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December 17th, 2016//January 7th, 2017

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Due to a family emergency, the planned Winter 2016 recital was rescheduled into two informal salons, one held on December 17th, 2016 and the second held on January 7th, 2017.


“Allegro”
Shinichi Suzuki (1898–1998)


Suite in G minor, BWV 822
Menuet III
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)


Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Act 3 No. 5: “See, the conqu’ring hero comes!”
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)


English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Gavotte II (or Musette)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Additional Performances

——First Salon——

Forty Children’s Songs on Original and Folk Themes with Piano Accompaniment
33. Spring Song (“All the Birds are Already Here”)
Folk Song

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
7. Menuet, BWV Anhang 116
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)

Sonata no. 12 for Organ and Cembalo
V. Gavotte
Padre Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784)

Gavotte in G minor for Violin with Piano accompaniment
Jean Becker (1833–1884)

Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009
V. Bourrée I & II
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Student Concerto no. 5, Op. 22
Allegro moderato
Friedrich Seitz (1848–1918)

Violin Sonatas, Op. 5
No. 12. La Folia
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)

Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006
Gavotte en Rondeau
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Allegro
     Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo
Canon
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)

——Second Salon——

Bow Technique Demonstration
Pinky/Thumb Balance
     Crab Race
     Up Like a Rocket!

Allegro
Shinichi Suzuki (1898–1998)

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
7. Menuet, BWV Anhang 116
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)

“Firework”
Katy Perry (1984–  ), Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm (1975–  ), and Ester Dean

6 Menuets For the Clavier (WoO 10)
No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
Largo ma non tanto
Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

June 8th, 2013

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Rondeau from Abdelazer
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge is a 1676 adaptation by Aphra Behn of an English Renaissance tragedy written around 1600. The story centers on Eleazar, a prince and prisoner of the Spanish Court who attempts unsuccessfully to seize the Spanish crown, resulting in his death and that of many others. When the play was staged in the summer of 1695, famed British composer Henry Purcell wrote incidental music to accompany it, with the Rondeau written to be the opening music, after the Ouverture. This rondeau was then used by Benjamin Britten as the theme for his The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and has been featured frequently in film and television, including Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).

English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
     V. Gavotte II (ou la Musette)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

A musette, or musette de cour or baroque musette, is a musical instrument similar to bagpipes. It uses a double reed, giving it a quieter sound, similar to the oboe, and was associated with the French court and aristocracy of the early 17th century, when “exotic” and traditional instruments were considered fashionable. After the French Revolution, the rather complicated French musette fell out of favor quickly while simpler forms of bagpipes remained popular as folk instruments.

Suite in G minor, BWV 822
     Gavotte en Rondeau
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Originally composed for harpsichord, this gavotte en rondeau comes from the same suite as the famous minuet known in Suzuki Book 1 as Minuet 1. This suite shows Bach’s French influences. A gavotte en rondeau is a gavotte, a French folk dance characterized by beginning with a two-beat pickup, written as a rondeau, a musical form potentially based on the medieval poetic form of the same name. Rondeaus feature a recurring theme or refrain that repeats after several differing sections or themes.

Additional Performances

Bow Technique Demonstration

Jägerchor (“Hunters’ Chorus”) from Der Freischütz
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)

Theme from La Streghe (“Witches’ Dance”)
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)

VI Menuets for Clavier (WoO 10)
     No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Humoresques for Piano, Op. 101
     Poco lento e grazioso
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 6
     Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Concertino in D Major, Op. 12
     Allegro moderato
Ferdinand Küchler (1867–1937)