2016 Concert dates, venues and programs

Subject to Change (please check occasionally)

Wednesday, July 20

Saarburger Horns participate in the Concert at the Boemundhof stage (open air), Saarburg – 19:00

Thursday, July 21st

Faculty Recital, Stadthalle, Saarburg – 19:30

Saturday, July 23d

Student concert, St. Laurentius Church, Saarburg  – 19:30

Sunday, July 24th

Student concert, Bettinger Mühle ( Open air), Schmelz – 19:30

Tuesday, July 26th

Student concert, Bürgerhaus Winzerkeller, Irsch/Saar – 19:30

Wednesday, July 27th

Student concert, Cloef-Atrium, Orscholz – 19:30

Thursday, July 28th

Student concert, Stadthalle, Saarburg – 19:30

Friday, July 29th

Evening of Operetta/Salon  Music, Alte Glockengießerei, Saarburg  – 19:30

Saturday, July 30th

Student concert, Stadthalle, Saarburg – 19:30

 

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

 

Faculty Recital

Stadthalle, Saarburg

19:30 Thursday July 21, 2016

 

Oblivion                                                                                        Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Primavera Porteña

 Katherine McLin, violin Susan Lamb Cook, cello Andrew Campbell, piano

Grande Fantasie of themes from Mignon                                 Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)

 Zhang Xiaoping, flute and Lauren Schack Clark, piano

Töne, Op. 154 #3                                                                           Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Erlkönig, Op. 154, #4

 Inhye Kim, soprano Kristin Dauphinais, mezzo-soprano

William Terwilliger, violin Semyon Rozin, piano

Piano Trio in e minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”                                               Dvorak (1841-1904)

            Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento

Hasse Borup, violin Susan Lamb Cook, cello Andrew Cooperstock, piano

 Sextet for Piano and Winds                                                    Françis Poulenc (1899-1963)         

            Allegro vivace

Lauren Schack Clark, piano

Zhang Xiaoping, flute Rachel Messing, oboe Guy Yehuda, clarinet

Jia Chen, horn Dale Clark, bassoon

Intermission

Suite of Six French Folk Songs of the 15th century                 Willard Elliot (1926-2000)

            Je suis trop jeunette (I am too young)

Ma seulle dame sur ma foy (My only lady by my faith)

Rachel Messing, oboe Dale Clark, bassoon Lauren Schack Clark, piano

Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 82 “Sonata Española”       Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)

            Lento – Tema y variaciones

Vivo – Andante – vivo

Adagio – Allegro moderato

Opus Two

William Terwilliger, violin and Andrew Cooperstock, piano

“Perchè mi guardi e piangi” from Zelmira                                     G. Rossini (1792-1868)

 Inhye Kim, Zelmira Kristin Dauphinais, Emma

Rachel Messing, oboe Semyon Rozin, piano

Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 44                                            Schumann (1810-1856)

            Allegro brillante

Andrew Cooperstock, piano

William Terwilliger and Katherine McLin, violins

Sarah Evins, viola Susan Lamb Cook, cello

 

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

 

Student Recital

St. Laurentius Church, Saarburg

19:30 Saturday July 23, 2016

 

Improvisation                                                                                                       Paul Kayser

Paul Kayser, organ *

“Eja, ergo” from Salve Regina                                                             Pergolesi (1710-1736)

Hanna Levin and Frances van Vuuren, soprano

Paul Kayser, organ *

Ave Maria, Op 93                                                                                         Fauré (1845-1924)

Lydia Parker and Nicole Follman, soprano

Geneviève Conter, harp * Paul Kayser, organ *

Ave Maria                                                                                             George Braun (d. 1957)

Michelle Byrd, soprano        Ashlyn Brown, mezzo-soprano      Emma Jensen, violin

Paul Kayser, organ *

Quintet for Winds                                                                            Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)

Allegro con moto

Yan Cao, flute Olivia Erwin, oboe * Michael Zuckerman, clarinet

Paul Bissler, horn Brianna Allen, bassoon

Ave Maria                                                                                               Donizetti (1797-1848)

Heechang Lee, tenor Taeoung Yeon, bass-baritone

Paul Kayser, organ *

Ave Maria                                                                José Alexandrino de Sousa (1896-1960)

Madeleine Worndl, soprano Sara Dailey, mezzo-soprano

Wei Yang Xu, flute

Arjun Jeetan and Aitor Santamaria, clarinets

Wenqi Zhang and Yipin Huang, horns

Luke Hill and Hung-Yang Lin, violins

Thomas Adkins, cello

Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580                                            Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Allegro – Largo – Allegro

Audrey Lund, Emilia Yoon, Yu-Han Cheng and Tess Hartis, violins

Alexandra Birch* and Sarah Evins*, violas

Xiaowei Liu, cello Paul Kayser, organ *

Intermission

Minnedienst                                                                                               Anonymous (1540)

Hyun Young Shin and Sara Dailey, soprano

Taeoung Yeon, bass-baritone

Xueying Chen, flute Joanna Birchfield, clarinet

Hallie Mosteller, violin Nathan Liouh, bassoon

Laudate Dominum                                                                      André Campra (1660-1744)

Rachael Banach, soprano Samuel Loose, baritone

Nusheen Farahani and Chuyun Lin, violins

Jadyn Lee, cello Paul Kayser, organ *

 

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115                                           Brahms (1833-1897)

Allegro

Pin-Wei Yu, clarinet

Luke Hill and Emma Jensen, violins

Sarah Evins, viola * Nathan Leber, cello

Ave Maria                                                                                                           J. M. de Lalanne

Ye Lin Park, soprano Jeanie Lee, violin

Geneviève Conter, harp * Paul Kayser, organ *

Divertissement Grec                                                             Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)

Wei Yang Xu and Conghan Xue, flutes

Geneviève Conter, harp *

Ave Maria                                                                   Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729-1777)

Michelle Perrier, soprano

Po-Yen Chang and Felix Herbst, violins

Sarah Evins, viola * Taylor Gambill, bassoon

Paul Kayser, organ *

Preghiera from Act I of Pinotta                                                            Mascagni (1863-1945)

Michelle Byrd, Pinotta   Samuel Loose, Andrea   Heechang Lee, Baldo

Saarburg Festival Singers

Saarburg Festival Orchestra

Semyon Rozin, conductor +

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist

+ Saarburg Festival Director

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

 

Student Recital

Open Air, Schmelz

19:30 Sunday July 24, 2016

 Music for Horn Ensemble

 Saarburg Festival Horns

Paul Bissler, Letian Dong, Yipin Huang, Mei Yun Huang, Yifan Lin, Beili Ouyang, Rui Niu, Zhiheng Song, Zhenyu Xu, Zhiming Wang, JingXuan Yang, Wenqi Zhang, Xingen Zhong

Slavonic Dances, Op 46                                                                           Dvorak (1841-1904)

            Skocná

 Karmen Grubisic and Aria Saless, piano 4-hands

Pastorale, Op. 14                                                                          Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)

 Peng Wang, flute Rachel Messing, oboe * Ziqian Yang, clarinet

Wenqi Zhang, horn Nathan Liouh, bassoon

Quintet for Winds, Op. 43                                                            Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

            Menuette

Hao Wu, flute Olivia Erwin, oboe * Michael Zuckerman, clarinet

JingXuan Yang, horn Lane Hall, bassoon

Sextet for Piano and Winds                                                    Françis Poulenc (1899-1963)         

            Allegro vivace

Linjing Fu, piano

Conghan Xue, flute Rachel Messing, oboe * Ruby Yeh, clarinet

Zhenyu Xu, horn Taylor Gambill, bassoon

Intermission

L’oiseau des bois, Op. 21                                                             Franz Doppler (1821-1883)

Wei Yang Xu, flute

Rui Niu, Beili Ouyang, Letian Dong, Xingen Zhong, horns

Polka for bassoons, Op 4.                                                  Julius Weissenborn (1837-1888)          

Flight of the Bumble-Bee                                                    Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Celtic Reflections                                                                                   Bill Douglas (b. 1944)

 The Island of Woods

The Fiddler of Dooney

 Saarburg Festival Bassoons

Brianna Allen, Taylor Gambill, Lane Hall, and Nathan Liouh

 Trio for clarinet, horn and piano, Op. 274                                Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)

Ein Märchen – Andante

Joanna Birchfield, clarinet   Rui Niu, horn   Christopher Dixon, piano

Sinfonietta in F Major, Op. 188                                                     Joachim Raff (1822-1882)

Allegro

Zhang Xiaoping + and Yan Cao, flutes

Rachel Messing * and Olivia Erwin *, oboes

Guy Yehuda + and Pin-Wei Yu, clarinets

  1. Scott Smith + and Paul Bissler, horns

Dale Clark + and Lane Hall, bassoons

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist

+ Saarburg Festival Faculty

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

Student Recital

Bürgerhaus Winzerkeller, Irsch/Saar

19:30 Tuesday July 26, 2016

 

“Ihr fliegenden Sänger” from Orpheus                                     Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)

Chaemin Lim, soprano

Conghan Xue, Hao Wu, Xueying Chen, Ruixi Pan, Peng Wang, flutes

Brianna Allen, bassoon

Yiqian (Emma) Song, piano *

Ballade                                                                                     Charles Lefebvre (1843-1917)

 Ruixi Pan, flute Xiaowei Liu, cello Aria Saless, piano

Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 127                                            Melanie Bonis (1858-1937)

 Prelude

Fuguette

Yu-Han Cheng, violin Peng Wang, flute Arjun Jeetan, clarinet Christopher Dixon, piano

Nocturne, Op. 31                                                                       Rudolf Tillmetz (1847-1915)

 Conghan Xue, flute Beili Ouyang, horn Yiqian (Emma) Song, piano *

Ma mere l’oye (Mother Goose)                                                                          Ravel (1875-1937)

Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Laideronnette: Impératrice des pagodes

Le jardin féerique

Karmen Grubisic and Aria Saless, piano 4-hands

Trio Miniatures, Op. 18                                                                     Paul Juon (1872-1940)

            Reverie

Humoreske

Joanna Birchfield, clarinet Thomas Adkins, cello Nathan Uhl, piano *

 Intermission

“Kleine Vöglein, eure Scherzen” from Arsinoe                     Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)

             Ye Lin Park, Arsinoe

Wei Yang Xu, Yan Cao, Hao Wu, Xueying Chen, flutes

Divertimento in E-flat, Hob II: 39 “Das Echo”                                       Haydn (1732-1809)

 Adagio

Allegro

Yu-Han Cheng, Natalie Parkin, Hallie Mosteller, Tristie Stucker, violins

Thomas Adkins and Jadyn Lee, cello

Ave Maria                                                                                                Schubert (1797-1828)

                                                                                                                   arranged by R. Peters

Rachael Banach and Hyun Young Shin, soprano

Nathan Uhl, piano *

Liedertafel Irsch – künstlerische Leitung Gottfried Sembdner

Radio                                                                                                                             Wise Guys

        arranged by Severin Geissler

 Liedertafel Irsch – künstlerische Leitung Gottfried Sembdner

Coming home again                                                                         H. P. Danks (1834-1903)

 Lydia Parker, Madeleine Worndl and Frances van Vuuren, soprano

Liedertafel Irsch – künstlerische Leitung Gottfried Sembdner

Der Rattenfänger                                                                                 Goethe/Stefan Kalmer

Liedertafel Irsch – künstlerische Leitung Gottfried Sembdner

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist

+ Saarburg Festival Faculty

 

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

 Student Recital

Cloef-Atrium, Orscholz

19:30 Wednesday July 27, 2016

Concerto for 4 violins in D Major, TWV 40:202                           Telemann (1681-1767)

Adagio – Allegro – Grave – Allegro

Natalie Parkin, Chuyun Lin, Tristie Stucker, Hallie Mosteller, violins

“Kehre wieder” from Octavia                                                       Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)

Michelle Perrier, soprano

Rachel Messing * and Olivia Erwin, oboe *

Lane Hall, bassoon

Quintet for Piano and Strings in c minor                      Aleksandr Borodin (1833-1887)

            Scherzo

Davis Dorrough, piano

Emma Jensen and Chuyun Lin, violins

Alexandra Birch, viola * Jadyn Lee, cello

Five Antique Hungarian Dances                                      Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)

Intrada

Lassú

Danza Della Scapole

Chorea

Saltarello

Ruixi Pan, flute Rachel Messing, oboe * Aitor Santamaria, clarinet

Yipin Huang, horn Nathan Liouh, bassoon

Serenade, Op. 12                                                                          Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

            Vivo

Po-Yen Chang and Hung-Yang Lin, violins

Alexandra Birch, viola *

Intermission

 “Geloso sospetto” from Octavia                                                   Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)

Michelle Byrd, soprano

Saarburg Festival Bassoons

Brianna Allen, Taylor Gambill, Lane Hall, Nathan Liouh, Dale Clark +

Quartet for 4 violins                                                           Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

            Allegretto – Andante tranquillo – Molto allegro

Nusheen Farahani, Hung-Yang Lin, Felix Herbst, Emma Jensen, violins

Sarabande et Menuet, Op. 72                                                     Vincent D’Indy (1851-1931)

Xueying Chen, flute Olivia Erwin, oboe * Ziqian Yang, clarinet

Rui Niu, horn Brianna Allen, bassoon Yiqian (Emma) Song, piano *

String quartet #1 in g minor, Op. 27                                         Edward Grieg (1843-1907)

            Un poco andante – allegro molto ed agitato

Audrey Lund and Emilia Yoon, violins

Sarah Evins, viola * Xiaowei Liu, cello

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist

+ Saarburg Festival Faculty

 

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

Student Recital

Stadthalle, Saarburg

19:30 Thursday July 28, 2016

 

Italian Concerto, BWV 971                                                                       Bach (1685-1750)

            Presto                                                                                   arranged by Mark Eubanks          

Entrance and Polka of the Bassoonists                                      Julius Fucuk/anonymous          

                                                                                                   arranged by Carroll and Miller          

The Wedding Guest                                                                                                           David Carroll                                  

Saarburg Festival Bassoons

Brianna Allen, Taylor Gambill, Lane Hall, and Nathan Liouh

 “Kehre wieder” from Octavia                                                       Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)

Michelle Perrier, soprano

Rachel Messing * and Olivia Erwin, oboe *

Lane Hall, bassoon

Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542                                                                 Mozart (1756-1791)

            Allegro

Karmen Grubisic, piano Emilia Yoon, violin Xiaowei Liu, cello

Miniatures, Op. 75a                                                                                             Dvorak (1841-1904)

            Cavatina

Capriccio

Jeanie Lee and Natalie Parkin, violins

Sarah Evins, viola *

Trio for clarinet, violin and piano                                 Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

            Moderato

Pin-Wei Yu, clarinet Nusheen Farahani, violin Elaina Burns, piano

Sonata for 2 violins in C Major, Op. 56                                                         Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Andante cantabile

Allegro con brio

Luke Hill and Po-Yen Chang, violins

Intermission

Song Dances                                                                              Wilfred Bendall (1850-1920)

 To the skylark

To a nightingale

Twilight

The rain is falling

Song should breathe

Chaemin Lim, Madeleine Worndl, Hanna Levin, soprano I

Hyun Young Shin, Frances van Vuuren, Rachael Banach, soprano II

Lydia Parker, Ashlyn Brown, Sara Dailey, alto

Neilson Chen, piano *

Rhapsodie                                                                               Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

 Nusheen Farahani and Tess Hartis, violins Alexandra Birch, viola *

Davis Dorrough, piano

Sonata for clarinet and bassoon                                                         Poulenc (1899-1963)

            Romance

Final

Arjun Jeetan, clarinet and Lane Hall, bassoon

Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 44                                            Schumann (1810-1856)

            Allegro, ma non troppo

Elaina Burns, piano

Hung-Yang Lin and Audrey Lund, violins

Sarah Evins, viola * Thomas Adkins, cello

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist

 

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

Student Recital

An Evening of Operetta and Salon Music

Alte Glockengießerei

19:30 Friday July 29, 2016

Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388                                        Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899)          

                                                                                                               Arr. Arnold Schoenberg

Jeanie Lee and Tess Hartis, violin

Alexandra Birch, viola * Susan Lamb Cook, cello +

Nathan Uhl, piano *

Habanera                                                                                                       Ravel (1875-1937)

Scherzo, Op. 48                                                                             Eugene Bozza (1920-1991)

Yan Cao, flute Rachel Messing, oboe * Ruby Yeh, clarinet

Zhenyu Xu, horn Taylor Gambill, bassoon

Quartet for 4 violins                                                            Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

            Allegretto

Nusheen Farahani, Hung-Yang Lin, Felix Herbst, Emma Jensen, violins

Serenade for Three                                                                                    Peter Schickele (b. 1935)

            Songs: Slow, serene

Variations: Fast, rowdy

Felix Herbst, violin Michael Zuckerman, clarinet Davis Dorrough, piano

Intermission

Selections from Zehn Mädchen und kein Mann                    Franz von Suppé (1819-1895)

Samuel Loose, Schönhahn        Heechang Lee, Paris     Michelle Byrd, Sidonia

Zehn Mädchen:

Madeleine Worndl, Limonia   Chaemin Lim, Almina   Hanna Levin, Marinka

Michelle Perrier, Hidalga   Hyun Young Shin, Pommaria   Lydia Parker, Britta

Ashlyn Brown, Maschinka   Frances van Vuuren, Danubia Sara Dailey, Giletta

Rachael Banach, Preziosa

Susanne Knapp, stage director +

Suzanne Reeber, musical director and pianist +

Ouverture – Elaina Burns and Linjing Fu, piano 4-hands

Einzug der Mädchen – Schönhahn, Zehn Mädchen

Complimentier Lied – Sidonia, Schönhahn, Zehn Mädchen

Entre des Paris “Der Frühling ist kommen, o herrliche Zeit” – Paris

Tirolienne – Schönhahn, Almina, Maschinka

Italienische Ariette “Bella fiamma del mio core” – Paris, Limonia, Schönhahn, Mädchen

Englische Ariette – Britta

Tanz – Schönhahn, Paris, Mädchen

Guilleaume Waltzer – Michelle Perrier

Finale – Tutti

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist

+ Saarburg Festival Faculty

 

Saarburger Serenaden 2016

International Music Festival and School

Final Student Recital

Stadthalle, Saarburg

19:30 Saturday July 30, 2016

Cantate, D. 666                                                                                      Schubert (1797-1828)         

Ye Lin, Michelle Perrier and Michelle Byrd, soprano

Heechang Lee, tenor Samuel Loose, baritone Taeoung Yeoh, bass-baritone

Neilson Chen, piano *

Rustiques                                                                            Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957)

            Pastorale

Olivia Erwin, oboe * Ziqian Yang, clarinet Lane Hall, bassoon

Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 18                                      Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

            Allegro, ma non troppo

Po-Yen Chang, violin and Neilson Chen, piano *

Sinfonia (1817) for 4 horns                                                               Donizetti (1797-1848)

                                                                                                      transcribed by Pascal Proust

 Paul Bissler, Wenqi Zhang, JingXuan Yang, Yipin Huang, horns

Quatuor pour la fin du temps                                              Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Intermède

Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes

Luke Hill, violin Ruby Yeh, clarinet Nathan Leber, cello Elaina Burns, piano

Intermission

Berceuse                                                                         Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921)

Michelle Byrd, soprano Nathan Leber, cello

Davis Dorrough, piano

Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34                                                          Brahms (1833-1897)

            Allegro non troppo

Linjing Fu, piano

Jeanie Lee and Felix Herbst, violins

Alexandra Birch, viola * Nathan Leber, cello

 Sonata for 2 clarinets                                                                              Poulenc (1899-1963)

 Presto

Andante

Vif

Pin-Wei Yu and Michael Zuckerman, clarients

Serenade for Strings in E-flat Major, Op 6                                       Josef Suk (1874-1935)

            Adagio

Allegro giocoso

Saarburg Festival Strings

* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist