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Opening Night

with Balourdet & Dvorak

Opening Night 2023
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String Quartet No. 4

“Strange Machines”

Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970)

Chamber Music America Commission, 2022

 

     I. Alberti Machine

     II. Goldberg Machine

     III. Mannheim Machine

 

     The Balourdet Quartet

 

 

String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

     I. Allegro moderato

     II. Andante

     III. Menuetto and Trio

     IV. Allegretto ma non troppo

    The Balourdet Quartet 

 

Intermission ​

 

 

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)     

    

     I. Allegro, ma non tanto

     II. Dumka: Andante con moto

     III. Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace

     IV. Finale: Allegro

 

     The Balourdet Quartet, Steven Vanhauwaert

Romantic Piano

Romantic Piano
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Sonata in D Major for 2 pianos, K. 448                

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

    

I. Allegro con spirito

     II. Andante

     III. Allegro molto

 

     Hyeyeon Park, James Winn

 

In the Mists

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

 

     I. Andante

     II. Molto adagio

     III. Andantino

     IV. Presto

    

     Steven Vanhauwaert

 

Piano Sonata No. 8, Op 66

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

    

     I. Lento - Allegro agitato

Intermission

 

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

in F-sharp minor, Op.20

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

 

     Hyeyeon Park

 

Three Pieces after William Butler Yeats

James Winn (b. 1952)

     

     James Winn

 

Selections from Slavonic Dances

for four hands

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

 

     I. Opus 72, No. 2

     II. Opus 46, No. 5

     III. Opus 46, No. 8

 

     Hyeyeon Park, James Winn

Cello Mavericks

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Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  

     I. Adagio sostenuto

     II. Allegro

     III. Allegro vivace

 

     Dmitri Atapine, Hyeyeon Park

 

Sequenza XIVa for cello

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)

    

     Clive Greensmith

 

Invocation, Op. 19/2

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

    

     Peter Lenz, James Winn

Intermission

 

Serenade in C major for string trio, Op. 10

Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960)

 

     I. Marci

     II. Romanza

     III. Scerzo

     IV. Tema con variazioni

     V. Rondo

 

    

     Gallia Kastner, Dustin Budish, James Baik

 

Boemian Rhapsody for five Cellos and piano

Freddie Mercury (1946-1991)

(arr. by Inon Barnatan)

 

     Clive Greensmith, Russell Houston, James Baik,

     John Lenz, Peter Lenz, Steven Vanhauwaert

Cello Mavericks

L’Après-Midi Avec Debussy

L'apres Midi Avec Debussy
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Violin Sonata in G minor

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

 

     I. Allegro vivo

     II. Intermede: fantasque et leger

     III. Finale: tres anime

 

     Gallia Kastner, Hyeyeon Park

 

Transcendental Etude No. 11

in D-flat major “Harmonies du Soir”

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

    

Brouillards

(from Preludes, Book 2)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

     

Bruyères

(from Preludes, Book 2)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

 

Île de Feu I

from Quatre Études de rythme

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

     

     Steven Vanhauwaert

 

Intermission

 

Romance for Cello and Piano

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

     

     Russell Houston, James Winn

 

A Bird Came Down the Walk

for Viola and Piano

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

 

      Dustin Budish, James Winn

 

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    

     I. Animé et très décidé

     II. Assez vif et bien rythmé

     III. Andantino, doucement expressif

     IV. Très modéré

 

     Angela Bae, Ruth Lenz, Benjamin Zannoni, James Baik

20th Festival Celebration

20th Festival Celebration
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Tzigane for violin and piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

     Ruth Lenz, James Winn

String Quintet No 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

 

     I. Allegro vivace

     II. Andante scherzando

     III. Adagio e lento

     IV. Allegro molto vivace

 

      Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis, Benjamin Zannoni,

      Dustin Budish, Russell Houston

 

 

Intermission

Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

 

     I. Allegro moderato

     II. Andante un poco mosso

     III. Scherzo. Allegro – Trio

     IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace

 

     Gallia Kastner, Dmitri Atapine, Hyeyeon Park

Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrw
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String Quartet No. 3

Monica Houghton (b. 1954)

 

     I. Allegro ma non troppo, truculent

     II. Serene

     III. Fleet, gossamer

     IV. With an allegretto feel, seductive

     Ruth Lenz, Justin DeFilippis,

     Dustin Budish, Peter Lenz

   

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)

     I. Allegro moderato

     II. Scherzo. Allegro molto

     III. Elegia. Adagio

     IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo

 

     Gallia Kastner, James Baik,

     Steven Vanhauwaert

 

 

Intermission

String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

     I. Allegro con fuoco

     II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

     III. Poco andante

     IV. Finale. Allegro assai

 

     Angela Bae, Ruth Lenz, Benjamin Zannoni,

     Dmitri Atapine, Scott Faulkner

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