This series has been made possible by the National Endowment of the Arts
as part of "American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius."
Wednesday, June 30 French Delights
Caprice in the form of a Waltz, Opus 52, no. 6 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921), arranged by Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 – 1931)
Chin Kim, violin
Wonmin Kim, piano
Piano Trio (1914) Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Modéré
Pantoum: Assez vif
Passacaille: Très large
Final: Animé
Felicia Moye, violin
Stefan Kartman, cello
Jeannie Yu, piano
INTERMISSION
Sonata No. 1 in C sharp minor for violin and piano (1918) Arthur Honegger (1892 – 1955)
Andante sostenuto
Presto
Adagio; Allegro assai; Adagio
John Gilbert, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Piano Quartet in B flat major, Opus 69 Mélanie Bonis (1858 – 1937)
Moderato
Intermezzo: Allegretto tranquillo
Andante
Allegro ma non troppo
Kevin Lawrence, violin
Lembi Veskimets, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano
Friday, July 2 Time and Place: American Music from Three Centuries
Serenade, Opus 1 Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
Un poco adagio; Allegro con spirito
Andante con moto
Dance: Allegro giocoso
Arik Braude, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, violin
Lembi Veskimets, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello
Wave Hill: Arbores Venerabiles/Anemones (2009) Laura Kaminsky (b. 1956)
Kevin Lawrence, violin
Brian Suits, piano
Fire Hose Reel (1998) Evan Chambers (b. 1963)
Carolyn Stuart, violin
Svetozar Ivanov, piano
INTERMISSION
Piano Quartet in C major, Opus 23 Arthur Foote (1853 – 1937)
Allegro comodo
Scherzo: Allegro vivace
Adagio, ma con moto
Allegro non troppo
Carolyn Stuart, violin
Lembi Veskimets, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Wednesday, July 7 Uncommon Brilliance
Piano Trio in E flat major, Opus 70, no. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Poco sostenuto; Allegro, ma non troppo
Allegretto
Allegretto, ma non troppo
Finale: Allegro
Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin
Steven Pologe, cello
Wonmin Kim, piano
INTERMISSION
Carmen Fantasie (1946) Franz Waxman (1906 – 1967)
Chin Kim, violin
Wonmin Kim, piano
Piano Quartet in E major, Opus 20 Sergei Taneyev (1856 – 1915)
Allegro brillante
Adagio più tosto largo
Finale: Allegro molto
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano
Friday, July 9 Anniversaries
Serenade in C major for string trio, Opus 10 Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)
Marcia: Allegro
Romanza: Adagio non troppo, quasi andante
Scherzo: Vivace
Tema con varizioni: Andante con moto
Rondo: Allegro vivace
Elizabeth Chang, violin
Lembi Veskimets viola
Stefan Kartman, cello
Canzone, Opus 38 Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
Chin Kim, violin
Wonmin Kim, piano
Trio (1937) Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
Adagio non troppo; Più mosso; Allegro vivace
Tempo di marcia
Largo; Allegro vivo et molto ritmico
Felicia Moye, violin
Robert Jesselson, cello
Dmitri Steinberg, piano
INTERMISSION
Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Opus 3 Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Steven Pologe, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
String Quartet in A minor, Opus 41, no. 1 Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Introduzione: Andante espressivo; Allegro
Scherzo: Presto
Adagio
Presto
John Gilbert, violin
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello
Tuesday, July 13 A recital of American song
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
William Bolcom, piano
Beginner’s Luck (1937) words and music by Ira and George Gershwin
Swinging On a Star (1944) words by Johnny Burke, music by James Van Heusen
Beale Street Blues (1917) words and music by W. C. Handy
Little Girl Blue (1935) words by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers
The Saga of Jenny (1941) words by Ira Gershwin, music by Kurt Weill
I’ll Walk Alone (1944) words by Sammy Cahn, music by Jule Styne
G. I. Jive (1943) words and music by Johnny Mercer
Lili Marlene (1943) words and music by Mack David, Hans Leip and Norbert Schultz
Piano solos:
Searchlight Rag (1907) Scott Joplin
Fields of Flowers (1977) William Bolcom
Tschaikowsky (1941) words by Ira Gershwin, music by Kurt Weill
Surabaya Johnny (1929) words by Bertold Brecht, translation by M. Feingold, music by Kurt Weill
The Total Stranger in the Garden (1992) words by Arnold Weinstein, music by William Bolcom
Waitin' (1979) Weinstein and Bolcom
George (1985) Weinstein and Bolcom
Minicabs (2008-2009) Weinstein and Bolcom
I Feel Good
People Change
Those
Food Song no. 1
Food Song no. 2
I Will Never Forgive You
Songette
Not Even a Haiku
Maxim no. 1
Maxim no. 2
Anyone
Finale: Mystery of the Song
Plant You Now, Dig You Later (1940) words by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers
Friday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m.
Pre-concert interview of William Bolcom by David Feuerzeig
Friday, July 16 Chamber Music of William Bolcom
Fourth Violin Sonata (1994)
Allegro brillante
White Night
Arabesque
Jota
Kevin Lawrence, violin
Dmitri Steinberg, piano
Piano Quintet (2000)
Sonata movement
Larghetto
Lamentation
Rondo furioso
Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Wing Ho, viola
Steven Pologe, cello
Brian Suits, piano
INTERMISSION
Introduzione e Rondo: Haydn Go Seek (2009)
Molto adagio
Allegro giocoso
Arik Braude, violin
Robert Jesselson, cello
Paul Orgel, piano
Octet (2008)
Mystic Saraband
Mit Leidenschaft
Andantino lamentoso
Rondeau-Barcarolle
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Chin Kim, violin
Elizabeth Chang, violin
Carolyn Stuart, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, viola
Matthew Daline, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Friday, July 23 Simply Strings
String Quartet in E minor, Opus 44, no. 2 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Allegro assai appassionato
Scherzo: Allegro di molto
Andante
Presto agitato
David Bowlin, violin
David Russell, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
INTERMISSION
String Quintet in G major, Opus 111 Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Adagio
Un poco allegretto
Vivace ma non troppo presto
David Russell, violin
David Bowlin, violin
Wing Ho, viola
Matthew Daline, viola
Stefan Kartman, cello