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The New York Viola Society's 2000-2001 Season of
Concerts, Recitals and other Viola Events
The New York Viola Society's Ninth Season:
Monday, September 25, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
Landon Gallery, 1926 Broadway
Lecture Demonstration:
Inside Passages
The Viola in the String Quartet, featuring
Michael Tree and Daniel Avshalomov
At the first event of the 2000-2001 season, NYVS presented eminent
quartet players Michael Tree and
Daniel
Avshalomov in a program entitled Inside Passages. These two
eminent violists examined selected excerpts from the quartet literature,
played and discussed contrasting phrasings, fingerings and bowings,
and answered questions from the audience. Passages were taken from
the following string quartets:
Bartok No. 6
Beethoven Op. 59, No. 3 and Op. 74
Berg Op. 3
Brahms Op. 67
Debussy
Dvorak Op. 96
Hindemith Op. 22
Mozart K 421 and K 590
Ravel
Schoenberg No. 3
Smetana
Shostakovich No. 3
November 26, 2000, 4:30 p.m.
Mannes College of Music
Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola
Mary Nessinger, Mezzo-soprano
Yeesun Kim, Cello
Thomas Sauer, Piano
All-Brahms Program:
Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Two Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano, op. 91
Trio for Piano, Clarinet or Viola, and Cello in A minor, Op. 114
January 21, 2001, 4:30 p.m.
Mannes College of Music
Collegial Concert I
Vincent Persichetti - Infanta Marina
Elizabeth Shulze, Viola
Luba Slepoi, Piano
Ernest Bloch - Suite Hebraique
Steven Salchow, Viola
Erasmia Voukelatos, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven - "Eyeglasses" Duo for Viola and Cello
Paul Hindemith - Duo for Viola and Cello
Harold Coletta, Viola
Avron Coleman, Cello
Karl Stamitz - Concerto for Viola
Veronica Salas, Viola, with
string quartet and Elaine Camparone, harpsichord
A portion of this program appeared on TV Fox5's New York Minute
on January 21, 2001.
February 18, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
St. Peter's Church, New York City
Collegial Concert II
Toru Takemitsu - "A Bird Came Down the Walk"
Dawn Hannay, Viola
Elizabeth DiFelice, Piano
Rebecca Clarke - Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale for Viola and Clarinet
Rachel Shapiro, Viola
Michael Bebko, Clarinet
Simon Bainbridge - "Attesa" (Waiting) for Viola and Mezzo-Soprano
Liuh-Wen Ting, Viola
Desiree Halac, Mezzo-soprano
Allessandro Rolla - Duo Concertante for Viola and Violin
Alexander Harper, Viola
Herbert Sorkin, Violin
Frank Bridge - Two Pieces
Chu-Ying Hu, Viola
Chia-Lan Lee, Piano
Michael Dougherty - "Viola Zombie"
Dawn Hannay and Karin Brown, Violas
March 18, 2001
Manhattan School of Music
Collegial Concert III
Music for Multiple Violas
Johann N. Hummel - Trio in E flat for 2 Violas and Cello
Maurycy Banaszek, Viola
Shmuel Katz, Viola
Robert Ekselman, Cello
George F. Handel - Sonata for Four Violas
(arranged by Ronald C. Dishinger)
Olympia Moy, Viola I
Daniel Roberts, Viola II
Nan Wakefield, Viola III
Siobhan Solberg, Viola IV
Richard Lane - Eight Duos for Two Violas
Naomi Graf Rooks and Judith Insell-Staack, Violas
Christoph Graupner - Sinfonia in F for Viola d'amore, Bassoon and
Cello soli, 3 Violas and basso continuo
Myron Rosenblum, Viola d'amore
Robert von Gutfeld, Cello
Jane Taylor, Bassoon
Christine Ims, Viola I
Brian Lang, Viola II
Nancy Dunetz, Viola III
Hyo-Kyung Seo, Cello
Benjamin Dale - Introduction and Andante for Six Violas
The Peabody Conservatory Viola Ensemble
Cameron Raecke, Viola I
Katarzyna Bugaj, Viola II
Miriam English, Viola III
Amy Davis, Viola IV
Victor de Almeida, Viola V
William Johnston, Viola VI
(Viola students of Victoria Chiang and Richard Field. The group
was coached by Ms. Chiang.)
April 19, 2001, 7:00 p.m.
Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
Kim Kashkashian, Viola
Tatavik Mokhatsian, Piano
Hindemith - Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4
Rebecca Clarke - Sonata
Gyorgy Kurtág - Signs, Games and Messages
J. S. Bach - Transcriptions of Organ Sonatas
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