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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 AT 3 PM PAUL HUANG AND DANBI UM, VIOLINS JUHO POHJONEN, PIANO BUY TICKETS DANBI UM, VIOLIN “Danbi Um’s playing is utterly dazzling…a marvelous show of superb technique” — The Strad JUHO POHJONEN, PIANO “Juho Pohjonen demonstrated his elegant musicianship, pearly touch, singing tone, and sensitivity throughout the program…everything about his recital was formidable” — The New York Times PAUL HUANG, VIOLIN FEATURING ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE BUY TICKETS Three of today’s most scintillating young will join forces in an eclectic program of rarely performed masterpieces. The concert will include exhilarating works by Beethoven, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Pablo Sarasate, and a specially commissioned trio by the award-winning young American composer Chris Rogerson. PROGRAM Erich Wolfgang Korngold Suite from Much Ado about Nothing , Op. 11 Danbi Um, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano Program Notes Moritz Moszkowski Suite for two violins and piano , Op. 71 Program Notes Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 Paul Huang, violin; Juho Pohjonen Program Notes Chris Rogerson New Work for two violins and piano Program Notes Amy Barlowe Hebrew Elegy for two violins Paul Huang and Danbi Um, violins Program Notes Pablo Sarasate Navarra, Op. 33 for two violins and piano Program Notes Watch violinists Paul Huang and Danbi Um perform Sarasate’s Navarra: Watch pianist Juho Pohjonen play Rameau’s Keyboard Suite No. 2:

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2023 AT 4 PM THE GOLDEN AGE OF VIENNA BUY TICKETS BENJAMIN BEILMAN, VIOLIN 2019 “Poised and monstrously talented” — Philadelphia Inquirer ALEXI KENNEY, VIOLIN “He made it seem as if this were the only possible way to play the music.” — The New York Times PASCUAL MARTÍNEZ FORTEZA, CLARINET New York Philharmonic Member YOOBIN SON, FLUTE New York Philharmonic Member GLORIA CHIEN, PIANO “…dashing bravado and an uncanny precision of calibration” — Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe MIHAI MARICA, CELLO “Stunning Performance” — New York Times MILENA PAJARO-VAN DE STADT, VIOLA “…lyricism that stood out…a silky tone and beautiful, supple lines.” — The Strad FEATURING ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE BUY TICKETS “Vienna’s Golden Age” signifies the fin-de-siecle cultural hothouse that spawned innovations in art, music, science, literature, and philosophy. Creative pioneers such as Mahler, Freud, Gutave Klimt, Hofmannsthal, and Schoenberg rubbed shoulders in the elegant coffee houses, art salons, and concert halls of Vienna during those momentous, pre-war years. Seven extraordinary musicians will explore the charm and portent of the music that flowered in the rich cultural ferment of Golden Age Vienna. PROGRAM Fritz Kreisler Marche Miniature Viennoise Program Notes Fritz Kreisler The Old Refrain Program Notes Fritz Kreisler Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta Program Notes Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor Gloria Chien, piano Alexi Kenney, violin; Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, viola; Mihai Marica, cello Program Notes Johann Strauss Emperor Waltz (arr. Schoenberg) Gloria Chien, piano, Benjamin Beilman and Alexi Kenney, violins; Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, viola; Mihai Marica, cello; Yoobin Son, flute; Pascual Martinez-Forteza, clarinet Program Notes Erich Korngold Suite for two violins, cello, and piano left-hand Program Notes Watch Benjamin Beilman perform Fritz Kreisler’s Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta:

2014-2015 ARTIST ROSTER ALEX BROWN, JAZZ PIANO RAFAEL FIGUEROA, CELLO HSIN-YUN HUANG, VIOLA ISABEL LEONARD, MEZZO-SOPRANO OSCAR STAGNARO, JAZZ BASS OSMO VÄNSKÄ, CLARINET PAQUITO D’RIVERA, SAXOPHONE DAVID FINCKEL, CELLO SHARON ISBIN, GUITAR KEN NODA, PIANO ARNAUD SUSSMANN, VIOLIN GILLES VONSATTEL, PIANO EMERSON STRING QUARTET STEFON HARRIS, VIBRAPHONE ERIN KEEFE, VIOLIN MATTHEW POLENZANI, TENOR DIEGO URCOLA, TRUMPET MARK WALKER, DRUMS

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022 AT 3 PM MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN THE “HAMMERKLAVIER” SONATA BUY TICKETS MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, PIANO “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” — The New York Times FEATURING ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE BUY TICKETS The celebrated pianist Marc-André Hamelin is renowned for his compelling artistry, jaw-dropping technique, and inventive programming. His multifaceted Parlance debut will begin with a keyboard suite by CPE Bach followed by Hamelin’s own dazzling “Suite in the old style,” combining baroque and contemporary elements. His recital will culminate with Beethoven’s Olympian “Hammerklavier” Sonata of which his publisher wrote, “It excels above all other creations of this master not only through its most rich and grand fantasy, but also in regard to artistic perfection and sustained style, and will mark a new period in Beethoven’s pianoforte works.” “In everything he revealed himself to be a musician’s musician, a virtuoso in the most comprehensive sense of the word… jaw-dropping.” – John von Rhein, The Chicago Tribune PROGRAM C.P.E. Bach Suite in E minor Wq 62/12 Program Notes Marc-André Hamlein Suite à l’ancienne (Suite in the old style) (2020) Program Notes Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier “ Program Notes See Marc-André Hamelin perform Fauré’s Impromptu No.2, Op. 31: See Marc-André Hamelin perform Scarbo from Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit:

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