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Thursday . 28 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Lark Ascending

Thursday
28 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Lark Ascending’

St. John’s Episcopal Church
Portsmouth . NH

•  Franz Joseph Haydn   |  String Quartet in D Major, Hob.III:63, ‘Lark’

Gabriela Diaz, Emma Frucht, violins ~ Jason Fisher, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Johannes Brahms   |  Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Jonah Ellsworth, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Felix Mendelssohn   |  Sextet in D Major, Op. 110

Zenas Hsu, violin ~ Jessica Thompson, viola I ~ Jason Fisher, viola II ~ Karen Ouzounian, cello ~ Erik Higgins, bass ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

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Friday . 29 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Gravities

Friday
29 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Gravities’

St. John’s Episcopal Church
Portsmouth . NH

•  Max Bruch   |  Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano

Paul Cigan, clarinet ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Béla Bartók   |  String Quartet No. 2

Monica Pegis, Gabriela Diaz, violins ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Johannes Brahms   |  Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 26

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Jessica Thompson, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 30 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Things that Matter Most

Saturday
30 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Things that Matter Most’

St. John’s Episcopal Church
Portsmouth . NH

•  Igor Stravinsky   |  ‘L’Histoire du soldat’ Concert Suite

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

•  Georg Philipp Telemann   |  Concerto for Four Violins in D Major

Gabriela Diaz, Ji Hyun Park-Heath, Mark Ptashne, Emma Frucht, violins

•  Igor Stravinsky   |  Suite Italienne (arr. for four cellos)

David Hardy, Jonah Ellsworth, Loewi Lin, Karen Ouzounian, cellos

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

Ben Sayevich, Solomiya Ivakhiv, Emma Frucht, Monica Pegis, violins ~ Tim Deighton, Jason Fisher, violas ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Erik Higgins, bass

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Wednesday . 20 July 2016 . 7.00 pm :: Bohemian Rhapsody

Phillips Exeter Academy Library  |  Exeter . NH
Phillips Exeter Academy Library Summer Concert Series

•  Anton Reicha   |  Grand Quintet for Horn and String Quartet

Abel Pereira, horn ~ Katherine Manker, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Timothy Deighton, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Josef Suk   |  Piano Quartet in A minor, Opus 1

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ Brian Manker, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Antonín Dvořák   |  Piano Trio in F minor, Opus 65

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Wendy Warner, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

Friday . 22 July 2016 . 7.30 pm :: Vive la France!

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Maurice Ravel   |  Sonata for Violin and Piano

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Claude Debussy   |  String Quartet

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Timothy Deighton, viola ~ Wendy Warner, cello

•  Ernest Chausson   |  Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Katherine Manker, violin ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ Andrée Werner, cello

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Saturday . 23 July 2016 . 7.30 pm :: Elegance, Jubilation, and Heartbreak

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

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

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Katherine Manker, violin ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Brian Manker, cello ~ Mariel Werner, cello

•  Johann Böhner   |  Variations for Horn and String Quartet, Opus 24

Abel Pereira, horn ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Andrée Werner, cello

•  W.A. Mozart   |  String Quintet in C Major, K. 515

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Katherine Manker, violin ~ Timothy Deighton, viola ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

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Wednesday . 27 July 2016 . 7.30 pm :: Novelties from Eastern Europe

St. George’s Episcopal Church  |  Durham . NH

•  Antonín Dvořák   |  Bagatelles for String trio and Harmonium, Opus 47

Mark Ptashne, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Brian Manker, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, harmonium

•  Zoltán Kodály   |  Serenade, Opus 12

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Katherine Manker, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola

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

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Mariel Werner, cello

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Thursday . 28 July 2016 . 7.30 pm :: Made in USA

Rye Congregational Church  |  Rye . NH

•  Samuel Barber   |  String Quartet (including the well-known Adagio)

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Andrée Werner, cello

•  Antonín Dvořák   |  Piano Quartet no. 2 in Eb Major, Opus 87

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Katherine Collier, piano

•  Paul Schoenfield   |  Café Music for Piano Trio

Monica Pegis, violin ~ Wendy Warner, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Friday . 29 July 2016 . 7.30 pm :: The Four B’s: Bach, Beethoven, Bolcom, Brahms

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  J.S. Bach   |  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring for solo piano

Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Ludwig van Beethoven   |  Piano Trio in Bb Major, Opus 11

Mark Ptashne, violin ~ Wendy Warner, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  William Bolcom   |  Three rags for string quartet

Katherine Manker, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  Johannes Brahms   |  String Sextet in G Major, Opus 36

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ Irina Muresanu, viola ~ Brian Manker, cello ~ Mariel Werner, cello

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Saturday . 30 July 2016 . 7.30 pm :: The Final Serenade

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Manuel de Falla  |  Suite Populaire Espagnole

Wendy Warner, cello ~ Lolita Lisovkaya-Sayevich, piano

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

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  |  Serenade for Strings

Halcyon Music Festival String Ensemble

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Thursday . 23 July 2015 . 7.00 pm :: Distant Journeys

Phillips Church  |  Phillips Exeter Academy  |  Exeter . NH

•  Robert Schumann   |  Adagio and Allegro

Abel Pereira, french horn ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  W.A. Mozart   |  Quintet for horn and strings in Eb Major, K. 407

Abel Pereira, horn ~ Ayano Ninomiya, violin ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   |  Souvenir de Florence for string sextet

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello

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Friday . 24 July 2015 . 7.30 pm :: Madness and Ecstasy

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Sergei Prokofiev   |  Sonata for two violins in C Major, Opus 56

Ayano Ninomiya, violin ~ Irina Muresanu, violin

•  Robert Schumann   |  Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Opus 44

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Mark Ptashne, violin ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Johannes Brahms   |  Trio for horn, violin, and piano in Eb Major, Opus 40

Abel Pereira, french horn ~ Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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Saturday . 25 July 2015 . 7.30 pm :: French & Austrian Treats

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Jean-Baptiste Barrière   |  Sonata No. 10 in G Major for two cellos

Sophie Shao, cello ~ Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello

•  Franz Schubert   |  Fantasy in F minor for four hands

Heng-Jin Park, piano ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Maurice Ravel   |  Sonata for violin and cello

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ David Hardy, cello

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

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Ayano Ninomiya, violin ~ Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola ~ Sophie Shao, cello

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Wednesday . 29 July 2015 . 7.30 pm :: Delights in Durham

Community Church of Durham  |  Durham . NH

•  Claude Debussy   |  Piano Trio in G Major

Monica Pegis, violin ~ Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello ~ Katherine Collier, piano

•  Joaquín Turina   |  Piano Quartet in A minor, Opus 67

Mark Ptashne, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Sophie Shao, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Anton Arensky   |  Quartet No. 2 for violin, viola, and two cellos, Opus 35

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello

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Thursday . 30 July 2015 . 7.30 pm :: All-Beethoven Program

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Piano Trio in C minor, Opus 1, No. 3

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Opus 59, No. 3

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ David Hardy, cello

•  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Opus 132

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Tim Deighton, viola ~ Sophie Shao, cello

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Friday . 31 July 2015 . 7.30 pm :: Musical Stamps

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Astor Piazzolla   |  Buenos Aires Four Seasons arranged for piano trio

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Sophie Shao, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  George Enescu   |  Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello ~ Karl Doty, double bass ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

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

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

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Saturday . 1 August 2015 . 7.30 pm :: Slavic Night

St. John’s Episcopal Church  |  Portsmouth . NH

•  Anton Arensky   |  Piano Trio in D minor, Opus 32

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

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

Gabriela Diaz, violin ~ Monica Pegis, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello

•  Antonín Dvořák   |  Serenade for strings in E Major, Opus 22

Halcyon Music Festival String Ensemble

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Thursday . 24 July . Inaugural Concert!

•  Antonin Dvořák   |  Terzetto for two violins and viola in C Major, Opus 74

Grace Park, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Shokhrukh Sadikov, viola

•  Gabriel Fauré  |  Piano Quartet in c minor, Opus 15

Ayano Ninomiya, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Sasha Scolnik-Brower, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Franz Schubert   |  String Quintet in C Major, D. 596

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Christina McGann, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello ~ Loewi Lin, cello

Friday . 25 July . “The Art of Ensemble”

•  Claude Debussy   |  Sonata for cello and piano in d minor

Sophie Shao, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Ernő Dohnányi  |  Serenade for string trio in C Major, Opus 10

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Sasha Scolnik-Brower, cello

•  Ludwig van Beethoven   |  String Quartet No. 11 in f minor, Opus 95, “Serioso”

Ayano Ninomiya, violin ~ Christina McGann, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Johannes Brahms   |  Piano Quintet in f minor, Opus 34

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Grace Park, violin ~ Shokhrukh Sadikov, viola ~ Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

Saturday . 26 July . “Transfigured Night”

•  G.F. Handel ~ Halvorsen   |  Passacaglia for violin and cello

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello

•  Moritz Moszkowski  |  Suite for two violins and piano in g minor, Opus 71

Ayano Ninomiya, violin ~ Grace Park, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Dmitri Shostakovich   |  Piano Quintet in g minor, Opus 57

Grace Park, violin ~ Christina McGann, violin ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Arnold Schoenberg   |  Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Shokhrukh Sadikov, viola ~ Sophie Shao, cello ~ Sasha Scolnik-Brower, cello

Wednesday . 30 July . “Delights in Durham”

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•  Joseph Haydn   |  String Quartet in C Major, Opus 54, No. 2

Mark Ptashne, violin ~ Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Shokhrukh Sadikov, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

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

Véronique Mathieu, violin ~ Irina Muresanu, viola ~ Sasha Scolnik-Brower, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Edvard Grieg   |  Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in c minor, Opus 45

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

Thursday . 31 July . “Halcyon Night”

•  Dmitri Shostakovich   |  Three Violin Duos (“The Gadfly”), Opus 97d

Christina McGann, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  W.A. Mozart  |  Viola Quintet in g minor, K. 516

Véronique Mathieu, violin ~ Stella Chen, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello

•  Gabriel Fauré   |  Piano Trio in d minor, Opus 120

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Sophie Shao, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  Johannes Brahms   |  Trio in a minor for viola, cello, and piano, Opus 114

Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

Friday . 1 August . “Dueling Instruments”

•  Johannes Brahms   |  Waltzes for four hands, Opus 39

Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Béla Bartók  |  Duos for two violas: Pillow Dance, Burlesque, Hungarian Song No. 2, Teasing Song, Limping Dance, Sorrow, Dance from Maramaros, Ruthenian Kolomejka

Robert Meyer, viola ~ Shokhrukh Sadikov, viola

•  Grażyna Bacewicz   |  Quartet for four violins

Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Christina McGann, violin ~ Mark Ptashne, violin ~ Véronique Mathieu, violin

•  J.S. Bach ~ Varga   |  Chaconne from Partita in d minor for violin, arranged for four cellos

David Hardy, cello ~ Sophie Shao, cello ~ Loewi Lin, cello ~ Sasha Scolnik-Brower, cello

•  Louis Spohr   |  Double Quartet for eight strings in d minor, Opus 65

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Stella Chen, violin ~ Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Loewi Lin, cello

Saturday . 2 August . “All-Mendelssohn Program”

•  From “Songs Without Words” in D Major for cello and piano, Opus 109

Sasha Scolnik-Brower, cello ~ Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, piano

•  String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Opus 12

Christina McGann, violin ~ Stella Chen, violin ~ Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola ~ Loewi Lin, cello

•  Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Opus 49

Irina Muresanu, violin ~ David Hardy, cello ~ Heng-Jin Park, piano

•  Octet in E-flat Major, Opus 20

Ben Sayevich, violin ~ Véronique Mathieu, violin ~ Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin ~ Stella Chen, violin ~ Yizhak Schotten, viola ~ Robert Meyer, viola ~ Alexei Gonzales, cello ~ Sophie Shao, cello

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