Celebrity Series I: “Beginning with Brahms” – Heifetz 2023 Festival of Concerts

The Heifetz faculty kick off the 2023 summer in grand style with an all-star performance of the luminous String Sextet No. 1 by Brahms, after a first half featuring inspiring solo works played by virtuoso violinist Ilya Kaler and cellist Astrid Schween of the Juilliard Quartet.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Cello Sonata, L. 135
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux"
Astrid Schween, Cello
Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano

Atar Arad (b. 1945)
Esther, for Two Violas
Atar Arad, Viola
Paul Neubauer, Viola

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Poème, Op. 25
Ilya Kaler, Violin
Beilin Han, Piano

INTERMISSION

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36, "Agathe"
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso
III. Poco adagio
IV. Poco allegro
Daniel Phillips, Violin
Ilya Kaler, Violin
Paul Neubauer, Viola
Atar Arad, Viola
Hannah Roberts, Cello
David Geber, Cello

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