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CONCERTS AND EVENTS

All concerts are held at the Ashburnham Community Church on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 pm. unless otherwise stated.
Admission: $10.00 per adult. Children and students, free.

Fall 2010

Date Event Artist
Sunday,
September 12		 Concert Constantine Finehouse, piano, playing music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert.
Piano by Tröndlin, Leipzig, c.1830, from The Frederick Collection.
Sunday,
September 19		 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Ishmael Wallace, piano, and Vita Wallace, violin. Three Beethoven Sonatas: Op. 24, 
"Spring"; Op. 30, #1 in A; and Op. 47,  "Kreutzer". Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810,
from The Frederick Collection.
Sunday,
September 26		 Concert Sima Kustanovich, piano, and Julian Milkis, clarinet, playing selections by Scriabin, Taneyev, 
Tchaikovsky, Chausson, and Saint-Saëns. Piano by Blüthner, Leipzig, 1877, from The Frederick
Collection.
Sunday,
October 3		 Concert Malcolm Halliday, piano, and Stanley Wilson, tenor. A program of Frédéric Chopin and Robert 
Schumann. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1840, from The Frederick Collection.
Sunday,
October 10		 Concert Cicilia Yudha, piano. The Chopin/Schumann Year, including Schumann's Arabesque in C and
Etudes en forme de variations in c#, and Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in b and selected short works.
Piano by Bösendorfer, Vienna, c.1830, from The Frederick Collection.
Spring 2010
Date Event Artist
May 9,
2010		 Concert Emma Tahmiziàn, piano. A program titled Dancing with Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, and Dvořák.
Piano to be selected from The Frederick Collection.
May 16,
2010		 Concert Stephen Porter, piano performing selections by Ravel, Debussy, and the Sonata in B Minor by Liszt.
Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877, from The Frederick Collection.
May 23 ,
2010		 Concert Manabu Takasawa, piano. An All French Program with music by Fauré, Ravel, Franck, and Debussy. 
Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877, from The Frederick Collection.
May 30,
2010		 Concert Shuann Chai, piano. Nocturnes and Etudes by Chopin, Henselt, Moscheles, and Liszt, along
with pieces by both Robert and Clara Schumann. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1840, from The Frederick
Collection.
June 6,
2010		 Concert Yi-heng Yang, piano, performing Beethoven, Sonata No. 31, and Robert Schumann selections.
Piano by Tröndlin, Leipzig c. 1830, from The Frederick Collection.

Previous Seasons

Date Event Artist
2009
May 3,
2009		 Concert Barbara Suhrstedt, piano, Chester Brezniak, clarinet. Music by Glière, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, 
Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Martinu and Bartók. Piano by Blüthner, Leipzig, 1877from The Frederick 
Collection. Clarinets by Buffet.
May 10,
2009		 Concert The Arcadia Chamber Players, Lisa Rautenberg, violin, Alice Robbins, 'cello, Monica Jakuc 
Leverett, piano, Peter W. Shea, tenor. Three piano trios composed in 1797 by Joseph Haydn, and 
selections from arrangements of Scottish folksongs for voice and piano trio. 
Piano by Clementi, London, 1805, from The Frederick Collection.
May 24,
2009		 Concert Shuann Chai, piano. Music by Schubert and Beethoven, and Mendelssohn in a program titled 
Biedermeier Vienna & Mendelssohn's Bicentenary. 
Piano by Bösendorfer, Vienna, c.1830, from The Frederick Collection.
May 31,
2009		 Concert Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano, and Ishmael Wallace, piano. A program titled Vienna circa 1911: 
Ecstatic Visions, Intimations of Dissolution, with music by Alban Berg, Joseph Marx, Richard 
Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Ishmael Wallace, Alma Mahler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and 
Leopold Godowsky. Piano to be selected from The Frederick Collection.
June 7,
2009		 Concert The Transcontinental Duo, Elaine Greenfield and Janice Meyer Thompson, pianists. Music by 
Debussy, Ravel, Bizet and Fauré. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877, from The Frederick Collection.
Saturday,
August 1,
2009		 Concert Siyue Wang,Yueting Lang, and world renowned Chinese Pianist, Yuan Sheng. A program of Liszt 
and Chopin presented on the 1840 Erard by Master Sheng and his pupils. This is a Fundraising 
Recital introducing the 25th season of concerts presented by The Frederick Collection of Historical 
Pianos.
Sept. 13,
2009		 Concert Diana Fanning, piano. Music by Grieg, Janáček, and Dvořák, played on the Blüthner piano, Leipzig,
1877, from The Frederick Collection.
Sept. 20,
2009		 Concert Robert Finley, piano. An Afternoon of Chopin, played on the Erard piano, Paris, 1840, from 
The Frederick Collection.
Sept. 27,
2009		 Concert Monica Jakuc, piano, Lisa Rautenberg, violin and R.J. Kelley, natural horn. Brahms's Horn Trio, 
and Brahms's Violin/Piano Sonata in d, played on the Streicher piano, Vienna, 1868, from The 
Frederick Collection.
October 4,
2009		 Concert Thomas Pandolfi, piano. Music by Chopin and Liszt, played on the Erard, Paris, 1877, from 
The Frederick Collection.
October 11,
2009		 Concert Gail Olszewski, piano. Music by Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann, played on a piano to be 
chosen from The Frederick Collection
Date Event Artist
2008
Sunday,
May 11,
2008		 Concert The Arcadia Players, Monica Jakuc Leverett, piano, Christopher Krueger, flute, Lisa Rautenberg,
violin, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, 'cello, Peter W. Shea, tenor. Music by Haydn, Beethoven and Weber. 
Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c. 1805-1810, from The Frederick Collection.
May 18,
2008		 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg, piano. Music by Brahms, Schumann and Chopin. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846,
from The Frederick Collection.
Saturday,
May 24
at 7:30 PM, and
Sunday,
May 25
at 4:00 PM		 Concert Due to a serious illness in the family, DMITRY RACHMANOV will not be able to perform
his scheduled program of Schubert this weekend. The following programs will be presented
instead.
Saturday,
May 24,
2008
at 7:30 PM		 Concert The Prisma Trio: Ana-Maria LaPointe, violin, Ning Tien, ’cello, Silvia Bota, piano. Music by Mozart,
Beethoven and Schubert. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839, from The Frederick Collection.
May 25,
2008		 Concert Sarah Grunstein, piano. An All-Chopin Recital. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839, from The Frederick 
Collection.
June 8,
2008		 Concert Simon Tedeschi, piano, with Jacob A. Cooper, lyric baritone.
Piano music by Lizst, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Fats Waller and Percy Grainger. Songs by Poulenc,
Fauré, and Ravel. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1893, from The Frederick Collection.
August 31,
2008		 Concert Benita Meshulam: "Chopin and Spain". Three sonatas by Scarlatti; four pieces from Iberia by 
Albéniz; a Chopin Mazurka and an Impromptu; and Manuel de Falla's Fantasía Bética performed 
on the 1877 Erard, Paris, from The Frederick Collection.
September 14,
2008		 Concert Cullan Bryant and Dmitry Rachmanov: piano, four hand compositions by Beethoven, and 
Beethoven’s three principal teachers:  Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798),  Franz Joseph 
Haydn (1732-1809) and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809). (To be followed by a 
recording session Sept. 14-16.)
September 21,
2008		 Concert Constantine Finehouse:  Brahms Sonata in f, Op.5, several intermezzi, and Chopin Polonaise-
Fantaisie in Ab, Op.61 on the 1871 Streicher, Vienna, from The Frederick Collection.
October 12,
2008		 Concert The Orfeo Duo:Beethoven and Two Pupils. A set of variations by Archduke Rudolf, originally
for piano with accompaniment of csakan (a combination recorder and walking stick!) and a sonata
by Ferdinand Ries. By Beethoven, Eleven Bagatelles, op. 119, and Sonata No. 10 in G, op. 96, 
which he dedicated to Rudolf.
October 19,
2008		 Concert Sarah Grunstein: Beethoven's Sonata in E, Op.109 and Schumann's Fantasie in C, Op.17, and 
four Chopin Mazurkas, Op.17, on a piano to be selected from The Frederick Collection.
Date Event Artist
2007
April 29,
2007		 Concert Stephen Porter, piano, Katherine Kayaian, ’cello. Works by Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Frank 
Bridge. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877 (the "Extra-grand modèle de concert").
May 13, 
2007		 Concert The Smith Chamber Ensemble, Monica Jakuc, piano, Joel Pitchon and Elizabeth Chang, violins, 
Annie Garlid, viola, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, 'cello. Piano Quintets by Schumann and Brahms.
Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846.
May 20, 
2007		 Concert Cullan Bryant, piano. An All-Chopin program.
Piano by Bösendorfer, Vienna, c.1830  (One of Bösendorfer’s first pianos)
May 27, 
2007		 Concert Shuann Chai, piano.
Music by Brahms, Bach-Busoni, Berg, and Ravel.
Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877 (the "Extra-grand modèle de concert").
June 3, 
2007		 Concert Hsia-Jung Chang, piano. The Chopin Etudes, Op.10 and Op.25
Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839.
September 2,
2007		 Concert Gail Olszewski, piano, with baritone Aaron Engebreth.
Myrthenlieder, by Robert Schumann, solo piano works by Louise Farrenc and Frédéric Chopin.
September 16,
2007		 Concert Malcolm Halliday, piano, and Chester Brezniak, clarinet, performing Reger and Brahms sonatas
for clarinet and piano, and a Liszt transcription of a Schubert Waltz.
October 7,
2007		 Sharona Joshua, piano, performing works by Robert Schumann, John Field, Chopin and 
Mendelssohn.
October 14,
2007		 Sarah Grunstein, piano, performing works by Chopin and Robert Schumann.
Date Event Artist
2006
May 7, 
2006		 Concert Shuann Chai, piano. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846.
May 14, 
2006		 Concert The Smith Chamber Ensemble, Joel Pitchon, violin, Monica Jakuc, piano, with guest 'cellist, 
Volcy Pelletier. Trios by Robert and Clara Schumann. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846.
May 21, 
2006		 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Vita Wallace, violin, Ishmael Wallace, piano, with guest, Beth Anne Hatton, 
soprano.
Music by Brahms, Wagner, and others. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1868.
June 17-18,
2006		 A Schubert Weekend: A Lively Talk on Schubert's Music by Henrica Bordwin, President of the 
American Schubert Institute, and two recitals by Dmitry Rachmanov, piano. 
N.B. The Saturday lecture will be at 4 pm at the Piano Study Center, followed by  pre-concert
supper, then the first concert at 7 pm. The Sunday concert will be at 4 pm.
September 3,
2006		 Qi Liu, piano with Shan Jiang, violin. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877. An Afternoon of French
Music including works by Debussy, Ravel, and Franck.
September 10,
2006		 The Trio Bella, Heather and Rebecca Fetrow, sopranos, and Barbara Fetrow Suhrstedt, piano. 
An Afternoon of Songs including works by Mozart and Beethoven. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, 
c.1805-1810.
October 1,
2006		 Gayle Martin Henry, piano. A program of Beethoven Sonatas, including Nos. 13, 14, and 23.
Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810.
October 8,
2006		 Sharona Joshua, piano. A Beethoven Recital, including Sonatas Nos. 1, 4, and 8.
Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810. 
October 15,
2006		 Stephen Porter, piano. Piano to be chosen from The Frederick Collection. The program will include
works by Schubert, Liszt and Schumann. n.b. Mr. Porter has agreed to perform the concert date 
originally scheduled to present Richard Shirk's program of The Romantic Piano. Mr. Shirk's concert 
was cancelled by the artist due to a health issue. We wish him and anticipate a complete recovery, and 
we are grateful to Mr. Porter for filling in on short notice.
Date Event Artist
2005
May 22,
2005		 Concert Daniel Paul Horn, piano, with Stephen Balderston, 'cello. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839.
May 29,
2005		 Concert Qi Liu, piano. An all-Chopin recital. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839.
June 5,
2005		 Concert Gayle Martin Henry, piano. Piano by Muzio Clementi, London, 1805.
June 12,
2005		 Concert Richard Shirk, piano. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839.
June 19,
2005		 Dmitri Shteinberg, piano. A program titled The End of Romanticism: France and Russia in the 
late 1800s.  Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877-78.
September 11,
2005		 Gail Olszewski, piano. Works by Beethoven, Cecilia Barthelemon, Haydn, Clementi, John Field, 
and Jan Dussek. Piano by Clementi, London, 1805.
September 18,
2005		 Kees Kooper, violin, with Emily White, piano. A Beethoven recital, with light commentary, featuring
the “Spring” and “Kreutzer” sonatas. Piano by Bösendorfer, Vienna, built between 1828 and 1832.
September 25,
2005		 Elaine Greenfield, piano, with Karen Kevra, flute.  French Music for piano and flute, by 
Jules Mouquet, Michel Blavet, Francis Poulenc, Phillip Gaubert, Claude Debussy, Louis Moyse,
Maurice Ravel, and Henri Dutilleux. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1893. (This program, originally to have
taken place in June, 2005, was rescheduled due to an injury suffered by the pianist.)
October 2,
2005		 Stephen Porter, piano. Sonata in b minor by Liszt, and works by Grieg and Ravel. 
Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877-78.
October 16,
2005		 Susan Alexander-Max, piano.  Works by Mozart, Hayden, Clementi, and Schubert. 
Piano to be selected from the Frederick Collection.
Date Event Artist
2004
May 2, 
2004		 Concert Pianist Richard Shirk:  Music by Edvard Grieg
May 9, 
2004		 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg, Music by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann. Piano by
Tröndlin, Leipzig, c.1830 (a new addition to The Frederick Collection.).
May 16, 
2004		 Concert Kees Kooper and Sara Bong;  Music for Violin and Piano by Brahms, César Franck and 
Dvorak.  Piano by Erard piano, Paris, 1877-'78, from the Frederick Collection.Violin by
Giuseppi Guarneri of Cremona, not later than 1741.
May 23, 
2004		 Concert Dmitry Rachmanov will present an all-Tchaikovsky program. Piano by Blüthner, Leipzig, 
1878, from the Frederick Collection.
June 6,
2004		 Concert Pianist Benita Meshulam. Music by the Spanish composers DaFalla and Nin-Culmell. 
Piano to be selected from the Frederick Collection.
September 5,
2004		 Concert Sandra Carlock will play music by Chopin, Grieg and MacDowell . Piano by Erard,
Paris, 1877-78, from the Frederick Collection.
September 19,
2004		 Concert Elaine Greenfield and Jan Meyer-Thompson will play a program of four-hand piano music 
by French composers. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1893, from the Frederick Collection. 
(Please see special program note.)
October 3,
2004		 Concert The Orfeo Duo will play music by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. Piano
by Katholnig, Vienna, 1805-10, from the Frederick Collection.
October 10,
2004		 Concert Stephen Porter will play music by Liszt, Chopin, and Schumann on the 1839 Erard,
from the Frederick Collection.
October 16,
October 17,
2004		 Concert Susan Alexander-Max will play music by Zipoli, Clementi, Hummel, and Haydn. Piano
by Katholnig, Vienna, 1805-10, from the Frederick Collection.
(October 16 in Winchendon, October 17 in Ashburnham)
Date Event Artist
2003
May 11, 2003 Concert Janice Nimetz
May 18, 2003 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg
May 25, 2003 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Ishmael and Vita Wallace
June 1, 2003 Concert Firestar, Maria Ferrante and Alys Terrien-Queen
August 2 - 11,
2003		 Festival The 2003 Ashburnham Chamber Music Festival at The Piano Museum.
August 31,
2003		 Concert Hsia-Jung Chang
September 28,
2003		 Concert Elaine Greenfield and Jill Hallett Levis
October 19,
2003		 Concert Stephen Porter
October 26,
2003		 Concert Susan Alexander-Max
Date Event Artist
2002
May 12,
2002		 Concert The Brahms Trio, Emlyn Ngai, Violin, Eva Marie Heater, Natural Horn, and Ira Braus,
piano. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1868.
May 26,
2002		 Concert Dmitry Rachmanov
June 2,
2002		 Concert Robert Osborne and Malcolm Halliday
June 9,
2002		 Concert Stephen Porter
August 21 - 25,
2002		 Festival The Ashburnham Chamber Music Festival at The Piano Museum.
September 15,
2002		 Concert The Kooper-Boehm Duo, Kees Kooper and Mary Louise Boehm
September 22,
2002		 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Ishmael and Vita Wallace
September 29,
2002		 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg
October 6,
2002		 Concert Susan Alexander-Max
Date Event Artist
2001
May 4,
2001		 Lecture Study Center
May 5,
2001		 Open 
House		 Study Center
May 6,
2001		 Concert Sandra Carlock
June 10,
2001		 Concert Nancy Annis McDowell and Eda Mazo-Shlyam
July 1,
2001		 Concert The Kooper-Boehm Duo, Kees Kooper and Mary Louise Boehm
August 4,
2001		 Open 
House		 Study Center
October 7,
2001		 Concert Benita Meshulam
October 14,
2001		 Concert Maria Ferrante, Julian Milkis and Lincoln Mayorga
October 21,
2001		 Concert Susan Alexander-Max

Basic Information

The concerts are centered around the internationally recognized Frederick Collection of Historical Grand Pianos built c.1795-1907 in Vienna, Paris, London, etc.

The Collection, begun in 1975, is located in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA.

The concert series has been presented since 1985. Each concert showcases one piano in music of that instrument's time and place, with professional musicians. Programs have included piano solo, Lieder, chamber ensemble, piano duo, French art songs, and more.

There are Concerts in the Spring & Fall, typically five concerts each, at the handicapped-accessible Ashburnham Community Church. The average attendance is 112 persons per event, from all over New England and nearby New York state. Admission $10.00; children/students, free.

The Frederick Piano Collection is located in the handsome c. 1890 former Stevens Library building, being leased to HPC by Town, for use as Historical Piano Study Center.

The Piano Study Center is equipped to host seminars, workshops, lecture-recitals, panel discussions, master classes, tours, and recording sessions.

The Piano Study Center has support of musicians, music scholars, and interested lay public from all over USA and from several other countries.

Historical Piano Concerts, Inc. has been a Non-Profit Organization under Section 501(c)(3) of IRS Code since August, 1988.

For further information:  In addition to the concert schedule on this page, you will find a discography, details of the Collection and the Study Center right here on the web site. To inquire about tours, to add your name to our mailing list, or with other questions, please contact:

Edmund or Patricia Frederick
Historical Piano Concerts, Inc.
15 Water Street
Ashburnham, MA 01430-1258
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