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NEC Summer Chamber Music: Opening Night

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NEC Summer Chamber Music: Opening Night
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NEC Summer Chamber Music: Opening Night
Join us for the opening concert of NEC’s Summer Chamber Music Young Artists Program.  This concert kicks off a week of chamber music and features NEC faculty artists including the Borromeo String Quartet (NEC’s faculty ensemble-in-residence), Paul Biss, Miriam Fried, Ara Gregorian, Kim Kashkashian, Donald Weilerstein, and Vivian Weilerstein, along with Mentor Artists (NEC alumni) David Carreon, Zac Fung, Nick Hammel, Evan Johanson, Leland Ko, William Sotiriou, and Zhanbo Zheng in a spirited evening of music-making that culminates in the Borromeo String Quartet’s performance of Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major.

Artist(s)

Borromeo String Quartet (NEC’s faculty ensemble-in-residence) - Paul Biss, Miriam Fried, Ara Gregorian, Kim Kashkashian, Donald Weilerstein, and Vivian Weilerstein

Mentor Artists (NEC alumni) - David Carreon, Darwin Chang, Zac Fung, Nick Hammel, Evan Johanson, Leland Ko, William Sotiriou, and Zhanbo Zheng

Schulhoff String Sextet
     III. Burleska. Allegro molto con spirito
          David Carreon & Evan Johanson, violins
          Zhanbo Zheng & Ara Gregorian, violas
          Leland Ko & Zac Fung, cellos

Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90, "Dumky"
     III. Andante - Vivace non troppo - Allegretto
     VI. Lento Maestoso
          Vivian Weilerstein, piano
          Donald Weilerstein, violin
          Leland Ko, cello

Mozart String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
     I. Allegro
          Evan Johanson & Miriam Fried, violins
          Zhanbo Zheng & Paul Biss, violas
          Leland Ko, cello

Dvořák Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48
     II. Dumka. poco allegretto
          Nick Hammel & Donald Weilerstein, violins
          David Carreon & Kim Kashkashian, violas
          Leland Ko & Zac Fung, cellos

Mendelssohn String Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 87
     I. Allegro vivace
          Nick Hammel & Ara Gregorian, violins
          William Sotiriou & Kim Kashkashian, violas
          Zac Fung, cello

INTERMISSION

DvořákTerzetto, Op.74
I. Introduzione: Allegro ma non
troppo

Kodály Serenade for Two Violins & Viola, Op. 12
I. Allegramente
Darwin Chang, violin
Ara Gregorian, violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola

Dvořák String Quartet in A-flat major, Op. 105
     I. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro appassionato
     II. Molto vivace
     III. Lento e molto cantabile
     IV. Allegro non tanto 
          Borromeo String Quartet
               Nicholas Kitchen & Kristopher Tong, violins
               Melissa Reardon, viola
               Yeesun Kim, cello