FIRST MONDAY 2019-2020 * indicates NEC alums October 7 - Schumann Clara Schumann: Romances, Opus 22 (dedicated to Joseph Joachim) Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano Robert Schumann: Spanisches Liebeslieder, Opus 138 Sarah Yanovitch*, soprano; Jaime Korkos*, mezzo sopranoMichael Kuhn*, tenor; Corey Gaudreau*, baritone; Tanya Blaich, Cameron Stowe, piano Robert Schumann: Quintet, Opus 44 Donald Weilerstein, Ari Isaacman-Beck*, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Timotheos Petrin*, cello; Michael Bukhman, piano November 4 - Mendelssohn Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Opus 109 (dedicated to Lisa Cristiani) Sujin Lee*, cello; Jung-A Bang*, piano J.S. Bach: Concerto for 3 harpsichords, BWV 1063 Ian Watson, Peter Sykes*, Nickolai Sheikov* - harpsichord; Gabby Díaz*, Leonard Fu* - violins; Sarah Darling*, viola; Guy Fishman, cello*; Charles Clements*, double bass J.S. Bach: “Erbarme dich” from St. Matthew Passion Erica Brookhyser*, mezzo; Ayano Ninomiya*, obligato violin, Gabby Díaz, Leonard Fu - violins; Sarah Darling, viola; Guy Fishman, cello; Charles Clements, double bass; Nickolai Sheikov, portative organ Mendelssohn: Quintet in B-flat Major, Opus 87 Ayano Ninomiya, Lucy Chapman - violins; Marcus Thompson, Sarah Darling - violas; Lluís Claret, cello December 2 - Brahms Albert Dietrich, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms: F.A.E. Sonata (dedicated to Joseph Joachim) In Mo Yang*, violin; Randall Hodgkinson*, piano Johannes Brahms – Three songs for 6-voice Chorus, Opus 42 Carduus, Holly Druckman* leader Johann Strauss II (arranged by Arnold Schoenberg): Kaiser Walzer (Emperor’s Waltz), Opus 437 Nicholas Kitchen*, In Mo Yang – violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Paul Katz, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Renée Krimsier*, flute; Somin Lee*, clarinet ------------------------- Johannes Brahms: Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34 Nicholas Kitchen, In Mo Yang, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Paul Katz, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano March 2 - American – “Sonorities” Edgar Varèse: Octandre Paula Robison, flute; Amanda Hardy* oboe; Alexis Lanz*, clarinet; Richard Ranti, bassoon; Sarah Sutherland*, French horn; Michael Dobrinski*, trumpet, Robyn Smith*, trombone, Donald Palma, double bass Ken Ueno: Atlas of Cross Destinies – violin and viola Tessa Lark*, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola Bernstein: songs – Darryn Dean*, Daniel Szabo*, piano Leon Kirchner: Trio #1 Merz Trio Joan Tower: DNA Luis Herrera*, Aaron Trant*; Jeff Means* Matthew McKay* percussion April 6 - Beethoven Mozart: Trio in E-flat Major, K.498 Michael Wayne, clarinet; Paul Biss, viola; Victor Rosenbaum, piano Bettina von Arnim and Franz Schubert: Lieder on poetry by Goethe Paula Murrihy*, mezzo; Tanya Blaich*, piano --------------- Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major (“Archduke”), Opus 97 Soovin Kim, violin; Laurence Lesser, cello; HaeSun Paik, piano May 4 - Beethoven Quintet in C Major, Opus 29 Verona String Quartet*; Cathy Basrak, viola “An die ferne Geliebte”, Opus 98 Randall Scarlata, baritone; Cameron Stowe, piano Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132 Parker String Quartet* .