Schedule:

Saturday, August 2, 2025

12:30 PM - Koret Young Performers Concert II 
Spieker Center for the Arts 
Tickets: Free

Repertoire is not listed in program order and is subject to change.

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90, Dumky (1890–91)
I. Lento maestoso – Allegro vivace
II. Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo
VI. Lento maestoso – Vivace
Andrew Yin, piano; Kalea Schunk, violin; Shunkai Xu, cello

DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67 (1944)
I. Andante – Moderato
II. Allegro non troppo
Peter Parra, piano; Calliope Smith, violin; Timothy Chua, cello

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47 (1847)
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
Jiajing Liang, piano; Lisa Saito, violin; Daphna Raveh Glassman, viola; Aiden Kim, cello

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47 (1847)
III. Andante cantabile
IV. Finale: Vivace
Daniel Strebulaev, piano; Gabriel Ingliss, violin; Neena Agrawal, viola; Cameron Renshaw, cello

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 13 (1827)
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con molto
Isabelle Sun, Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel, violins; Cristian Yohannes, viola; Maurice Neuman, cello

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20 (1825)
I. Allegro moderato con fuoco
II. Andante
SoHyun Ko, Tianwen Zhong, Xueshan Cheng, Melissa Du, violins; Andie Zhu, Liam Young-Skeen, violas; Griffin Frost, Yikai Guo, cellos

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
La Valse for piano four hands (1920)
Haoran Cui, Jungmin Kim, pianos

7:00 PM - Carte Blanche Concert II
Benjamin Beilman, violin, and Gloria Chien, piano
Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $90 full-price | $25 under age thirty

“This program delves into the legends and myths of violin lore via the three-sided conversation between violin, violinist, and composer. We kick off this journey with a solo violin sonata composed by the namesake of the violin I now play, the Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe. The Devil’s Trill Sonata is the virtuosic consequence of a Faustian pact between Tartini and his violin teacher—the devil himself. Franz Schubert gushed “I have heard an angel sing” after attending a sold-out performance in Vienna by Niccolò Paganini on his famed “Cannone” Guarneri del Gesù. The second half of the concert features more earthly pursuits in the form of two wedding gifts. César Franck dedicated his famed sonata to his longtime collaborator and friend Eugène Ysaÿe on his wedding day (you can’t miss the church bells in the finale). For my own nuptials last summer, my groomsman and musical best friend, composer Chris Rogerson, presented me with this Arietta.” —Benjamin Beilman

PROGRAM

Eugène Ysaÿe(1858–1931)
 Sonata in D minor for Solo Violin, op. 27, no. 3, Ballade (1923)

Giuseppe Tartini(1692–1770)
 Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil’s Trill (ca. 1714) 

Niccolò Paganini(1782–1840)
 Cantabile in D major for Violin and Piano, op. 17 (ca. 1824)

Franz Schubert(1797–1828)
 Rondo brillant in B minor for Violin and Piano, D. 895, op. 70 (1826) 

Chris Rogerson(b. 1988)
 Arietta for Violin and Piano (2024) 

César Franck(1822–1890)
 Violin Sonata in A major (1886)

Artists

PIANO

 Gloria Chien

VIOLIN

 Benjamin Beilman