WEDNESDAYS at 7:30pm: Elley-Long Music Center, 223 Ethan Allen Avenue, Colchester, Vermont
THURSDAYS at 7:30pm: Hardwick Town House, 127 Church Street, Hardwick, Vermont
FREE Children’s Concerts @ 2:00 PM on Thursdays:
July 10 and 17: Hardwick Town House
July 24 and July 31: East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church
August 7 and 14: Greensboro United Church of Christ
Concert 1: July 9 Elley-Long Music Center & July 10 Hardwick Town House
Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809
Quartet in d minor, opus 76, no.2 “Quinten”(1797)
Allegro
Andante di molto piu tosto allegretto
Menuetto; Allegro ma non troppo
Vivace assai
Amy Sims and Brooke Quiggins, violins
Kenji Bunch, viola
Frances Rowell, cello
York Bowen, 1884-1961
Sonata in c minor, opus 18 (1905)
for viola and piano
Allegro moderato
Poco lento e cantabile
Finale. Presto
Kenji Bunch, viola
Monica Ohuchi, viola
intermission
Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897
Trio No. 2 in C Major, opus 87 (1880-82)
for violin, cello, and piano
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Scherzo
Allegro giocoso
Amy Sims, violin
Frances Rowell, cello
Monica Ohuchi, piano
Concert 2: July 16 Elley-Long Music Center & July 17 Hardwick Town House
Ernest Chausson, 1855-1899
Chanson perpétuelle, opus 37 (1898)
for soprano, piano, and string quartet
Mary Bonhag, soprano
Zenas Hsu and Annie Rabbat, violins
Kenji Bunch, viola Frances Rowell, cello
Monica Ohuchi, piano
György Kurtág, b. 1926
Excerpts from Kafka Fragments (1985-87)
for soprano and violin
Part I
1. The good march in step…
2. Like a pathway in autumn
3. Hiding places
4. Restless
5. Berceuse I
6. Nevermore (Excommunication)
Part 3
4. As tightly
5. I am dirty, Milená…
6. Miserable life (Double)
8. The closed circle
Mary Bonhag, soprano
Mary Rowell, violin
Kenji Bunch, b. 1973
The Viola Burns Longer (2024)
for solo viola, piano, and string quartet
Glow
Flicker
Smolder
Blaze
Kenji Bunch, solo viola
Zenas Hsu and Annie Rabbat, violins
Mary Rowell, viola Frances Rowell, cello
Monica Ohuchi, piano
intermission
Vincent d’Indy, 1851-1931
Quintet in g minor, opus 81 (1924)
for 2 violins, viola, cello, and piano
Assez animé
Scherzo
Andante (lent et expressif)
Finale (modérément animé)
Annie Rabbat and Zenas Hsu, violins
Kenji Bunch, viola Frances Rowell, cello
Monica Ohuchi, piano
Concert 3: July 23 Elley-Long Music Center & July 24 Hardwick Town House
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791
Trio in C Major, K. 548 (1788)
for violin, cello, and piano
Allegro
Andante cantabile
Allegro
Mary Rowell, violin
Frances Rowell, cello
Inessa Zaretsky, piano
Luigi Boccherini, 1743-1805
Trio in F Major, opus 6, no. 4, G.98 (1769)
for 2 violins and cello
Allegro molto
Lento con espressione
Tempo di Minuett, Trio
Mary Rowell and Katherine Winterstein, violins
Frances Rowell, cello
intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827
Sonata in A Major, opus 47 “Kreutzer” (1803)
for violin and piano
Adagio sostenuto – Presto
Andante con variazioni
Finale. Presto
Katherine Winterstein, violin
Inessa Zaretsky, piano
Concert 4: July 30 Elley-Long Music Center & July 31 Hardwick Town House
Traditional
Four Danish Folk Tunes
arranged by the Danish String Quartet
Ye Honest Bridal Couple/Sønderho Bridal Trilogy, Part I
Sønderho Bridal Trilogy, Part II
Sønderho Bridal Trilogy, Part III
Sekstur from Vendsyssel: The Topped Hen/The Peat Dance
Joyce Hammann and Mary Rowell, violins
Stefanie Taylor, viola
David Russell, cello
Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897
Two Songs, opus 91
for alto, viola and piano
Gestalten Sehnsucht. Adagio espressivo (1884)
Geistliches Wiegenlied. Andante con moto (1863-64)
Katherine Growdon, alto
Katherine Winterstein, viola
Inessa Zaretsky, piano
Inessa Zaretsky, b. 1964
Three Songs (2025)
for alto, viola and piano
Beveled Glass
I Wanted
Candle Light
Katherine Growdon, alto
Katherine Winterstein, viola
Inessa Zaretsky, piano
intermission
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791
Quintet in C Major, K. 515 (1787)
for 2 violins, 2 violas, and cello
Allegro
Menuetto: Allegretto
Andante
Molto Allegro
Mary Rowell and Joyce Hammann, violins
Stefanie Taylor and Katherine Winterstein, violas
David Russell, cello
Concert 5: August 6 Elley-Long Music Center & August 7 Hardwick Town House
Rebecca Clarke, 1886-1979
Two pieces (1918)
for viola and cello
Lullaby
Grotesque
Mary Rowell, viola
Frances Rowell, cello
George Templeton Strong, 1856-1948
Sonata (1916)
for viola and cello
Allegro, ma no troppo
Mary Rowell, viola
Frances Rowell, cello
Anton Arensky, 1861-1905
Quartet no. 2 in a minor, opus 35 (1894)
for violin, viola, and 2 celli
Moderato
Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky. Moderato
Finale. Andante sostenuto
Katherine Winterstein, violin
Mary Rowell, viola
Mimi Hwang and Frances Rowell, cello
intermission
Clara Schumann, 1819-1896
Trio in g minor, opus 17 (1846)
for violin, cello, and piano
Allegro moderato
Scherzo. Tempo di menuetto — Trio
Andante
Allegretto
Katherine Winterstein, violin
Mimi Hwang, cello
Sarah Bob, piano
Concert 6: August 13 Elley-Long Music Center & August 14 Hardwick Town House
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990
Nocturne (1926)
for violin and piano
Mary Rowell, violin
Sarah Bob, piano
Jerome Kern, 1885-1945
Two Songs
arranged for string quartet by the composer and scored by Charles Miller (1942)
Smoke Gets in your Eyes (1933)
The Way You Look Tonight (1934)
Mary Rowell and Mina Lavcheva, violins
Adria Benjamin, viola
David Russell, cello
John Bailey Holland, b. 1974
The Intimacy of Harmony (2013)
for solo piano
Sarah Bob, piano
Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990
Sonata (1941-42)
for clarinet and piano
Grazioso
Andante, Vivace e leggiero
Eileen Mack, clarinet
Sarah Bob, piano
intermission
Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897
Quintet in b minor, opus 115 (1891)
for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, and cello
Allegro
Adagio
Andantino
Con moto
Mina Lavcheva and Mary Rowell, violins
Adria Benjamin, viola
David Russell, cello
Eileen Mack, clarinet