2025 Concert dates, venues & programs
Sunday, July 13 – Faculty recital, Stadthalle, Saarburg – 19:30
Thursday, July 17 – Student concert, Cloef-Atrium, Orscholz – 19:30
Saturday, July 19 – Evening of Salon and light music, Alte Glockengiesserei, Saarburg – 19:30
Monday, July 21 – Student concert, St. Laurentius Church, Saarburg – 19:30
Tuesday, July 22 – Student concert, Kell am See – 19:30
Thursday, July 24 – Student concert, Stadthalle, Saarburg – 19:30
Faculty Recital – Stadthalle, Saarburg
19:30 Sunday, July 13, 2025
Sonata Latino — Mike Mower ( b.1958)
III. Bossa Merengova
Christina Castellanos +, flute Jared Pierce +, piano
Sonatine pour Flûte et Basson — Pierre Gabaye (b. 1930)
I. Modéré sans lenteur
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon
5 Pieces for 2 violins and piano —
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) / Levon Atovmyan (1901 -1973)
Louis Coste * & Luke Stikeleather *, violins Sungmin Kim *, piano
Trio for Flute, Viola, and Piano, Espressivo, op. 2 — Tobias Roth (b. 1989)
III. Adagio
Christina Castellanos +, flute Tobias Roth *, viola Jared Pierce +, piano
Lamento — Teresa Milanollo-Parmentier (1827-1904)
Thomas Christian +, violin Semyon Rozin +, piano
Widmung, S.566 — Robert Schumann (1810-1856) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Jared Pierce +, piano
Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124 — Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
II. Fuga
Tobias Roth *, viola
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S. 2442 — Franz Liszt (1811-1986)
Jared Pierce + & Sungmin Kim *, piano
INTERMISSION
Sonata for flute, bassoon and piano — Francois Devienne (1759-1803)
I. Allegro moderato
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon Sungmin Kim *, piano
Chum Hoa Vietnam (Flowers of Vietnam) — Dang Huu Phuc (b.1953)
Jared Pierce +, piano
Concertpiece — James Curnow (b.1943)
Brianne Borden +, trumpet Sungmin Kim *, piano
“Das vierte Gebot”, Arr. by Thomas Christian — Peter Baschinsky (1854-1922)
Thomas Christian +, violin Semyon Rozin +, piano
“Das Staarl”, Arr. by Thomas Christian — Karl Kappeller (1859-1918)
Thomas Christian +, violin Semyon Rozin +, piano
“Was ich längst erträumte”, Arr. by Thomas Christian — Franz Lehar (1870 -1948)
Thomas Christian +, violin Semyon Rozin +, piano
Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano FP 43 — Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. Presto
Scott Erickson +, oboe Cooper Taylor *, bassoon Sungmin Kim *, piano
Violin Sonata, op. 18 — Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
II. Andante cantabile
Ava Wipff *, violin Sungmin Kim *, piano
Libertango — Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)/Arr. by Katia Buniatishvili
Jared Pierce +, Sungmin Kim *, piano
Piano quintet in Es-Dur, op. 44 — Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
III. Scherzo -Molto vivace
Sungmin Kim *, piano Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Jamie Wu *, violins
Nicole Allen *, viola Grace Dashnaw *, cello
* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist
+ Saarburg Festival Faculty
Student Recital – Cloef-Atrium, Orscholz
19:30 Thursday, July 17, 2025
« Ah! vous dirai-je maman » for piano in 6 hands — Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
Greisi Voja, Henrik Kao & Rosalina White, piano
Epitaphe de Jean Harlow — Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
Emma Maughan, piano Noah Pierce, alto saxohpone Olivia Coleman, flute
Trio in a moll, op.188 — Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
III. Adagio
Rosalina White, piano Elizabeth Harvey, oboe Caleb DeLong, horn
Symphony for brass choir, arr. H.J. Messerschmidt — Victor Ewald (1860-1935)
I. Moderato
Emma Yeakley, trumpet Bruno Dippolito, horn Atira Murawski, trombone
Grand divertissement, op. 23 — Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791-1874)
I. Allegro moderato
Emma Maughan & Greisi Voja, piano Jerrel Martin *, cello
Septet (Es-Dur) for oboe, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, cello, bass — Mihail Glinka (1804-1857)
I.Adagio maestoso – Allegro moderato
IV.Rondo
Patrick Grimone, oboe Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon
Bruno Dippolito, horn. Ava Wipff * & Jamie Wu *, violins
Jerrel Martin *, cello. Jonathan Lee *, bass
INTERMISSION
Andante & Allegro for oboe and String Trio — Edward Elgar ( 1857-1934)
Andante
Elizabeth Harvey, oboe Jamie Wu *, violin
Nicole Allen *, viola Sydney Anderson, cello
Solvejgs Lied from “Peer Gynt Suite, op. 23, arr. by Manfred Wordtmann —
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Noah Pierce & Tyler Howell, saxophones
Septet in E-Dur, op. 40 — Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
II.Andante
Paula Lastra-Cancela *, violin Luke Stikeleather *, viola Jonathan Lee *, cello
Grace Dashnaw *, bass, Reuben Allan *, clarinet Cooper Taylor *, bassoon
Caleb DeLong, horn
Nonetto in Es-Dur — Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
II.Andante
Sarah Shipp, piano Patrick Grimone, English horn
Reuben Allan *, clarinet Cooper Taylor *, bassoon
Piano Quintet in g-moll, op. 30 — Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
III. Largo
Sungmin Kim *, piano Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Aspen Barker *, violins
Tobias Roth *, viola Grace Dashnaw *, cello
Dixtuor (Wind Quintet + String Quintet) — Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
I.Larghertto tranquillo –Allegro
Olivia Coleman, flute Pedro Lopez Aguilar, oboe Daniel Kim *, clarinet
Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon Caleb DeLong, horn
Aspen Barker * & Luke Stikeleather *, violins Nicole Allen *, viola
Jerrel Martin *, cello Grace Dashnaw *, bass
* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist
+ Saarburg Festival Faculty
Student Recital – Evening of Salon and Light Music – Glockengiesserei, Saarburg
19:30 Saturday, July 19, 2025
Variations « Ah! Vous dirai-je,Maman » op.161 — Carles Dancla (1817-1907)
Paula Lastra-Cancela *, Luke Stikeleather *, Louis Coste * & Ava Wipff *, violins
L’heure du berger for Wind Quintet and piano — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
- Vieux Beaux
- Pin-up Girls
- Les Petits Nerveux
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Pedro Lopez Aguilar, oboe Daniel Kim *, clarinet
Jacob Schear, horn Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon
Greisi Voja & Sarah Shipp, piano
“Sketches” for piano 4 hands — Valeri Gavrilin (1939-1999)
A Merry Stroll
Waltz
Tarantella
Sungmin Kim * & Jared Pierce +, piano
Nonetto in Es-Dur — Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
IV.Finale – Andante -Allegretto vivace
Sungmin Kim *, piano Patrick Grimone, English horn Reuben Allan *, clarinet
Cooper Taylor *, bassoon Ava Wipff * & Louis Coste *, violins
Unna Nousiainen *, viola Jerrel Martin *, cello Sydney Anderson, bass
INTERMISSION
Duo concertant, Op.55 for 2 saxophones and piano — Jean Baptiste Singelée (1812-1875)
Tyler Howell & Noah Pierce, saxophones Rosalina White, piano
Le gay Paris — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
III. Galop
Brianne Borden +, trumpet solo
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Elizabeth Harvey & Patrick Grimone, oboes
Reuben Allan * & Daniel Kim *, clarinets Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon
Cooper Taylor *, contrabassoon Caleb DeLong & Bruno Dippolito, horns
“A little Blue Danube Waltz” for 2 violins solo — Alexey Igudesmann (b.1973)
Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Ava Wipff *, violins
Divertimento brillante on themes from Bellini’s “La sonnambula” for piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass — Mihail Glinka (1804-1857)
Sungmin Kim *, piano Luke Stikeleather * & Jamie Wu *, violins
Unna Nousiainen *, viola Sydney Anderson, cello Jonathan Lee *, bass
Eastwest Suite, IV. Traubensaft aka Bach in the Balkans — Miha Ferk (b.1985)
Sungmin Kim *, piano Tyler Howell, saxophone Louis Coste *, violin
Kaiser-Walzer op. 437 Arr. for chamber group by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) in 1925 — Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)
Sungmin Kim *, piano Mikaela Hannon *, flute Daniel Kim *, clarinet
Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Luke Stikeleather *, violins Unna Nousiainen *, viola
Grace Dashnaw *, cello
* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist
+ Saarburg Festival Faculty
Student Recital – St. Laurentius Church, Saarburg
19:30 Monday, July 21, 2025
Paul Kayser — Improvisation
“Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ from Cantate 147 “Herz und Mund“, arr. by Alain Brunet for 2 trumpets, Horn in F, Trombone and organ — J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Paul Kayser *, organ Brianne Borden + & Emma Yeakley, trumpets
Bruno Dippolito, horn Atira Murawski, trombone
“Clair de lune”, arr. for harp & woodwind quintet by Master Sgt. John Blair —
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Adi-Alice Petre *, harp Olivia Coleman, flute Elizabeth Harvey, oboe
Reuben Allan *, clarinet Cooper Taylor *, bassoon Bruno Dippolito, horn
Scherzo op. 10, for 2 trumpets in Bb & organ — Oscar Böhme (1870-1938)
Allegro – Lento assai – Allegro
Paul Kayser *, organ Brianne Borden + & Emma Yeakley, trumpets
Quintet for flute, harp & string trio — Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
III. Andante
IV. Rondo
Adi-Alice Petre *, harp Mikaela Hannon *, flute Jamie Wu *, violin
Louis Coste *, viola Jerrel Martin *, cello
Aria from Holberg Suite, op. 4, Arr. by Emmanuel Legrand for organ, Alto Saxophone & cello — Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Paul Kayser *, organ Tyler Howell, alto saxophone Grace Dashnaw *, cello
Septet in E-Dur, op. 40, for violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, bassoon & horn —
Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
I.Allegro
Paula Lastra-Cancela *, violin Tobias Roth *, viola Grace Dashnaw *, cello
Sydney Anderson, bass Daniel Kim *, clarinet Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon
Jacob Schear, horn
Elegical Concertino for harp & String quartet, op. 13 — Eduard Kiprsky (b.1986)
Adi-Alice Petre *, harp
Aspen Barker * & Luke Stikeleather *, violins Tobias Roth *, viola Jerrel Martin *, cello
INTERMISSION
Suite for Organ Trio & Strings, op.149 — Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
II.Thema mit Veränderungen. Molto Adagio
Paul Kayser *, organ
Luke Stikeleather *, Violin Solo Grace Dashnaw *, Cello Solo.
Aspen Barker * & Louis Coste *, violins Nicole Allen *, viola
Jonathan Lee *, cello Sydney Anderson, bass
Elegy for strings, op.58 — Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Aspen Barker *, Ava Wipff *, Luke Stikeleather *, Jamie Wu * & Paula Lastra-Cancela *, violins
Unna Nousiainen * & Nicole Allen *, violas Sydney Anderson & Jonathan Lee *, cello
Grace Dashnaw *, bass
“Gabriel’s oboe” Arr. for 2 trumpets, horn & trombone — Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Emma Yeakley & Brianne Borden +, trumpets
Bruno Dippolito & Jacob Schear, horns Atira Murawski, trombone
Cavatine in E-Dur, op. 69 — Salomon Jadassohn (1831-1902)
Paula Lastra-Cancela *, violin solo
Reuben Allan * & Daniel Kim *, clarinets Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar * & Cooper Taylor *, bassoons
Jacob Schear & Caleb DeLong, horns
Ava Wipff *, Aspen Barker *, Jamie Wu *, & Louis Coste *, violins
Unna Nousiainen * & Tobias Roth *, violas
Jonathan Lee * & Jerrel Martin *, cellos Grace Dashnaw *, bass
Aria, arr. for alto saxophone and string quintet — Eugène Bozza (1905 -1991)
Noah Pierce, saxophone
Jamie Wu *, Ava Wipff *, violins Nicole Allen *, viola
Sydney Anderson, cello Jerrel Martin *, bass
“At dusk”, for flute, harp and viola — Arthur Foot (1853-1937)
Olivia Coleman, flute Adi-Alice Petre *, harp Nicole Allen *, viola
Organ concerto, FP 93 with Strings — Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Paul Kayser *, organ
Paula Lastra-Cancela *, Luke Stikeleather *, Ava Wipff *, Aspen Barker * & Jamie Wu *, violins
Tobias Roth * & Unna Nousiainen *, violas Jonathan Lee * & Grace Dashnaw *, cellos
Jerrel Martin *, bass
Semyon Rozin+, conductor
* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist
+ Saarburg Festival Faculty
Student Recital – Seebühne an dem Vereinshaus
des Angler – und Gewässerverein, Kell am See
19:30 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
II.Allegro assai
IV.Scherzo
Elizabeth Harvey, oboe Reuben Allan *, clarinet Cooper Taylor *, bassoon
« Ah! vous dirai-je maman » for piano in 6 hands — Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
Greisi Voja, Henrik Kao & Rosalina White, piano
Symphony for brass choir, arr. H.J. Messerschmidt — Victor Ewald (1860-1935)
I.Moderato
Emma Yeakley, trumpet Bruno Dippolito, horn Atira Murawski, trombone
Romance for oboe, horn, piano, op.43b — Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
Henrik Kao, piano Elizabeth Harvey, oboe Bruno Dippolito, horn
Octet “A Huit” for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings — Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
I.Moderato
Daniel Kim *, clarinet Jacob Schear, horn Cooper Taylor *, bassoon
Louis Coste * & Aspen Barker *, violins Tobias Roth *, viola Grace Dashnaw *, cello
“Gabriel’s oboe” Arr. for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone & tuba — Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Emma Yeakley & Brianne Borden +, trumpets
Bruno Dippolito & Jacob Schear, horns Atira Murawski, trombone
Gran Duetto Concertato on the themes from “Sonnambula”, Arr. for 2 clarinets & string quartet by Luis Cosme Gonzalez — Luigi Bassi (1833-1871)
Reuben Allan * & Daniel Kim *, clarinets Jamie Wu * & Aspen Barker *, violins
Nicole Allen *, viola Jonathan Lee *, cello Jerrel Martin *, bass
INTERMISSION
Le gay Paris — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
III. Galop
Brianne Borden +, trumpet solo
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Elizabeth Harvey & Patrick Grimone, oboes
Reuben Allan * & Daniel Kim *, clarinets Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon
Cooper Taylor *, contrabassoon Caleb DeLong & Bruno Dippolito, horns
Duo concertant, Op.55 for 2 saxophones and piano — Jean Baptiste Singelée (1812-1875)
Tyler Howell & Noah Pierce, saxophones Rosalina White, piano
“Sketches” for piano 4 hands — Valeri Gavrilin (1939-1999)
Imitation of Antiquity
The Little Clock
Emma Maughan & Henrik Kao, piano
A Merry Stroll
Waltz
Tarantella
Sungmin Kim * & Jared Pierce +, piano
“Fogo Da Mulata” (Fog of the Mulatto), for trumpet, trombone & piano —
Enrique Crespo (1941-2020)
Brianne Borden +, trumpet Atira Murawski, trombone Sarah Shipp, piano
L’heure du berger for Wind Quintet and piano — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
- Vieux Beaux
- Pin-up Girls
- Les Petits Nerveux
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Pedro Lopez Aguilar, oboe Daniel Kim *, clarinet
Jacob Schear, horn Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon Greisi Voja & Sarah Shipp, piano
Eastwest Suite, IV. Traubensaft aka Bach in the Balkans — Miha Ferk (b.1985)
Noah Pierce, saxophone Louis Coste *, violin Sungmin Kim *, piano
Kaiser-Walzer op. 437 Arr. for chamber group by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) in 1925 — Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)
Sungmin Kim *, piano Mikaela Hannon *, flute Daniel Kim *, clarinet
Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Luke Stikeleather *, violins Unna Nousiainen *, viola
Grace Dashnaw *, cello
* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist
+ Saarburg Festival Faculty
Student Recital – Stadthalle, Saarburg
19:30 Thursday, July 24, 2025
Chaconne for 4 violas, arr. by Ichiro Nodaira (b. 1953) — J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Tobias Roth *, Luke Stikeleather *, Louis Coste * & Unna Nousiainen *, violas
Rokoko Suite, Op.46 for horn in Eb, 2 trumpets in B, trombone (Euphonium) —
Oskar Böhme (1870-1938 )
I.Kleiner Marsch
II.Gavotte
III.Menuett
IV.Deutscher Reigen
Brianne Borden + & Emma Yeakley, trumpets
Bruno Dippolito, horn Atira Murawski, trombone
Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
II.Allegro assai
IV.Scherzo
Elizabeth Harvey, oboe Reuben Allan *, clarinet Cooper Taylor *, bassoon
Piano Quintet, Op. 51 — Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
I.Lent et grave – Animé
Sungmin Kim *, piano
Louis Coste * & Ava Wipff *, violins Nicole Allen *, viola Jonathan Lee *, cello
INTERMISSION
Trio for 3 Cellos in Es-Dur — Antonín Reicha (1770-1836)
IV.Finale. Lento un poco Andante – Allegro
Jonathan Lee *, Jerrel Martin * & Sydney Anderson, cellos
Septet in E-Dur, op. 40, for violin, viola, Cello, bass, clarinet, bassoon & horn — Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
IV.Finale. Andante maestoso – Allegro moderato
Paula Lastra-Cancela *, violin Tobias Roth *, viola
Grace Dashnaw *, cello Sydney Anderson, bass
Daniel Kim *, clarinet Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon Jacob Schear, horn
Piano Quintet in g-moll, op. 30 — Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
IV.Finale. Allegro vivace
Sungmin Kim *, piano
Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Aspen Barker *, violins
Tobias Roth *, viola Grace Dashnaw *, cello
L’heure du berger for Wind Quintet and piano — Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
- Vieux Beaux
- Pin-up Girls
- Les Petits Nerveux
Mikaela Hannon *, flute Pedro Lopez Aguilar, oboe Daniel Kim *, clarinet
Jacob Schear, horn Alfredo Bonilla Aguilar *, bassoon Greisi Voja & Sarah Shipp, piano
Concerto grosso in old style for Strings — Andrzej Koszewski (1922-2015)
III. Andante
Thomas Christian +, Louis Coste *, Jamie Wu * & Aspen Barker *, violins I
Luke Stikeleather *, Paula Lastra-Cancela * & Ava Wipff *, violins II
Tobias Roth *, Unna Nousiainen * & Nicole Allen *, violas
Jonathan Lee * & Sydney Anderson, cellos Grace Dashnaw * & Jerrel Martin *, bass
* Saarburg Festival Guest Artist
+ Saarburg Festival Faculty
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