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HEIFETZ 2019 FESTIVAL OF CONCERTS – WEEK II FRIDAY, JULY 12 – HeifetzPEG Student Showcase I 12 PM – FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Trio Sonata in C major, Op. 3 No. 8 Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) North Fork Trio Airi Ito, violin Aerin Lee, violin Thomas Mesa, cello String Quartet No. 8 in F major, K. 168 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart III. Menuetto (1756–1791) IV. Allegro Cowpasture Quartet Jacqueline Rodenbeck, violin Bryan Hsu, violin Katharina Kang, viola Mila Wyrick, cello Viola Concerto in the Style of J. C. Bach, YC 98 Henri Casadesus I. Allegro molto ma maestoso (1879–1947) Kei Leigh Mese-Jones, cello Lynne Mackey, piano Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven II. Rondo. Allegro (1770–1827) Monica Dorn, cello Lynne Mackey, piano Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900) Aerin Lee, violin David Ji, piano Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43 Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) Airi Ito, violin Elena Lyalina, piano Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude (1906–1975) Gavotte Waltz South Fork Duo Yolanda Ni, violin Chloe Chung, violin Lynne Mackey, piano Six Duos from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 Béla Bartók (1881–1945) Potomac Duo Jessica Ma, violin Saya (Olivia) Jameson, violin Intermission Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 Johann Sebastian Bach I. Preludio (1685–1750) Iris Danek, violin Scherzo tarantelle, Op. 16 Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880) Bryan Hsu, violin David Ji, piano Havanaise, Op. 83 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Jessica Ma, violin Elena Lyalina, piano Divertimento in D major Franz Joseph Haydn I. Adagio (1732–1809) III. Allegro di molto arr. Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976) Xavier Ip, cello Lynne Mackey, piano Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 86 Edward Elgar I. Adagio – Moderato (1857–1934) Prestin Kim, cello Lynne Mackey, piano Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Mila Wyrick, cello Lynne Mackey, piano Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Camille Saint-Saëns I. Allegro non troppo (1835–1921) Daniel Chin-Garita, violin Elena Lyalina, piano .

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