CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Spring 2015
Wednesday May 6, 2015
6:00 PM: Chamber Music Concert
8:00 PM: Chamber Music Concert
Thursday, May 7, 2015
12:00 PM: ViaTrio
5:30 PM: African Drumming Ensemble (Staller Plaza)
8:00 PM: Contemporary Chamber Players
Friday May 8, 2015
12:00 PM: Harpsichord Studio Recital: Music for the Sun King
6:00 PM: Chamber Music Concert
8:00 PM: Chamber Music Concert
Saturday May 9, 2015
4:00 PM: Chamber Music Concert
8:00 PM: Winners of the 2015 Ackerman Chamber Music Competition
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 6:00 PM Le revue de cuisine Bohuslav Martinu Natalie Kress, Violin; Alison Rowe, Cello; David Gazaille, Clarinet; Rachel Koeth, Bassoon; Lucas Balslov, trumpet; Hsuan-Yu Wu, Piano Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano Johannes Brahms I. Allegro
Ford Forqurean, Clarinet; Alison Rowe, Cello; Xin Ben Yu, Piano Song Set Ernest Chausson I. La Nuit II. Reveil
Jennifer Sung, Soprano; Kristin Starkey, Mezzo; Annie Brookes, Piano Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Johannes Brahms I. Allegro
Ford Forqurean, Clarinet; Yanki Karatas & Natalie Kress, Violin; Philip Carter, Viola; Alison Rowe, Cello
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 8:00 PM
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven I. Allegro con brio
Regina Park, Violin; Kumhee Lee, Cello; KoEun Lee, Piano Sonata for Flute and Obligato in B minor Johann Sebastian Bach I. Andante II. Largo e dolce III. Presto
Ray Furuta, Flute; Joyce Chen, Harpsichord
INTERMISSION Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2 Benjamin Britten
Alan Morris, Oboe; Jonathon Spence, Violin; Benjamin Smith, Viola; Alison Rowe, Cello
Lyrical Intermezzo Gernot Wolfgang
Solji Shin, Violin; Remy Taghavi, Bassoon; Jacob de Hoyos, Piano
THURSDAY, MAY 7 12:00 PM Trio for violin, horn and piano Op. 40 Johannes Brahms I. Andante II. Scherzo (Allegro) III. Adagio metro IV. Allegro con brio
INTERMISSION Trio for violin, horn and piano (1982) G. Ligeti I. Andante con tenerezza II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico III. Alla marcia IV. Lamento. Adagio
ViaTrio Amr Selim, Horn
Yankı Karataş, Violin Xin Ben Yu, Piano
THURSDAY, MAY 6 5:30 PM
West African Drumming Ensemble Directed by Faith Conant
Staller Center Plaza
THURSDAY, MAY 7 8:00 PM Dialogue de l'ombre double Pierre Boulez
Ann Hung, Clarinet Bass Clarinet and Percussion Morton Feldman
Ford Fourqurean, Bass Clarinet
Mark Utley and Stuart Jackson, Percussion
INTERMISSION Living Toys Thomas Ade s
Mira Magrill, Flute Alan Morris, Oboe
Taylor Massey, Clarinet Jessica Kunttu, Bassoon
Amr Selim, Horn Zach Silberschlag, Trumpet Justin Waller, Trombone Dan Pate, Percussion Anna Betka, Piano
Solji Shin and Matheus Souza, Violin Chelsea Wimmer, Viola Maria Martinez, Cello
Joe Ippolito, Double Bass
FRIDAY, MAY 8 12:00 PM
MUSIC FOR THE SUN KING A Celebration of solo and chamber music written during the long and
distinguished reign of King Louis XIV of France, 1661-1715 Première Leçon de Ténèbre (c. 1713) François Couperin (1668-1733)
Ju Hyeon Han, Soprano; Joyce Chen , Harpsichord and Organ; Phuc Phan , Cello Prélude non mesuré à l’imitation de Froberger Louis Couperin (1626-61)
Jocelyn Ho, Harpsichord Pièces de Clavecin in G (1707) Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre Allemande (1665-1729) Courante Gigue
Laurence Vesyoly, Harpsichord from Concert Royal #3 (1715) F. Couperin Pre lude Courante Sarabande Muzette
Robert Warner, Harpsichord; Phuc Phan, Baroque Cello from Suite in A minor (1706) Jean-Philippe Rameau Pre lude (1683-1764) Allemande Courante
Inhae Park, Harpsichord Pièces de Clavecin in G (1670) Jacques Champion de Chambonnie res Pavane L’entretien des Dieux (1601-1672) 2 Courantes
Masayuki Maki, Harpsichord Pièces de Clavecin in C L. Couperin Pre lude non mesure Passacaille
Arthur Haas, Harpsichord Sonate #5 in A minor (1707) Jacquet de La Guerre Lent – Presto Adagio – Courante Aria
Natalie Kress, Baroque violin; Phuc Phan, Baroque Cello; Bethany Cencer, Harpsichord
FRIDAY, MAY 8 6:00 PM String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 Ludwig van Beethoven I. Allegrettho II. Vivace
Andy Bhasin & Patrick Yim, Violin; Andrew Minguez, Viola; Phuc Phan, Cello Fiancailles our rire Francis Poulenc
Tory Bowers, Soprano; Samantha Angstman, Piano Serenade Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
Emily Dagget Smith, Violin; Nicholas Cords, Viola; Arnold Choi, Cello
Conversations (2014) Improvisation
Josh Henderson, Violin; Ju Young Lee, Cello; Mikael Darmanie, Piano
FRIDAY, MAY 8 8:00 PM Trio for Oboe Bassoon, and Piano Francis Poulenc I. Presto II. Andante III. Rondo
Cristian Gautier, Oboe; Alex Davis, Bassoon; Anna Betka, Piano Quintet in C major, K. 515 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart III. Andante
Brian Bak & Patrick Yim, Violin; Colin Brookes & Lawrence Dutton, Viola; Lauren Posey, Cello
Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano Johannes Brahms I. Allegro
Taylor Massey, Clarinet; Lauren Posey, Cello; Elizabeth Dorman, Piano
INTERMISSION Piano Trio in A minor Maurice Ravel I. Mode re II. Passacaille (Tre s large)
Emily Dagget Smith, Violin; Kumhee Lee, Cello; Jacqueline Leung, Piano String Octet, Op. 20 Felix Mendelssohn I. Allegro moderato con fuoco
Emily Dagget Smith, Philip Setzer, Robyn Quinnett, & Jonathan Spence, Violin; Andrew Minguez & Chelsea Wimmer, Viola;
Maria Martinez & Jesse Smith, Cello
SATURDAY, MAY 9 4:00 PM String Octet, Op. 20 Felix Mendelssohn II. Andante
Yanki Karatas, Yue Sun, Sheng-Ching Hsu, & Jonathan Spence, Violin; Benjamin Smith & Alicia Valoti, Viola; So Sugiyama & Paul Watkins, Cello
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F for Horns and Piano Johann Sebastian Bach I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro
Katie & Lee Duke, Horn; Anna Betka, Piano
INTERMISSION Fantasia for Four Violas, Op. 41, No. 1 York Bowen
Jacob Clewell, Micaela Fruend, Chelsea Wimmer, & Benjamin Wu, Viola Viola Quintet in G minor, K. 516 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I. Allegro
Matheus Sardhina Garcia Souza & Eugene Drucker, Violin; Yejin Han & Jacob Clewell, Viola; Alison Rowe, Cello
SATURDAY, MAY 9 8:00 PM
2015 Winners of the Ackerman Competition
The Lauren V. Ackerman Memorial Chamber Concert was endowed by Dr. Acker-man's family as a tribute to his memory and a continuing reminder of the arts that he cherished. Beginning in 2010, the Music Department established a competition for the purposes of identifying a particularly worthy group to receive a prize and to
perform at this concert. Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp Claude Debussy I. Pastorale II. Interlude III. Finale
Ray Furuta, Flute; Jay Chie-Fan Yiu, Viola; Jane Yoon, Harp Rite of Spring for Two Pianos Igor Stravinsky
Hsin-Chiao Liao & Fadi Deeb, Piano
INTERMISSION Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 Antonin Dvorak I. Allegro, ma non troppo II. Allegretto grazioso III. Poco Adagio IV. Finale. Allegro con brio
Brian Bak, Violin; So Sugiyama, Cello; Rachel Kudo, Piano
UPCOMING EVENTS Undergraduate Solo and Chamber Recitals Monday, May 11, 12:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM Tuesday, May 12, 12:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM Recital Hall | Staller Center for the Arts Free Admission Pre-College Division Chamber Concert Saturday, May 16, 1:00 PM Recital Hall | Staller Center for the Arts Free Admission Community Chamber Music Concert Sunday, May 17, 2:00 PM Recital Hall | Staller Center for the Arts Free Admission