Chamber Music Pops!

Philip Payton, Stephen Miahky, Timothy Christie and Norbert Lewandowski

All selections will be announced from the stage.

Intermission

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

I. Prelude: Lento

II. Fugue: Adagio

III. Scherzo: Allegretto

IV. Intermezzo: Lento

V. Finale: Allegretto

Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Conor Hanick, piano; Norbert Lewandowski, cello; Stephen Miahky, violin; Philip Payton, violin

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures), Op. 113 (1851)

for viola and piano

I. Nicht schnell

II. Lebhaft

III. Rasch

IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Ma Mère L’Oye (Mother Goose), M. 60 (1910)

for piano 4-hands

I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant. Lent

II. Petit Poucet. Très modéré

III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes. Mouvement de marche

IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête. Mouvement de valse modéré

V. Le jardin féerique. Lent et grave

Intermission

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 (1785)

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Rondo

Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Norbert Lewandowski, cello; Ronaldo Rolim, piano; Maria Sampen, violin; Xiaohui Yang, piano

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Summer Music, Op. 31 (1956)

for woodwind quintet

György Ligeti (1923-2006)

Six Bagatelles (1953)

for woodwind quintet

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Rubato. Lamentoso

III. Allegro grazioso

IV. Presto ruvido

V. Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)

VI. Molto vivace. Capriccioso

Richard Strauss (1864-1949), arr. Franz Hasenöhrl (1885-1970)

Till Eulenspiegel— einmal anders! (Grotesque musicale), Op. 28/(1954)

Till Eulenspiegel— another way! (Musical Grotesque), Op. 28/(1954)

for violin, clarinet, horn, bassoon and double bass

Intermission

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4

for string sextet

Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Tracy Doyle, flute; Mara Gearman, viola; Cara Kizer, horn; Paul Rafanelli, bassoon; David Requiro, cello; Svend Rønning, violin; Maria Sampen, violin; Kevin Schempf, clarinet; Joshua Skinner, double bass; Meta Weiss, cello; Dan Williams, oboe

Courtney Bryan (b. 1982)

Requiem

for treble vocal quartet, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba and percussion

I. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

II. Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed… 

III. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…

Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Dona eis requiem sempiternam.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

IV. [no text]

V. See, the home of God is among mortals…

Intermission

César Fanck (1822-1890)

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major (1868)

I. Allegretto ben moderato

II. Allegro (D minor)

III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato — Molto lento

IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; James Doyle, percussion; Billy Ray Hunter, trumpet; Paul Mergen, tuba; Quince Vocal Ensemble; Maria Sampen, violin; Kevin Schempf, clarinet; Weston Sprott, trombone

Quince Vocal Ensemble: Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano; Liz Pearse, soprano; Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano; Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano