2021 Artist Faculty season

Wednesday, June 30, 2021    Age of Romanticism with guest artist Chad Hoopes

String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18       Johannes Brahms

Janet Sung, violin, Carolyn Stuart, violin, Daniel Sweeney, viola, Rictor Noren, viola, Sarah Kim, cello, Alan Rafferty, cello

Violin Sonata no. 1 in A minor, Op. 105       Robert Schumann

Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75       Antonín Dvořák

Sonatensatz in C minor, Op. post.       Johannes Brahms 

Chad Hoopes, violin, Nelson Padgett, piano

Friday, July 2, 2021    Streams of Sunlight

Strum (2018)       Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981) 

Carolyn Huebl, violin, Shannon Thomas, violin, Michael Strauss, viola, Matthew Zalkind, cello

Sonata for Viola and Piano (2018)       John Harbison (b. 1938)

Lila Brown, viola, Sally Pinkas, piano

Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44       Robert Schumann

Kevin Lawrence, violin, Elizabeth Chang, violin, Sheila Browne, viola, Brooks Whitehouse, cello , Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Wednesday, July 7, 2021    High Spirits

Five Pieces for String Quartet (1924)       Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)             

Carolyn Stuart, violin, Janet Sung, violin, Michael Strauss, viola  , Steve Pologe, cello

Viola, Viola (1997)       George Benjamin (b. 1960) Lembi Veskimets and Daniel Sweaney, violas

String Quintet in D major,  K. 593       Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Elizabeth Chang, violin, Jubal Fulks, violin , Carolyn Coade, viola , Roger Myers, viola , Brooks Whitehouse, cello

Friday, July 9, 2021    Mysterious Beauty 

Nocturne (1947)      John Cage (1912-1992)   Distance de Fée (1951)   Tōro Takemitsu (1930-1996) 

Jubal Fulks, violin, Nelson Padgett, piano 

Piano Trio (1916-17, rev. 1978)      Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) 

Shanon Thomas, violin, Sarah Kim, cello, Brian Suits, piano

Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34       Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sandy Yamamoto, violin, Carolyn Huebl, violin , Lembi Veskimets, viola, Matthew Zalkind, cello, Hiromi Fukuda, piano

Friday, July 16, 2021    Cries from the Soul with guest artist Matt Haimovitz

Kyrie       Josquin des Prez (1450-1521), arranged by Matt Haimovitz

Matt Haimovitz, Sarah Kim, Alan Rafferty, and Alice Yoo, celli

Missa Primavera (based on the Kyrie of Josquin)      Lisa Bielawa (b. 1968) 

bare       Gabriella Smith (b. 1991)

Sorta Voce       Tod Machover (b, 1953) (World Premiere)

Matt Haimovitz, cello

Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, Op. 66       Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Kevin Lawrence, violin, Matt Haimovitz, cello, Brian Suits, piano

String Quartet in A minor, Op. 35       Anton Arensky (1861-1906)

Sandy Yamamoto, violin, Susan Dubois, viola, Matt Haimovitz, cello, Alice Yoo, cello

Tuesday, July 20, 2021    Russian Visions

Viola Sonata in D minor (1825-28)      Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Roger Myers, viola, Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Prelude in A major Op. 46, no. 7       Lera Auerbach (b. 1973)

Hommage à J.S.B.       Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937)

Fugato       Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006)

Carolyn Stuart, violin, Svetozar Ivanov, piano

String Quartet no. 2 in F major, Op. 92       Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Carolyn Huebl, violin , Shannon Thomas, violin, Caroline Coade, viola, Stefan Kartman, cello