BWW Previews: ACADEMY OF MUSIC SUMMER FESTIVAL at Grace Church Nyack

The Academy of Music Summer Festival

The 16th Annual Summer Music Festival

Grace Church, Nyack, New York

June 7 ~ June 21, 2015

The residents of Nyack have long been aware of the marvelous musical gem they possess. Its called: The Academy of Music Summer Festival. Every summer for the last 16 years Hudson Valley audiences have been treated to some of the finest chamber music concerts available anywhere in the world. This year will be no exception as the Academy presents an extraordinary program of audience favorites, rarely heard masterpieces and some wonderfuly exotic gems.

The roster includes world-renowned artists and rising stars in solo and chamber performances. Amongst them, violinist Mikhail Kopelman of the Kopelman Quartet; Orpheus cellist Julia Lichten; founding cellist of the American String Quartet, David Geber; pianist Christopher Oldfather; soprano Korliss Uecker; violinist Nicholas Mann; violinist/violist Anat Malkin Almani; violinist Bracha Malkin as well as many other guest artists.

Opening Night!

SUNDAY, JUNE 7 at 7:30PM

1. Requiem for Three Cellos - David Popper
2. Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 - Johannes Brahms
3. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 - Antonin Dvorak

• Caterina Szepes, violin
• Bracha Malkin, violin
• Anat Malkin Almani, viola
• Julia Lichten, cello
• David Geber, cello
• Jerry Grossman, cello
• Christopher Oldfather, piano
• Elizaveta Kopelman, piano

Masterpieces

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 at 7:30 PM

Festival artists delight in performances of Mozart's exquisite Piano Quartet No. 1 and the very passionate Piano Quintet in E-flat Major by Schumann. In addition, Korliss Uecker, Christopher Oldfather and Anat Malkin Almani perform Brahms' Songs for soprano, viola and piano.

1. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 No.1 Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op.91 No.2 - Johannes Brahms
3. Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - Robert Schumann

• Korliss Uecker, soprano
• Benjamin Breen, violin
• Misha Keylin, violin
• Anat Malkin Almani, viola
• Jerry Grossman, cello
• Golda Tatz, piano
• Christopher Oldfather, piano

An Evening of Intimate String Quintets

SUNDAY, JUNE 14 at 7:30 PM

There is nothing like the sound of a string quintet- join festival artists, Bracha Malkin, Jerry Grossman, Mikhail Kopelman, Julia Lichten, David Geber and other artists in the stunning string quintets of Mozart and Glazunov.

1. String Quintet No. 3 in G minor, K. 516 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Trio on a Russian Theme: String Trio in G minor - Alexander Borodin
3. String Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos in A major, Op. 39 - Alexander Glazunov
4. Danzas Argentinas: N°2 "de la moza donosa" - Alberto Ginastera

• Bracha Malkin, violin
• Yulia Ziskin, violin
• Mikhail Kopelman, violin
• Rebecca Young, viola
• Anat Malkin Almani, violin/Viola
• Jerry Grossman, cello
• Julia Lichten, cello
• David Geber, cello

Flute and Friends

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 at 7:30 PM

Linda Chesis joins festival artists in performance of chamber works for flute and strings, followed by Arensky's formidable piano trio in D minor.

1. Ten Preludes for Violin and Piano, Transcribed by D. Tzyganov - Dmitri Shostakovich
2. Piano Trio in D minor - Anton Arensky

• Linda Chesis, flute
• Anat Malkin Almani, viola
• Mikhail Kopelman, violin
• Paivyt Meller, violin
• Jerry Grossman, cello
• Anna Gurfinkel, piano
• Elizaveta Kopelman, piano

Gala Concert

Music Of Grandeur

SATURDAY, JUNE 20 at 7:30 PM

Join acting concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Sheryl Staples, and festival artists as we bring this season to a close. The festive program features Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, songs for soprano and piano, and the incomparable Piano Quintet by Brahms.

1. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor - Felix Mendelssohn
2. Songs - Claude Debussy
3. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34a - Johannes Brahms

• Korliss Uecker, soprano
• Sheryl Staples, violin
• Bracha Malkin, violin
• Mikhail Kopelman, violin
• Anat Malkin Almani, Viola
• Julia Lichten, cello
• Christopher Oldfather, piano

Tickets are available at: http://academyofmusicfestival.com/

Peter Danish

Classical Music Editor in Chief

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