Music for the season among the masterworks! Join us for the Heifetz Institute’s annual holiday concert at the Kreeger Museum, featuring five brilliant young Heifetz alumni performing favorites of the season along with glittering solo works, chamber masterworks, and some special Yuletide treats for listeners of all faiths. You won’t want to miss the dazzling virtuosity and poignant passion of these young performers, whose music will help to make the holidays glow a bit brighter. Hallelujah!
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Nutcracker Suite
arr. Lynne Latham
I. Overture
II. March
III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
IV. Arabian Dance
V. Trepak
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Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Marina Alba López, violin
Joseph Skerik, viola
Andres Sanchez, cello
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944)
Romance for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 23
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Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Ying Li, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
I. Prelude
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Andres Sanchez, cello
Traditional Catalan Carol
Song of the Birds
arr. Pablo Casals
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Andres Sanchez, cello
Ying Li, piano
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
Navarra, Op. 33
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Marina Alba López, violin
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Ying Li, piano
Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
White Christmas
arr. Nate Sabat after Jascha Heifetz
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Joseph Skerik, viola
Ying Li, piano
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Hallelujah
arr. Claudia Encinas
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Marina Alba López, vocals
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Joseph Skerik, viola
Andres Sanchez, cello
Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
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Marina Alba López, vocals
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Joseph Skerik, viola
Andres Sanchez, cello
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
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Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Marina Alba López, violin
Joseph Skerik, viola
Andres Sanchez, cello
Ying Li, piano
We have enlisted the help of our distinguished alumni from around the globe to describe in their own words the immersive, intensive, and transformative experience of a Heifetz summer, and the impact the Institute has had on their careers and their lives. Check out their messages in the video below and please consider a gift today to make the unique Heifetz experience possible for a deserving student next summer!