Tower – Made in America

     Alyssa Wang, conductor

Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

     Misha Dichter, piano

Wagner – Forest Murmurs

Respighi – Pines of Rome

Conductor Alyssa Wang makes her Festival debut conducting Joan Tower’s wonderful Made in America, a work that cleverly develops the main tune of America the Beautiful.

Internationally-renowned pianist and recording artist, Misha Dichter makes his debut appearance in New Hampshire with the Rachmaninoff masterpiece Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.  Wagner’s  Forest Murmurs from the opera Siegfried and Respighi’s iconic Pines of Rome bring the Festival’s 67th season to a dramatic close.

Jan Dismas Zelenka – Trio Sonata #1, F Ma 

Adagio ma non troppo
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegro assai

Shawn Welk, oboe
Andrea Hixon, oboe
Joe Higgins, continuo
Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon
Leslie Amper, harpsichord

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio, Op.59

Sometimes I feel Like A Motherless Child
I Was Way Down A Younder
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
They will Not Lend Me A child
My Lord Delivered Daniel

Diane Nicholeris, violin
David Goldblatt, cello
Leslie Amper, piano

Percussion/Clarinet Duo

Megan Arns, percussion
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No.1, D Ma, Op 11

Moderato e semplice
Andante cantabile
Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco
Finale. Allegro giusto

Lidija Peno-Kelly, violin
Phyllis Saunders, violin
Christopher Nunn, viola
Christine Kim, cello