This series has been made possible by the National Endowment of the Arts
as part of "American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius." Wednesday, July 1 American First Second Sonata (1978) William Bolcom (b. 1938) Summer Dreams Brutal, fast Adagio In Memory of Joe Venuti Kevin Lawrence, violinBrian Suits, piano
Abu Ghraib John Harbison (b. 1938)
Scene I, Prayer I Scene II, Prayer II Rhonda Rider, celloPaul Orgel, piano
--INTERMISSION--
Approaching Northern Darkness (2004) Kenneth Jacobs (b. 1949)
Sheila Browne, violaAlejandro Maynegre Torra, piano
Piano Quintet in E flat major George Chadwick (1854-1931)
Allegro sostenuto Andante cantabile Intermezzo: Allegretto un poco risoluto Finale: Allegro energico Elizabeth Chang, violin Sophie Arbuckle, violin Lembi Veskimets, viola Robert Jesselson, cello Brian Suits, piano Friday, July 3 Celebrating Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Opus 49 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Molto allegro ed agitato Andante con moto tranquillo Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace Finale: Allegro assai appassionato Arik Braude, violin Stefan Kartman, cello Brian Suits, piano --INTERMISSION-- Octet in E flat major, Opus 20 Felix Mendelssohn Allegro moderato ma con fuoco Andante Scherzo Presto Kyung Sun Lee, violin Chin Kim, violin Elizabeth Chang, violin Janet Orenstein, violin Susan Dubois, viola Sang Jin Kim, viola Brooks Whitehouse, cello Alexander Ezerman, cello Wednesday, July 8 Mendelssohn and More Piano Trio, Opus 32 John Knowles Paine (1839-1906) Larghetto Humoreske Arik Braude, violin Brooks Whitehouse, cello David Feurzeig, piano Sonata in D major, Opus 58 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Allegro assai vivace Allegretto scherzando Adagio Molto allegro e vivace Robert Jesselson, cello Paul Orgel, piano --INTERMISSION-- Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 15 Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) Chin Kim, violin Hiromi Fukuda, piano String Quartet in D Major, Opus 44, no. 1 Felix Mendelssohn Molto allegro vivace Menuetto: Un poco allegretto Andante espressivo ma con moto Presto con brio John Gilbert, violin Stephanie Ezerman, violin Lembi Veskimets, viola Alexander Ezerman, cello Friday, July 10 A Leipzig Souvenir Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) transcribed for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky, 1984 David Russell, violin Lembi Veskimets, viola Brooks Whitehouse, cello --INTERMISSION-- Piano Quintet in E flat major, Opus 44 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Allegro brillante In modo d'una marcia. Un poco largamente Scherzo: Molto vivace Finale: Allegro ma non troppo Kevin Lawrence, violin John Gilbert, violin Susan Dubois, viola Steven Pologe, cello Dmitri Shteinberg, piano Friday, July 17 Expanding Horizons Homage to Iran Henry Cowell (1887-1965) Andante rubato Interlude: Presto Andante rubato Con spirito Kevin Lawrence, violin Dmitri Shteinberg, piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Opus 25 "dans le caractère populaire roumain" George Enescu (1881-1955) Allegro con brio ma non troppo mosso Moderato malinconico Andante sostenuto e misterioso Chin Kim, violin Hiromi Fukuda, piano --INTERMISSION-- Sonata for solo cello Györgi Ligeti (1923-2006) Dialogo: Adagio, rubato, cantabile Capriccio: Presto con stancio Steven Pologe, cello Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig, Opus 26 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865) Chin Kim, violin Carolina Reveille (1996) Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947) Stephanie Ezerman, violin Matthew Daline, viola Steven Pologe, cello Dmitri Shteinberg, piano Friday, July 24 A French Finale Sonata for cello and piano (1915) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto Sérénade: Modérément animé Final: Animé, léger et nerveux Stefan Kartman, cello Dmitri Shteinberg, piano Trio for flute, viola and cello, Opus 40 Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Allegro grazioso Andante Allegro non troppo Karen Kevra, flute Susan Dubois, viola Robert Jesselson, cello --INTERMISSION-- Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 15 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Allegro molto moderato Scherzo: Allegro vivo Adagio Allegro molto Davd Russell, violin Carol Rodland, viola Stefan Kartman, cello Hiromi Fukuda, piano