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Art in Song
February 25, 2024
Program

SUNDAY SERENADES AT THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM​​

LEONID SIGAL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

2023 - 2024 Concert Season
Program II: Art in Song
Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2:00pm

 

LEONID SIGAL, Violin
GARY CAPOZZIELLO, Violin
MICHAEL DUFFETT, Violin
JAROSLAW LIS, Violin
MICHAEL WHEELER, Viola
AEKYUNG KIM, Viola
PETER ZAY, Cello
ADAM WILLSON, Cello


COLERIDGE-TAYLORPERKINSON

 

Blue/s Forms, 1979
     Plain Blue/s
     Just Blue/s
     ​Jettin’ Blue/s
     Leonid Sigal

FLORENCE PRICE

 

Five Folksongs in Counterpoint, 1951
     Calvary. Adagio vigoroso.
​     Clementine. Andantino.
     ​Drink to me only with Thine eyes. Andante cantabile.
      Shortnin’ bread. Allegro.
​     Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Andantino.

Leonid Sigal, Michael Duffett, Michael Wheeler, Peter Zay

 

- INTERMISSION -

 

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDI

 

Octet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20
     Allegro moderato ma con fuoco.
     Andante.
     Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo. Presto.

Leonid Sigal, Gary Capozziello, Michael Duffett, Jaroslaw Lis,
Aekyung Kim, Michael Wheeler, Peter Zay, Adam Willson


Design attributed to Edward Molyneux, Gown, 1931-1934. Gold lamé; off-white, satin-weave silk facing; off-white, plain-weave silk (chiffon) facing; metal closures; metal weight. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Florence Paull Berger Fund, 1993.89

The Sunday Serenades Chamber Music Series is made possible in part by The Saunders Foundation Music Endowment at the Wadsworth Atheneum; Nancy D. Grover in honor of Leonid Sigal, concertmaster, Hartford Symphony Orchestra; and Suzanne Hopgood in memory of Frank Lord.