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NWS Fellows: Live from our Living Room
Beginning Friday, March 20, NWS Fellows will play live, informal chamber music concerts from their homes in Miami Beach. This weekly series is broadcast via Facebook Live and episodes will be archived here for stream-on-demand. Click here to follow NWS on Facebook.
SEASON 2, EPISODE 10: March 22
Featuring:
Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures) for Viola and Piano
Movements: Not fast, Lively, Quickly; Slow, with a melancholy expression
Jacquelyn O’Brien, viola; Thomas Steigerwald, piano
Kenji Bunch: Three American Folk Hymn Settings for Two Violins
Movements: Prologue, "What Wondrous Love is This", "In Lonely Mountain Ways", "I Come With Joy", Finale
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Sophia Bernitz, Katherine Kobylarz, violin
Anton Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Strings
Movements: Moderato, Variations on a theme by P. Tchaikovsky: Moderato, Finale: Andante sostenuto
Michael Rau, violin; Stephanie Block, viola; Amy Sunyoung Lee, Clare Bradford, cello
George Crumb: Sonata for Solo Cello
Movements: Fantasia, Tema pastorale con variazioni, Toccata
James Churchill, cello
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo Violin
Movements: Moderato, Andante dolce: Tema con variazioni, Con brio: Allegro precipitato
Yankı Karataş, violin
SEASON 2, EPISODE 9: February 8
Featuring:
Étienne Perruchon: Five Dogorian Dances
Amy Sunyoung Lee, cello; Matthew Kibort, timpani
Philippe Gaubert: Sonata No. 3 for Flute and Piano
Movements: Allegretto, Intermède pastoral: Très modéré, Final: Joyeux – Allegretto
Leah Stevens, flute; Wesley Ducote, piano
Györgi Ligeti: Études for Solo Piano, Book I
Movements: Disorder, Open strings, Blocked Keys, Fanfares, Rainbow, Autumn in Warsaw
Wesley Ducote, piano
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 in D major for Violin and Piano, Op. 94a (1943)
Movements: Moderato, Scherzo: Presto, Andante, Allegro con brio
Katherine Kobylarz, violin; Wesley Ducote, piano
SEASON 2, EPISODE 8: December 18
Featuring:
Andy Akiho: Hammers for Violin and Toy Piano
Katherine Kobylarz, violin; Kevin Ritenauer, toy piano
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C major for Two Violins, Op. 56
Movements: Andante cantabile, Allegro, Commodo (quasi allegretto), Allegro con brio
Alfred Schnittke: Moz-Art (after K. 416d) for Two Violins
Dylan Naroff, Michael Turkell, violin
Béla Bartók: Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz.98, BB 104
Movements: No. 37: Prelude and Canon, No. 39: Serbian Dance, No. 28: Sorrow, No. 43: Pizzicato, No. 44: Transylvanian Dance
Natsuko Takashima, Luis Salazar, violin
Anonymous (As played by Juan Reynoso. Arranged by Paul Anastacio): Danzón Guinda
Luis Salazar, Natsuko Takashima, violin; Luis Esteban Salazar, piano
Brian Raphael Nabors: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Movements: Pesante, Reflective, Leggiero
Ben Fryxell, cello; Wesley Ducote, piano
SEASON 2, EPISODE 7: December 4
Featuring:
Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
Movements: I. Theme for Cello and Harp (Adagio molto espressivo)
Jacquelyn O’Brien, viola; Phoebe Powell, harp
Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher (The Swan Turner)
Movements: II. "Now grow leaves, little linden tree, grow leaves": Very calm – Fugato: "The Cuckoo Sat on the Fence"
Jacquelyn O’Brien, viola; Phoebe Powell, harp; Wesley Ducote, piano
Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Chava Appiah, cello; Wesley Ducote, piano
César Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
Movements: Allegro ben moderato, Allegro, Ben moderato: Recitativo – Fantasia, Allegretto poco mosso
Stephanie Block, viola; Wesley Ducote, piano
SEASON 2, EPISODE 6: November 20
Featuring:
Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 86
Phoebe Powell, harp
Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie in A major for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
Margeaux Maloney, violin; Phoebe Powell, harp
Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C major for Cello and Piano, Op. 65
Movements: Dialogo: Allegro, Scherzo-Pizzicato: Allegretto, Elegia: Lento, Marcia: Energico, Moto perpetuo: Presto
Chava Appiah, cello; Wesley Ducote, piano
Antonín Dvořák: Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74
Movements: Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo, Larghetto, Scherzo: Vivace – Trio: Poco meno mosso, Tema con variazioni: Poco adagio – Molto
Luis Salazar, Natsuko Takashima, violin; Stephanie Block, viola
Marcus Goddard: Allaqi for String Quartet
Scott Jackson, Michael Rau, violin; Ashley Wang, viola; Clare Bradford, cello
SEASON 2, EPISODE 5: November 6
Featuring:
Nino Rota: Sarabande and Toccata for Harp
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A major, K. 208; Sonata in E major, K 531
Benjamin Britten: Suite for Harp, Op. 83
Phoebe Powell, harp
Sonia Ray: Ondas (Waves) for Solo Bass
Kathryn Bradley, bass (pre-recorded)
John Adams: Road Movies
Movements: Relaxed Groove, Meditative, 40% Swing
Katherine Kobylarz, violin; Wesley Ducote, piano
Adam Wolf: Cruise Control
Scott Leger, horn; Kevin Ritenauer, Charlie Rosmarin, Marcelina Suchocka, percussion; Wesley Ducote, piano
SEASON 2, EPISODE 4: October 23
Featuring:
Andrea Clearfield: Songs of the Wolf
Movements: Wolf Night, La Loba
Scott Leger, horn; Wesley Ducote, piano
Tania León: Rituál
Wesley Ducote, piano
Adolphus Hailstork: Bassoon Set for Solo Bassoon
Written at the request of Geneva Southhall for the students of the National Association of Negro Musicians
Movements: Moderato con anima, Vivo, Lento e teneramente, Allegretto
Amelia del Caño, bassoon
Friedrich Hermann: Grand Duo Brillant for Violin and Cello, Op.12
Movements: Allegro con fuoco, Adagio, Allegro moderato
Katherine Kobylarz, violin; Chava Appiah, cello
York Bowen: Quintet in C minor for Horn and Strings, Op. 85
Movements: Moderato serioso, Andante espressivo, Finale: Allegro molto e ritmico
Scott Leger, horn; Scott Jackson, Michael Rau, violin; Jacquelyn O’Brien, viola; Chava Appiah, cello
SEASON 2, EPISODE 3: October 9
Featuring:
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Morgen Low, trumpet
Alyssa Weinberg: Table Talk for Prepared Vibraphone
Marcelina Suchocka, Kevin Ritenauer, prepared vibraphone
Midic Winds at the Carnegie Arts Center in Goodland, Kansas
Johanna Gruskin, flute; Katie Hart, oboe; Rebecca Tobin, clarinet; Justin Cummings, bassoon; Russell Rybicki, horn
Emily Doolittle: Woodwings for Wind Quintet
Movements: Bobolink, Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, Snow Goose, Night Owls
Angélica Negrón: The Flying Trapeze for Wind Quintet
Valerie Coleman: Rubispheres for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
Movements: III. With Finesse
Nicholas Davies: Epitaph for Wind Quintet
André Jolivet: Serenade for Wind Quintet with Solo Oboe
Movements: Cantilène, Caprice, Intermède, Marche burlesque
Katie Hart, oboe
SEASON 2, EPISODE 2: September 25
Featuring:
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
Movements: Tender and with expression; Lively, light; Quick and with fire
Ashley Wang, viola; Wesley Ducote, piano
Paul Novak: dialogues in black and white (after ellsworth kelly) for solo piano
Movements: lyrical, luminous; jagged, playful; animated, grooving; trembling, fragile
Wesley Ducote, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 97, "Archduke"
Movements: Allegro moderato, Scherzo: Allegro, Andante cantabile ma però con moto, Allegro moderato
Wesley Ducote, piano; Katherine Kobylarz, violin; Chava Appiah, cello
SEASON 2, EPISODE 1: September 18
Featuring:
Fats Waller: Alligator Crawl
Wesley Ducote, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet for Two Obbligato Eyeglasses, WoO 32
Movements: I. Allegro
Stephanie Block, viola; Nicholas Mariscal, cello
Gunther Schuller: Duets for Unaccompanied Horns
Scott Leger, horn
Carlos Salzedo: Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style
Chloe Tula, harp
Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 18
Movements: II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile
Margeaux Maloney, violin; Wesley Ducote, piano
Duncan Patton: Isolamento for Solo Marimba (2020; world premiere)
Marcelina Suchocka, marimba
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060,
Movements: II. Adagio
James Riggs, oboe; Yada Lee, violin; Jessica Pasternak, viola; Antonio Escobedo, bass
Charles Ives: Violin Sonata No. 2
Movements: II. In the Barn
Brendon Elliott, violin; Thomas Steigerwald, piano
Claude Debussy: "Beau Soir"
Chava Appiah, cello; Wesley Ducote, piano