The 2009 season of Concerts from the Frick Collection opens with the early music masters, Ensemble Caprice, and continues throughout the summer with New York debut performances from some of the world's most esteemed interpreters. The elegant, intimate ambiance of the music room at the Frick Collection has delighted lovers of chamber music for decades. Since the 1940s, WNYC listeners have enjoyed performances of the highest caliber in broadcasts from the Frick Collection, and this tradition continues to flourish.

Concerts from the Frick Collection airs during Evening Music on Saturday nights at 9:30pm through mid-August on 93.9 FM and wnyc.org

Ensemble Caprice
June 6th, 2009

The innovative Ensemble Caprice performs gypsy music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods on record, guitar, theorbo and percussion in the opening concert. Hugo Wolf Quartett
June 13th, 2009

The Vienna chamber music quartet, the Hugo Wolf Quartett, perform Haydn's Quartet in C Major, Op. 33/3, "The Bird"; Webern's Five Movements, Op. 5; Schumann's Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3. Alexandre Tharaud
June 20th, 2009

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud offers a rare piano performance of Rameau's Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, in addition to a Prelude by Frederic Chopin. Kuss Quartet
June 27th, 2009

The inventive and eclectic Kuss Quartet plays Haydn's Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, "The Lark"; Bartok's Quartet No. 2, Op. 17; and Schubert's Quartet in A Minor, Op. 29, No 1, "Rosamunde." Cora Burggraaf
July 4th, 2009

The New York debut of Dutch mezzo-soprano Cora Burggraaf. Accompanied by Jonathan Kelly on piano, she performs selections by Bizet, Berlioz, Chausson, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Kurt Weill. Ma'a lot Wind Quintet
July 11th, 2009

The international wind ensemble Ma'a lot Quintet perform Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream and pieces by Paul Hindemith and Astor Piazzola.

Atrium Quartet
July 18th, 2009

The New York debut of the Russian Atrium Quartet playing Mendelssohn's Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80; Shostakovich's Quartet in B-Flat, No. 5, Op. 92; and Borodin's Quartet in D Major, No. 2. Julian Rachlin
July 25th, 2009

The New York debut of string instrumentalist Julian Rachlin, playing violin and viola and accompanied by Itamar Golan on piano. They play Shostakovich's Viola Sonata, Op. 147; Grieg's Violin Sonata, No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45 and pieces by Benjamin Britten and Antonin Dvorak. Byron Schenkman
August 1st, 2009

Celebrated American pianist Byron Schenkman plays Haydn's Sonatas H. XVI: 35 and 52; Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Opus 14 and Fantasy in F-sharp Minor, Opus 38. Geringas Baryton Trio
August 8th, 2009

The New York debut of the Geringas Baryton Trio play works by Tomasini, Rossini, Paganini and Haydn for the rare instrument - the seven-stringed baryton.

Alexandre Tharaud
August 15th, 2009 (encore presentation)

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud offers a rare piano performance of Rameau's Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, in addition to a Prelude by Frederic Chopin. Tempesta di Mare
August 22nd, 2009

The final Frick Collection concert is the New York debut of Philadelphia baroque orchestra and chamber players Tempesta di Mare. They'll perform works by Stradella, Carissimi, Scarlatti, Kapsperger and Vivaldi.