2023 FESTIVAL CONCERTS

CONCERT 1:
Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 PM

Paul Hindemith:
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Munter
Sehr langsam, wie zuerst – wieder lebhaft

Richard Woodhams (oboe), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola  H. 313
Poco allegro – Poco vivo
Poco andante – Andante moderato
Allegro – Moderato

Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Che-Hung Chen (viola)

Jean Françaix:  Quartet for English Horn and String Trio
Allegro vivace
Andante tranquillo
Vivo assai
Andantino
Allegro giocoso

Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Che-Hung Chen (viola), Clancy Newman (cello), Richard Woodhams (oboe)

Intermission

Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in a minor, Op. 1
Allegro appassionato
Adagio
Allegro con fuoco

Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Che-Hung Chen (viola), Clancy Newman (cello), Natalie Zhu (piano)

CONCERT 2:

Friday, July 28, 7:30 PM

Mason Bates: Suite for String Quartet (D.C. premiere – February, 2023)
Béla Bartók: Quartet No. 4 in C major   
Allegro  
Prestissimo, con sordino
Non troppo lento
Allegretto pizzicato
Allegro molto

Intermission

Franz Schubert:  Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)    
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante
Menuetto e Trio.  Allegretto
Allegro moderato

Dover Quartet

CONCERT 3:
Sunday, July 30, 4:00 PM

Bernhard Crusell: Divertimento for Oboe and String Quartet in C Major, Op. 9
Allegro
Andante poco adagio
Allegro
Allegro vivace
Dover Quartet, Richard Woodhams (oboe)

Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 13
Allegro molto
Andante
Scherzo:  Allegro vivo
Finale:  Allegro quasi presto
Joel Link (violin), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Intermission

Antonín Dvořák: Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97
Allegro non tanto
Allegro vivo – Un poco meno mosso
Larghetto with 5 variations
Allegro giusto

Dover Quartet, Che-Hung Chen (viola)

CONCERT 4:
Wednesday, August 2, 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 
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Tema con veriazioni
Yegor Dyachkov (cello), David Shifrin (clarinet), Natalie Zhu (piano)

Intermission

Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano    
Grazioso  
Andantino – Vivace e leggiero
David Shifrin (clarinet), Amy Yang (piano)

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

Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for Guitar and Strings
Jasmine Lin (violin), Zach dePue (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:
Friday, August 4, 7:30 PM

York Bowen: Fantasy and Quartet for Four Violas, Op. 41, No. 1
Allegro assai
Poco lento
Finale, Presto
Che-Yen Chen (viola), Burchard Tang (viola), Jasmine Lin (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
Andante cantabile
Allegro
Commodo (quasi allegretto)
Allegro con brio

Jasmine Lin (violin), Zach dePue (violin)

Intermission

Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C Major, D. 812
Allegro moderato
Andante
Scherzo:  Allegro vivace – Trio
Finale:  Allegro vivace

Natalie Zhu, Amy Yang (piano)

CONCERT 6:
Saturday, August 5, 7:30 PM

Solo Cello Recital:  All Bach

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

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