Tuesday – October 8, 2019, 7:30pm
Lynn Harrell, cello
Victor Asuncion, piano
Program:
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – February 11, 2020, 7:30pm
Xavier Foley, double bass
Nicholas Susi, piano
Program:
Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 – FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegretto
Irish Fantasy for solo double bass – XAVIER FOLEY (1994-)
(based on a folk song called “The Clergymans Lamentation”)
Tasnif Khooshe Chin – ROUHOLLAH KHALEGHI (1906-1965)
ARR. XAVIER FOLEY
Intermezzo & Tarantella, Op. 9 – REINHOLD GLIERE (1874-1956)
Intermission
Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout” – FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Allegro vivace
Andante
Scherzo: Presto
Andantino – Allegretto
Allegro giusto
Erin Aldridge, violin
Thomas Turner, viola
Betsy Husby, cello
Xavier Foley, double bass
Nicholas Susi, piano
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – November 19, 2019, 7:30pm
Drew Petersen, piano
Program:
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – March 3, 2020, 7:30pm
The Dallas Brass
Program:
Weber Music Hall, UMD
1151 University Dr, Duluth, MN 55812
Tuesday – September 25, 2018, 7:30pm
Emanuel Ax, piano
Program:
Brahms – The Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Schoenberg – Piano Figures
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op.12
Intermission
Ravel – Valses nobles et sentimentales
Chopin – Nocturne in B Major, Op.62, No.1
Chopin – Mazurkas, Op.50
Chopin – Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op.22
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – March 5, 2019, 7:30pm
Charles Yang, violin
and
Peter Dugan, piano
Program:
Czardas ( arr. Yang & Dugan)
Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
Romanian Folk Dances
Béla Bartó k (1881–1945)
I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă ( Stick Dance)
II. Brâul (Sash Dance)
III. Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)
IV. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
V. Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
VI. Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)
Après un rêve
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Violin Sonata No. 2
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
I. Allegretto
II. Blues. Moderato
III.Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
INTERMISSION
The performers will announce their second half collection of original works
and arrangements from the stage:
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Change is Going to Come (Sam Cooke)
Loopy (Yang, Dugan)
Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Fly Me to the Moon
Blackbird (Beatles)
House of the Rising Sun
Encore: Stand by Me
Weber Music Hall, UMD
1151 University Dr, Duluth, MN 55812
Tuesday – November 13, 2018, 7:30pm
Harlem Quartet, strings
Program:
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Animé et très décidé
Assez vif et bien rythmé
Andantino, doucement expressif
Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion
Milagros (“Miracles”) Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972 )
INTERMISSION
String Quartet in A Minor “Rosamunde,” D. 804 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Allegro ma non troppo Andante
Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio Allegro moderato
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – April 16, 2019, 7:30pm
Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio
(Alon Goldstein, Piano ~ Amit Peled, Cello ~ Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet)
with Erin Aldridge, violin
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op 11 (1797)
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Tema con variazioni (“Pria ch’io l’impegno”: Allegretto)
Alon Goldstein, piano, Amit Peled, cello, and Erin Aldridge, violin
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (1839)
Molto Allegro agitato
Andante con molto tranquillo
Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace
Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
Intermission
Alon Goldstein, piano, Amit Peled, cello, Alex Fiterstein, clarinet, and Erin Aldridge, violin
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Quartet for the End of Time (1941)
III. Abîme des oiseaux (solo clarinet)
VIII. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus (violin and piano)
Alon Goldstein, piano, Amit Peled, cello, and Alex Fiterstein, clarinet
Joachim Stutschewsky (1891-1982)
Hassidic Fantasy for clarinet, cello and piano (1954)
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – October 17, 2017, 7:30pm
Erin Keefe, violin
Anna Polonsky, piano
Program:
| Scherzo in C Minor
(from the F.A.E. Sonata) |
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
| Five Melodies, Op.35bis
Andante Lento, ma non troppo Animato, ma non allegro Andantino, un poco scherzando Andante non troppo |
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) |
| Sonata No.6, Op.30 No.1
I. Allegro II. Adagio molto espressivo III. Allegretto con variazioni |
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
INTERMISSION
| “From My Homeland”
Moderato (A major) Andantino—Moderato (G minor) |
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) |
| Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
I. Allegro agitato (attacca) II. Adagio III. Allegro moderato (attacca) IV. Allegro molto |
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) |
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Sunday – March 18, 2018, 7:30pm
Amit Peled, cello
Noreen Polera, piano
Program:
Sonata in g minor (HWV 287) George F Händel (1685-1759)
Introduction (Grave)
Allegro Moderato
Sarabande
Allegro
Concerto in b minor, Op. 104 Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
Finale Allegro Moderato
Varations Symphoniques Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
Air Jean Huré (1877-1930)
Petite Chanson Jean Huré (1877-1930)
Allegro Appassionato Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Papillon Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Masourka David Popper (1843-1913)
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – November 14, 2017, 7:30pm
Zlata Chochieva, piano
Program:
| Etudes Op. 25: nos. 6, 7, and 12 | Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) |
| Humoresque Op. 20 | Robert Schumann (1810-1856) |
INTERMISSION
| “Lilacs”, “Daisies”, “Fragments”, “Oriental Sketch” | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) |
| Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811
Tuesday – April 10, 2018, 7:30pm
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Program:
| Grand Overture, Opus 61 | Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) |
| Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
| Rumores de la Caleta: Malagueña
(Recuerdos de Viaje, Op.71, No. 6) Capricho Catalán (from España Op. 165) Torre Bermeja (Serenata from Douze Pieces Characteristiques Op. 92, No. 12) (arr. Vieaux) |
Isaac Albéniz
(1860-1909) |
INTERMISSION
| Jongo | Paulo Bellinati
(b. 1950) |
| “Drei Tentos” from Kammermusik (1958) | Hans Werner Henze
(1926-2012) |
| Always and Forever (arr. Vieaux) / A Felicidade (arr. Roland Dyens) | Pat Metheny
(b. 1954) Antônio Carlos Jobím (1927-1994) |
| In a Sentimental Mood | Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974) |
| Suite del Recuerdo
Evocación, Zamba, Chacarera, Carnavalito, Evocación, Joropo |
José Luis Merlín
(b. 1952) |
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 E 4th St, Duluth, MN 55812
Tuesday – October 18, 2016, 7:30pm
Musicians:Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; Charles Yang, violin, and Ranaan Meyer, double bass.
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – February 28, 2017, 7:30pm
Jack Swanson, tenor
Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell, piano
Program:
Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets – Pace non trovo, Benedetto sia ‘l giorno, I vidi in terra
Pause
Schubert – Standchen
Mozart – An Chloe
Strauss – Morgen
Beethoven – Adelaide
Pause
Francesco Paolo Tosti – L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra, Ideale
Salvatore Cardillo – Core ‘ngrato
Weber Music Hall, University of Minnesota – Duluth
1151 University Dr, Duluth, MN 55812
Tuesday – November 15, 2016, 7:30pm
Jonathan Ong, violin, Dorothy Ro, violin, Abigail Rojansky, viola, and Warren Hagerty, cello
Program:
Unbroken: Music by Composers Living under Oppression
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7
Ligeti String Quartet No. 1, Metamorphoses Nocturnes
Bartok String Quartet No. 5
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 E 4th St, Duluth, MN 55812
Tuesday – April 18, 2017, 7:30pm
Eric Lu, piano
Program:
Mozart – Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Chopin – Ballade No. 4 in f minor, op. 52
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Intermission
Chopin – 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – October 6, 2015, 7:30pm
Sean Chen, Piano
Medtner – Four Forgotten Melodies
Chopin & Debussy – Etudes
Ravel – Sonatine
Rachmaninov – Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 36 (1913)
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – February 23, 2016, 7:30pm
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Musicians: Karl Doty, Liesl Doty
Instruments: Double Bass, Violin
Program:
Giovanni Bottesini – Grand Duo Concertante with Jeanne Doty, piano
Edgar Meyer – Concert Duo for Violin and Bass Movements: 2 . 4 . 3
Astor Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with Jeanne Doty, piano
Wideopen – Karl Doty
Fiddle tunes announced from the stage – Traditional
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – November 10, 2015, 7:30pm
The Tempest Trio
Musicians: Alon Goldstein, Ilya Kaler, Amit Peled
Instruments: Piano, Violin, Cello
Program:
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio (1937)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio no. 5 in D major, Op. 70
Antonin Dvorak – Trio no. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” (1891)
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – March 29, 2016, 7:30p.m
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Musicians: Lydia Artymiw, Erin Keefe, Wilhelmina Smith, Osmo Vänskä
Instruments: Piano, Violin, Cello and Clarinet
Program:
Beethoven – Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 11
Milhaud – Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b
Aho – “Eros” for Violin and Clarinet (written for Erin and Osmo)
Brahms – Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 87
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – October 14, 2014, 7:30pm
Johanna Gruskin, flute
June Kim, oboe
Rebecca Tobin, clarinet
Quinn Delaney, bassoon
Russell Rybicki, horn
Program:
Anton Reicha – Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2
Elliott Carter – Woodwind Quintet
Alfredo Casella – Barcarola et Scherzo, op. 4
John Harbison – Quintet for Winds
Endre Szervanszky – Wind Quintet No. 1
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – March 24, 2015, 7:30pm
Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet
Vanessa Mollard, violin
Riko Higuma, piano
Program:
Schoenfield – Fraylack
Menotti – Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Piazzolla/Higuma – Muerte del Angel
List – Klezmer Fantazye
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano
Bartók – Contrasts Sz. 111, BB 116
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – November 18, 2014, 7:30pm
João Luiz, guitar
Douglas Lora, guitar
Program:
Jean Philip Rameau – Pieces de Clavecin
David Leisner – Ghosting
Leo Brouwer – Sonata de Los Viajeros (U.S. premiere in Fall 2014)
Leo Brouwer – Triptico
Egberto Gismonti – Selected Pieces
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
Tuesday – April 28, 2015, 7:30p.m
Sami Merdinian, violin
Sarah Whitney, violin
Angela Pickett, viola
Laura Metcalf, cello
Louis Levitt, bass
Program:
Szewzyk The Rebel
Visconti Black Bend
Conley Yann’s Flight
Radiohead Weird Fishes; No Surprises
Piazzola 2 tangos: Milonga del Angel; la Muerte del Angel
Mozart mvt 2 from Divertimento in Bb
Komitas 2 Armenian folk songs
Brubeck Blue Rondo a la Turk
Meyer Getting home, I must be
Haidouks Turceasca
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
Tuesday – October 22, 2013, 7:30p.m
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Pei Yao Wang, piano
Program:
Mörike-Leider Wolf
Poulenc 5 Poems of Max Jacob
Ravel Shéhérazade
Mendelssohn Der Mond
Frage: Ist es wahr?, And’res Laienlied
Crumb 3 Early Songs, Night, Let it be Forgotten, Wind Elegy
Copland Old American Songs, Simple Gifts, Little Horses, At the River
Weber Music Hall, University of MN Duluth
1151 University Drive
Tuesday – March 4, 2014, 7:30p.m
Sarah McElravy, violin
Catherine Cosbey, violin
Eric Wong, viola
Felix Umansky, cello
Program:
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 76, No.5 in D Major
Bolcom Three Rags for String Quartet
Corigliano Snapshot: Circa 1909, A Black November Turkey
Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
Tuesday – November 12, 2013, 7:30p.m
Catherine Klipfel, piano
Stefan Hempel, violin
Emanuel Wehse, violoncello
Program:
Ravel Trio a-moll
Haydn Piano Trio Hob. XV:26 in F-sharp Minor
Boulanger “D’un matin de printemps”
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – April 8, 2014, 7:30p.m
Alexander Korsantia, piano
Program:
Beethoven 15 Variations and Fugue on a Theme from Prometheus
Op. 35, Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 7
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – October 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m
Lise de la Salle, piano
Program:
Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Robert Schumann Fantasy in C major, Op.17
Frederic Chopin Preludes, Op. 28
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – March 5, 2013, 7:30pm
Osmo Vänskä, clarinet
Susan Billmeyer, piano
Thomas Turner, viola
Program:
Elliott Carter. Elegy for Viola and Piano
Mozart. Trio in E-flat major for Clarinet, Voila and Piano, K. 498 W. A.
Robert Schumann. Fairy Tales for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Opus 132
Kalevi Aho. Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday – November 13, 2012, 7:30p.m
Anja Lipfert, soprano
Sebastian Krause, countertenor
Tobias Pöche, tenor
Ludwig Böhme, baritone
Joe Roesler, bass
Program:
Bach Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen (BWV 452) Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (BWV 28) Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn (BWV 225).Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences Lord, how long wilt thou be angry. Flecha the Elder La bomba A Spanish Ensalada. Stanford Shall We Go Dance The Blue Bird. Gardens Traditional (arr. Ludwig Böhme). Finnegan’s Wake Traditional (arr. Sebastian Krause). Banter Abendharmonie (2010) Three Jazz Ballads, poems by Baudelaire (Commissioned by Calmus). Sting (arr. Fredo Jung) Fragile. Mercury (arr. Mia Makaroff) Love of my life. Kreisler (arr. Sebastian Krause) Good Old Ed. Jackson (arr. Ludwig Böhme) Remember the time. McFerrin (arr. Böhme) Don’t worry, be happy
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
Tuesday – April 9, 2013, 7:30p.m
João Luiz, guitar
Douglas Lora, guitar
Program:
Rameau (arr. Luiz) Pieces for Clavecin
Castelnuovo-Tedesco 2 Preludes and Fugues
Lora Songs for the Inner Unfolding
Gismonti (arr. Luiz) Aneis
Lobo/Luiz Casa Forte/Zanzibar
Luiz Djavan’s Portrait
Gismonti (arr. Luiz) Fala da Paixao/Forrobodo
Pereira Bate Coxa
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7:30pm
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Program:
Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10
Janacek String Quartet No. 2, ‘Intimate Letters’
Brahms String Quartet No. 2 in a minor, Op. 51
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 E 4th Street
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:30 p.m
Valerie Coleman, flute – composer
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
Mariam Adams, clarinet
Jeff Scott, French horn – composer
Monica Ellis, bassoon
Program:
Bozza Scerzo
Duforf Variations on an Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Drume Negrita)
Resanovic Drones and Nanorhythms
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
Harbison Quintet for Winds
Shaheen (arr. J Scott) Dance Mediterranean
Pilgrim Congregational Church – 2310 E 4th Street
Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 7:30p.m
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Roman Rabinovich, piano
Program:
Debussy Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Franck Sonata in A Major, FWV 8
Prokofiev Five Melodies, Op. 35
Strauss Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 18
Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Tuesday March 27, 2012, 7:30p.m.
Christopher Taylor, piano
Program:
JS Bach Four Duets
Brahms 8 Pieces, Op76
Rzewski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Schubert Sonata in B flat Major
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
September 21, 2010, 7:30pm
Osmo Vänskä, clarinet
Sarah Kwak, violin
Gina DiBello, violin
Thomas Turner, viola
Anthony Ross, cello
Program:
Mozart Divertimento in F major, K 138 for String Quartet
Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello Sarah Kwak and Anthony Ross
Aho Quintet for clarinet and String Quartet (1998)
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
March 8, 2011 7:30pm
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano
Craig Terry, piano
Program:
Schubert Im Frühling, D. 882
R Schumann Frauenliebe und-Leben
Britten A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Bei der Weige, Op. 47, No. 6
Jones A Child is Born
Rich American Lullaby
de Falla Nana, from Siete canciones populares españolas, No. 5
Montsalvatge Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito from Cinquo canciones negras, No. 4
Weber Music Hall
University of MN, Duluth
October 12, 2010, 7:30pm
Adam Golka, piano
Program:
Mozart Sonata in F Major, K 332
Chopin Twelve Etudes, Op. 10
Danielpour Piano Fantasy (“Wenn Ich Einmall Soll Scheiden”) (2008)
Chopin Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
Chopin Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
April 26, 2011, 7:30pm
Allison Hall, trumpet
Corbin Dillon, trumpet
Timothy J. Bradley, horn
Alex Wolff, trombone
Stefan Kac, tuba
Program:
Brubeck Blue Rondo à la Turk Piazzolla Primavera Porteña (Spring in Buenos Aires) Tango. Dvorák “Song to the Moon: aria from Rusalka. Gounod “Je Veux Vivre” aria from Romeo et Juliette. Folds Fred Jones, part 2. Metheny First Circle. Hubbard Up Jumped Spring. Mozart “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute. R Schumann 2 Piano Pieces Trãumerei (Dreaming) from Kinderszenen Aufschwung (Soaring) from Fantasiestücke. Debussy Bruyères from Preludes, Book Two. Pink Glitter in the Air. Fleck Blue Spruce. Kac Calypso Development
Pilgrim Congregational Church
2310 East 4th Street
