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2018/2019 “Wister and More!” Concert Series at The German Society of Pennsylvania Biographies Ensemble Nobiles (Paul Heller, tenor; Christian Pohlers, For over 25 years, our “Wister and More!” Concert Series Sunday, November 4, 2018, 3:00pm Sunday, March 17, 2019, 3:00pm tenor; Benjamin Mahns-Mardy, baritone; Lukas Lomtscher, annually hosts The Wister Quartet and other ensembles Pyxis Piano Quartet bass; and Lucas Heller, bass), the a capella quartet from Leip- from a diverse spectrum of talents and internationally Karlsruhe Konzertduo zig, is rooted in the world-famous Thomanerchor. The bal- known musicians. with baritone Grant Youngblood - Fantasy Pieces, ancing of spiritual texts with modern poetry—the music of Following each Sunday concert, audience members are Op. 73 Program will include a Piano Quartet by J.C. Bach, new the English Reformation with much newer musical idiom— invited to a reception in the German Society’s Ratskeller Bartholdy - songs and stories featuring the poetry of Jeffrey Harrison make possible a distinctive and unique concert experience. for coffee and cake, as well as an opportunity to meet Song without Words in D Major, and the music of Chuck Holdeman, and Astor Piazzolla’s the artists. Op. 109 Histoire du Tango for Piano Quartet, arranged by Luigi The Karlsruhe Konzertduo (Reinhard Armleder, and Dag- - Sonata No. 2 in Mazzocchi. mar Hartmann, piano) has been in existence since 1998 and F Major, Op. 99 has established itself as a successful and sought-after duo in Frédéric Chopin - Introduction and Germany and abroad, not least through winning several inter- Polonaise brilliante in C Major, national competitions. The duo regularly earns high praise and Op. 3 fascinates its audiences with profound and captivating inter- Gabriel Fauré - Élégie in C minor, Op. 24 pretations, brilliant technique, and imaginative programming. - Nocturne and Scherzo (1882) - Orientale - Spanish Dance No. 2 Op. 37 Claire Huangci is a graduate of the Settlement Music School and the Curtis Institute of Music, and is currently a resident artist at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik in Germany,

Sunday, January 13, 2019, where she pursues a flourishing international concert career. 3:00pm Elissa Lee Koljonen and Natalie Zhu are both linked to the Curtis Sunday, September 23, 2018, 3:00pm Claire Huangci, piano Sunday, April 14, 2019, 3:00pm Institute of Music. Elissa received international acclaim when she The Casimir Trio became the first recipient of the prestigious Henryk Szeryng Foun- The Wister Quartet Ms. Huangci’s program will include dation Award. Natalie began her piano studies at age six in her preludes of , W. A. Mozart - Violin Sonata, K. 378 Marcel Farago - Prayer native China. At 11 she emigrated to the USA, and by 15 she was a Frédéric Chopin, and Sergei David Finko - (2018) Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in Bb Major, student at Curtis, where she received the Rachmaninoff Award. Rachmaninoff. Bedrich Smetana - Piano Trio, Op. 15 Op. 18, No. 6 Antonin Dvořák - String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 Pyxis Piano Quartet (Luigi Mazzocchi, violin; Amy Leonard, viola; (“American”) Jennifer Jie Jin, cello; and Hiroko Yamazaki, piano) was founded in 2009 to perform chamber music concerts which include works Sunday, February 10, 2019, from the sonata, duo, and trio repertoire as well as traditional and Sunday, October 14, 2018, 3:00pm 3:00pm Sunday, May 12, 2019, contemporary masterpieces. Baritone Grant Youngblood’s or- Ensemble Nobiles chestral appearances have garnered praise for his “smooth lyric Elissa Lee Koljonen and 3:00pm baritone voice bringing beautiful shading and color to the score.”

Ensemble Nobiles will Natalie Zhu EStrella Piano Duo

present a program of “Tales from the East” The Casimir Trio (Marcantonio Barone, piano; Nancy Bean, violin; and Lloyd Smith, cello) has been an established religious and secular Tomaso Vitali - Chaconne in g minor chamber ensemble of 1807 & Friends for more than songs, including selected César Franck - Sonata in A Major Including Rimsky Korsakov’s twenty years, performing the great piano trio repertoire of works of , Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. Scheherazade, Borodin three centuries and championing new works. Robert Schumann, and 7, Op. 30, No.2 Polovtsian Dances, Stravinsky Felix Mendelssohn Tribute to Pablo de Sarasate Petrushka, and more. Bursting on the musical scene in 2011 with a series of great Bartholdy. Russian masterpieces, EStrella Piano Duo, Svetlana Belsky and Elena Doubovitskaya, share their Russian/Ukrainian heritage and training, as well as their enthusiasm for virtuosic four- handed piano recitals. All programs are subject to change.