DILIJAN CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Season 13, 2017-2018
Concert 1
SUNDAY, September 24, 2017, 3 PM
“ROOTS”
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) – Five Mélodies, Op. 35b (1920)
1. Andante
2. Lento, ma non troppo
3. Animato, ma non allegro
4. Andantino, un poco scherzando
5. Andante non troppo
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) – Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano in G (1932)
1. Andante con dolore, con molto espressione
2. Allegro
3. Moderato
S. Prokofiev – Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, string quartet and piano, Op. 34 (1919)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, KV 593 (1790)
1. Larghetto
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro
Michele Zukovsky, Movses Pogossian, Varty Manouelian, Carrie Dennis, Morgan O’Shaughnessey Armen Ksajikian, Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Concert 2
FRIDAY, October 20, 2017, 8 PM
“HOMAGE”
(Dedicated to the great violin pedagogue Villi Mokatzyan’s memory)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 (1800)
1. Presto
2. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto
3. Allegro molto
Edvard Bagdasaryan (1922-1987) – Rhapsody in B minor (1958)
Tigran Mansurian (b. 1939) – Sonata for viola and piano (2015)
1. Tranquillo ma con moto
2. Andante, leggiero
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) – Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84, for string quartet and piano (1918)
1. Moderato
2. Adagio
3. Andante/Allegro
Movses Pogossian, Anna Landauer, Kim Kashkashian, Michael Kaufman, Tatevik Mokatsian
Concert 3
SUNDAY, December 17, 2017, 3 PM
“INSPIRATIONS”
Alexander Arutunian (1920-2012) – Suite for clarinet, violin and piano (1994)
1. Introduction
2. Scherzo
3. Finale
Komitas – Dances for Piano (1916)
1. Yerangi
2. Unabi
3. Marali
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) – The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965 (1828)
Antonin Dvorak – Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”
1. Lento Maestoso (Allegro quasi doppio movimento)
2. Poco Adagio (Vivace non troppo/Vivace)
3. Andante (Vivace non troppo/Allegretto)
4. Andante Moderato (Allegretto scherzando/Quasi Tempo di Marcia)
5. Allegro
6. Lento Maestoso
Shoushik Barsoumian, Boris Allakhverdyan, Movses Pogossian, Robert DeMaine, Steven Vanhauwaert
Concert 4
SUNDAY, January 28, 2018, 3 PM
“CONFESSIONS”
Vahram Sargsyan (b. 1981) – Three Choral Works
– Kyrie – World Premiere* (2017)
– Luys Zvart – Joyful Light (2006)
– Khorhurd Metz – Great Mystery, on text by Moses of Khoren (2002)
Artashes Kartalyan (b. 1961) – Choral Cycle on poems by Misaq Metzarents, World Premiere (2017)*
– Kirakmutq – Sunday Eve
– Sirerg – Love Song
– Terevnerə Kəseyin…
– The Leaves Were Saying…
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) – Songs and Dances of Death (1875-77)
1. Lullaby
2. Serenade
3. Trepak
4. The Field Marshal
György Ligeti (1923-2006) – Mysteries of the Macabre (from the opera “La Ballade du Grand Macabre” – arr. by Elgar Howarth. (1991)
Vladimir Chernov, Neal Stulberg, Shoushik Barsoumian, Vahram Sargsyan, Lark Chamber Choir, Dilijan Chamber Ensemble, Vatsche Barsoumian
Concert 5
SUNDAY, March 18, 2018, 3 PM
“FRIENDSHIPS”
Antonin Dvorak – Drobnosti (Miniatures), Op. 75a (1887)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) – String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2 (1772)
1. Moderato
2. Capriccio Adagio – Cantabile
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
4. Fuga a 4 soggetti: Allegro
Artur Avanesov (b. 1980) – ” Quasi Harena Maris” (2016)*
Ashot Kartalyan (b. 1986) – Quintet for Violins (2007. 2017)*
Mike Kelley (b. 1974) – Five animal stories, for string octet and աշուղ, World Premiere (2018)*
1. The Snake-Child
2. The Lion’s Love
3. Prince and Flea
4. The Priest and the Birds
5. Clever Rooster and the Giant Bandit Brothers
Apple Hill String Quartet, VEM String Quartet, Movses Pogossian, James Lent, Garrett Schoonover
Concert 6
SUNDAY, April 15, 2018, 3 PM
“TWIN PEAKS”
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) – Concerto for Choir (1984)
1. O pavelitel’ suscheva fsevo (O Master of all living)
2. Sabran’ je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions)
3. Fsem tem, kto vniknet fsushchnast (God grant deliverance from sin)
4. Sej trud, schto nachinal ja supavan’ jem (Complete this work)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (1826)
I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
II. Allegro molto vivace
III. Allegro moderato – Adagio
IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Più mosso – Andante moderato e lusinghiero – Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice – Allegretto
V. Presto
VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
VII. Allegro
Movses Pogossian, Varty Manouelian, Che-Yen Chen, Peter Stumpf, Geghard Choir, Vatsche Barsoumian
* Dilijan Commission
