Heifetz on Tour: Wolfeboro Friends of Music (NH)

PCMF Artistic Director Melissa Reardon joins Heifetz on Tour in a return to Wolfeboro!

​In “Songs, Dances, and Romances,” violin, viola and cello each take a turn in the spotlight, then all join together for a powerful Piano Quartet by Brahms. Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, lush and poignant, are followed by a set of Spanish folk songs that all deal with the theme of love and courtship. A passionately expressive movement of a Robert Schumann violin sonata makes for an intriguing pairing with a virtuosic Rondo by Sicong Ma, known in China as “King of the Violinists.” Clara Schumann herself played the piano part in the 1861 premiere of Brahms’s captivating G minor Piano Quartet, with its famously rip-roaring “Gypsy rondo” finale.

Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22 (1853)
I. Andante molto
II. Allegretto: Mit zartem Vortrage
III. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Melissa Reardon, viola; Dina Vainshtein, piano

Manuel de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole (1914)
I. El paño moruno
II. Nana
III. Canción
IV. Polo
V. Asturiana
VI. Jota
Andres Sanchez, cello; Dina Vainshtein, piano

Robert Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105 (1851)
I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Dina Vainshtein, piano

Sicong Ma Rondo No. 2 (1950)
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Dina Vainshtein, piano

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (1856-1861)
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo — Trio. Animato
III. Andante con moto
IV. Rondo all Zingarese. Presto
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; Andres Sanchez, cello; Dina Vainshtein, piano