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Georgetown Festival of the Arts 2013
A RUSSIAN TROIKA

  May 30 - June 2, 2013

The Music of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Anton Arensky

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Schedule as of March 3, 2013

  Please note that all events, artists and lecturers are subject to change

     Links to Festival Events by Day

 
 

Pre-Festival Events
 
Tuesday Evenings, February 5 - March 5
 
  6:45 - 8:15 p.m.

  Senior University course: A Russian Troika in Georgetown
  Southwestern University
 
  Ellsworth Peterson, Lecturer
   
 
Saturday, May 11
 
  1:30 p.m.

  A Children's Concert of Russian Music
  Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room
  402 W 8th St.
  Georgetown, TX 78626
 
    Tchaikovsky - Troika: A Sleigh Ride (piano solo)
     Arensky - The Cuckoo (piano duet)
     Tchaikovsky - The Cuckoo (soprano and piano)
     Mussorgsky - The Ox-Cart & Gliere - Humoresque (bassoon and piano)
     Tchaikovsky - The Witch (brief story with piano solo)
     Arensky - Fugue on a Russian theme (piano duet)
     Tchaikovsky -Song of the Volga Boatmen (piano duet, with children singing)
     Rachmaninov - Romance (piano solo)
 
  Ellsworth and Sue Peterson and Theresa Ford, piano
  Vicki Moffat, soprano, and Bob Horick, bassoon
   
 

Festival 2013: A RUSSIAN TROIKA

 
Thursday, May 30
  2:00 p.m.

  A RUSSIAN TROIKA, Symposium I
  Palace Theatre
   
  Ellsworth Peterson
     Introduction to the Festival: Why These Three?
   
  Roland John Wiley
    Time and other Adversaries:
     Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Arensky Today
   
             
  6:30 p.m.

  Reception for Donors to meet the artists
  Southwestern University
   
  8:00 p.m.

  Music for Three, From Three
  Alma Thomas Theatre
  Southwestern University
   
    Anton Arensky - Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
    Sergei Rachmaninov - Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor
    Piotr Tchaikovsky - Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
   
  Music from Copland House  
  Harumi Rhodes, violin  
  Nicholas Canellakis, cello  
  Michael Boriskin, piano  
Friday, May 31
 
  9:30 a.m.

  A RUSSIAN TROIKA, Symposium II
  Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
  Sarofim School of Fine Arts
  Southwestern University
                   
  Adam Neiman
    Anton Arensky: So Quickly Forgotten?
   
  Roland John Wiley
     Swan Lake as Period Piece and Masterwork
   
   
  2:00 p.m.

  City Lights Theatre (A free event)
   
  A showing of the DVD Swan Lake by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
   
        Lobby poster of Song of Love
   
  8:00 p.m.

  Piano, With and Without Strings
  Alma Thomas Theatre
  Southwestern University
   
  Adam Neiman, piano
   
    Sergei Rachmaninov - Cinq morceaux de fantasie, Op. 3
   
  Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
  Toby Blumenthal, piano
   
    Works by Piotr Tchaikovsky
    
    Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26
    Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34
    Mélodie (from Souvenir d'un lieu cher), Op. 42
   
  Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
  Hai Zheng, cello
  Toby Blumenthal, piano
   
    Anton Arensky - Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 31
   
 
Saturday, June 1
 
  10:00 a.m.

 
  A Russian Salon: Monologues, Romances and Piano  
  Jones Theatre  
  Southwestern University  
     
  Bruce Cain, baritone  
  Richard Masters, piano  
     
     Sergei Rachmaninov - Two songs and Aleko's cavatina (from Aleko)  
     
  Kathryn Findlen, mezzo soprano  
  Richard Masters, piano  
     
     Anton Arensky - Two songs and Zarema's monologue
                          (from The Fountain of Bakchisarai (Bakhchisaraiskii fontan) )
 
     
  Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano  
  Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano  
     
     Piotr Tchaikovsky - Two songs and Joan of Arc's farewell aria
                          (from The Maid of Orleans (Orleanskaia deva))
 
     
  Adam Neiman, piano
   
    Mikhail Glinka (transcribed by Milii Balakirev) -The Lark (Zhavaronok)
    Piotr Tchaikovsky -Selections from The Seasons, Op 37a,b
                          (Les Saisons - Vremena goda)
     
  3:00 p.m.

 
  Another Three: Music for Piano, Voice, and Cello  
  Alma Thomas Theatre
  Southwestern University
   
     
  Adam Neiman, piano  
   
    Anton Arenksy - Six Pieces, Op. 53  
     
  Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano  
  Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano  
   
    Piotr Tchaikovsky - Tatiana's Letter Scene (from Eugene Onegin [Evgenii Onegin])  
     
     
  Hai Zheng, cello  
  Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano  
   
    Piotr Tchaikovsky - Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6
    Sergei Rakhmaninov - Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19  
     
     
     
  8:00 p.m.

 
  Russian Around the Park (No charge for this event)  
  Gazebo, San Gabriel Park  
     
  Georgetown and East View High Schools Band, Choir and Orchestra
   JD Janda and Music Faculty
 
     
    Piotr Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
     
  Strings of the Round Rock Symphony Orchestra  
  Stefan Sanders, director  
     
    Sergei Rakhmaninov - Vocalise
     
    Anton Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
     
    Piotr Tchaikovksy - Serenade for Strings
     
     
  The concert will be followed by a display of fireworks.
   
Sunday, June 2  
   
   
  3:15 p.m.

 
  Pre-Concert Lecture  
  Lois Perkins Chapel  
  Southwestern University  
   
  Ellsworth Peterson  
  Music of the Russian Orthodox Church:
     Creating Heaven on Earth
 
   
   
  4:00 p.m.

 
  Music for the Russian Orthodox Liturgy  
  Lois Perkins Chapel  
  Southwestern University  
   
  The San Gabriel Chorale  
  Kenneth Sheppard, conductor  
             
     
    Piotr Tchaikovsky The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
     
    Other settings of texts from the Liturgy and the All-Night Vigil
      by Rachmaninov, Arensky, Kalinnikov, Ippolitov-Ivanov and Bortniansky
     
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FESTIVAL DATES


A RUSSIAN TROIKA

Thursday, May 30,

through

Sunday June 2, 2013

CONTACT US

Georgetown Festival of the Arts

P.O. Box 846
Georgetown, TX 78627

Tel 512.639.0433

E-mail info@gtownfestival.org

     
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