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July 18, 2025: Celebrity Series IV
2025 Festival of Concerts
About the Concert

Our Friday night concerts featuring the star-studded Heifetz Institute faculty. The complimentary pre-concert “Heifetz Happy Hour” — offering the finest regional wine, beer, and other light refreshments— moves indoors in 2025 to the air-conditioned comfort of Pearce Science Center.

Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
227 E. Frederick Street

Sponsored by:
Cliff Garstang
Amy & Justin Seto

Program

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Sonata No. 6 in E major, Op. 27, Manuel Quiroga
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Mark Kaplan, violin


Frank Bridge(1879-1941)
String Sextet, H. 107
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro ben moderato

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Desirée  Ruhstrat, violin
Bela Horvath, violin
Luther Warren, viola
 Daniel Phillips, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello
YiQun Xu, cello


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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36, Agathe
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso
III. Poco adagio
IV. Poco allegro

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Hagai Shaham, violin
Kristopher Tong, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Melissa Reardon, viola
Colin Carr, cello
Andrew Mark, cello

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