Wednesday, July 10 7:30PM

VIRTUOSI I: Trio Zadig & the SOLOISTS

Bohuslav Martinu: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313 (1947)  Poco allegro. Poco andante. Allegro

Samuel  Nebyu, violin / Agnieszka Podłucka, viola

W.A. Mozart: Adagio in  E major,  K261 7’5
Clarence Cameron White: Nobody  Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (1918)
Samuel Coleridge Taylor: African Dances  N 4 (1904

Samuel  Nebyu, violin/Ian Barber, piano 

Henryk Wieniawski: Legénde, Op.17  (1859)

Agnieszka  Podłucka, viola/Ian Barber, piano

Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo op 117 no 2  (1892)

Ian Barber,  piano                                                                           

David Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody op. 68  (1894)

Marc Girard-Garcia, cello/Ian Barber, piano 

Antonín Dvořák: Dumka VI (from “Dumki”  piano trio)

Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (1956)

Trio Zadig: Boris Borgolotto, Marc Girard-Garcia, Ian Barber

Thursday, July 11 7:30PM

VIRTUOSI II: Trio Zadig

Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
I. Modere II. Pantoum: Assez vif III. Passacaille: Tres large IV. Finale: Anime

Leonard Bernstein: A West Side Story Fantasy (arr. Bruno Fontaine)
I. Prelude
II. Something’s Coming
III. Cha-Cha / Maria
IV. Mambo
V. Cool
VI. One Hand, One Heart
VII. The Rumble
VIII. I Feel Pretty
IX. Tonight
X. Somewhere
XI. America
XII. Final

Friday, July 12 7:30PM

VIRTUOSI III: Trio Zadig & iPalpiti Soloists

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio op.66 no.2 in c minor
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo. Molto Allegro quasi Presto
Finale. Allegro appasionato

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: String Sextet in A Major
Allegro vivace
Rondo fugeto: Allegretto grazioso
Scherzo: Vivace alla saltarello
Andante espressivo
Finale: Allegro molto

Samuel Nebyu & Semyon Promoe, violins
Midor Maruyama & Agnieszka Podłucka, violas
Egor Antonenko & Sevak Avanesyan, violoncelli

Saturday, July 13

Concert 1 – 6:00 PM
Reception – 7:00 PM
Concert 2 – 7:30 PM

DOUBLE FEATURE: Violin Extravaganza & iPalpiti Orchestra / Eduard Schmieder

CONCERT NO.1

Lorenzo Mazzamuto/Italy
Paganini: I Palpiti

Samuel Nebyu/Hungary
Solo TBA

Takamori Arai/Japan
Eugene Ysaÿe: Sonata for Violin Solo No.6, Op.27
Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana

Sara Dragan/Poland-Spain
Chopin: Noctune in C# minor (arr. Milstein)
Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantella

Semyon Promoe/Russia
Sergei Prokofiev: March from The Love for Three Oranges (arr.Heifetz)
Paul Nero: The Hot Canary

Azer Damirov/Azerbaijan, Samuel Nebyu/Hungary, Lorenzo Mazzamuto
F. Hermann: Capriccios for 3 violins, in D minor
Hellmesberger: Serenade

CONCERT NO.2
IPALPITI ORCHESTRA

Sunday, July 14 2:00PM

iPalpiti Soloists & iPalpiti orchestra

Selections as announced from the podium

Tuesday, July 16 12PM

iPalpiti Soloists

Bohuslav Martinu: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313 (1949)
Poco allegro. Poco andante. Allegro
Samuel Nebyu, violin
Agnieszka Podłucka, viola

Friedrich Hermann: Capriccios for 3 violins
Samuel Nebyu/Lorenzo Mazzamuto/Azer Damirov, violins

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: String Sextet in A Major
Allegro vivace
Rondo fugeto: Allegretto grazioso
Scherzo: Vivace alla saltarello
Andante espressivo
Finale: Allegro molto

Samuel Nebyu & Semyon Promoe, violins
Midor Maruyama & Agnieszka Podłucka, violas
Egor Antonenko & Sevak Avanesyan, violoncelli

Wednesday, July 17 7:30PM

iPalpiti Soloists & Trio Zadig

Favorite Selections from Festival Program

Thursday, July 18 3:30-5:30 PM

Composer-in-Residence Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Master class & Performance

Performance of Ali-Zadeh compositions:

Impulse (premiered by Hilary Hahn, 2013)
Azer Damirov, violin
Jacopo Giacopuzzi, piano

Habil-Sayagy (premiered by Yo-Yo Ma)
Francisco Vila, cello
Ian Barber, piano

Young composers Master class *

* Georgy Gusev (Los Angeles, CA)
Calypso
Georgy Gusev, cello

* Sunny Knable (New York, NY)
The Green Violin
Chase Spruill , violin
Sunny Knable, piano

Saturday, July 20 8:00PM

Festival Grand Finale

BEETHOVEN that BEETHOVEN NEVER HEARD

iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble of International Laureates / Eduard Schmieder

Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 13, “Sinfoniesatz” in C Minor
Grave – Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Symphony after Kreutzer Sonata in c minor, Op.47(1826)*
Adagio sostenuto –Presto
Andante con Variazioni
Presto

*USA Premiere

INTERMISSION

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto grosso for 4 violins in B-minor, RV 580
Allegro. Largo. Allegro.

Franghiz Ali-Zade: Harmony
*World Premiere commission

Johannes Brahms–Sergei Dreznin: Fantasia Hungariana*(Arr. for string orchestra & Trio Zadig)
*World Premiere commission
After Three Hungarian Dances by J. Brahms