10th Anniversary season: in-person and online VADIM GLUZMAN ANGELA YOFFE ATAR ARAD WILLIAM WOLFRAM PAUL NEUBAUER ARIEL STRING QUARTET JANICE CARISSA MASHA LAKISOVA KATHERINE AUDAS ILYA SHTERENBERG ROSE ARMBRUST GRIFFIN JOSHUA BROWN ERIC REED JULIAN RHEE JACQUELINE AUDAS MARLENE NGALISSAMY LISA SHIHOTEN WENDY WARNER MARK KOSOWER KURT MUROKI VADIM GLUZMAN ANGELA YOFFE ATAR ARAD WILLIAM WOLFRAM PAUL NEUBAUER ARIEL STRING QUARTET JANICE CARISSA MASHA LAKISOVA KATHERINE AUDAS ILYA SHTERENBERG ROSE ARMBRUST GRIFFIN JOSHUA BROWN ERIC REED JULIAN RHEE JACQUELINE AUDAS MARLENE NGALISSAMY LISA SHIHOTEN WENDY WARNER MARK KOSOWER KURT MUROKI VADIM GLUZMAN ANGELA YOFFE ATAR ARAD WILLIAM WOLFRAM PAUL NEUBAUER ARIEL STRING QUARTET JANICE CARISSA MASHA LAKISOVA KATHERINE AUDAS ILYA SHTERENBERG ROSE ARMBRUST GRIFFIN JOSHUA BROWN ERIC REED JULIAN RHEE JACQUELINE AUDAS MARLENE NGALISSAMY LISA SHIHOTEN WENDY WARNER MARK KOSOWER KURT MUROKI Vadim Gluzman, Artistic Director Angela Yoffe, Executive Director June 9, 11 and 12, 2021 The Village Presbyterian Church 1300 Shermer Road, Northbrook, IL www.nscmf.org NSCMF 2O21 COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR AWARDS Our Community Ambassador Award is given each year to recognize an individual, organization, or corporate partner whose compelling dedication to the arts and support of the North Shore Chamber Music Festival empowers us to enrich the cultural life of Chicago’s North Shore and the State of Illinois. In celebration of our 10th anniversary milestone, this season’s Community Ambassador Awards are gratefully presented to the following wonderful organizations that have steadfastly supported NSCMF since its first festival season in 2011. PIANOFORTE CHICAGO VILLAGE CHURCH OF NORTHBROOK SUNSET FOODS OF NORTHBROOK 1O TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON NORTH SHORE MUSIC ALLIANCE PRESENTS: VADIM GLUZMAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANGELA YOFFE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JUNE 9, 11, 12, 2021 THE VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1300 SHERMER ROAD, NORTHBROOK, IL FESTIVAL ARTISTS: VADIM GLUZMAN, LISA SHIHOTEN, JACQUELINE AUDAS*, MASHA LAKISOVA*, JULIAN RHEE*, JOSHUA BROWN* VIOLIN WENDY WARNER, MARK KOSOWER, KATHERINE AUDAS* CELLO ATAR ARAD, PAUL NEUBAUER, ROSE ARMBRUST GRIFFIN VIOLA WILLIAM WOLFRAM, ANGELA YOFFE, JANICE CARISSA* PIANO ILYA SHTERENBERG CLARINET KURT MUROKI DOUBLE BASS ERIC REED FRENCH HORN MARLENE NGALISSAMY*, BASSOON ARIEL STRING QUARTET: ALEXANDRA KAZOVSKY, GERSHON GERCHIKOV VIOLIN AMIT EVEN-TOV CELLO JAN GRÜNING VIOLA MICHAEL VOLPERT MUSIC ADVISOR * AFSF Recipient www.nscmf.org WELCOME TO THE NORTH SHORE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Dear Friends, Welcome to the North Shore Chamber Music Festival - the music makers! We had a dream. We wanted to start a chamber music festival as a way to enhance and give back to our community. In 2011, we were running errands near our home in Chicago’s North Shore, noticed the Village Presbyterian Church, and quickly realized it would be ideal for such an event. For participating artists, we knew we could draw on a top-notch network of friends and colleagues with whom we have had the good fortune to collaborate throughout the years. What resulted was the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, which takes place each June over three days in Northbrook. If not for the pandemic, 2020 would have marked the 10th anniver- sary of the festival – a noteworthy milestone in the rough-and-tumble non-profit world. During this unprecedented year, we created a new onstage/offstage series presented at the beautiful PianoForte Studios with limited in-person seating that enjoyed a livestream audience of tens of thousands of people in the Chicago area and around the globe. Our concerts were streamed in Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Bright Star Community Outreach, and included perfor- mances by the talented students of The Betty Haag Academy of Music. Today we are extremely proud and moved to welcome you to the celebration! Thanks to all our donors and especially that of our lead sponsor, The Alphadyne Foundation, we are able to offer complimentary access to everyone in celebration of our 10th anniversary and as a gesture of thanks and encouragement to our community here on Chicago’s North Shore and elsewhere. Among the festival highlights are Beethoven’s Septet, Brahms’ grandiose Piano Quintet, Hun- garian composer Ernst von Dohnányi’s Sextet, featuring elements of jazz and what one writer has described as a “lopsided Viennese waltz.” Continuing the festival’s commitment to education, the concert on June 11th features past and present recipients of the Arkady Fomin Scholarship Fund. They will be joined by the festi- val artists - bridging generations in a heartwarming program full of beauty and virtuosity called “Romance from France” This special year, all the Artists will be familiar faces. Violist and composer Atar Arad, violinist Lisa Shihoten, clarinetist Ilya Shterenberg, cellist Wendy Warner and pianist William Wolfram have all appeared numerous times at the festival, including its debut edition in 2011. 2021 is a big year for the North Shore Chamber Music Festival for many reasons. If you are a regular attendee, or joining us for the first time - we are so happy to see you, and experience music together as a sign of a new, brighter beginning. Welcome to the NSCMF - the music makers! Yours truly, Vadim Gluzman Angela Yoffe Artistic Director Executive Director 4 www.nscmf.org ­­The North Shore Music Alliance, the NSCMF and its Directors Angela Yoffe and Vadim Gluzman would like to salute the young performers, and express our deep appreciation to THE MAGICAL STRINGS OF YOUTH OF THE BETTY HAAG ACADEMY OF MUSIC Our special thanks and gratitude to the extraordinary teacher and human being, the Founder and Director of the Academy—Betty Haag-Kuhnke—for her endless enthusiasm, belief and continuous support of this project. www.nscmf.org WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 AT 7:30PM THE VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHBROOK OPENING NIGHT – MOSTLY BEETHOVEN ATAR ARAD Toccatina A La Turk for violin and viola Lisa Shihoten, violin; Atar Arad, viola LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op.59. No.3 “Razumovsky” Andante con moto - Allegro vivace Andante con moto quasi allegretto Menuetto (Grazioso) Allegro molto Ariel String Quartet INTERMISSION NSCMF presents Community Ambassador Awards 2020 PianoForte Chicago The Village Church of Northbrook Sunset Foods of Northbrook LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Septet in E-flat major, Op.20 Adagio – Allegro con brio Adagio cantabile Tempo di menuetto Tema con variazioni: Andante Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace Andante con moto alla marcia – Presto Vadim Gluzman, violin; Atar Arad, viola; Mark Kosower, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Ilya Shterenberg, clarinet; Marlene Ngalissamy, bassoon*; Eric Reed, french horn *AFSF Recipients Tonight’s program will be recorded by WFMT - Chicago’s Classical and fine arts station.Streaming on The Violin Channel NSCMF 2021 concerts will be streamed worldwide by Elan Cinema The North Shore Chamber Music Festival is grateful to The Village Presbyterian Church for hosting the Festival PianoForte Chicago for graciously providing the grand piano for the Festival The Hilton Chicago Northbrook - the official hotel of the North Shore Chamber Music Festival PLEASE SWITCH OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES 6 www.nscmf.org FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021 AT 7:30PM THE VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHBROOK THE STARS OF TOMORROW! ROMANCE FROM FRANCE AFSF Recipients and Festival Artists MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI Suite for two violins and piano Op. 71 Allegro energico Allegro moderato Lento assai Molto vivace Vadim Gluzman, Julian Rhee*, Masha Lakisova*, Joshua Brown*, Jacqueline Audas* violin; William Wolfram, piano CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Sonata for bassoon and piano Op. 168 Allegro moderato Allegro scherzando Molto adagio – Allegro moderato Marlene Ngalissamy*, bassoon; Janice Carissa*, piano PABLO DE SARASATE Navarra for two violins and piano Op.33 Jacqueline Audas*, Joshua Brown*, violin; Angela Yoffe, piano INTERMISSION CESAR FRANCK Piano Quintet in F minor Molto moderato Lento Allegro non troppo Janice Carissa*, piano; Masha Lakisova*, Joshua Brown*, violin; Julian Rhee*, viola; Katherine Audas*, cello *AFSF Recipients Tonight’s program will be recorded by WFMT - Chicago’s Classical and fine arts station.Streaming on The Violin Channel NSCMF 2021 concerts will be streamed worldwide by Elan Cinema The North Shore Chamber Music Festival is grateful to The Village Presbyterian Church for hosting the Festival PianoForte Chicago for graciously providing the grand piano for the Festival The Hilton Chicago Northbrook - the official hotel of the North Shore Chamber Music Festival PLEASE SWITCH OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES www.nscmf.org 7 SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2021 AT 7:30PM THE VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHBROOK “BRAHMS AND COMPANY” JOSEPH HAYDN Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob. XV/25 (Gypsy Trio) Andante Poco Adagio Finale: Rondo all’Ongarese - Presto Angela Yoffe, piano; Vadim Gluzman, violin; Wendy Warner, cello ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI Sextet for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet & horn in C major, Op. 37 Allegro appassionato Intermezzo: Adagio Allegro con sentiment Finale. Allegro vivace, giocoso Janice Carissa, piano; Lisa Shihoten, violin; Rose Armbrust, viola; Mark Kosower, cello, Ilya Shterenberg, clarinet; Eric Reed, french horn INTERMISSION 2021 Appreciation Award presented to Michael Volpert, Music Advisor JOHANNES BRAHMS The Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Allegro non troppo Andante, un poco Adagio Scherzo: Allegro Finale: Poco sostenuto. Allegro non troppo William