University of Vermont Music School Recital Hall
 

2009 Artist-Faculty Concert Series

Wednesday, July 1     American First

Second Sonata (1978)    William Bolcom (b. 1938)
    Summer Dreams
    Brutal, fast
    Adagio
    In Memory of Joe Venuti

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Brian Suits, piano

Abu Ghraib    John Harbison (b. 1938)
    Scene I, Prayer I
    Scene II, Prayer II

Rhonda Rider, cello
Paul Orgel, piano

INTERMISSION

Approaching Northern Darkness (2004)    Kenneth Jacobs (b. 1949)
Sheila Browne, viola
Alejandro Maynegre Torra, piano

Piano Quintet in E flat major    George Chadwick (1854-1931)
    Allegro sostenuto
    Andante cantabile
    Intermezzo: Allegretto un poco risoluto
    Finale: Allegro energico

Elizabeth Chang, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, violin
Lembi Veskimets, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
Brian Suits, piano


 Friday, July 3     Celebrating Felix Mendelssohn

 Piano Trio in D minor, Opus 49    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Molto allegro ed agitato
    Andante con moto tranquillo
    Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
    Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

Arik Braude, violin
Stefan Kartman, cello
Brian Suits, piano

INTERMISSION

Octet in E flat major, Opus 20    Felix Mendelssohn
    Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
    Andante
    Scherzo
    Presto

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Chin Kim, violin
Elizabeth Chang, violin
Janet Orenstein, violin
Susan Dubois, viola
Sang Jin Kim, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Alexander Ezerman, cello


 Wednesday, July 8     Mendelssohn and More

Piano Trio, Opus 32    John Knowles Paine (1839-1906)
    Larghetto
    Humoreske

Arik Braude, violin
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
David Feurzeig, piano

Sonata in D major, Opus 58    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Allegro assai vivace
    Allegretto scherzando
    Adagio
    Molto allegro e vivace

Robert Jesselson, cello
Paul Orgel, piano

INTERMISSION

Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 15    Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
Chin Kim, violin
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

String Quartet in D Major, Opus 44, no. 1    Felix Mendelssohn
    Molto allegro vivace
    Menuetto: Un poco allegretto
    Andante espressivo ma con moto
    Presto con brio

John Gilbert, violin
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Lembi Veskimets, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello


Friday, July 10     A Leipzig Souvenir

 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
                                                     transcribed for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky, 1984
David Russell, violin
Lembi Veskimets, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet in E flat major, Opus 44    Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
    Allegro brillante
    In modo d'una marcia. Un poco largamente
    Scherzo: Molto vivace
    Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Kevin Lawrence, violin
John Gilbert, violin
Susan Dubois, viola
Steven Pologe, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano


 Friday, July 17     Expanding Horizons

Homage to Iran    Henry Cowell (1887-1965)
    Andante rubato
    Interlude: Presto
    Andante rubato
    Con spirito

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Opus 25   "dans le caractère populaire roumain"    George Enescu (1881-1955)
    Allegro con brio ma non troppo mosso
    Moderato malinconico
    Andante sostenuto e misterioso

Chin Kim, violin
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

INTERMISSION

Sonata for Solo Cello    Györgi Ligeti (1923-2006)
    Dialogo: Adagio, rubato, cantabile
    Capriccio: Presto con stancio

Steven Pologe, cello

Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig, Opus 26    Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865)

Chin Kim, violin

Carolina Reveille (1996)    Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Matthew Daline, viola
Steven Pologe, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano


Friday, July 24     A French Finale

 Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)    Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
    Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
    Sérénade: Modérément animé
    Final: Animé, léger et nerveux

Stefan Kartman, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Opus 40    Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
    Allegro grazioso
    Andante
    Allegro non troppo

Karen Kevra, flute
Susan Dubois, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 15    Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
    Allegro molto moderato
    Scherzo: Allegro vivo
    Adagio
    Allegro molto

Davd Russell, violin
Carol Rodland, viola
Stefan Kartman, cello
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

2008 Artist-Faculty Concert Series

Wednesday,  July 2, 2008     Beginning with Brahms

Sonatensatz in C Minor (1853)    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Chin Kim, violin
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

Piano Trio in B major trio, Opus 8    Johannes Brahms
    Allegro con brio
    Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Adagio
    Allegro

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Stefan Kartman, cello
Jeannie Yu, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25    Johannes Brahms
    Allegro
    Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Andante con moto
    Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Sheila Browne, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano


Friday, July 4, 2008     American Women, American Experience

 Unlocked (1999)    Judith Weir (b. 1954)

    Make me a garment
    No Justice
    The wind blow east
    The keys to the prison
    Trouble, trouble

Rhonda Rider, cello

Toft Serenade (2006)    Augusta Read-Thomas (b. 1964)
Carolyn Stuart, violin
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

Trio for violin , piano and cello (1987)    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939)
    Allegro con brio
    Largo
    Presto

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

IMTERMISSION

Quintet in F sharp minor, Opus 67    Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944)
    Adagio; Allegro moderato
    Adagio espressivo
    Allegro agitato

Elizabeth Chang, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, violin
Susan Dubois, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano


Wednesday, July 9, 2008     Haunting Beauty

 A Bird came down the Walk (1995)    Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Karen Ritscher, viola
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

Birds in Warped Time II    Somei Satoh (b. 1947)
Kevin Lawrence, violin
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

Time and Again (1997)    Giya Kancheli (b. 1935)
Arik Braude, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet in D major, Opus 23    Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
    Allegro moderato
    Andantino
    Finale: Allegretto scherzando

Katherine Lucktenberg, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
Paul Orgel, piano


Friday, July 11, 2008     A Light Touch

 Solo Sonata in E major, Opus 27, No. 6    Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Chin Kim, violin

Hungarian Airs, Opus 22    Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865)
Chin Kim, violin
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

Serenade, Opus 10    Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
    Marcia
    Romanze
    Scherzo
    Tema con variazioni
    Rondo

John Gilbert, violin
Susan Dubois, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello

INTERMISSION

Quintet in A major, Opus 39    Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
    Allegro
    Scherzo: Allegro moderato
    Andante sostenuto
    Finale: Allegro moderato

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Soung Hee Park, viola
Ho Jung Kim, cello
Alexander Ezerman, cello


Friday, July 18, 2008     The Classical Moment

 Piano Trio No. 43 in C Major, Hob. XV. 27    Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
    Allegro
    Andante
    Presto

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Robert Jesselson, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Sonata in A minor ("Arpeggione") D. 821    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Allegro moderato
    Adagio
    Allegretto

Ho Jung Kim, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

INTERMISSION

Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    Allegro
    Larghetto
    Menuetto
    Allegretto

Daniel McKelway, clarinet
Kevin Lawrence, violin
John Gilbert, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Steven Pologe, cello


Friday, July 25, 2008     The Immortal: Music of Beethoven

 Violin Sonata no. 10 in G Major, Opus 96    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    Allegro moderato
    Adagio espressivo
    Scherzo: Allegro
    Poco allegretto

Arik Braude, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Opus 97 ("Archduke")    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Allegro moderato
    Scherzo: Allegro
    Andante cantabile, ma pero con moto
    Allegro moderato

Elizabeth Chang, violin
Stefan Kartman, cello
Paul Orgel, piano

INTERMISSION

String Quartet in C major, Opus 59, no. 3    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Introduzione: Andante con moto; Allegro vivace
    Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    Menuetto: Grazioso
    Allegro molto

Katherine Lucktenberg, violin
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Matthew Daline, viola
Steven Pologe, cello

2007 Artist-Faculty Concert Series

Wednesday,  June 27, 2007     Prodigies

Piano Quintet in E flat major, K. 452    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    Largo; Allegro moderato
    Larghetto
    Allegretto

Arik Braude, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, violin
Matthew Daline, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello
Svetozar Ivanov, piano
 
INTERMISSION

Variations on "Nel cor piu non mi sento"    Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Chin Kim, violin

String Quintet in B flat major, Opus 87    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Allegro vivace     
    Andante scherzando     
    Adagio e lento      
    Allegro molto vivace     

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, violin
Susan Dubois, viola
Rhonda Rider, cello


Friday, June 29, 2007     Darkness and Light: Music of Robert Schumann

Violin Sonate no. 1 in A minor, Opus 105    Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
    Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
    Allegretto
    Lebhaft

Chin Kim, violin
Hiromi Fukuda, piano

Piano Trio no. 2 in F Major, Opus 80    Robert Schumann
    Sehr lebhaft
    Mit innigem Ausdruck; Lebhaft
    In maessiger Bewegung
    Nicht zu rasch

Stephanie Ezerman, violin
Alexander Ezerman, cello
Paul Orgel, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet In E-flat, Opus 47    Robert Schumann
    Allegro molto affettuoso
    Minuetto: Presto
    Andante
    Allegro giusto; Presto

Elizabeth Chang, violin
Sang Jin Kim, viola
Stefan Kartman, cello
Jeannie Yu, piano


Wednesday, July 4, 2007     An American Celebration

Brahms Fantasy (1986)    Thomas Read (b. 1938)

Arik Braude, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Second Sonata (1914)    Charles Ives (1874-1954)
    I. Autumn
    II. In the Barn
    III. The Revival

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Brian Suits, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Trio no. 1 (1957)    Robert Helps (1928-2001)
    Mesto
    Molto marcato; Molto allegro
    Maestoso

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Scott Kluksdahl, cello
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet in A minor, Opus 38    Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
    Allegro giusto, appassionato
    Intermezzo: Allegretto
    Scherzo: Vivace
    Allegro giusto; Allegro giusto

Elizabeth Chang, violin
Arik Braude, violin
Susan Dubois, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano


Friday, July 6, 2007     Bohemian Eloquence

 Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (1947)    Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
    Poco allegro
    Poco andante
    Allegro

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Sang Jin Kim, viola

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1914)    Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
    Con moto
    Ballada
    Allegretto
    Adagio

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet in A major, Opus 81    Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
    Allegro, ma non tanto
    Dumka: Andante con moto
    Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace
    Finale: Allegro

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Sang Jin Kim, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano


Friday, July 13, 2007     Two Sextets

 Verklaerte Nacht, Opus 4    Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

John Gilbert, violin
Marjorie Bagley, violin
George Taylor, viola
Sang Jin Kim, viola
Stefan Kartman, cello
Michael Carrera, cello

INTERMISSION

Souvenir de Florence    Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
    Allegro con spirito
    Adagio cantabile e con moto
    Allegretto moderato
    Allegro vivace

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Kevin Lawrence, violin
Sang Jin Kim, viola
George Taylor, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
Stefan Kartman, cello


Friday, July 20, 2007     Friday Night at the Movies
Music of Corigliano, Barber and film composer Miklos Rozsa

 Sonata for Violin, Opus 40 (1986)    Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995)
    Allegro moderato
    Canzone con variazioni
    Allegretto moderato
    Finale: Vivace

Marjorie Bagley, violin

Chaconne from "The Red Violin"    John Corigliano (b. 1938)

John Gilbert, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

String Quartet, Opus 11    Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
    Molto allegro e appassionato
    Molto adagio
    Molto allegro (come prima); Presto

John Gilbert, violin
Stephanie Ezerman, violin
George Taylor, viola
Michael Carrera, cello

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 2    Miklos Rozsa
    Allegro non troppo, ma appassionato
    Molto adagio
    Allegro capriccioso
    Vivace

Marjorie Bagley, violin
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Sang Jin Kim,viola
Michael Carrera, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

2006 Artist-Faculty Concert Series

Wednesday,  June 28, 2006     Our Time--and Our Town

Conversations (1998)   David Ott (b. 1947)

Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin
Steven Pologe, cello
 
Rejoice (1981)   Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931)
     I.   Your joy no one taketh from you
     II.   Rejoice with those who rejoice
     III.   Rejoice, Rabbi
     IV.  And he returned into his house
     V.   Listen to the still, small voice within

Katie Lansdale, violin
Rhonda Rider, cello

INTERMISSION

Chagall: A Toccata for Solo Viola (1992)   Troy Peters (b. 1969)
Sheila Browne, viola

Suite of Irish Folk Songs (2001)   Brian Suits (b. 1960)
     The Munster Rake     
     Limerick’s Lamentation     
     Shaun Truish Willichan     
     Irish Lament for Martyred Soggarth Aroon     
     The Pigeon on the Gate; The Rolling Reel;  
     Raftery’s Favorite

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Marjorie Bagley, violin
Sheila Browne, viola
Steven Pologe, cello

Friday, June 30, 2006     Forever Young: Mozart at 250

Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756-1791)
     Allegro
     Adagio
     Rondeau: Allegro

Arik Braude, violin
Susan Dubois, viola

Trio in E flat major, K. 498, “Kegelstatt”   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
     Andante
     Menuett
     Rondeaux: Allegretto

Arik Braude, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, viola
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

INTERMISSION

String Quintet in C major, K. 515   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
     Allegro
     Andante
     Menuetto: Allegretto
     Allegro

John Gilbert, violin
Sophie Arbuckle, violin
George Taylor, viola
Susan Dubois, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello


Wednesday, July 5, 2006     English Musical Renaissance

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1952)   Ralph Vaughn Williams
     Fantasia: Allegro giusto
     Scherzo: Allegro furioso, ma non troppo
     Tema Con Variazioni

John Gilbert, violin
Brian Suits, piano

Phantasy in F Sharp Minor (1910)   Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
George Taylor, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

INTERMISSION
 
Quintet in A minor, Opus 84   Edward Elgar  (1857-1934)
     Moderato
     Adagio
     Andante; Allegro

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
George Taylor, viola
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Brian Suits, piano


Friday, July 7, 2006     The Voice of the People

Duo for Violin and Cello, Opus 7   Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
     Allegro serioso – non troppo
     Adagio
     Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento

Marjorie Bagley, violin
Michael Carrera, cello

Piano Trio (1904-1911)   Charles Ives (1874-1954)    
     Moderato
     TSIAJ   (This Scherzo is a Joke)
     Moderato con moto

Carolyn Stuart, violin
Robert Jesselson, cello
Svetozar Ivanov, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet in E flat major, Opus 87   Antonin Dvorak     (1841-1904)
    Allegro con fuoco
    Lento
    Allegro moderato, grazioso
    Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Sheila Browne, viola
Robert Jesselson, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano


Friday, July 14, 2006     Passion and Brilliance

Solo Sonata, Opus 27, no. 5   Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931)
     L’ Aurore
     Danse Rustique

Chin Kim, violin

Piano Quartet in B flat major, Opus 41   Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
     Allegretto
     Andantino maestoso ma con moto
     Poco allegro
     Allegro

John Gilbert, violin
Matthew Dane, viola
Alexander Ezerman, cello 
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet in F minor   César Franck (1822-1890)
     Molto moderato quasi lento; Allegro
     Lento con molto sentimento
     Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco

Kevin Lawrence, violin
Carolyn Stuart, violin
Sang-Jin Kim, viola
Steven Pologe, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano

Friday, July 21, 2006     The Best of Brahms

String Sextet In G major, Op. 36   Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Allegro non troppo
     Scherzo: Allegro non troppo    
     Poco Adagio
     Poco Allegro

Marjorie Bagley, violin
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Pamela Ryan, viola
Sang-Jin Kim, viola
Michael Carrera, cello
Stefan Kartman, cello

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34   Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Allegro non troppo
     Andante, un poco adagio
     Scherzo: Allegro
     Poco sostenuto; Allegro non troppo; Presto non troppo

Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Marjorie Bagley, violin
Sang-Jin Kim, viola
Stefan Kartman, cello
Brian Suits, piano