Celebrate the holiday with some fine fiddling and other music fit for the Glorious Fourth! Our Heifetz musicians head over the mountain to Charlottesville for a free, patriotic picnic concert at the historic home of James Monroe. The program will include works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Thomas Demenga, along with other festive favorites.
Monroe's Highland - Charlotteville, VA
SET ONE: O SAY CAN YOU SEE
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
The Star-Spangled Banner
Arr. Nicholas Kitchen
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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Arr. Nicholas Kitchen
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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F Major
IV. Vif et agité
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Phoenix String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Anson Leung, violin (19—Hong Kong)
Krystal Xiao, viola (25—Beijing, China)
Amelia Zitoun, cello (19—Shorewood, WI)
Jay Ungar (b. 1946) & Molly Mason (1937-2025)
Ashokan Farewell
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Kitty Amaral, violin (22— Elk Creek, VA)
Rachel Taylor, cello
William Kroll (1901-1980)
Banjo & Fiddle
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Kitty Amaral, violin (22— Elk Creek, VA)
Yandi Chen, piano
SET TWO: ANTHEMS FROM AMERICA TO ARGENTINA
Thomas Demenga (b. 1954)
New York Honk
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Brian Mandigo, cello (12—New York, NY)
Lynne Mackey, piano
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2 in E Minor
Arr. Fritz Kreisler
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Yufeng Xu, violin (12—Plymouth, MN)
Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
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Daniel Qi, violin (17—Wilmington, DE)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Deep River, Op. 59 No. 10
Arr. Paul Neaubauer
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Astor Piazzolla(1921-1992)
Le Grand Tango
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Steven Baloue, viola (25—Chicago, IL)
Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano
SET THREE: BRAVURA!
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Praeludium and Allegro
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Zixuan Roy Zhou, violin (9—Quarry Bay, Hong Kong)
Yadi Liang, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1
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Rebecca Chung, violin (16—New York, NY)
Yandi Chen, piano
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Moses Fantasia: Variations On A Theme by Rossini
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Anahit (Aeon) Bashir, cello (14—Eden Prairie, MN)
Lynne Mackey, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
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Yeji Hwang, violin (22—Seoul, South Korea)
Yandi Chen, piano
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