2019 Tuesday Summer Concert Series Recordings
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JUNE 18–Featuring the Session 1 Faculty
Minor R. Estrada, Pajarillo
Paquito D’Rivera, Contradanza y Vals Venezolano
Leyla Zamora, bassoon
Mikael Darmanie, piano
Gabriela Lena Frank, Suenos di Chambi
Jessie Montgomery, Rhapsody No. 1
Rebecca Fischer, violin
Mikael Darmanie, piano
Johannes Brahms, Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Elise Kuder and Mandy Wolman, violin
Mike Kelley and Jesse Holstein, viola
Rupert Thompson and Nina Lee, cello
JUNE 25–Featuring Young Artist Fellowship Musicians
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together pre-professional instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s Director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet. This year’s groups, from the Hartt School and University of Michigan, will perform string quartets by Anthony Green, Schulhoff, and Prokofiev.
JULY 2–Featuring the Session 2 Faculty
Rebecca Clarke, Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale
Rane Moore, clarinet
Mike Kelley, viola
Johannes Brahms, Trio for horn, violin, and piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40
Amr Selim, horn
Elise Kuder, violin
Seba Ali, piano
Joaquin Turina, Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
Ivan Stefanovic, violin
Chris Jenkins, viola
Troy Stuart, cello
Myriam Teie, piano
JULY 9–A concert to recognize the 36th anniversary of the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College.
The Cohen Center serves as the co-curricular arm of the College’s distinctive program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, providing educational outreach in the community, support to schools and community organizations, and resources and programs for the campus and friends in the region
Pavel Haas, Four songs based on Chinese Poetry (arr. by Mike Kelley)
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Elise Kuder and Amy Schroeder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Piano Quintet, Op. 18
Elise Kuder and Amy Schroeder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Sally Pinkas, piano
JULY 16–Featuring the Session 3 Faculty
JS Bach, Sonata for flute and piano in E-flat Major, BWV 1031
Vanessa Holroyd, flute
Sally Pinkas, piano
Silvestre Revueltas, Three pieces for Violin and Piano
Encore
Saúl Bitrán, violin
Sally Pinkas, piano
Arnold Schoenberg, Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4
Elise Kuder and Amy Schroeder, violin
Mike Kelley and Hannah Ross, viola
Greg Hesselink and Felix Umansky, cello
JULY 23–A recital by Summer Workshop alumni
Works by Michele Mangani, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann
JULY 30–Featuring the Session 4 Faculty
Tigran Mansurian, Die Tänzerin
Vache Sharafyan, Night-Garden Music (world premiere arrangement)
Movses Pogossian, violin
Beste Tiknaz, viola
Walter Rabl, Clarinet Quartet, op. 1
Eric Thomas, clarinet
Salley Koo, violin
Tony Rymer, cello
Marc Ryser, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich, From the 24 Preludes & Fugues for piano, Op. 87D (arr. Mike Kelley)
Elise Kuder, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
AUGUST 6–The Summer Gala
Help us celebrate and support Apple Hill with good food and beautiful music as Apple Hill features mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil; resident artists Elise Kuder, Mike Kelley, and Rupert Thompson; summer faculty Ealaín McMullin and Jesse Holstein; EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin; alumnus Ray Dineen, viola; and Zan Berry, cello, in the Apple Hill premiere of Mike Kelley’s Five Animal Stories for String Octet.
Adoration (1951), Florence Price (1887–1953)
Raymond Dineen, viola; Gregory Tolwinski, piano
Five Animal Stories for String Octet and Ashug (2018), Mike Kelley (b. 1974)
I. The Snake-Child (told by Mrs. Mariam Serabian, Detroit, 1960s; themes of Toumanian/Suni, folk song “Gholkhozi Choban”)
II. The Lion’s Love (Olompianos, from a collection preserved in Armenian by Grigor Magistros, 990-1059; themes of Komitas, folk song “Chachaneh Tsaghadzorah”)
III. Prince and Flea (Vardan of Aygek monastery, born near Aleppo, Syria, 1160-1230; two traditional folk tunes
IV. The Priest and the Birds (Mkhitar Gosh, 1130-1213; 12th century Aleppine chant)
V. Clever Rooster and the Giant Bandit Brothers (recorded in Constantinople by Mary Mason Paynter, 1916; Sayat-Nova “Kemancha”, 19th century folk song “The Wolf and the Lamb”)
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano; Elise Kuder, Jesse Holstein, Ealaín McMullin, EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin; Mike Kelley, Ray Dineen, viola; Rupert Thompson, Zan Berry, cello
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 (1891), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Adagio
Allegro
Naor Equba, clarinet; Luka Stefanović, cello; Stephen Ai, piano
AUGUST 13–Featuring the Session 5 Faculty
Alan Ridout, Ferdinand for speaker and violin
Jesse Holstein, violin
John Steinmetz, narrator
Layale Chaker, Gemella
Kinan Azmeh, Scattered Sketchbook
Layale Chaker, violin
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
César Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor, FWV 7
Heather Braun-Bakken and Ealaín McMullin, violin
Yoni Gertner, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Jean Schneider, piano
AUGUST 20–Final Concert of the Summer Season featuring Elise Kuder and Ealaín McMullin, violin; Gamelan musicians from Gamelan Laras Tentrem; and Quartet Davis from Oberlin
Ladrang Wilujeng, laras sléndro pathet manyura
Gendring Mégamendhung kethuk 4 kerep minggah ladrang Remeng, laras sléndro pathet nem
Ladrang Pangkur, laras sléndro pathet sanga
Gamelan Laras Tentrem: Phil Acimovic, Tom Braden, Barry Drummond, Julian Raharjo Drummond, Sam Graber-Hahn
Concerto in A minor for Two Violins, RV 522 (1711), Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Allegro
Larghetto e spiritoso
Allegro
Elise Kuder, Ealaín McMullin, violin; Julian Drummond, piano; Quartet Davis
Dayanna, Alessandro Penezzi
Without Spring, Camille Vogley-Howes
Time after Time, Sammy Kahn and Jule Styne
Raj Raj Raj, Frigg
Trémilly, Molly Tucker
Quartet Davis: Camille Vogley-Howes, Molly Tucker, violin; Emily Edelstein, viola; Karl Henry, cello
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