2023 FESTIVAL CONCERTS

Past events

Open rehearsal schedule:
July 29:  9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Edwards Hall at the University of Rhode Island
August 5: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Edwards Hall at the University of Rhode Island

CONCERT 1: LEGEND RETURNS

Wednesday, July 26

Pre-concert event: 6:30 – 7:00 PM, Meet the Artist: Richard Woodhams
Concert: 7:30 PM

Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Richard Woodhams (oboe), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola  H. 313
Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Che-Hung Chen (viola)

Jean Françaix:  Quartet for English Horn and String Trio
Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Che-Hung Chen (viola), Clancy Newman (cello), Richard Woodhams (oboe)

Intermission

Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in a minor, Op. 1
Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Che-Hung Chen (viola), Clancy Newman (cello), Natalie Zhu (piano)

CONCERT 2: DAZZLING DOVERS

Friday, July 28

Pre-concert event: 6:30 – 7:00 PM, Meet the Artist: Camden Shaw
Concert: 7:30 PM

Mason Bates: Suite for String Quartet (D.C. premiere – February, 2023)

Béla Bartók: Quartet No. 4 in C major   

Intermission

Franz Schubert:  Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)

Dover Quartet

Q&A to follow concert

CONCERT 3: DOVER AND FRIENDS
Sunday, July 30

Pe-concert Event:  3:00 – 3:30 PM, Meet the Artists:  Joel Link and
Che-Hung Chen
Concert: 4:00 PM

Bernhard Crusell: Divertimento for Oboe and String Quartet in C Major, 
Dover Quartet, Richard Woodhams (oboe)

Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 13
Joel Link (violin), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Intermission

Antonín Dvořák: Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97
Dover Quartet, Che-Hung Chen (viola)

CONCERT 4: THE GREATEST DANCE HITS
Wednesday, August 2

Pre-Concert Event:  6:30 – 7:00 p.m, Meet the Artist: Jason Vieaux
Concert: 7:30 PM

Johann Sebastian Bach: Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor for Viola da gamba and Keyboard, BWV 1029
Che-Yen Chen (viola), Amy Yang (piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 
Yegor Dyachkov (cello), David Shifrin (clarinet), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Intermission

Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano    
David Shifrin (clarinet), Amy Yang (piano)

Duke Ellington: “In a Sentimental Mood”
Jason Vieaux  (guitar)

Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for Guitar and Strings
Kyu-Young Kim (violin), Joel Link (violin), Burchard Tang (viola), Priscilla Lee (cello), Jason Vieaux (guitar)

Introduction
Salsa Pasada
Easy-Listening Slow Dance Ballad
Dance Party on the Disco Motorboat

CONCERT 5: ONE OF A KIND
Friday, August 4

Pre-concert event:  6:30 – 7:00 PM, Meet the Artist: Tina Davidson
Concert:  7:30 PM

York Bowen: Fantasie Quartet for 4 violas, op.41
Che-Yen Chen (viola), Burchard Tang (viola), Joel Link (viola),
Che-Hung Chen (viola)

David Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66
Priscilla Lee (cello), Yegor Dyachkov (cello), Dominique de Williencourt (cello), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56
Kyu-Young Kim (violin), Joel Link (violin)

Intermission

Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C Major, D. 812
Natalie Zhu, Amy Yang (piano)

Q&A to follow concert

CONCERT 6: INCANTATIONS OF THE LONELY CELLIST
Saturday, August 5, 7:30 PM — SOLD OUT!

Solo Cello Recital

J. S. Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV  1007

J. S. Bach: Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Dominique de Williencourt: Mont Ararat
Dominique de Williencourt (cello)

This concert will take place at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Kingston RI