2019 Summer Festival Program

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6:30 Pre-Concert Presentation
Speaker, Lynette Westendorf

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Dave Beck

Divertimento in E-flat Major for String Trio, K. 563

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
Andante
Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio I – Trio II
Allegro

Siwoo Kim, violin|Ayane Kozasa, viola|Michael Katz, cello

Intermission

Vox Petra, for Two Violas and Two Cellos

Paul Wiancko (b. 1983)

Ayane Kozasa, Matthew Lipman, violas|Paul Wiancko, Kevin Krentz, cellos

Piano Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 1

Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960)

Allegro
Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio
Adagio, quasi andante
Finale: Allegro animato – Allegro

Grace Park, Nikki Chooi, violins|Matthew Lipman, viola|Michael Katz, cello|Zhenni Li, piano

6:30 Pre-Concert Presentation
Conversation with Grace Park

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Dave Beck

String Quartet in F Major

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Allegro moderato - Très doux
Assez vif – Très rythmé
Très lent
Vif et agité

Grace Park, Nikki Chooi, violins|Ayane Kozasa, viola|Michael Katz, cello

Café Music

Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)

Allegro
Rubato, andante moderato
Presto

Siwoo Kim, violin|Kevin Krentz, cello|Zhenni Li, piano

Intermission

Miniatures, Op. 75a, B. 149

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

No. 1 in B-flat Major, Cavatina: Moderato
No. 2 in D Minor, Capriccio: Poco allegro
No. 3 in B-flat Major, Romanza: Allegro
No. 4 in G Minor, Elegia: Larghetto

Siwoo Kim, Nikki Chooi, violins|Matthew Lipman, viola

String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Adagio
Un poco allegretto
Vivace ma non troppo presto – Animato

Nikki Chooi, Grace Park, violins|Ayane Kozasa, Matthew Lipman, violas|Michael Katz, cello

6:30 Pre-Concert Presentation
Conversation with Joanne Marracci,
Art Wall Curator

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Verne Windham

Break Away for String Quartet
Strum for String Quintet

Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)

Brittany Boulding,  Ervin Luka Sešek, violins|Amber Archibald, viola|Nathan Chan, cello|Travis Gore, bass

String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Moderato con moto
Adagio
Allegretto
Adagio
Allegro

Mikhail Shmidt, Brittany Boulding, violins|Mara Gearman, viola|Nathan Chan, cello

Intermission

Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114, D. 667, “The Trout”

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Allegro vivace
Andante
Scherzo: Presto – Trio
Theme and Variations: Andantino
Finale: Allegro giusto

Ervin Luka Sešek, violin|Amber Archibald, viola|Paul Wiancko, cello|Travis Gore, bass|Tanya Gabrielian, piano

6:30 Pre-concert Presentation 
Solo Bass Alone, Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946)
Travis Gore, bass

7:30 Centerstage Concert 
Hosted by Verne Windham

String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”

Philip Glass (b. 1937)

1957: Award Montage
November 25: Ichigaya
1934: Grandmother & Kimitake
1962: Body Building
Blood Oath
Mishima/Closing

Ervin Luka Sešek, Mikhail Shmidt, violins|Mara Gearman, viola|Nathan Chan, cello

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

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Allegro vivace
Andante scherzando
Adagio e lento
Allegro molto vivace

Brittany Boulding, Mikhail Shmidt, violins|Mara Gearman, Amber Archibald, violas|Paul Wiancko, cello

Intermission

Entr’acte for String Quartet

Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)

Ervin Luka Sešek, Brittany Boulding, violins|Mara Gearman, viola|Nathan Chan, cello

Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 16

Hermann Goetz (1840-1876)

Andante sostenuto – Allegro con fuoco
Andante con moto
Allegro moderato
Allegro vivace

Mikhail Shmidt, violin|Amber Archibald, viola|Paul Wiancko, cello
Travis Gore, bass|Tanya Gabrielian, piano

violin

Ervin Luka Sešek

violin

Paul Wiancko

cello

2019 Summer Festival Speakers

Dave Beck

host

Lynette Westendorf

host

Verne Windham

host

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