble’s founder, who died in 2001, but whose fascination with rarities continues to drive its programming”
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times   more...

Monday, June 24 at 7:30pm 
Sizzling Strings with 4 Crack Violinists
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)

Alina Ming Kobialka violin
Winner at the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Concerto Competition at age 13, grand prize at the 2012 Mondavi competition, and second prize at the 2017 Elmar Oliveira competition ~ The San Francisco Classical Voice described her as a “jaw-droppingly assured” soloist, who “made present and future converge.” The Las Vegas Review Journal added, “Watch for her name. She appears to be bound for greatness.”

Randall Mitsuo Goosby violin
Winner of the 2018 Young Concert Artists Auditions, and 3rd Prize at the 2018 Sphinx Competition (senior division) ~ “exerted a masterly level of control and lavished an exquisite tone... his performance won him a deserved standing ovation for its sheer virtuosity” The New York Times

Julian Rhee violin
Won First Prize at the 2018 Johansen Competition, 2018 Aspen Violin Concerto Competition, the Irving Klein competition, and a 2018 Presidential Scholars in the Arts medal, First Prize at the 2018 Barnett and 2018 Rembrandt chamber music competitions, and Gold Medals at the Fischoff and M-Prize competitions

Abigel Kralik violin
Won the first and grand prize at the 2010 Koncz János competition and first prize at the 2012 Talents for Europe competition in Dolny Kubin, Slovakia

BEETHOVEN  String Quintet in F Major Op. 17
   ~ originally the Horn Sonata, written for a concert in Vienna on 18 April 1800 and played by Giovanni Punto, the most famous horn virtuoso of the day, with Beethoven at the piano

SCHUBERT  Rondo in A Major D. 438
   ~ a concerto of sorts for solo violin and string quartet, with elegant memorable themes and a rambunctious finale

Louis SPOHR  Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor Op. 65
   ~ a quaint genre of 2 facing string quartets, as scarce as hen’s teeth, allowing for alternating thematic material, thus creating a dialog and greater use of tonal coloration

MENDELSSOHN  String Octet in Eb Major Op. 20
   ~ one of the miracles of 19th-century music, the sublime masterpiece was written at age 16

Jupiter Players on this program:

Maurycy Banaszek viola
Winner of numerous violin, viola & chamber music awards

Ren Martin-Doike viola
Won the Fontys prize at the Rubinstein Competition, First Prize in the string quartet division at the Fondation Maurice Ravel Competition, and the Prix de musique de chambre at the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau

Oliver Herbert cello
Won a top and special prizes in the 2018 Lutoslawski competition; winner of the first and Casals prizes in the 2015 Irving Klein and a top prize in the 2015 Stulberg competitions

Connor Kim cello
Prizewinner at the Menuhin-Dowling and American Fine Arts Festival competitions ~ founding member of the Kila Quartet (formerly Lauder)

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Monday, July 15 at 7:30pm 
Marie Antoinette’s Court
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)

Stefan Milenkovich violin
Winner of the Indianapolis, Paganini, Tibor Varga, Queen Elisabeth, Yehudi Menuhin, and Young Concert Artists competitions ~ “a stunning virtuoso.” Strings ~ “Milenkovich’s recital at the Kennedy Center was so disarmingly magical that it is not easy to describe its glories. This is not so much a matter of a dazzling virtuosity (though he has it all) as of searching musicianship.” The Washington Post

Zsche Chuang Rimbo Wong viola
She has served as principal violist for Yale, Curtis, and festivals such as Verbier; and she performs regularly as a substitute with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and A Far Cry ~ her “prodigious technique and powerful ability to project was as stunning as her expressive playing” ClevelandClassical

Christine Lamprea cello
First Prize winner of the Sphinx and Schadt competitions, winner of the 2013 Astral Artists’ Auditions and recipient of an award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts ~ praised by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for her “supreme panache and charmingly effortless phrasing”

Johann Adolph HASSE  Sinfonia in G minor
  ~ for string quartet & double bass, magnificent Baroque stunner
by one of her teachers, who later dedicated a book to her

Christoph Willibald GLÜCK  Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor
  ~ stately sonata for 2 violins and continuo by Marie Antoinette’s teacher, whose music she loved and whose works she promoted in France

HAYDN  Sympyony No. 85 “La Reine”
  ~ Marie Antoinette declared it her favorite Symphony before it was named after her ~ in Haydn’s arrangement for string quartet, virtually forgotten in this version

Le Chevalier de SAINT-GEORGES  String Quartet in C Op. 1 No. 1
  ~ written around 1770 by Marie Antoinette’s violin teacher and music director, with whom she was close

Giovanni Battista VIOTTI  Duetto a un violino solo WV23
  ~ a workout for one violinist doing the work of two by Marie Antoinette’s personal violinist and accompanist

MOZART  Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525
  ~ pure and elegant masterpiece—a miniature symphony for 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass

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Why the name Jupiter: When Jens Nygaard named his orchestra Jupiter, he had the beautiful, gaseous planet in mind—unattainable but worth the effort, like reaching musical perfection. Many, indeed, were privileged and fortunate to hear his music making that was truly Out of This World. Our Players today seek to attain that stellar quality.

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