Our recent "Play it Forward" tour program thrilled audiences in DC, Northern Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley....and now we'll "bring it forward" into Francis Auditorium to launch the Institute's signature series of the summer! Returning Heifetz students Kitty Amaral, Runa Matsushita, (violin), Steven Baloue (viola), and Amelia Zitoun (cello) will light up the night with works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák and more, joined by our outstanding Heifetz Institute faculty pianists.
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
227 E. Frederick Street
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155
I. Allegro, ma non tanto
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Kitty Amaral, violin (22—Elk Creek, VA)
Runa Matsushita, violin (19—Baltimore, MD)
Steven Baloue, viola (25—Chicago, IL)
Amelia Zitoun, cello (19—Shorewood, WI)
Yandi Chen, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
7 Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen, WoO 46
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Amelia Zitoun, cello (19—Shorewood, WI)
Yoon Lee, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
II. Allegro appassionato
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Steven Baloue, viola (25—Chicago, IL)
Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
From Jewish Life, B. 54
I. Prayer
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Steven Baloue, viola (25—Chicago, IL)
Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace — Poco più presto
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Runa Matsushita, violin (19—Baltimore, MD)
Jessica Osborne, piano
INTERMISSION
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944)
Romance for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 23
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Kitty Amaral, violin (22—Elk Creek, VA)
Beilin Han, piano
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155
IV. Finale. Allegro
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Runa Matsushita, violin (19—Baltimore, MD)
Kitty Amaral, violin (22—Elk Creek, VA)
Steven Baloue, viola (25—Chicago, IL)
Amelia Zitoun, cello (19—Shorewood, WI)
Yandi Chen, piano
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