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Program

Program Notes

About the Artists

Chooi Brothers

Saturday, June 8 :: 5 PM

Program

Saturday, June 8 :: 5 PM

The Chooi Brothers

Nikki Chooi, violin | Timothy Chooi, violin

Clayton Stephenson, piano

SUITE IN G MINOR, FOR TWO VIOLINS AND PIANO, OP. 71 (1903)

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

Allegro energico

Allegro moderato

Lento assai

Molto vivace

SOULMATE, FOR SOLO VIOLIN (1995/2001)

Chan Ka Nin (b. 1949)

THE RED VIOLIN CAPRICES, FOR SOLO VIOLIN (1999)

John Corigliano (b. 1938)

:: INTERMISSION ::

SONATA IN C MAJOR, FOR TWO VIOLINS, OP. 56 (1932)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Andante cantabile

Allegro

Commodo (quasi allegretto)

Allegro con brio

FIVE PIECES FOR TWO VIOLINS AND PIANO (arr. 1955)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75), arr. Levon Atovmian (1901-73)

Prelude

Gavotte

Elegy

Waltz

Polka

NAVARRA FOR TWO VIOLINS AND PIANO, OP. 33 (1889)

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)

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Program Notes

SUITE IN G MINOR, FOR TWO VIOLINS AND PIANO, OP. 71

Moritz Moszkowski (b. Breslau, Prussia [now Wrocław], August 23, 1854; d. Paris, March 4, 1925)

SOULMATE, FOR SOLO VIOLIN

Chan Ka Nin (b. Hong Kong, December 3, 1949)

THE RED VIOLIN CAPRICES, FOR SOLO VIOLIN

John Corigliano (b. New York, February 16, 1938)

SONATA IN C MAJOR, FOR TWO VIOLINS, OP. 56

Sergei Prokofiev (b. Sontsovka, Russia [now Krasnoye, Ukraine] April 15/27, 1891; d. Moscow, March 5, 1953)

FIVE PIECES FOR TWO VIOLINS AND PIANO

Dmitri Shostakovich (b. St. Petersburg, Russia, September 12/25, 1906; d. Moscow, August 9, 1975), arr. Levon Atovmian (1901-73)

NAVARRA FOR TWO VIOLINS AND PIANO, OP. 33

Pablo de Sarasate (b. Pamplona, Italy, March 10, 1844; d. Biarritz, France, September 20, 1908)

About the Artists

Nikki & Timothy Chooi

Violinists

Clayton Stephenson

Pianist