Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will present a three-day Chamber Music Festival, September 24, 25, and 26. This festival, given by professional chamber musicians, is being presented as a "welcome back to live performances festival” for the greater Scranton community. All concerts will be held in the Marian Chapel, Swartz Center, at Marywood University and are free and open to the public. The festival will include a weekend of outstanding chamber music, featuring Marywood music faculty and guest artists, including: Sophie Till and Jennifer Reuning Myers, violin; Christiane Appenheimner Vaida, cello; and Ron Stabinsky and Eun Sil Suh, piano. The Chamber Music Festival’s featured concerts include: An Evening of Violin Duos (Friday, September 24, at 7 p.m.); An Evening of Trios by Women Composers (Saturday, September 25, at 7 p.m.); and Violin and Piano Duos (Sunday, September 26, at 1 p.m.). For additional about the Chamber Music Festival and other performances at Marywood University, please visit marywood.edu/mtd/events, or call (570) 348-6268.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Friday, September 24 @ 7 p.m.An Evening of Violin Duos
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Trio Sonata in C major, DürG 13 Adagio |
J. Gottlieb Goldberg (formerly attributed to JS Bach) |
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Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56 Andante cantabile |
S. Prokofiev |
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 A selection |
B. Bartók |
INTERMISSION |
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V Pieces for Two Violins Prelude |
D. Shostakovich |
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 A selection |
B. Bartók |
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Suite for Two Violins for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71 Allegro Energico |
M. Mowskowski |
Saturday, September 25 @ 7 p.m.An Evening of Trios by Women Composers
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Piano Trio Op. 17 Allegro moderato |
Clara Schumann |
INTERMISSION |
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Piano Trio Op. 150 Allegro |
Amy Beach |
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Piano Trio (1921) Moderato ma appassionato |
Rebecca Clarke |
Sunday, September 26 @ 1 p.m.Violin and Piano Duos
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Violin Sonata in C Major, K 296 Allegro Vivace |
W. A. Mozart |
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Violin Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano Andante |
A. Schnittke |
| Recitative and Scherzo – Caprice, Op. 6 | F. Kreisler |
INTERMISSION |
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| Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C Major, D. 934 | F. Schubert |
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Sonata No 2, M.77 Allegretto |
M. Ravel |