KINGSTON CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
2023 FESTIVAL CONCERTS

The Kingston Chamber Music Festival was the subject of Conducting Conversations with Mike Maino on Classical 95.9 FM WCRI.  Click here to hear Beth EtterExecutive Director talk about the upcoming Festival and listen to some of the amazing music that will be presented from July 26th through August 6.

2023 FESTIVAL CONCERTS

Open rehearsal schedule:
July 29:  9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Edwards Hall
August 5: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Edwards Hall

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
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)

Q&A to follow concert

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   
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

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, 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)

Q&A to follow concert

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 
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 Vieaux  (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

Q&A to follow concert

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
Allegro assai
Poco lento
Finale, Presto
Che-Yen Chen (viola), Che-Hung Chen (viola), Burchard Tang (viola), Zach DePue (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)

Q&A to follow concert

CONCERT 6: INCANTATIONS OF THE LONELY CELLIST
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

CONCERT 7: PAST AND PRESENT
Sunday, August 6

Pre-concert event:  3:00 PM: Young Musician Mini-showcase: William Ge, piano
Concert: 4:00 PM

George Walker: “Lyric for Strings”
Jasmine Lin (violin), Zach DePue (violin), Che-Yen Chen (viola), Yegor Dyachkov (cello)

Tina Davidson: “I Hear the Mermaids Singing”  (1990) for Viola, Cello and Piano
Che-Yen Chen (viola), Yegor Dyachkov (cello), Amy Yang (piano)

Jessie Montgomery: Duo for Violin and Cello
Meandering
Dirge
Presto
Zach DePue, (violin), Priscilla Lee (cello)

Intermission

Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30
Animé
Très calme
Simple et sans hȃte
Animé
Jasmine Lin (violin), Burchard Tang (viola), Dominique de Williencourt (cello), Amy Yang (piano)

Q&A to follow concert

Programs subject to change