2016 Artist Faculty Concert Series

Wednesday, June 29           Unquenchable Spirit

 

Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7 (1914)

Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)

Allegro serioso, non troppo Adagio Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto

Kevin Lawrence, violin Rhonda Rider, cello 

 

 

String Quartet no. 7 in F sharp minor

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Allegretto Lento Allegro; Allegretto

Avital Mazor, violin Barak Shossberger, violin Daniel Ratush, viola Elizabeth Cook, cello

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

Three Dance Movements for solo viola

Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933)

Sarabande Tempo di valse Tanz

Daniel Sweaney, viola

 

 

String Quintet in A major, Op. 39

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)

Allegro Scherzo: Allegro moderato Andante sostenuto Finale: Allegro moderato  

Bayla Keyes, violin Janet Sung, violin Basil Vendryes, viola Rhonda Rider, cello  Alison Wells, cello 

 

 

Friday, July 1                 Joyous Embrace

 

Piano Trio in B flat major, K. 502

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Allegro Larghetto Allegretto 

Bayla Keyes, violin Gregory Sauer, cello  Paul Orgel, piano

 

 

Piano Trio (1937)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Adagio non troppo - Più mosso - Allegro vivace Tempo di marcia Largo - Allegro vivo et molto ritmico

Lynn Chang, violin  Robert Jesselson, cello Brian Suits, piano

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

Concertpiece (1906)

George Enescu (1881-1955)

Lembi Veskimets, viola Tong Tong, piano 

 

 

String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Allegro moderato - Allegro con brio Dumka: Poco allegretto Furiant: Presto Finale: Tema con variazioni

Janet Sung, violin  Bayla Keyes, violin Roger Myers, viola  Rictor Noren, viola  Alan Rafferty, cello  Sarah Kim, cello

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 6               Dazzling 

 

Four Lauds

Elliot Carter (1908-2012)

Statement: Remembering Aaron Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi Rhapsodic Musings Fantasy: Remembering Roger

Jubal Fulks, violin

 

 

Carmen Fantasie (1947)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)/Franz Waxman (1906-1967)

William Wei, violin  Tong Tong, piano

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

String Quartet in D major, Op 44, no. 1

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Molto allegro vivace Minuetto: Un poco allegretto Andante espressivo ma con moto Presto con brio

Irina Muresanu, violin Jubal Fulks, violin Rictor Noren, viola  Steven Pologe, cello

 

 

 

Friday, July 8             Italian Voices with guest artist Eugenia Zukerman, flutist

 

Violin Duos  (1979-1983)

Luciano Berio (1925-2003) 

Igor (Stravinsky) Béla (Bartók) Shlomit (Almog) Rivi (Pecker) Peppino (Di Giugno) Jeanne (Panni) Vinko (Globokar) Aldo (Bennici) Bruno (Maderna) Peiro (Farulli)Yossi (Pecker)

Lynn Chang, violin Elizabeth Chang, violin

 

 

Violin Sonata in B minor (1917)

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Moderato Andante espressivo Passacaglia: Allegro moderato ma energico

William Wei, violin Brian Suits, piano

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

Tartiniana Seconda (1956)

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

Pastorale Tempo di Bourrée Presto leggerissimo Variazioni

Carolyn Stuart, violin Svetozar Ivanov, piano

 

 

Flute Quartet in B flat major, Op. 22, no. 1

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824)

Andante - Allegro vivace Andante Allegretto 

Eugenia Zukerman, flute  Janet Sung, violin   Sheila Browne, viola  Alison Wells, cello  

 

 

Wednesday, July 13           Formidable French 

 

Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Allegretto Andantino maestoso ma con moto Poco allegro Allegro

Jubal Fulks, violin Lembi Veskimets, viola Steven Pologe, cello Brian Suits, piano

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

Sonata for solo violin, Op. 27, no. 1

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

Grave Fugato Allegretto poco scherzoso Finale con brio

Chin Kim, violin

 

 

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 81

Vincent D’Indy (1851-1931)   

Assez animé Assez animé Lent et espressif Modérément animé

Elizabeth Chang, violin Stephanie Ezerman, violin Susan Dubois, viola  Alexander Ezerman, cello Nelson Padgett, piano

 

 

 

Friday, July 15                  New Worlds with two premieres by Evan Chambers, Festival composer-in-residence

 

Sonata for viola and piano (1979)

George Rochberg (1918-2005) 

Allegro moderato Adagio lamentoso Fantasia 

Sheila Browne, viola Brian Suits, piano

 

 

Bachianas Brasilieras no. 1 (1930)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) 

Introdução (Embolada) Prelúdio (Modinha) Fuga (Conversa) 

Alan Rafferty  Erin Patterson* Steven Pologe Phillip Goist* Sarah Kim Soyoon Park* Robert Jesselson Grace Sommer* *Emerging Artists of the Festival 

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

Love Dogs (2003)

Evan Chambers (b. 1963) 

Stephanie Ezerman, violin Daniel Sweaney, viola Alexander Ezerman, cello

 

 

what the trees know (2016)

Evan Chambers 

     roots - secret world - time lapse (tender stem) - budding - leaf song - breezes -

     branching - lament for the forest - new growth

Carolyn Stuart, violin Lina Bahn, violin Janet Sung, violin Stephanie Ezerman, violin Evan Chambers, voice world premiere 

 

 

A Hundred Ways (2016)

Evan Chambers 

Meditation Breath of Fire - Lion’s Breath - Deep Bow of Gratitude

Kevin Lawrence, violin Alexander Ezerman, cello Brian Suits, piano world premiere 

 

 

 

Friday, July 22               Life Overflowing with guest artist Matt Haimovitz, cellist

 

Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 898

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Allegro moderato Andante Scherzo: Allegro Rondo: Allegro vivace

Kevin Lawrence, violin Matt Haimovitz, cello Svetozar Ivanov, piano

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

 

Overture to Bach (2015)

Philip Glass (b. 1937)

 

Suite no. 1 in G major for solo cello

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prélude

 

Es War (2015)

David Sanford (b. 1963)

 

Suite no. 5 in C minor for solo cello

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prélude

Matt Haimovitz, cello

 

 

String Quintet in D major, Op. 50, no. 2

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Pastorale Allegro maestoso Grave Tempo di Fandango

Carolyn Stuart, violin Jubal Fulks, violin Susan Dubois, viola  Matt Haimovitz, cello Alan Rafferty, cello