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Thursday . 12 June 2025 :: Inspiration and Homage

Thursday
12 June 2025
‘Inspiration and Homage’

•  W. A. Mozart  | String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515

Ben Sayevich, Markus Placci violins ~ Dana Kelley, Tim Deighton, violas ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Johannes Brahms  | Selections from Hungarian Dances

Heng-Jin Park, Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Pablo de Sarasate  | Navarra

Grace Park, Markus Placci, violins ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Alexander Glazunov  | String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39

Emma Frucht, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Caitlin Lynch, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, Alexei Gonzales, cellos

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Friday . 13 June 2025 :: Evening Serenade

Friday
13 June 2025
‘Evening Serenade’

•  Anton Arensky  | Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Zoltán Kodály  | Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12

Markus Placci, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Dana Kelley, viola

•  Johannes Brahms  | String Sextet No. 1 in Bb Major, Op. 18

Grace Park, Markus Placci, violins ~ Caitlin Lynch, Tim Deighton, violas ~ Peter Stumpf, David Hardy, cellos

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Saturday . 14 June 2025 :: Mountain Dances

Saturday
14 June 2025
‘Mountain Dances’

•  Sergei Prokofiev  | String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92

Grace Park, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Caitlin Lynch, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

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

Markus Placci, violin ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Antonín Dvořák  | String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

Grace Park, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Nate Varga, bass

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Thursday . 19 June 2025 :: Wheel of Colors

Thursday
19 June 2025
‘Wheel of Colors’

•  W. A. Mozart  | String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575, ‘The Violet’

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

•  Jennifer Higdon  | Piano Trio

Emma Frucht, violin ~ Sergey Antonov, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Johannes Brahms  | Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Christopher Elchico, clarinet ~ Julia Glenn, Siwoo Kim, violins ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

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Friday . 20 June 2025 :: New Worlds

Friday
20 June 2025
‘New Worlds’

•  Aram Khachaturian  | Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano

Christopher Elchico, clarinet ~ Emma Frucht, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Antonín Dvořák  | String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, ‘American’

Julia Glenn, Ben Sayevich, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  W. A. Mozart  | Sinfonia Concertante in Eb Major, K. 364 (string sextet version)

Siwoo Kim, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Danny Kim, Tim Deighton, violas ~ Sergey Antonov, Loewi Lin, cellos

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Saturday . 21 June 2025 :: Eternal Question

Saturday
21 June 2025
‘Eternal Question’

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in Bb Major, Op. 11, ‘Gassenhauer’

Christopher Elchico, clarinet ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Dmitri Shostakovich  | String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73

Ben Sayevich, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Felix Mendelssohn  | String Octet in Eb Major, Op. 20

Siwoo Kim, Julia Glenn, Emma Frucht, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Tim Deighton, Marcus Thompson, violas ~ Sergey Antonov, Loewi Lin, cellos

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Thursday . 13 June 2024 :: Seasons

Thursday
13 June 2024
‘Seasons’

•  Antonio Vivaldi  | Spring, from The Four Seasons, Op. 8

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Halcyon Music Festival string ensemble

•  Jean Sibelius  | Duo in C Major

Monica Pegis, violin ~ Jordan Bak, viola

•  Astor Piazzolla  | The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, arr. for piano trio

Emma Frucht, violin ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Robert Schumann  | Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63

Grace Park, violin ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Friday . 14 June 2024 :: Souvenirs

Friday
14 June 2024
‘Souvenirs’

•  Sergei Prokofiev  | Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Monica Pegis, Julia Glenn, violins

•  Joaquín Turina  | Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  | Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Grace Park, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Burchard Tang, Jordan Bak, violas ~ Peter Stumpf, Alexei Gonzales, cellos

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Saturday . 15 June 2024 :: Episodes from Life

Saturday
15 June 2024
‘Episodes from Life’

•  Luigi Boccherini  | String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5

Ben Sayevich, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, David Hardy, cellos

•  Béla Bartók  | String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Grace Park, Julia Glenn, violins ~ Burchard Tang, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello

•  Antonín Dvořák  | Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 23

Emma Frucht, violin ~ Jordan Bak, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Thursday . 20 June 2024 :: Solstice

Thursday
20 June 2024
‘Solstice’

•  Antonio Vivaldi  | Summer, from The Four Seasons, Op. 8

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Halcyon Music Festival string ensemble

•  W. A. Mozart  | String Duo No. 1 in G Major, K. 423

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Tim Deighton, viola

•  George Crumb  | Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)

Lorna McGhee, flute ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Robert Schumann  | String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41, No. 3

Julia Glenn, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

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Friday . 21 June 2024 :: Dusk into Dawn

Friday
21 June 2024
‘Dusk into Dawn’

•  Bohuslav Martinů  | Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

Lorna McGhee, flute ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Maurice Ravel  | String Quartet in F Major

Ben Sayevich, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Sergey Antonov, cello

•  Johannes Brahms  | String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111

Irina Muresanu, Julia Glenn, violins ~ Tim Deighton, David Harding, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

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Saturday . 22 June 2024 :: Chrysanthemums

Saturday
22 June 2024
‘Chrysanthemums’

•  Giacomo Puccini  | Crisantemi

Gabriela Diaz, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Ernest Bloch  | Concertino for Flute, Viola, and Piano

Lorna McGhee, flute ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  W. A. Mozart  | String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, ‘Dissonance’

Irina Muresanu, Ben Sayevich, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

•  Antonín Dvořák  | Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

Julia Glenn, Monica Pegis, violins ~ David Harding, viola ~ Sergey Antonov, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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OPENING NIGHT
Thursday . 15 June 2023 :: Lyric

Thursday
15 June 2023
‘Lyric’

•  J. S. Bach  | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

Ben Sayevich, Grace Park, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Tim Deighton, Jordan Bak, Danny Kim, violas ~ Jonah Ellsworth, David Hardy, Peter Stumpf, cellos ~ Charles Clements, bass ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, harpsichord

•  George Walker  | Lyric for Strings

Halcyon Music Festival string ensemble

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

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Jordan Bak, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Johannes Brahms  | Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Grace Park, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Friday . 16 June 2023 :: Summer Sounds

Friday
16 June 2023
‘Summer Sounds’

•  Antonín Dvořák  | Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb Major, Op. 87

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Benjamin Britten  | String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36

Emma Frucht, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Danny Kim, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

•  Felix Mendelssohn  | String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

Grace Park, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Jordan Bak, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello

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Saturday . 17 June 2023 :: Youthful Genius

Saturday
17 June 2023
‘Youthful Genius’

•  Sergei Rachmaninoff  | Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor

Emma Frucht, violin ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

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

Ben Sayevich, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Jordan Bak, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Arnold Schönberg  | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

Grace Park, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Danny Kim, Tim Deighton, violas ~ Jonah Ellsworth, Peter Stumpf, cellos

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Thursday . 22 June 2023 :: For the People

Thursday
22 June 2023
‘For the People’

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Folk Song Selections

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

•  Anton Webern  | Langsamer Satz

Julia Glenn, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  William Bolcom  | Three Rags for String Quartet

Gabriela Diaz, Solomiya Ivakhiv, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Johannes Brahms  | Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Katherine Murdock, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

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Friday . 23 June 2023 :: Longing and Lullabies

Friday
23 June 2023
‘Longing and Lullabies’

•  Johannes Brahms  | Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91

Thomas Meglioranza, baritone ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Robert Schumann  | Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 44

Julia Glenn, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Maurice Ravel  | Piano Trio

Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 24 June 2023 :: Land of Dreams

Saturday
24 June 2023
‘Land of Dreams’

•  Samuel Barber  | Dover Beach, Op. 3

Thomas Meglioranza, baritone ~ Gabriela Diaz, Solomiya Ivakhiv, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Dmitri Shostakovich  | String Quartet No. 7 in F# minor, Op. 108

Ben Sayevich, Julia Glenn, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | String Quartet No. 6 in Bb Major, Op. 18

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Katherine Murdock, viola ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

•  Johannes Brahms  | String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36

Gabriela Diaz, Julia Glenn, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, Katherine Murdock, violas ~ David Hardy, Loewi Lin, cellos

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Thursday . 16 June 2022 :: Music and Strife

Thursday
16 June 2022
‘Music and Strife’

•  Richard Strauss  | String Sextet from the Opera ‘Capriccio’

Gabriela Diaz, Laurel Gagnon, violins ~ Katherine Murdock, Marcus Thompson, violas ~ Thomas Kraines, David Hardy, cellos

•  Dmitri Shostakovich  | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

Maria Ioudenitch, Monica Pegis, violins ~ David Harding, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Antonín Dvořák  | Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, ‘Dumky’

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Thomas Kraines, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Friday . 17 June 2022 :: Memento Mori

Friday
17 June 2022
‘Memento Mori’

•  Frank Bridge  | Phantasy for Piano Quartet

Laurel Gagnon, violin ~ David Harding, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Anton Arensky  | String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, Thomas Kraines, cellos

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

Maria Ioudenitch, violin ~ Katherine Murdock, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 18 June 2022 :: Points of Departure

Saturday
18 June 2022
‘Points of Departure’

•  W. A. Mozart  | String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516

Ben Sayevich, Laurel Gagnon, violins ~ Marcus Thompson, Katherine Murdock, violas ~ Peter Stumpf, cello

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

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

•  Claude Debussy  | String Quartet in G minor

Maria Ioudenitch, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ David Harding, viola ~ Thomas Kraines, cello

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Thursday . 23 June 2022 :: To the Peacemakers

Thursday
23 June 2022
‘To the Peacemakers’

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

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Emma Frucht, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Alexander Borodin  | String Quartet No. 2

Zenas Hsu, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Melissa Reardon, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

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

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

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Friday . 24 June 2022 :: Struggle and Release

Friday
24 June 2022
‘Struggle and Release’

•  W. A. Mozart  | Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Ben Sayevich, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

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

Zenas Hsu, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

•  Johannes Brahms  | Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Emma Frucht, violin ~ Melissa Reardon, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 25 June 2022 :: Tradition and Evolution

Saturday
25 June 2022
‘Tradition and Evolution’

•  Paul Hindemith  | Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

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

•  Felix Mendelssohn  | String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18

Gabriela Diaz, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Melissa Reardon, Robert Meyer, violas ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

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

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Friday . 18 June 2021 :: Tempest

Friday
18 June 2021
‘Tempest’

•  W. A. Mozart  | Piano Trio in Bb Major, K. 502

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Zoltán Kodály  | Serenade for Two Violins and Viola

Gabriela Diaz, Irina Muresanu, violins ~ Timothy Deighton, viola

•  Johannes Brahms  | Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8

The Boston Trio: Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 19 June 2021 :: Remembrances

Saturday
19 June 2021
‘Remembrances’

•  Franz Joseph Haydn  | String Quartet, ‘Largo,’ Opus 76, No. 5

Irina Muresanu, violin I ~ Gabriela Diaz, violin II ~ Timothy Deighton, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello

•  Maurice Ravel  | Sonata for Violin and Cello

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello

•  Gabriel Fauré  | Piano Trio in d minor

The Boston Trio: Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Tuesday . 22 June 2021 :: New Horizons

Tuesday
22 June 2021
‘New Horizons’

•  Aaron Copland  | Waltz and Celebration from ‘Billy the Kid’ for Cello and Piano

Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Richard Strauss  | Sonata for Violin and Piano in Eb Major, Opus 18

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Opus 16

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Timothy Deighton, viola ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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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.

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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

Wednesday . 19 June 2019 . 2:00 pm :: Children’s Concert

Wednesday
19 June 2019
2:00 pm
Children’s Concert

Performers from Halcyon Music Festival will present a children’s concert consisting of movements from two string quartets. The first, Beethoven’s Op. 18, No. 4, is one of the first quartets the composer ever wrote. The listeners will be transported to the year 1800, when the work was completed. They will then be able to compare it to Janáček’s second quartet, written over a century later and using more contemporary timbral techniques. The visiting musicians, from institutions like New England Conservatory and New York Philharmonic, will also explain the history of the quartet genre and answer questions. The free educational opportunity is a preview of Halcyon Music Festival’s sixth season, starting June 20th at St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Thursday . 20 June 2019 :: Manifesto on Love

Thursday
20 June 2019
‘Manifesto on Love’

•  W. A. Mozart  | Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Leoš Janáček  | String Quartet No. 2, ‘Intimate Letters’

Zenas Hsu, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

•  Johannes Brahms  | String Sextet No. 1 in Bb Major, Op. 18

Ben Sayevich, Robyn Bollinger, violins ~ Melissa Reardon, Jessica Thompson, violas ~ Thomas Kraines, David Hardy, cellos

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Friday . 21 June 2019 :: The Colors of Spain

Friday
21 June 2019
‘The Colors of Spain’

•  Manuel de Falla  | Siete canciones populares españolas

Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Joaquín Turina  | Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67

Robyn Bollinger, violin ~ Jessica Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Pablo de Sarasate  | Carmen Fantasy

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Enrique Granados  | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49

Monica Pegis, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Melissa Reardon, viola ~ Thomas Kraines, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 22 June 2019 :: Tempest and Serenity

Saturday
22 June 2019
‘Tempest and Serenity’

•  Ludwig van Beethoven  | String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18

Irina Muresanu, Zenas Hsu, violins ~ Melissa Reardon, viola ~ Thomas Kraines, cello

•  Gabriel Fauré  | Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45

Monica Pegis, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Edward Elgar  | Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Robyn Bollinger, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Jessica Thompson, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Wednesday . 26 June 2019 :: Fairy Tales

Wednesday
26 June 2019
‘Fairy Tales’

•  Witold Lutosławski | Bucolics

Lauren Siess, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Robert Schumann  | Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)

Jonathan Cohler, clarinet ~ Marcus Thompson, viola ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Maurice Ravel  | Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)

Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Heng-Jin Park, piano (four hands)

•  César Franck  | Piano Quintet in F minor

Ben Sayevich, Grace Park, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Oliver Aldort, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

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Thursday . 27 June 2019 :: Vienna in Portsmouth

Thursday
27 June 2019
‘Vienna in Portsmouth’

•  W. A. Mozart  | Trio in Eb Major, K. 498, ‘Kegelstatt’

Jonathan Cohler, clarinet ~ Lauren Siess, viola ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Erich Korngold  | Piano Trio, Op. 1

Grace Park, violin ~ Peter Stumpf, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Franz Schubert  | String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163

Ben Sayevich, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Oliver Aldort, Loewi Lin, cellos

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