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Selections from The Red Back Book

Scott Joplin

The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives

Three Places in New England
Charles Ives

La Mer
Claude Debussy arr. Iain Farrington

The program includes works by Franz Schubert, Szymon Laks and Antonín Dvořák.

Till Fellner (piano)

Viviane Hagner and Sarah Jegou-Sagerman (violins)

Lisa Sung (viola)

Bryan Cheng (cello)

The program includes works by Franz Schubert, Szymon Laks and Antonín Dvořák.

Till Fellner (piano),

Viviane Hagner and Sarah Jegou-Sagerman (violins),

Lisa Sung (viola) 

Bryan Cheng (cello).

The program includes works by Franz Schubert, Szymon Laks and Antonín Dvořák.

Till Fellner (piano),

Viviane Hagner and Sarah Jegou-Sagerman (violins),

Lisa Sung (viola)

Bryan Cheng (cello).

The program includes works by Franz Schubert, Szymon Laks and Antonín Dvořák.

Till Fellner (piano),

Viviane Hagner and Sarah Jegou-Sagerman (violins),

Lisa Sung (viola)

Bryan Cheng (cello).

The program includes works by Franz Schubert, Szymon Laks and Antonín Dvořák.

Till Fellner (piano),

Viviane Hagner and Sarah Jegou-Sagerman (violins),

Lisa Sung (viola)

Bryan Cheng (cello).

Sandor Veress (1907–1992) String Trio (1954)
Andante / Allegro molto

Stephen Waarts (violin),
Lisa Sung (viola),
Bryan Cheng (violoncello)

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major, Op. 81 (1887)
Allegro ma non tanto / Dumka. Andante con moto / Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace — Poco tranquillo / Finale. Allegro

Viviane Hagner (violin),
Sarah Jégou-Sageman (violin),
Lisa Sung (viola), 
Bryan Cheng (violoncello),
Till Fellner (piano)

Brahms Sextet no.2 in G major

Anna Lee, Juliette Beauchamp, violins
Lisa Sung, Cristina Cordero, violas
Jonathan Swensen, Gary Hoffman, cellos

Franck piano quintet

Veriko Tchumburidze and Ryo Kojima, violins
Lisa Sung, viola
Mika Hakhnazaryan, violoncello
Amadeus Wiesensee, piano

Brahms Sextet no. 1 in G major:
Anna Lee, Roksana Kwasnikowska, violins
Lisa Sung and Cristina Cordero, violas
Jonathan Swensen and Gary Hoffman, violoncello

Franck piano quintet:
Veriko Tchumburidze and Ryo Kojima, violins
Lisa Sung, viola
Mika Hakhnazaryan, violoncello
Amadeus Wiesensee, piano

Veress string trio:
Stephen Waarts, violin
Lisa Sung, viola
Bryan Cheng, violoncello

Amy Beth Kirsten (b.1972) yes I said yes I will Yes. (2012) Text by James Joyce
Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) String Quintet in F Major, WAB112 (1878-9)
Anthony Marwood, Astrid Nakamura, violins; Connie Pharoah, Maria Lambros, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello

Intermission

Toshio Hosokawa (b.1955) Renka III (Love Song) (1990) Text by Izumi-Shikibu
Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; SoYoung Choi, violin; Madelyn Kowalski, cello; Charles Overton, harp

Philippe Hersant (b.1948) For Roger (2022)
World Premiere
Krzystof Chorzelski, Hannah Burnett, violas

Traditional of St. Kilda, arr. James MacMillan (b.1959) Hirta (2016)
Anthony Marwood, Sophia Anna Szokolay, Yukiko Uno, SoYoung Choi, Evan Hjort, Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Yiliang Jiang, Valerie Kim, KJ McDonald, violins; Maria Lambros, Alexander McFarlane, Connie Pharoah, Lisa Sung, violas; Natasha Brofsky, Audrey Chen, Megan Yip, cellos; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass

Lei Liang (b.1972) Trans for solo percussion and audience (2013)
Eduardo Leandro, percussion

George Lewis (b.1952) Artificial Life (2007)
Evan Hjort, Yiliang Jiang, KJ McDonald, violins; Lara Albesano, Alexander McFarlane, violas; John Myerscough, Coleman Itzkoff, cellos; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass; Rosie Gallagher, flute; Barret Ham, clarinet; Travis Laplante, saxophone; Charles Overton, harp; Eduardo Leandro, percussion

George Gershwin (1898-1937) Our Love is Here to Stay (1937) Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
William Sharp, baritone

Sophia Gubaidulina (b.1931) Zwei Lieder nach deutschen Volksdichtungen (Two Songs on German Folk Poetry) (1988)
North American Premiere
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Rosie Gallagher, flute; John Myerscough, cello; Alice Xu, harpsichord

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Trio in F Minor, Op.65 (1883)
Sophiko Simsive, piano; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violin; John Myerscough, cello

Intermission

Shostakovich String Quartet No.2 
Valerie Kim, Hee-Soo Yoon, violins; Lisa Sung, viola; Michael Kannen, cello

Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) Dhipli zyia (Double symmetry) (1951)
Çiğdem Tunçelli Sinangil, violin; Leland Ko, cello

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Elégie (1957)
Stephen Stirling, French horn; Abigail Sin, piano

Shulamit Ran (b.1949) Excursions (1980)
Yukiko Uno, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano

Kalevi Aho (b.1949) Quintet (2013)
James Austin Smith, oboe; Alan Kay, clarinet; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Stephen Stirling, French horn; Alice Xu, piano

Intermission

Stephen Coxe (b.1966) Slow Wind (For Roger) for solo viola (2022)
World Premiere
Natalie Loughran, Edgar Francis, violas

Mario Davidovsky (1934-2019) String Quartet No. 6 “Fragments” (2016)
Curtis Macomber, KJ McDonald, violins; Lisa Sung, viola; Leland Ko, cello

Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960) Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op.1 (1895)
Dénes Várjon, piano; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Evan Hjort, violins; Krzystof Chorzelski, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello

Hilda Paredes (b.1957) Ofrendas (Offerings) (2020)
Matthew Overbay, percussion; Sophiko Simsive, piano; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass

Shulamit Ran (b.1949) Love’s Call (2016) Text by Charles Kondek, adapted from the Song of Songs
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Sophiko Simsive, piano

Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1991) Five Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes (1950)
Megan Yip, cello; Sophiko Simsive, piano

Traditional, transcr. Nora Fischer and Ketevan Roinishvili Tsintskaro
Megan Yip, cello; Lucy Shelton, soprano

Intermission

Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) Ainsi la nuit (Thus the Night) (1973-6)
Valerie Kim, Astrid Nakamura, violins; Lisa Sung, viola; Audrey Chen, cello

Travis Laplante (b.1982) The Golden Lock (2022)
World Premiere
Travis Laplante, saxophone; Charles Overton, harp; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass; Lee Dionne, piano; Eduardo Leandro, percussion

György Kurtág (b.1926) Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for string trio (1989-2005)
SoYoung Choi, violin; Nicholas Mann, viola; Sam Suggs, double bass

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Theme and Variations in D Minor, Op.18b (1860)
Qing Jiang, piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Des Hafis Liebeslieder (Love Songs of Hafiz), Op. 24 (1911)
Karol Szymanowski Das Grab des Hafis (Hafiz’s Tomb), Op.Posth.
Text by Hans Bethge
Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Chaeyoung Park, piano

Intermission

György Kurtág Doloroso (1992)
Lisa Sung, viola

Johannes Brahms String Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op.18 (1859-60)
Donald Weilerstein, Nathan Amaral, violins; Lisa Sung, Connie Pharoah, violas; Nina Kiva, Natasha Brofsky, cellos

Valentin Silvestrov (b.1937) Postludium No. 2 (1981)
Yukiko Uno, violin

James MacMillan (b.1959) Memento (1994)
Evan Hjort, Yiliang Jiang, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello

George Crumb (1929-2022) Zeitgeist, Six Tableaux for Two Amplified Pianos (1987)
Gilbert Kalish, Qing Jiang, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Alice Xu, Abigail Sin, Seth Knopp, Anna Han, Chaeyoung Park, Sophiko Simsive, pianos

Intermission

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures), Op.113 (1851)
Edgar Francis, viola; Gilbert Kalish, piano

Jörg Widmann (b.1973) Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind… (And they all lived happily ever after…) from Es war einmal… (Once upon a time…) (2015)
Barret Ham, clarinet; Hannah Burnett, viola; Gilbert Kalish, piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland, Op.48a (1950)
Viola: Lara Albesano, Hannah Burnett, Edgar Francis, Alexander McFarlane, Asbjørn Nørgaard; Connie Pharoah, Lisa Sung
Violin 1: Carolin Widmann, Astrid Nakamura, Hee-Soo Yoon, Nathan Amaral
Violin 2: Sophia Anna Szokolay, Çiğdem Tunçelli Sinangil, Julia Mirzoev
Cello 1: Leland Ko, Audrey Chen
Cello 2: Mon Puo Lee, Madelyn Kowalski
Double bass: Marcus Elliott Gaved, Sam Suggs

Robert Schumann Kind im Einschlummern (Child falling asleep) and Der Dichter spricht (The poet speaks) from Kinderszenen (Scenes from childhood), Op.15 (1838)
Peter Frankl, piano

Katherine Arndt & MuChen Hsieh, violins
Lisa Sung, viola
Eunghee Cho & Joy Yanai, cellos

-Pēteris Vasks: Castillo Interior for violin & cello
-Krzysztof Penderecki: Ciaccona for violin & viola
-Mark O’Connor: Appalachia Waltz
-Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major

Katherine Arndt & MuChen Hsieh, violins
Lisa Sung, viola
Eunghee Cho & Joy Yanai, cellos

-Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
-Wei-Chieh Lin: Five Taiwanese Folk Songs
-Giovanni Sollima: Sonnets et Rondeaux
-Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor (arranged for solo cello and string quartet)

Brahms String Sextet No.1 in G major 

Jason Moon, Clara Neubauer, violins

Lisa Sung, Ara Gregorian, violas

Miriam Liske-Doorandish, Michael Kannen, cellos

Mozart Viola Quintet K.516 in G minor

Amelia Dietrich, Nicholas Kitchen, violins

Lisa Sung, Lynn Sue-A-Quan, violas

Michael Kannen, cello

Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor

Mari Lee, violin

Lisa Sung, viola 

Jonathan Swensen, cello

Adam Golka, piano