New York Viola Society



The New York Viola Society's 2001-2002 Season of
Concerts, Recitals and other Viola Events

The New York Viola Society's Tenth Season:


November 19, 2001, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes College of Music

Randolph Kelly, Viola
Elizabeth Demio, Piano

Felix Mendelssohn - Sonata in C minor for Viola and Piano
David Stock - "South Wind" for Solo Viola (World Premiere)
Samuel Adler - Sonata for Viola and Piano
J.S. Bach - Sonata No.2 in D for Viola and Piano
Johannes Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Opus 120 No.1 for Viola and Piano


January 13, 2002, 3:00 p.m.
Manhattan School of Music

Eric Shumsky, Viola
Robert Kopelson, Piano

Max Reger - Suite in g minor
J. S. Bach - Partita in a minor, BWV 1013 (originally for flute)
David Walter - Homage a Casals
Vieuxtemps - Capriccio
Casimir Ney - Prelude No. 2
Walter Skolnik - Fantasia for Solo Viola (New York Premiere)
Benjamin Britten - Lachrymae
Brahms - Sonatensatz
Schumann - Adagio and Allegro
Veracini - Largo
Kreisler - Toy Soldier's March
Kreisler - Syncopation


February 20, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes College of Music

Rivka Golani, Viola
Michele Levin, Piano

Robert Schumann - Five Melodies in Folk Style, Op. 102
Dmitri Shostakovich - Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Bernd Alois Zimmerman - Sonata for Viola Solo, "An den Gesang eines Engels"
J. S. Bach - Chaconne from Partita No.2 in d minor
Fritz Kreisler - Liebeslied, Schoen Rosmarin


April 7, 2002, 2:30 p.m.
Donnell Library Center Auditorium

Collegial Concert

Ernst Toch - Divertimento for Violin and Viola, opus 37 No. 2
Sheila Rheinhold, Violin
Olivia Koppell, Viola

Michal Spisak - Duetto Concertante for Viola and Bassoon
Christine Ims, Viola
Gilbert DeJean, Bassoon

Giovanni Sollima - Yovo and Lamentatio for Solo Viola (World Premiere)
Danielle Farina, Viola

Viola Alone....(With one exception) - Music by Paul Hindemith
Maureen Gallagher, Viola

Andrew Waggoner - Story-Sonata for Viola and Piano
Roberta Crawford, Viola
Michael Salmirs, Piano


May 13, 2002, 7:30 p.m.
The Barge, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn

Multiple Viola Concert

Johann Amon - Quartet in G Major for Solo Viola and String Trio
Ching Chen Juhl, Solo Viola
Claire Chen, Violin
Myron Rosenblum, Viola
Ling Cao, Cello

Myriam Marbe - Sonata for Two Violas
Laurance Feder, Jack Rosenberg, Violas

Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Alexis Kende, Violin
Crista Kende, Viola

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Stephen Salchow, Elizabeth Schulze, Rebecca Osborn, Violas
Gerall Hieser, Rubin Kodheli, Cello
Paul Harris, Contrabass

Ignatz Gspan - Concerto in C Major for Viola and Strings (First American Performance)
Crista Kende, Solo Viola
Alexis Kende, Michelle Ross, Violins
Verlaine Brunot, Viola
Daniela Kende, Cello

Ignatz Gspan's 18th-century viola concerto was discovered by Myron Rosenblum in a monastery in Austria. It has recently been published in Rosenblum’s edition by The New York Viola Society. Viola soloist Crista Kende is the recipient of a scholarship award by The New York Viola Society.

Gaetano Brunetti - Sonata for Viola and Cello
Anthony Finley, Viola
Marjana Finley, Cello

York Bowen - Fantasia for Four Violas
Ann Roggen, Julie Goodale, Rachel Shapiro, Danielle Farina, Violas


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