International Music Institute

2008 Summer Music Festival

 

Celebrity Concert Series

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy

Gala Opening Concert: Featuring Daniel Heifetz – June 26

Concerto in A minor for Two Violins – Antonio Vivaldi
Joan Kwuon, violin
Catherine Cho, violin
Institute Student Quartet

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Daniel Heifetz, violin
Amit Peled, cello
Barry Snyder, piano

Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Daniel Heifetz, violin

Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano – César Franck
Daniel Heifetz, violin
Barry Snyder, piano

 

An American Tribute: A Salute to the Troops – July 3
$5 discount for military and veterans

Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano – Charles Ives
James Buswell, violin
Carol Ou, cello
Barry Snyder, piano

Three Preludes – George Gershwin
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin

Variations on "Yankee Doodle," Op. 17 – Henri Vieuxtemps
Judith Ingolfsson, violin

At the Statue of Venus – Jake Heggie
Carmen Balthrop, soprano
Eliza Ching, piano

 

Classical Favorites – July 10

Highlights from The Four Seasons – Antonio Vivaldi
Daniel Heifetz, solo violin

Sonata for Solo Cello – György Ligeti
Amit Peled, cello

Hassidic Suite – Joachim Stutschewsky
Amit Peled, cello
Eli Kalman, piano

Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 3 – Franz Schubert
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 – Frédéric Chopin
Craig Sheppard, piano

Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43 – Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) – Pablo de Sarasate
Suite from West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
Chee-Yun Kim, violin

Hoedown from Rodeo – Aaron Copland
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – Franz Liszt
Carmen Overture – Georges Bizet

Faculty Pianists

 

Lyrical and Passionate: The Romantic Era – July 17

Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821 – Franz Schubert
Thomas Riebl, viola
Dina Vainshtein, piano

Piano Quintet in F Minor –César Franck
Andy Simionescu, violin
Institute Student, violin
Thomas Riebl, viola
Steven Doane, cello
André-Michel Schub, piano

Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 – Johannes Brahms
Andy Simionescu, violin
Institute Student, violin
Carol Rodland, viola
Institute Student, viola
Steven Doane, cello
Rosemary Elliott, cello

 

In Memory of Gerald Thayer – July 24

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Institute Students, Solo Violins
Faculty Quartet:
Daniel Phillips, violin
James Buswell, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Rosemary Elliott, cello

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 – Robert Schumann
Daniel Phillips, violin
Carol Rodland, viola
Steven Doane, cello
André-Michel Schub, piano

Quintet for Strings in C Major, Op. 29 – Ludwig van Beethoven
James Buswell, violin
Institute Student, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Patinka Kopec, viola
Carol Ou, cello

Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" – Ludwig van Beethoven
André-Michel Schub, piano

 

Gala Closing Concert: A Celebration! – July 31
featuring Institute "Stars of Tomorrow"

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Johann Sebastian Bach
James Buswell, Daniel Phillips, Marylou Churchill, violins
Robert Vernon, Karen Ritscher, Patinka Kopec, violas
Alison Wells, Carol Ou, Mark Churchill, cellos

Student Chamber Groups

Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – Edvard Grieg
Sextet for Strings, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence" – Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Institute Chamber Orchestra

 

 

"Stars of Tomorrow" Concert Series

Mondays & Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy

Free concerts featuring students of the 2008 Heifetz Institute.

Stars of Tomorrow Concerts are available pay-per-view through live
internet video broadcasts. If you would like to watch and listen
to these talented musicians, please go to B2 Networks
approximately 10 minutes before the start of the event
for instructions on accessing the concert.

 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Special concert event!
NPR's "From the Top" Taping for Nationwide Broadcast

For ticket information, please call 410.480.8007 or email office@heifetzinstitute.org