THE AIMON STRING QUARTET
Barbara Schreiter, Violin
Bettina Glocke-Kaina, Violin
Gerlinde Steiner, Viola
Gundrun Roth, Violoncello
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A Little Night Music, K. 525
Allegro
Romanza
Menuetto
Rondo
Antonin Dvorak Waltz, Op. 54, No. 1
Johann Strauss, Sr. Gabrielen Waltz, Op. 68
Josef Strauss Gallop-Polka, Op.237
Friedrich Silcher At the Fountain in Front of the City Gate
(Melody of Franz Schubert)
Little Anna of Tharau
When All the Little Springs Flow
(16th Century Folksong)
In a Cool Valley
(Melody of Gluck)
I Don’t Know What It Should Mean
Johann Strauss, Jr. The Viennese, Op. 144
Polka-Mazurka
Carefree Spirit, Op. 319
Polka schnell
Geoffry Wharton Hoedown
The Aimon String Quartet, sponsored by The Baker Arboretum and the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra, is from Ulm, Germany. The quartet was founded in 2002 and takes its name from the French composer, E. Aimon who was born in Provence in southern France where the Aimon Quartet gives concerts periodically. Members of the quartet began playing together during their studies at the Heidelberg Music College and while playing in the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra. The quartet plans a tour to Iceland in 2004.
All four members of the quartet are currently teachers and performers in Heidelberg and Ulm, Germany, who have performed with orchestras and as soloists throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan.
The quartet will arrive from Ulm, Germany, on Saturday, September 20, 2003, and will depart the following Sunday, September 28, 2003. During their stay in Bowling Green the quartet will present a concert at the First Christian Church on Tuesday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m., and will give a special concert at the International Festival on Saturday, September 27. The quartet is being sponsored by Jerry E. Baker and the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra. The program at the First Christian Church will include music by Bach, Mozart, and Aimon. The festival program will include selections by Mozart and Dvorak as well as Strauss waltzes and German folk music.