Season 14

Season 14

2018 – 2019

 

Concert 1

Sunday, October 21, 2018, 3:00 PM

“SPIRIT”

Kartalyan – Psalm No. 8 (Commissioned by the AMAA) – World Premiere
Aharonian – “The Cry of My Soul”, song cycle on texts by H. Sahyan – World Premiere
Aharonian – Armenian Dance
Brahms – String Sextet No.1, Op.18

Shoushik BarsoumianPhil O’ConnorMovses PogossianElizabeth WilsonCarrie DennisKate VincentAntonio LysyVardan Gasparyan

Concert 2

Sunday, December 16, 2018, 3:00 PM

“FAMILY”

Weinberg – Aria for String Quartet, Op.9
Khachaturyan – Sonata-Monologue for violin solo (1975)
Shostakovich – String Quartet No.10, Op.118
Mendelssohn – Octet, Op.20 (original version)

Martin BeaverVarty ManouelianMovses PogossianEva AronianPaul ColettiCara PogossianClive GreensmithEdvard Pogossian

Concert 3

Sunday, January 27, 2019, 3:00 PM

“MASTER”

Tigran Mansurian’s 80th birthday celebration concert

Ars Poetica (2000)
Agnus Dei (2006)
Three Medieval Taghs (2004)
String Quartet No.3 (1993)

Boris AllakhverdyanMovses PogossianSearmi ParkKim KashkashianMichael KaufmanSteven VanhauwaertJonathan HepferGeghard ChoirVatsche Barsoumian, conductor

Concert 4

Sunday, February 17, 2019, 3:00 PM

“METAMORPHOSIS”

Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Sharafyan – Suite for Clarinet Quintet – World Premiere
Milhaud – Suite for Clarinet, Violin, Piano, Op.157
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op.4

Michele ZukovskyVarty ManouelianSearmi ParkMovses PogossianRobert BrophyLiam BrollyRobert deMaineArmen KsajikianBernadene Blaha

Concert 5

Sunday, March 17, 2019, 3:00 PM

“REVERENCE “(Hommage à Kurtág)

Kurtág – Six Moments Musicaux for String Quartet, Op.44
Avanesov – String Quartet – World Premiere
Petrossian – Lieber Secretorum Henoch, String Quartet – World Premiere
Selections for solo piano from Játékok (Kurtág)
Schubert and Rachmaninov – Moments Musicaux
Avanesov – Feux Follets
Bartók – Improvisations, op. 20 ()

Richard ValituttoMovses PogossianAndrew McIntoshChe-Yen ChenColeman Itzkoff

Concert 6

Sunday, April 14, 2019, 3:00 PM

“BEATING HEART”

Komitas – Dances for Piano
Beethoven – Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1 No.3
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Sergei BabayanVarty ManouelianMovses Pogossian, Viola TBA, Peter Stumpf