Concerts

Brahms / Arr. Joachim: Ungarische Tänze für Violine und Klavier
Nr. 1 in g-Moll
Nr. 9 in e-Moll
Nr. 17 in fis-Moll
Nr. 5 in fis-Moll

Grieg: Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 3 in c-Moll, op. 45

Strauss: Sonate für Violine und Klavier in Es-Dur, op. 18

Kevin Zhu, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Kurtág: Selections from Jatekok
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

Benjamin Hochman, Piano

George Benjamin – Canon & Fugue (from The Art of Fugue) 

György Kurtág – Selections from Játékok

Hans Abrahamsen – Schnee: Ten Canons for Nine Instruments (2006–08)

Junyu Lin, violin
Qijia Liu, violin
Hadia Masood, violin
Katherine Chernyak, viola
Chloe Slane, viola
Abby Wolf, cello
Megumi Takahashi, flute
Danika Dortch, horn
Dominik Kovács, horn

Elizabeth Chernyak, violin
Mason Haskett, viola
William Pilgrim, cello
Elizabeth Bennett, flute
Elisabeth Young, oboe
James McCourt, clarinet
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano
Sophia Cornicello, piano
Mike Jones, percussion 

Benjamin Hochman, conductor and pianist

Bach: The Inventions and Sinfonias

Students of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Preparatory Division of the Bard College Conservatory of Music 

Songs, Laments, Dances, Games

Bartók: Pieces from For Children 
Peasant’s Flute; Children at Play; Pillow Dance; “Hey, Tulip, Tulip”; Round Dance; “I Lost My Partner”; Bagpipe II; Drinking Song; Children’s Dance; Dance Song
Ivy Chen – cimbalom, András Szalai – piano

Kurtág: Tre pezzi op. 38
Dávid Kéringer – clarinet, András Szalai – cimbalom

Kurtág: Un brin de bruyère à Witold (In memoriam Witold Lutosławki)
Kurtág: Hommage à Halmágyi Mihály
Sophia Cornicello – piano, András Szalai – cimbalom

Ligeti: Études Automne à Varsovie 5’
Sophia Cornicello – piano

Kurtág: Herdecker Eurhythmie Part 1 op. 14a 5’ Self-Will; Hommage à J. S. B.; Flowers We Are (1); Quarrel and Gentleness; Flowers We Are (2)
Liliána Szokol – flute, András Szalai – cimbalom

Kurtág: Pieces from Games 
Beating; Trumbe-bunny; Bluebell; Thistle; Labyrinthine D (with echo); Vigorously; Hommage à Petrovics; Stubbunny Alexandra Balog – piano, András Szalai – cimbalom

Kurtág: Hommage à Berényi Ferenc 70
Nathaniel Valsania – cimbalom

Couperin: Les Bergeries The Shepherdesses
Nathaniel Valsania – cimbalom, András Szalai – piano
Bartók: Sonatina 4’
Dávid Kéringer – clarinet, András Szalai – cimbalom

Intermission

Béla Bartók – Falun (Village Scenes), Sz. 78, BB 87a 
Lucy Fitz Gibbons, soprano; Kayo Iwama, piano

György Kurtág – In Memory of a Winter Evening, Op. 8 
Daphne Buan, soprano
András Szalai, cimbalom
Mira Wang, violin

Thomas Adès – Növények for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet

Benjamin Hochman, Artistic Director

C.P.E. BACH: Rondo in G major, Wq. 59, no. 2
András Kemenes, piano

J.S. BACH/KURTÁG: Three Chorale Preludes for piano four hands
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr BWV 711
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 687
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BVW 614
András Kemenes and Benjamin Hochman, piano

KURTÁG: Selections from Játékok
András Kemenes, piano

KURTÁG: Wind Quintet, Op. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon 

Intermission

MOZART: Variations G major K. 501- 8’
András Kemenes and Benjamin Hochman, piano

MOZART: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Alexandra Knoll, oboe
Noemi Sallai, clarinet
Philip Philip McNaughton, bassoon
Dominik Kovács, horn
Benjamin Hochman, piano

György Kurtág in Context: Bach, Bartók and Kurtág

Béla Bartók
Falun (Village Scenes), Sz. 78, BB 87a 
Lucy Fitz Gibbons, soprano
Kayo Iwama, piano

György Kurtág / J. S. Bach
Selections from Kurtág Játékok interwoven with movements of Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 
Benjamin Hochman, piano

György Kurtág
Kurtág: Tre pezzi, op. 38 
Béla Bartók
Bartók: Sonatina 
David Keringer, clarinet
András Szalai, cimbalom

György Kurtág
Szálkák (Splinters) for cimbalom, Op. 6c – 
J. S. Bach
Largo and Allegro assai from Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 
András Szalai, cimbalom

Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances – 5’
András Szalai, cimbalom
Benjamin Hochman, piano

HAYDN Piano Trio in G major Hob. XV/25 
FRANCK Piano Quintet

Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McDuffie Young Artists

BEETHOVEN Archduke Trio
FRANCK Piano Quintet

Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McDuffie Young Artists

BEETHOVEN Archduke Trio
FRANCK Piano Quintet

Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McDuffie Young Artists

HAYDN: Trio Flute, Cello, & Piano in G Major, Hob. XV:15 
BEETHOVEN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, “Ghost” 
MENDELSSOHN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

Benjamin Hochman, piano
Stefani Matsuo, violin
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Randolph Bowman, flute

HAYDN: Trio Flute, Cello, & Piano in G Major, Hob. XV:15
BEETHOVEN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, “Ghost”
MENDELSSOHN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

Benjamin Hochman, piano
Stefani Matsuo, violin
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Randolph Bowman, flute

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA