PROGRAM

Friday, October 12th, 8 PM

CONCERT 1: Contrasts

Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin and cello, op.7 (1914.)
Allegro serioso, non troppo / Adagio / Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Jing Zhao, cello

Béla Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano (1938.)
Verbunkos / Pihenö / Sebes

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Alexandra Gruber, clarinet
Ian Fountain, piano

Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the end of times (Quatuor pour la fin du Temps) (1940. - 1941.)

Liturgy of crystals (Liturgie de cristal)
Vokalise for the angel who announces the end of times (Vocalise pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps)
Abyss of birds (Abîme des oiseaux)
Intermediate (Intermède)
Eulogy of the eternity of Jesus (Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus)
Dance of the fury for the seven trumpets (Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes)
Cluster debt for the angel who announces the end of times (Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps)
Eulogy of the immortality of Jesus (Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus)

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Alexandra Gruber, clarinet
Jing Zhao, cello
Ian Fountain, piano

Saturday, October 13th, 8 PM

CONCERT 2: Brahms & Schumann

Robert Schumann: Fantasy pieces for clarinet and piano, op.73 (1849.)
Zart und mit Ausdruck / Lebhaft, leicht / Rasch und mit Feuer

Alexandra Gruber, clarinet
Ian Fountain, piano

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, op.108 (1887.)
Allegro / Adagio / Un poco presto e con sentimento / Presto agitato

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Ian Fountain, piano

Robert Schumann: Five pieces in folk style for cello and piano, op.102 (1849.)
Mit Humor (Vanitas, vanitatum) / Langsam / Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen / Nicht zu rasch / Stark und markiert

Jing Zhao, cello
Ian Fountain, piano

Johannes Brahms: Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, op.114 (1890.)
Allegro / Adagio / Andantino grazioso / Allegro

Alexandra Gruber, clarinet
Jing Zhao, cello
Ian Fountain, piano

Sunday, October 14th 2007, 11 AM

CONCERT 3: Mozart Matinée

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Duo for violin and viola in G minor, K 423 (1783.)
Allegro / Adagio / Rondeau (Allegro)

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Guy Ben-Ziony, viola

Piano quartet in E-flat major, K 493 (1786.)
Allegro / Larghetto / Allegretto

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Guy Ben-Ziony, viola
Jing Zhao, cello
Ian Fountain, piano
 
Friday, October 19th, 8 PM

CONCERT 4: Slavic Night

Leoš Janáček: Fary-Tale (Pohadka) for piano and cello (1910.)
Con moto / Con moto / Allegro

Elena Cheah, cello
Milana Chernyavska, piano

Bedřìch Smetana: Piano trio in G minor, op.15 (1855.)
Moderato assai / Allegro, ma non agitato / Finale - Presto

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Monika Leskovar, cello
Milana Chernyavska, piano

Boris Papandopulo: Rhapsody concertante (1938.)
Introduzione / Arioso / Danza

Monika Leskovar, cello
Petra Gilming, piano

Antonin Dvořák: String quintet in D major, op.77 (1875.)
Allegro con fuoco - Piu mosso / Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio: L’istesso tempo, quasi allegretto /
Poco andante / Finale: Allegro assai

Stefan Milenković, violin
Nicola Birkhan, violin
Guy Ben-Ziony, viola
Elena Cheah, cello
Božo Paradžik, double bass

Saturday, October 20th 2007, 8 PM

CONCERT 5: Vienna I & II

Joseph Haydn: Piano trio in G major, No.39, Hob. XV: 25 (Gipsy) (1795.)
Andante / Poco adagio / Finale - Presto (Rondo all’Ongarese)

Stefan Milenković, violin
Monika Leskovar, cello
Milana Chernyavska, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for cello and piano in A major, version for double bass and piano, op.69 (1808.)
Allegro, ma non tanto / Scherzo / Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

Božo Paradžik, double bass
Milana Chernyavska, piano

Gustav Mahler: Piano quartet in A minor (unfinished) (1876.)
First paragraph

Stefan Milenković, violin
Guy Ben-Ziony, viola
Elena Cheah, cello
Milana Chernyavska, piano

Arnold Schönberg: Transfigured night (Verklärte Nacht), op. 4, for string sextet (1899.)

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin
Nicola Birkhan, violin
Guy Ben-Ziony, viola
Hrvoje Philips, viola
Monika Leskovar, cello
Elena Cheah, cello

MUSICIANS

Susanna Yoko Henkel, violin (Germany/Croatia)
Stefan Milenković, violin (Serbia/USA)
Nicola Birkhan, violin (Germany)
Guy Ben-Ziony, viola (Israel)
Hrvoje Philips, viola (Croatia)
Monika Leskovar, cello (Croatia)
Jing Zhao, cello (China)
Elena Cheah, cello (USA)
Božo Paradžik, double bass (Croatia)
Alexandra Gruber, clarinet (Croatia)
Petra Gilming, piano (Croatia)
Milana Chernyavska, piano (Ukraine)
Ian Fountain, piano (United Kingdom)