George Enescu

Festival & Conference

 

commemorating the 50th anniversary
 of his death


Concert Programs

1 December 2005

8:00 pm  The Mannes College of Music

Matei Varga, piano biography

George Enescu       Sontata for piano no. 1, op. 24, in F-sharp minor (1924)
                                   Allegro molto moderato e grave
                                   Presto vivace
                                   Andante molto espressivo

Johannes Brahms   6 Klavierstücke op. 118 (1893)
                                   Intermezzo in A minor
                                   Intermezzo in A major
                                   Ballade in G minor
                                   Intermezzo in F minor
                                   Romanze in F major
                                   Intermezzo in E-flat minor

Maurice Ravel         Scarbo, from Gaspard de la nuit (1908)

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2 December 2005

8:00 pm  CUNY Graduate Center, Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall

Rachel Watkins, soprano biography
Cristina Stanescu, piano biography

George Enescu      Four songs from Sept chansons de Clément Marot, op. 15 (1908)
                                   Estrenne à Anne
                                   Languir me fais...
                                   Aus damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire a leurs amys
                                   Du confict en douleur

Gabriel Fauré         Après un rêve (text by Romain Bussine), op. 7/1 (1877)
                              Le secret (Armand Silvestre), op. 23/3 (1881)
                              Notre amour (Armand Silvestre), op. 23/2 (ca. 1879)
                              Au bord de l'eau (Sully Prudhomme), op. 8/1 (1875)
                             Claire de lune (Paul Verlaine), op. 46/2 (1887)

H. Wolf                  Five songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch (1889/90)
                                  Nun wandre, Maria
                                  Die ihr schwebet, im diese Palmen
                                  In dem Schatten meiner Locken
                                  Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
                                  Geh, Geliebter geh jetzt

Intermission

O. Messiaen          Three songs from Harawi: Chant d'amour et de mort (text by
                                    the composer; 1945)
                                 La ville qui dormait, toi
                                 Bonjours toi, colombe verte
                                 Syllabes

G. Enescu             Trois mélodies sur pommes de Fernand Gregh, op. 19 (1915/16)
                                   (New York premiere)
                            Pluie
                            Le silence musicien
                            L'Ombre est bleue

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3 December 2005

7:30 pm  Romanian Cultural Institute, 200 East 38th Street

Ruxandra Cristea, piano biography

George Enescu     Sonata for piano, op. 24, no. 3, in D major
                                 Vivace con brio
                                 Andantino cantabile
                                Allegro con spirito

                            Pièce sur le nom de Fauré

                            Suite for piano no. 2, op. 10, in D major
                                I. Sarabande
                                IV. Bourrée

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4 December 2005

8:00 pm  Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street

Sherban Lupu, violin biography
Ilinca Dumitrescu, piano biography

George Enescu     Impressions d’enfance, Suite for violin and piano, op. 28 (1940)
                                 The Fiddler
                                 Old beggar
                                 Small spring in the back of the garden
                                 The bird in cage and the coocoo clock
                                 Lullaby
                                 Cricket
                                 The moon across the window
                                 Wind in the chimney
                                 Storm outside, in the night
                                 Sunrise

                             2 Pieces from piano suite no. 3, op. 18 (1913-16)
                                 Mélodie (1913)
                                 Carillon nocturne (1916)

                            Fantaisie concertante for violin solo (1932), arr. by Sherban Lupu

                            Airs in the Romanian style for violin solo (1926)

Intermission

                            Andantino malinconico, for violin and piano (1951)

                            Sonata no. 3 for piano and violin in A minor, op. 25 "dans le
                                    caractère populaire roumain" (1926)
                                 Moderato malinconico
                                 Andante sostenuto e misterioso
                                 Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso


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