Monthly Archives: February 2020

Wednesday . 17 June 2020 . 4:00 pm :: Children’s Concert

Wednesday
17 June 2020
4:00 pm
Children’s Concert

Performers from Halcyon Music Festival will present a children’s concert consisting of movements from string quartets. The visiting musicians, from institutions like the New England Conservatory and New York Philharmonic, will also explain the history of the quartet genre and answer questions. This free educational opportunity is a preview of Halcyon Music Festival’s seventh season, which starts June 18th at St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Portsmouth Public Library
175 Parrott Avenue
Portsmouth . New Hampshire
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Thursday . 18 June 2020 :: An Empire of Music

Thursday
18 June 2020
‘An Empire of Music’

•  Zoltán Kodály  | Szerenád (Serenade), Op. 12

Robyn Bollinger, Laurel Gagnon, violins ~ Jessica Thompson, viola

•  Anton Arensky  | String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

Zenas Hsu, violin ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, Thomas Kraines, cellos

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Piano Trio in Bb Major, Op. 97, ‘Archduke’

Inmo Yang, violin ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

Friday . 19 June 2020 :: Memory and Music

Friday
19 June 2020
‘Memory and Music’

•  Jean Sibelius  | Duo in C Major, JS 66

Zenas Hsu, violin ~ Marcus Thompson, viola

•  Dmitry Shostakovich  | String Quartet No. 7, Op. 108

Inmo Yang, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Thomas Kraines, cello

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3

Robyn Bollinger, violin ~ Jessica Thompson, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

•  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  | Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

Saturday . 20 June 2020 :: Anguish and Triumph

Saturday
20 June 2020
‘Anguish and Triumph’

•  W. A. Mozart  | Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

Monica Pegis, violin ~ Jessica Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Zenas Hsu, Laurel Gagnon violins ~ Timothy Deighton, viola ~ Thomas Kraines, cello

•  Felix Mendelssohn  | String Quintet No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 87

Inmo Yang, Robyn Bollinger, violins ~ Tim Deighton, Marcus Thompson, violas ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

Thursday . 25 June 2020 :: Legends and Folklore

Thursday
25 June 2020
‘Legends and Folklore’

•  Sergei Prokofiev  | Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Laurel Gagnon, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Katherine Murdock, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Charles Ives  | Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

Monica Pegis, violin ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Franz Schubert  | String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 29, ‘Rosamunde’

Gabriela Diaz, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Melissa Reardon, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello

Friday . 26 June 2020 :: Street Music

Friday
26 June 2020
‘Street Music’

•  Grażyna Bacewicz  | String Quartet No. 4

Ben Sayevich, Monica Pegis, Mark Ptashne, Laurel Gagnon, violins

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Trio in Bb Major, Op. 11, ‘Gassenhauer’

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Ernő Dohnányi  | Serenade in C Major, Op. 10

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Melissa Reardon, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

•  Gabriel Fauré  | Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

Emma Frucht, violin ~ Katherine Murdock, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

Saturday . 27 June 2020 :: Renewed Visions of the World

Saturday
27 June 2020
‘Renewed Visions of the World’

•  Darius Milhaud  | Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 157b

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  J. S. Bach/Varga  | Chaconne from Partita in D minor (arr. for four cellos)

Alexei Gonzales, Peter Stumpf, Loewi Lin, David Hardy, cellos

•  Samuel Barber  | String Quartet in B Major, Op. 11

Emma Frucht, Laurel Gagnon, violin ~ Katherine Murdock, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Quartet No. 12 in Eb Major, Op. 127

Ben Sayevich, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ David Hardy, cello