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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
• 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