Mimir Chamber Music Festival Concert Programs
Mimir Chamber Music Festival: Sueños de Chambi
Tuesday, 2 September 7.30PM
Gabriela Frank (b. 1972)
Sueños de Chambi: Snapshots for an Andean Album (2002)
Harawi de Quispe
Diablicos Puneños
Responsorio Lauramarqueño
P'asña Marcha
Adoración para Angelitos
Harawi de Chambi
Marinera
Jun Iwasaki, violin
John Novacek, piano
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Quintet in D minor, H. 49
Adagio—Allegro moderato
Adagio ma non troppo—Allegro con brio
Allegro energico
Curt Thompson and Stephen Rose, violins
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
John Novacek, piano
INTERVAL
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Allegretto
Vivace
Lento assai, cantate e tranquillo
Grave, ma non troppo tratto—Allegro
Stephen Rose and Jun Iwasaki, violins
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
Mimir Chamber Music Festival: Fairy Tales
Friday, 5 September 7.30PM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Märchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales), Op.132
Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell
Lebhaft und sehr markirt
Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck
Lebhaft, sehr markiert
Curt Thompson, violin
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
John Novacek, piano
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Quartet in A minor, Sz. 67
Moderato
Allegro molto capriccioso
Lento
Jun Iwasaki and Stephen Rose, violins
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
INTERVAL
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Adagio
Un poco allegretto
Vivace ma non troppo presto
Stephen Rose and Jun Iwasaki, violins
Kirsten Docter and Joan DerHovsepian, violas
Brant Taylor, cello
Mimir Chamber Music Festival: Emerging Artists Concert
Saturday, 6 September 2PM
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 - 1975)
String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108
II. Lento
III. Allegro—Allegretto
Dubinsky Quartet
Holly Sutton and Grace Li, violins
Khan Kim, viola
Flora Yang, cello
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 11
I. Moderato
II. Andante cantabile
Neva Quartet
Arwen Ooi and Sophia Shaw, violins
Olivia Khouw, viola
Mahalia Shelton, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81
II. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero
III. Capriccio: Andante con moto–Allegro fugato, assai vivace
Aethon String Quartet
Anna Kim and Yoyo Zhou, violins
Darius Goh, viola
Rowan Parr, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97
I. Allegro non tanto
II. Allegro vivo—un poco meno mosso
Vltava Quintet
Riannah McInnes and Kieron Fenner, violins
Sarah Chiu and Millie Davidson, violas
Dana Choi, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
I. Adagio—Allegro vivace
II. Adagio con lento
SEEK Quartet
Star Yi and Katherine Ma, violins
Eric Dao, viola
Ethan Chiao, cello
BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “From My Life”
I. Allegro vivo appassionato
III. Largo sostenuto
Moldau Quartet
Sujie Kim and Harry Nguyen, violins
Sebastian Coyne, viola
Ryan Xu, cello
Mimir Chamber Music Festival: Be Still and Know
Sunday, 7 September 2PM
Carlos Oliver Simon, Jr. (b. 1986)
Be still and know (2016)
Curt Thompson, violin
Brant Taylor, cello
John Novacek, piano
Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020)
Trio, Op. 86
Allegro molto
Andante
Allegro giocoso
Jun Iwasaki, violin
Brant Taylor, cello
John Novacek, piano
INTERVAL
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Quartet in C Major, Op. 61
Allegro
Poco adagio e molto cantabile
Allegro vivo
Finale: Vivace
Jun Iwasaki and Stephen Rose, violins
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Brant Taylor, cello