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J A N U A R Y   3 1   AT   5 PM

Claude Debussy   (1862-1918)

Sonata for cello and piano L. 135 (1915)

            Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto

            Sérénade: Modérément animé

            Finale: Animé, Léger et nerveux

Claude Debussy

Petite Suite for piano four-hands, L. 65 (1889)

            En bateau (Sailing): Andantino

            Cortège (Retinue): Moderato

            Menuet: Moderato

            Ballet: Allegro giusto

William Kroll (1901-1980)

Banjo and fiddle, for Violin and Piano (1945)

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George Gershwin (1898-1937)

From the opera "Porgy and Bess" (1935)

arr. for violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz

            Bess, you is My Woman Now

            It Ain't Necessarily So

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~ Intermission ~

William Grant Still   (1895-1978)

Three Visions, for piano solo (1936)

            Dark Horsemen

            Summerland

            Radiant Pinnacle

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Felix Mendelssohn   (1809-1847)

Piano Trio No. 2 in c minor, Opus 66 (1845)

            Allegro energico e con fuoco

            Andante espressivo

            Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto

            Finale: Allegro appassionato

David Kim

Violin

Kim (played with) rich tone and technical artistry, leading the other players in thrilling tempos and textures that are vividly baroque.

Huffington Post

Ani Aznavoorian

Cello

Marta Aznavoorian

Piano

…a pianist of exceptionally finished technique and purity of musical impulse.

Boston Globe

Andrew Armstrong

Piano

…phrases were pristine, each passage imbued with subtle weight.

Boston Classical Review