2021 SUMMER FESTIVAL CONCERTS

CONCERT 1: SAT., JULY 24 at 7:30 PM
OPENING NIGHT

Sponsored by the URI College of Arts and Sciences

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: “Much Ado About Nothing” Suite (Transcription for Violin and Piano by the composer)
Claude Debussy: “Syrinx” for Solo Flute
Nino Rota:  Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano
Franz Schubert:  Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat, D. 929

Violin: Zach DePue, Noah Geller
Cello:  Clancy Newman
Flute:  Beomjae Kim
Piano:  Natalie Zhu

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CONCERT 2: SUN., JULY 25 at 4:00 PM
CELEBRATING WOMEN:

Sponsored by the Mary Lemoine Potter Fund of RI

Tina Davidson: “LEAP” for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (World Premiere)
Florence B. Price:  Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint for String Quartet
Amy Beach:  Piano Quintet in F Sharp Minor, Op. 67

Violin:  Zach DePue, Noah Geller
Viola:  Christine Grossman
Cello:  Clancy Newman
Piano:  Natalie Zhu

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SPECIAL EVENT: WED., JULY 28, 7:30 PM
THE NIGHTINGALE’S SONATA

Sponsored by Matunuck Oyster Bar

A narrated concert told in music, words and photographs based on the award winning book by Thomas Wolf. The Nightingale’s Sonata is the story of legendary violinist Lea Luboshutz and her musical family told by her grandson and biographer.

Violin:  Ayano Ninomiya
Piano:  Natalie Zhu

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CONCERT 3: SAT., JULY 31 AT 7:30 PM
ALL TIME FAVORITES

Sponsored by the Jonnycake Center for Hope
Paid for by a friend of KCMF and the Jonnycake Center

Alexander Borodin:  String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Ludwig van Beethoven:  Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
Wolfgang A. Mozart:  Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat Major, K. 563

Violin:  Ayano Ninomiya, Noah Geller
Viola:  Christine Grossman
Cello: Raman Ramakrishnan
Piano:  Stewart Goodyear

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CONCERT 4:  SUN., AUGUST 1 AT 4:00 PM

Sponsored by a Friend of KCMF

SPIRIT OF HUNGARY 

Bela Bartok:  Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Piano

Zoltan Kodaly:  Duo for Violin and Cello
Johannes Brahms:  Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

Violin:  Ayano Ninomiya, Noah Geller
Viola:  Christine Grossman
Cello:  Raman Ramakrishnan
Piano:  Stewart Goodyear

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