All Festival concerts will be held at Edwards Hall on the URI campus
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

CONCERT 7:
Sunday, August 6, 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)
Programs subject to change