CONCERT PROGRAM
InterHarmony International Music Festival - The Berkshires
At Miss Hall's School, 492 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
June 4-16 2008
Centennial Hall
Tickets: $15; $10 seniors & students with ID
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Reservations: 413-306-4292
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THE LAST CONCERT ON 6/15 IS FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN TO ALL AGES
The Opening Concert
An Evening of Cello Music
Misha Quint in Recital
Svetlana Gorokhovich, Piano
Thursday, June 5, 8:00pm
Claude Debussy....................................................................................(1862-1918)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
Johann Sebastian Bach........................................................................(1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrées I and II
Gigue
Alfred Schnittke....................................................................................(1934-1998)
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 (1978)
I. Largo attacca
II. Presto attacca
III. Largo
Enrique Granados.................................................................................(1867-1916)
Intermezzo from the opera “Goyescas”
Spanish Dance
Student Festival Showcase 1
Saturday, June 7, 8:00pm
Students, Prize-Winners
Gabriel Faure........................................................................................(1845-1942)
Elegie, Op .24
Tim Skorupski, Cello
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Girolamo Frescobaldi...........................................................................(1845-1942)
Toccata
Tim Skorupski, Cello
Eric Siepkes, Piano
J.S. Bach...............................................................................................(1685-1750)
Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
I. Prelude
Benjamin Geller, Viola
Jacques Offenbach...............................................................................(1819-1880)
Doll Aria from Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Bixia Wu, Soprano
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Johannes Brahms.................................................................................(1833-1897)
Brahms Sonata for Violin & Piano No 3, Op 108 in D Minor (I mvt)
John Kruer, Violin
Tatiana Tchekina, Piano
Benjamin Britten..................................................................................(1913-1976)
"And farewell to ye, old Rights O’ Man" from Billy Budd
Eric C. Black, Baritone
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Gustav Mahler......................................................................................(1860-1911)
"Die zwei blauen Augen" from Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Eric C. Black, Baritone
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Joseph Haydn.......................................................................................(1797-1828)
(Arranged by Gregor Piatigorsky)
Divertimento
I. Adagio
II. Minuet
III. Allegro di molto
Eduard Shvarts, Cello
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Franz Waxman.....................................................................................(1906-1967)
“Carmen Fantasy for Violin & Piano”
Hiu Kai Fan, Violin
Tatiana Tchekina, Piano
Faculty Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, June 8, 3:00pm
Franz Schubert.....................................................................................(1797-1828)
Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"
Miroslav Hristov, Violin
Ben Geller, Viola
Mary Beadell-DiBartolo, Cello
Joel DiBartollo, Bass
Elisabeth Pridonoff, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff............................................................................(1873-1943)
Oh, Never Sing To Me Again
Carmen Balthrop, Soprano
Elisabeth Pridonoff, Piano
Carlisle Floyd........................................................................................(1926)
Ain't It A Pretty Night
from the opera SUSANNAH
Carmen Balthrop, Soprano
Elisabeth Pridonoff, Piano
George Gershwin.................................................................................(1898–1937)
Vodka
Carmen Balthrop, Soprano
Elisabeth Pridonoff, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven.........................................................................(1770-1827)
Duet for Two Eyeglasses Obligato
Philip Tietze, Viola
Mary Beadell-DiBartolo, Cello
Felix Mendelssohn................................................................................(1809-1847)
Trio in C-Minor for Violin, Cello and Piano
Misha Vitenson, Violin
Misha Quint, Cello
Elisabeth Pridonoff, Piano
Student Festival Showcase 2
Wednesday, June 11, 8:00pm
Students, Prize-Winners
Soloists, Chamber Groups
Pyotr Tchaikovsky................................................................................(1840-1893)
String Quartet No.1 in D Major
John Kruer, Violin I
Matheus Tavares, Violin II
Michael Schneider, Viola
Tim Skorupski, Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...........................................................................(1756-1791)
Crudel! Perchè finora farmi languir così?
from Le nozze di Figaro
Emily Riggs, Soprano
Eric C. Black, Baritone
J.S Bach ...............................................................................................(1685-1750)
Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1011.
I. Prelude
Caitlin Quinn McConnell, Cello
Amy Beach.............................................................................................(1867-1944)
Ecstasy, Op. 19 No.2
Hui-Ju Chen, Soprano
Akiko Kobayashi, Violin
Andreas Ioannides, Piano
Amy Beach.............................................................................................(1867-1944)
Three songs, Op. 21 No.1: Chanson d'Amour
Hui-Ju Chen, Soprano
Yulia Zhukoff, Cello
Andreas Ioannides, Piano
Niccolo Paganini..................................................................................(1782-1840)
Caprice, No. 24 in A Minor
Akiko Kobayashi, Violin
Eugene Ysaye......................................................................................(1858-1931)
Solo Violin Sonata No. 4 in E Minor
I. Allemande
Akiko Kobayashi, Violin
Dmitri Shostakovich ......................................................................................(1906-1975)
Romanzen Suite Op. 127
Akiko Kobayashi, Violin
Andreas Ioannides, Piano
Eduard Shvarts, Cello
Emily Riggs, Soprano
Arvo Part ......................................................................................(b.1935)
“Sonatine No. 1, Op. 1”
I. Adagio
II. Larghetto-Allegro
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Frederic Chopin .....................................................................................(1810-1849)
“Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39”
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Leo Delibes .....................................................................................(1836-1891)
“Flower” Duet from opera Lakme
Hui-Ju Chen, Soprano
Lauren Fox , Mezzo Soprano
Eric Siepkes, Piano
Antonin Dvorák .....................................................................................(1841-1904)
String Quartet, op.96 in F “American”
Hiu Kai Fan, Violin I
Brian Hong, Violin II
Benjamin Geller, Viola
Stephen Marotto, Cello
A Tribute to David Oistrakh
100th Birthday Celebration
Oleh Krysa, Violin
Tatiana Tchekina, Piano
Friday, June 13, 8:00pm
Ludwig van Beethoven.........................................................................(1770-1827)
Sonata for Violin and piano in D major, op. 12 No. 1
I. Allegro con brio
II. Tema con Variazioni
III. Rondo
Sergey Prokofiev..................................................................................(1891-1953)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, op. 94 bis No. 2
I. Moderato
II. Scherzo. Presto
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio
Dmitri Shostakovich.............................................................................(1906-1975)
Eight Preludes op. 34
(Arrangement for Violin and Piano by Dmitri Tsyganov)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky................................................................................(1840-1893)
Meditation
Valse-Scherzo
Niccolò Paganini...................................................................................(1782-1840)
Cantabile
Paganini-Kreisler
La Campanella
InterHarmony Festival Orchestra Final Concert
Sidney Harth, Conductor
Misha Quint, Cello
InterHarmony Festival Orchestra
Sunday, June 15, 3:00pm
ADMISSION IS FREE
Jean-Marie Leclair...............................................................................(1697-1764)
Sonata for strings
Camille Saint-Saens.............................................................................(1835-1921)
Overture to "Le Deluge"
Georges Bizet.......................................................................................(1838-1875)
Carmen Suite
Franz Joseph Haydn.............................................................................(1732-1809)
Cello concerto in C major
Soloist: Misha Quint
George Gershwin..................................................................................(1898-1937)
from Porgy & Bess
Duke Ellington.......................................................................................(1899-1974)
Mood Indigo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky................................................................................(1840-1893)
Russian Dance from "Swan Lake"
Schedule is subject to change