2025-2026 Season
A five concert chamber music series at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm.
$30 adult, $10 student
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Complimentary wine reception with the artists following the performance.
The Goethe Project
February 15, 2026
Pianist Albert Cano Smit returns to play selections by Schubert, Liszt and more inspired by Goethe’s Faust. He performs with mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner and tenor Daniel McGrew. All are recent First Prize winners of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Sivan Magen plays Poème by Paul Ben-Haim
Itamar Zorman / Daniel Oren / Israel Symphony Rishon Lezion play Beethoven Violin Concerto op.61
Program
Sonatina for violin and piano (harp) in D major, D384
Franz Schubert
1. Allegretto
2. Andante
3. Allegro Vivace
Di bist die Ruh op. 59, No. 3
Schubert/Liszt
Gretchen am spinnrade op.2, D118
From Goethe’s Faust
Sonatina for violin and piano (harp) in D major, op. 100
Antonín Dvorák
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Larghetto
3. Molto vivace
4. Allegro
Intermission
Night Time for violin and harp
Sebastian Currier
1. Dusk
2. Sleepless
3. Vespers
4. Nightwind
5. Starlight
Prélude in D flat major (Raindrop)
Mazurka in A minor op. 17, no. 4
Waltz in D flat major (Minute Waltz)
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade in G minor, op. 23
Chopin/Ysaÿe
Benjamin Baker, violin plays string quartets with members of AWE Players
March 22, 2026
Benjamin Baker, creative director of At World’s Edge Music Festival returns with AWE performers to play string quartets.
Oliver Neubauer – Grieg Violin Sonata no. 3
YCA Finals 2020 – Zhu Wang, Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major
Program
Sonatina No. 1 in D Major, Op. 137, D. 384
Franz Schubert
I. Allegro molto
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace
Oliver Neubauer, Violin
Zhu Wang, Piano
Romance for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
Gabriel Fauré
James Baik, Cello
Zhu Wang, Piano
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Robert Schumann
I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
II. Lebhaft, leicht
III. Rasch und mit Feuer
James Baik, Cello
Zhu Wang, Piano
Piano Sonata, Sz. 80
Béla Bartók
I. Allegro moderato
II. Sostenuto e pesante
III. Allegro molto
Zhu Wang, Piano
Intermission
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro con brio
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
III. Adagio
IV. Finale: Allegro
Oliver Neubauer, Violin
James Baik, Cello
Zhu Wang, Piano
Ying Li and Chaeyoung Park, piano duets
April 12, 2025
Curtis graduate and multi prize winner Ying Li and Chaeyoung Park, recently in the Van Cliburn semi-finals play duets on two pianos.
Martin James Bartlett – Wild: 7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin No. 4 – Concertgebouw Sessions
Program
Les Barricades Mystérieuses
François Couperin
Suite in A minor (RCT 5)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Gavotte et six doubles
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Robert Schumann
1. Of foreign lands and people
2. A curious story
3. Blind man’s buff
4. Pleading child
5. Happy enough
6. And important event
7. Dreaming
8. At the fireside
9. Knight of the hobbyhorse
10. Almost too serious
11. Frightening
12. Child falling asleep
13. The poet speaks
Widmung
Schumann/Liszt
Soirée de Vienne, op. 56
Alfred Grünfeld
Intermission
Four Impromptus, D. 899, op. 90
Franz Schubert
1. Allegro molto moderato
2. Allegro
3. Andante
4. Allegretto
Ständchen, S. 560
Schumann/Liszt
Tristan und Isolde, WWV.90
Richard Wagner
(arr. Liszt)
La Valse
Maurice Ravel
About Us
The Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music Series takes place in the Tempe Center for the Arts, a stone’s throw from the 1875 ferry location near the Hayden Flour Mill. The logo is based on the only existing photo of the ferry and acknowledges the original name of Tempe, Hayden’s Ferry. The Salt River is no longer running and the beautiful TCA is located on Tempe Town Lake.
This Sunday afternoon series takes place mostly in the Lakeside Room. Guest artists come from all over the United States and they are all exceptionally fine musicians. The experience of hearing music in a beautiful glass walled setting is really wonderful and quite rare. Seating is limited to 200 people. After the concerts the audience is invited to meet the musicians at a wine reception, and a glass of wine is included in the adult ticket price. I look forward to seeing you at the concerts.
Catherine Hayden, Producer
This music series depends on the generosity of its supporters. It is a registered 501(c)(3) charity so all contributions are tax-deductible. If you wish to donate online, please click the link below.
If you wish to donate by check, send a check made out to the series to me at: 1517 E Calle de Caballos, Tempe AZ 85284.
Contact Us
Send email to Catherine Hayden:
catherinehayden@haydensferry
chambermusicseries.org
(480) 319-2483
1517 E Calle de Caballos Tempe, AZ 85284