Program | Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival

2018 Summer Festival Program

6:30 Pre-Concert Conversation 
Aizuri Quartet and Verne Windham discuss the Bartok Quartets

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Verne Windham
Prologue Reader Kevin Krentz

Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Allegro appassionato
Adagio
 Allegro con fuoco

Mikhail Shmidt, violin|Mara Gearman, viola|Karen Ouzounian, cello|Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano

String Quartet No.2, Op. 17

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Moderato  
Allegro molto capriccioso
 Lento

Aizuri Quartet

Intermission

21

Andy Akiho (b. 1979)

Duet for Cello, Marimba, Percussion and Electronics

Haeyoon Shin, cello|Rob Tucker, percussion

Octet in E-flat Major for Strings, Op.20

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco  
Andante
Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo
Presto

6:30 Pre-Concert Lecture 
Lynette Westendorf

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Verne Windham
Prologue Reader Carolanne Steinebach

Prelude to the Grand Macabre, for 12 Bulb Horns

György Ligeti (1923-2006)

Matthew Kocmieroski|Rob Tucker|Paul Hansen

String Sextet in D minor

Aleksandr Borodin (1833-1877)

Allegro  
Andante

Miho Saegusa, violin|Brittany Boulding, violin|Mara Gearman, viola
Ayane Kozasa, viola|Karen Ouzounian, cello|Kevin Krentz, cello

Concerto for 4 Violins in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1, RV 549

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Allegro
Largo e spiccato
 Allegro

String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590 "Prussian No. 3"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Allegro moderato
Andante - Allegretto
Menuetto: Allegretto
 Allegro

Aizuri Quartet

Intermission

Symphony No. 15, Op. 141a, arr. Viktor Derevianko.

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Chamber version for Violin, Cello, Piano (and celesta), and Three Percussionists

Mikhail Shmidt, violin|Karen Ouzounian, cello|Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano
Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion|Rob Tucker, percussion|Paul Hansen, percussion

6:30 Pre-Concert Conversation 
Kenny Broberg and Verne Windham

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Verne Windham
Prologue Reader Liz Johnson

String Quartet in B-flat Major, Hob. III:40, Op. 33, No. 4

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Allegro moderato 
Scherzo - Allegretto
Largo
Finale - Presto

Elena Urioste, violin|Grace Park, violin|Caitlin Lynch, viola|Haeyoon Shin, cello

String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Allegro non troppo ma con brio  
Grave ed appassionato — Allegretto vivace
 Finale: Allegro energico

Grace Park, violin|Elena Urioste, violin|Maurycy Banaszek, viola|Caitlin Lynch, viola
Kevin Krentz, cello|Haeyoon Shin, cello

Intermission

Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Allegro  
Andante con moto
Scherzando. Allegro moderato
Allegro moderato

Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin|Nathan Chan, cello|Kenny Broberg, piano

6:30 Pre- Concert Conversation 
Narek Arutyunian and Dave Beck

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Dave Beck
Prologue Reader Kevin Krentz

String Quartet No. 28 in E-flat major, Hob. III:31, Op. 20, No. 1

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Allegro moderato 
Minuet: Un poco allegretto - Trio
 Affettuoso e sostenuto
Finale: Presto

Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin |Elena Urioste, violin| Caitlin Lynch, viola|Nathan Chan, cello

Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Allegro
Larghetto
 Menuetto
Allegretto con variazioni

Narek Arutyunian, clarinet |Grace Park, violin|Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin
Caitlin Lynch, viola|Nathan Chan, cello

Intermission

Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Kenny Broberg, piano

Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Elena Urioste, violin|Kenny Broberg, piano

Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Allegro con fuoco  
Lento
Allegro moderato, grazioso - Un pochettino più mosso
Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Elena Urioste, violin|Maurycy Banaszek, viola|Nathan Chan, cello|Kenny Broberg, piano

6:30 Pre-concert Recital  
Fellowship Quartet

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Dave Beck
Prologue Reader Deanne Meek

Il Tramonto (The Sunset)

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Lyric poem for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Deanne Meek, mezzo-soprano| Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin|Grace Park, violin
Caitlin Lynch, viola|Haeyoon Shin, cello

Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in A Minor, Op. 114

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Allegro  
Adagio
Andantino grazioso
Allegro

Narek Arutyunian, clarinet|Kevin Krentz, cello|Kenny Broberg, piano

Intermission

Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and Piano,
Op. 91

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Gestillte Sehnsucht  
Geistliches Wiegenlied

Deanne Meek, mezzo soprano|Caitlin Lynch, viola|Catherine Weill, piano

Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Pytor Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Allegro con spirito
Adagio cantabile e con moto
Allegro moderato
Allegro vivace

violin

Rob Tucker

percussion

Elena Urioste

violin

Catherine Weill

piano

2018 Summer Festival Speakers

Dave Beck

host

Carolanne Steinbach

lecturer

Dave Ward

stargazer

Lynette Westendorf

lecturer

Verne Windham

host