Montreal Chamber Music Festival presents

Alexander Fiterstein

Israeli clarinet sensation Alexander Fiterstein returns to the Festival for a second year in a row. Hear him in some of chamber music’s greatest repertoire with other top notch artists including a quartet comprised of MSO’s concertmaster Andrew Wan, American‑Israeli violin sensation Giora Schmidt, former violinist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet Barry Shiffman, Festival Director and former cellist of the Orford Quartet, Denis Brott, as well as Quebec’s world renowned pianist André Laplante and Montreal coloratura soprano Aline Kutan. What a line‑up!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio in Eb major, K. 498 (1786)
Andante
Menuet et Trio en sol
Rondo : allegretto

Quintet in A major, K. 581 (1789)
Allegro
Larghetto
Menuet, Trio I et Trio II
Allegretto con variazioni

INTERMISSION

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Le Pâtre sur le rocher), D. 965 (1828)

Musique klezmer
Works will be announced from the stage

Artists
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Aline Kutan, soprano
André Laplante, piano

Festival String Quartet:
Giora Schmidt, Andrew Wan, violins
Barry Shiffman, viola
Denis Brott, cello

For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts  514-285-2000

Sponsored by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust and the Consulate General of Israel in Montreal