Season 2023
Festival Artists »Sunday, November 21
7,45 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3, “Razumovsky”
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Augusta Schubert, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola (coach)
Sara Scanlon, cello
Ernest Chausson (1855 -1899)
Concert in D major for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, op. 21
Robert McDuffie, violin (coach)
Derek Wang, piano
Matouš Pěruška, violin
Anna Black, violin
Daniele Valabrega, viola
Kristina Vocetková, cello
Monday, November 22
7,30 p.m.
Florence – Sala dei Cinquecento del Vasari, Palazzo Vecchio
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3, “Razumovsky”
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Augusta Schubert, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola (coach)
Sara Scanlon, cello
Ernest Chausson (1855 -1899)
Concert in D major for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, op. 21
Robert McDuffie, violin (coach)
Derek Wang, piano
Matouš Pěruška, violin
Anna Black, violin
Daniele Valabrega, viola
Kristina Vocetková, cello
Tuesday, November 23
19,45 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
arr. Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21, arranged for piano, flute, and strings; viola and bass added from symphonic score
Jacopo Urso, flute
Robert McDuffie, violin (coach)
Carlotta Libonati, viola
Barbara Warchalewska, cello
Christopher Yick, double bass
Elena Matteucci, piano (coach)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Septet in E-flat major, op. 20 / Settetto in mi-bemolle maggiore, op. 2
Letizia Maulà, clarinet (coach)
Sarah Carbonare, bassoon
Guglielmo Pellarin, horn
Miclen LaiPang, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola (coach)
Nigel Thean Kuok Wui, cello
Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli, double bass
Wednesday, November 24
19,45 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo -Tedesco ( 1895 – 1968)
Quintet for Guitar and Strings op. 143
Renata Arlotti, guitar (coach)
Andrea Bologna, violin
Alysson Cohen, violin
Noemi Chemali, viola
Peyton Hall Magalhaes, cello
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
Arias and Barcarolles for mezzo-soprano , baritone and piano, four hands
Mary Rice, mezzo-soprano
Thomas West, baritone
Derek Wang, piano
Michael Barrett, piano (coach)
Thursday, November 25
8:30 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58, arranged for piano and string quintet by Beethoven, reconstructed from the unpublished manuscript by Hans-Werner Küthen
Andrea Lucchesini, piano (coach)
Gaia Trionfera, violin
Augusta Schubert, violin
James Cunningham, viola
Daniele Valabrega, viola
Kristina Vocetková, cello
Medley Puccini’s arias
Derek Wang, piano
Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli, double bass
Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
arr. for string quintet Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli (b. 1989)
Echidna’s Arf (of You)
Peaches en Regalia
Blessed Relief
Absolutely Free/ What’s the ugliest part of your body?
Cheyenne King-Bails, violin
Chelsea Cline, violin
Luca Sanzò, viola
Peyton Hall Magalhaes, cello
Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli, double bass