Festival Programs
2015Chamber Music Events for 2015
The chamber music festival took place in August of 2015
Opening Night
You Go Girl
A celebration of women composers featuring a WORLD PREMIERE BY LIBBY LARSEN
Piano Trio in g minor, op 17 – Clara Schumann
Zofia Glashauser – violin
David Peshlakai – cello
Robert Auler – piano
Ferlinghetti World Premiere – Libby Larsen
Rudolf Haken – viola
Trevor O’Riordan – clarinet
Jennifer Muniz – piano
Six Song to poetry of Yeats (celebrating Yeats’ 150th birthday)
– Joyce Hope Suskind
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Jasmin Arakawa– piano
Piano Trio in a minor, op. 34 – Camile Chaminade
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler– piano
…As the Songwriter Wrote…
Aprés un Rève – Gabriel Faure
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
Robert Auler – piano
Sonata in One Movement for Cello & Piano – Michael White
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler – piano
“Apparition” – George Crumb
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Jasmin Arakawa– piano
Octet for Strings and Winds in F, D. 803 – Franz Schubert
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Ed Randles – bass
Trevor O’Riordan – clarinet
Eric Varner – bassoon
Curt Civilette – horn
Hidden Gems
“Scherzo” for Viola & Cello – Paul Hindemith
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
David Peshlakai – cello
Sonata for Viola and Piano – Rebecca Clarke
Rudolf Haken – viola
Jasmin Arakawa– piano
Shakespeare Songs – Erich Korngold
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Jasmin Arakawa– piano
Quartet for Piano and Strings in g minor, op. 45 – Gabriel Faure
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
David Peshlakai – cello
Robert Auler – piano
Crossing Over
Sonata for violin and piano – Maurice Ravel
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Robert Auler – piano
La Calle 92 – Astor Piazolla
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
David Peshlakai – cello
Jongo – Belinatti
Danza (from “La Vida Breve”) – Manuel DeFalla
Danza Rituel del Fuego
Asturias – Isaac Albeniz
Peter Jankovic – guitar
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Necessary Henry – Rubin Kodehli
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Billy-Tude for solo piano
(Fantasia based on Billy Joel “licks”) – Joel Puckett
Robert Auler – piano
Summertime – George Gershwin
Kim Jones – soprano
My Man is Gone – George Gershwin
Kim Jones – soprano
“Perfume” for Solo Piano and CD – Paul Leary
“Hommage a trois” – Mark Olivieri
Eruption/Enter Sandman for 5 string electric viola –
Van Halen/Metallica/Rudolf Haken
Rudolf Haken – viola
“Michigan City Mashup” – arr. Rudolf Haken
World Premiere
Rudolf Haken – viola
SURPRISE!
A surprise, beloved work from the chamber music repertoire, performances from our 2015 Youth Competition winners, and a thrilling, majestic work, rarely performed in America!
“Surprise” string quartet performance
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler – piano
Harold A. Smith Youth Chamber Competition winners
Village Dance ( Suite Pastorale) – Emmanuel Chabrier
Junior Division Champions, Uno Calamo Quartet
Chris Mazurek, Sophia Agostino, Joseph Hynes, clarinets; Anthony Kavanaugh,bass clarinet
Frolicsome Finale (Simple Symphony) – Benjamin Britten
Senior Division Champions, Front Street String Quartet
Caroline Peterson, Margaret Peterson, violins; Deepu Sengupta, viola; Isaiah Brock, cello
Quintet for Piano & Strings, op. 51 – Anton Arensky
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler – piano