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 Etter, Executive 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
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