Concerts / Past Events

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

Jaap van Zweden conducts the New York Philharmonic’s first-ever appearances at the Usedom Music Festival, May 2022. The festival began in 1994, primarily presenting ensembles from the region, and has featured artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Krzysztov Penderecki, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ute Lemper, and former Philharmonic Music Director Kurt Masur. Artists and repertoire to be announced.

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra

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Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
PERRY Study for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
PERRY Study for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
PERRY Study for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

Music@Menlo presents its annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert and Reception, offering the opportunity to hear extraordinary alumni of the CMI in performance. By attending, you will help to raise vital funds for outstanding young artists launching their chamber music careers.

The program features works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Amy Beach. Beach was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music; her Gaelic Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony published by an American woman.

PROGRAM
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770–1827)
Serenade for String Trio in D major, op. 8

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906–1975)
Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano

AMY BEACH
(1867–1944)
Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 67

ARTISTS
Chelsea Wang, piano
Audrey Chen, cello
James Thompson, violin
Angela Wee, violin
Lisa Sung, viola