2009 Artist Faculty Concert Series

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, violin
Brian Suits, piano

 

 

Abu Ghraib                            John Harbison (b. 1938)

    Scene I, Prayer I
    Scene II, Prayer II
Rhonda Rider, cello
Paul Orgel, piano

 

 

--INTERMISSION--

 

Approaching Northern Darkness (2004)    Kenneth Jacobs (b. 1949) 

Sheila Browne, viola
Alejandro 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