Concerts / Past Events

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

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

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

Bach: The Inventions and Sinfonias

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

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: 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

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

Schubert: 
An die Leier, D 737 
Nachtviolen, D 752 
Die Sterne, D 939 
Wandrers Nachtlied II, D 768 
Appl, Switzer

Kurtág: Four Songs (poetry by Ulrike Schuster)
Die Rosen 
Die Zeit 
Ich weiß nicht 
Physalis alkekengi 
Appl, Hochman

Kurtág: Selections from Játékok 
Hochman

Schubert: Rondo in A major, D 951 (for piano four hands) 
Baillieu, Hochman

Intermission

Kurtág: Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a 
An… (Hommage à D. E. Sattler)
Im Walde (für Georg Kröll)
Gestalt und Geist (Hommage à Alexander Polzin) — for baritone, trombone, and tuba
An Zimmern (für Reinhart Meyer-Kalkus)
Der Spaziergang (für Heinz Holliger)
Paul Celan: Tübingen, Jänner (Robert Klein in Erinnerung)
Appl, Austin, Rojas

Schumann: Kerner-Lieder, Op. 35 
Appl, Baillieu

Benjamin Appl, baritone
James Baillieu, piano
Erika Switzer, piano
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Demian Austin, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Brahms: Fantasies Op. 116
Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy Op. 61
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Benjamin Hochman, piano

MOZART: Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op 15

Benjamin Bowman, violin
Milan Milisavljević, viola
Joel Noyes, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano

BRAHMS: Fantasies, Op. 116

JOSQUIN DES PREZ/ arr. WUORINEN: Ave Christe

KURTÁG: Selections from Játékok
• Distel (Book III)
• Hommage à Schubert (Book III)
• Präludium und Choral (Book V)
• Márta ligaturája (Book XI)
• Hommage à Berényi Ferenc 70 (Book VII)
• Capriccioso – Luminoso (Book V)
• … Apfelblüte … (Book IX)
• Les Adieux (in Janáček’s manner) (Book VI)
• Ligatura dolce–amara – amara-dolce (Book XI)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

Benjamin Hochman, piano

BACH: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
BRAHMS: Fantasies Op. 116
CHOPIN: Polonaise Fantasy, Op. 61
CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Benjamin Hochman, piano

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

Alissa Margulis, violin
Benjamin Hochman, conductor

BEEHOVEN: Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
DVORAK: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81

Jaime Laredo, violin
Carmit Zori, violin
Robert Rinehart, viola
Sharon Robinson, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

Schubert: Sonata in C major, D. 840 “Reliquie”

Interval

Kurtág: Selections from Jatekok

Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Benjamin Hochman, piano

BRAHMS: Scherzo in C minor from the FAE Sonata WoO 2

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Opus 110

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25

Benjamin Hochman, piano
Lucia Lin, violin
Danny Kim, viola
Jonathan Miller, cello

BRAHMS: Scherzo in C minor from the FAE Sonata WoO 2

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Opus 110

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25

Benjamin Hochman, piano
Lucia Lin, violin
Danny Kim, viola
Jonathan Miller, cello

BEETHOVEN: Twelve Variations on 'See the conqu'ring hero comes', WoO 45
BRITTEN: Sonata in C, Op. 65
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major, for cello and piano, Op. 69

Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano

Mozart: The Two Piano Quartets
Jessie Montgomery: Peace for viola and piano
Reena Esmail: Drishti for solo violin
Lila Meretzky: Agon, world premiere arrangement 

Simone Porter, violin
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano