Chamber Music Festival Announced
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51Æ·²è’s music, theatre, and dance department will present a three-day Chamber Music Festival, September 24, 25, and 26. This festival, given by professional chamber musicians, is being presented as a "welcome back to live performances festival” for the greater Scranton community. All concerts will be held in the Marian Chapel, Swartz Center, at 51Æ·²è and are free and open to the public. The festival will include a weekend of outstanding chamber music, featuring Marywood music faculty and guest artists, including: Sophie Till and Jennifer Reuning Myers, violin; Christiane Appenheimner Vaida, cello; and Ron Stabinsky and Eun Sil Suh, piano. The Chamber Music Festival’s featured concerts include: An Evening of Violin Duos (Friday, September 24, at 7 p.m.); An Evening of Trios by Women Composers (Saturday, September 25, at 7 p.m.); and Violin and Piano Duos (Sunday, September 26, at 1 p.m.).
For additional about the Chamber Music Festival and other performances at Marywood University, please visit the Music Theatre and Dance Department or call (570) 348-6268.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Friday, September 24 @ 7 p.m.An Evening of Violin Duos
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Trio Sonata in C major, DürG 13 Adagio |
J. Gottlieb Goldberg (formerly attributed to JS Bach) |
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Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56 Andante cantabile |
S. Prokofiev |
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 A selection |
B. Bartók |
INTERMISSION |
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V Pieces for Two Violins Prelude |
D. Shostakovich |
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 A selection |
B. Bartók |
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Suite for Two Violins for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71 Allegro Energico |
M. Mowskowski |
Saturday, September 25 @ 7 p.m.An Evening of Trios by Women Composers
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Piano Trio Op. 17 Allegro moderato |
Clara Schumann |
INTERMISSION |
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Piano Trio Op. 150 Allegro |
Amy Beach |
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Piano Trio (1921) Moderato ma appassionato |
Rebecca Clarke |
Sunday, September 26 @ 1 p.m.Violin and Piano Duos
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Violin Sonata in C Major, K 296 Allegro Vivace |
W. A. Mozart |
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Violin Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano Andante |
A. Schnittke |
| Recitative and Scherzo – Caprice, Op. 6 | F. Kreisler |
INTERMISSION |
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| Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C Major, D. 934 | F. Schubert |
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Sonata No 2, M.77 Allegretto |
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