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The 2025 Heifetz Holiday Homecoming
December 20, 2025
About the Concert

Get ready for the Heifetz Holiday Homecoming, featuring the brilliant young alumni of the Heifetz International Music Institute, returning to Francis Auditorium for a program featuring favorites of the season along with glittering solo works, chamber masterworks, and some special Yuletide treats for listeners of all faiths.

Program

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
I. Allegro non troppo - Poco sostenuto - Tempo I
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Clark Snavely, violin
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Jiwon Kim, viola
Hun Choi, cello
Yandi Chen, piano


Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
3 Old Viennese Dances
I. Liebesfreud
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Clark Snavely, violin
Yandi Chen, piano


Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
I. Allegro Molto
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Clark Snavely, violin
Yandi Chen, piano


World Holiday Songs
arr. Nicholas Kitchen
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Clark Snavely, violin
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Jiwon Kim, viola
Hun Choi, cello
Yandi Chen, piano

+ Audience


Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra
arr. Nicholas Kitchen
II. Carol. Andante con moto
III. Christmas Dance. Allegro

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Jiwon Kim, solo viola
Clark Snavely, violin
Nicholas Kitchen, viola
Hun Choi, cello
Yandi Chen, piano


Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
arr. Fritz Kreisler
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7
III. La Campanella
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Jiwon Kim, viola
Yandi Chen, piano


INTERMISSION


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19
III. Andante
IV. Allegro mosso

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Hun Choi, cello
Yandi Chen, piano


J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
arr. Nicholas Kitchen (based on the arrangement by Bill Evans)
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Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Clark Snavely, violin
Jiwon Kim, viola
Hun Choi, cello


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I - Presto, non troppo
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Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Clark Snavely, violin
Jiwon Kim, viola
Hun Choi, cello
Yandi Chen, piano

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