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Georgetown Festival of the Arts 2013 |
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A RUSSIAN TROIKA
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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 |
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Pre-Festival Events |
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| Tuesday Evenings, February 5 - March 5 | |||||||||
| 6:45 - 8:15 p.m. |
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| Senior University course: A Russian Troika in Georgetown | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| Ellsworth Peterson, Lecturer | |||||||||
| Saturday, May 11 | |||||||||
| 1:30 p.m. |
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| A Children's Concert of Russian Music | |||||||||
| Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room 402 W 8th St. Georgetown, TX 78626 |
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| 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) |
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Ellsworth and Sue Peterson and Theresa Ford, piano |
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| Vicki Moffat, soprano, and Bob Horick, bassoon | |||||||||
Festival 2013: A RUSSIAN TROIKA |
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| Thursday, May 30 | |||||||||
| 2:00 p.m. |
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| 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 |
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| 6:30 p.m. |
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| Reception for Donors to meet the artists | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| 8:00 p.m. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| City Lights Theatre (A free event) | |||||||||
| A showing of the DVD Swan Lake by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
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| 8:00 p.m. |
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| Piano, With and Without Strings |
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| 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. |
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| 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) ) |
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| 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)) |
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| 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) |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Pre-Concert Lecture | |||||||||
| Lois Perkins Chapel | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Music of the Russian Orthodox Church:
Creating Heaven on Earth |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
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| 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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