2023 Summer Festival Program
Week 1 • June 15 & June 17
Rachel Lee Priday - Violin
Siwoo Kim - Violin
Sami Merdinian - Violin
Matthew Cohen - Viola
Laura Andrade - Cello
Dr. Kevin Krentz - Cello
Zhenni Li-Cohen - Piano
Week 2 • June 22 & June 24
Grace Park - Violin
Mikhail Shmidt - Violin
Suliman Tekalli - Violin
Mara Gearman - Viola
Brook Speltz - Cello
John-Henry Crawford - Cello
David Fung - Piano
Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
TBD
Concert
Dave Beck, Host
W.A. Mozart - String Quartet No. 21, K. 575
Allegretto
Andante
Menuetto & Trio. Allegretto
Allegretto
Rachel, Sami, Matthew, Laura
Claude Debussy - Piano Trio in G Major
Andantino con moto allegro
Scherzo - Intermezzo. Moderato con allegro
Andante espressivo
Finale. Appassionato
Siwoo, John-Henry, Zhenni
Intermission
Giovanni Sollima - Reperto n˚12 for Piano Trio
Rachel, Laura, Zhenni
Rebecca Clarke - "Dumka" for violin, viola & piano
Siwoo, Matthew, Zhenni
Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons for Solo Violin and Strings
Sami, Rachel, Siwoo, Laura, John-Henry
Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
TBD
Concert
Dave Beck, Host
Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Fantasiestucke for string quartet
Prelude
Serenade
Humoreske
Minuet & Trio
Dance
Sami, Rachel, Matthew, Laura
Erno Dohnányi - Serenade for String Trio, op. 10
Marcia. Allegro
Romanza. Adagio non troppo, quasi andante
Scherzo. Vivace
Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
Rondo (Finale). Allegro vivace
Rachel, Matthew, John-Henry
Intermission
Paul Wiancko, When the Night
Kevin, John-Henry, Haeyoon, Laura
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No 2 in A major op 26
Allegro non troppo
Poco adagio
Scherzo. Poco allegro
Allegro alla breve
Siwoo, Sami, Matthew, Laura, Zhenni
Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
TBD
Concert
Jim Tevenan, Host
Jessie Montgomery - Duo for Violin and Cello
Antics
In Confidence
Serious Fun
Misha, Kevin
31 Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Adagio – Allegro vivace
Adagio non lento
Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
Presto – Adagio non lento
Suliman, Misha, Mara, Kevin
Intermission
Reena Esmail - from Darshan, Partita for Solo Violin
Charuskeshi
Suliman
Franz Schubert - Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, D. 929
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo
Allegro moderato
Grace, Brook, David
Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
TBD
Concert
Jim Tevenan, Host
Maurice Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73
Allegro
Très vif
Lent
Vif, avec entrain
Grace and Brook
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Allegretto, "Calm unawareness of the future cataclysm"
Moderato con moto, "Rumblings of unrest and anticipation"
Allegro non troppo, "The forces of war unleashed"
Adagio, "Homage to the dead"
Moderato, "The eternal question: Why? And for what?"
Misha, Grace, Mara, Brook
Intermission
Danish String Quartet - Traditional Scandinavian Tunes from album, Last Leaf
3 Staedil
4 Tjonnenblomen
3 The Dromer
Grace, Misha, Mara, Kevin
Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Allegro con fuoco
Lento
Allegro moderato, Grazioso
Finale. Allegro, ma non troppo
Suliman, Mara, Kevin, David
6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
Tanya Gabrielian discusses and performs works by Alexander Siloti. He was the teacher of Rachmaninoff, pupil of Liszt, and editor of Tchaikovsky.
7:30 Concert
Verne Windham, Host
Credo for String Quartet
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
IV. Infrastructure
Variation Suite for Violin and Cello
Henning Kraggerud (b. 1973)
Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 452
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Intermission
Wild Summer
Joan Tower (b. 1938)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
Tanya Gabrielian discusses and performs works by Alexander Siloti. He was the teacher of Rachmaninoff, pupil of Liszt, and editor of Tchaikovsky.
7:30 Concert
Verne Windham, Host
Credo for String Quartet
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
IV. Infrastructure
Variation Suite for Violin and Cello
Henning Kraggerud (b. 1973)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Intermission
Entranced with Mountain Scenery
Commissioned for 2012 Menuhin Competition
Li Shangqian
String Quartet in G Minor, No. 1, Op. 27
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
Katie Hyun presents Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Passacaglia.
7:30 Concert
Verne Windham, Host
G Song for String Quartet
Terry Riley (b. 1935)
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Intermission
Entranced with Mountain Scenery
Commissioned for 2012 Menuhin Competition
Li Shangqian
String Quartet in G Minor, No. 1, Op. 27
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
Hosted conversation with Festival Artists. Come ask questions and hear the artsits speak!
7:30 Concert
Dave Beck, Host
String Sextet from “Capriccio,” Op. 85
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Intermission
Arcana for String Sextet
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
Zhenni Li-Cohen presents music of Ukranian composer Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
7:30 Concert
Dave Beck, Host
Federico II, from “Viaggio in Italia”
Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962)
String Sextet from “Capriccio,” Op. 85
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 452
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Intermission
Arcana for String Sextet
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture/Recital
Zhenni Li-Cohen presents music of Ukranian composer Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
7:30 Concert
Dave Beck, Host
Federico II, from “Viaggio in Italia”
Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962)
Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 452
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Danish String Quartet
Shore, by Fredrik Sjölin
Polska from Dorotea (Swedish traditional)
Drømte mig en drøm (traditional)
Intermezzo, by Fredrik Sjölin
Shine No More, by Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen
Intermission
Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
