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