Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library, Sept. 29-30 & Oct. 1

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Curtis on Tour, The Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music returns to Athens, where Curtis students, faculty, and alumni have appeared annually since 2015. Three unique concerts at Cotsen Hall, the auditorium of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, are presented by the Gennadius Library of the ASCSA and the Schwarz Foundation.

For more than 10 years, Curtis on Tour artists and ensembles have delighted audiences around the globe with performances that are “exhilarating from beginning to end” (The Washington Post). “One of the world’s finest music academies” (BBC Culture), the Curtis Institute of Music pairs tradition and innovation, educating exceptionally gifted young musicians as artist-citizens who engage a local and global community through music-making of the highest caliber. Grounded in the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, tours feature extraordinary emerging artists alongside celebrated alumni and faculty.

*All three concerts in Cotsen Hall start at 8.00pm and will be broadcast live.

 

ARTISTS

• Dennis Chmelensky, baritone
• Maria Ioudenitch, violin
• Emma Meinrenken, violin
• Haesue Lee, viola
• Grace Takeda, viola
• Jean Kim, cello
• Joshua Halpern, cello
• Pallavi Mahidhara, piano

 

 

 

PROGRAM

(subject to change)

Friday, 29 September 2023
60-minute program, no intermission

Chaconne after Violin Partita No. 2 in D-minor (J.S. Bach),
arrangement for piano, left hand alone

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano
 

“Meine Rose,” Op. 90, No. 2 - 

“Dichterliebe,” Op. 48                 
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
 

Nichts Schöneres,” Op. 36, No. 3

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Dennis Chmelensky, baritone
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano
 

Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 14

Romanze
Phantasiestück

Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano

 

“Dichterliebe,” Op. 48 
2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
4. Wenn ich Deine Augen seh‘

„Stille Tränen,” Op. 35
„Der arme Peter,” Op. 53, No. 3

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Dennis Chmelensky, baritone
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano

 

Scherzo in E-flat minor, Op. 4

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano

 

„Oh, if you could only,” Op. 38, No. 4
“None but the lonely heart,” Op. 6, No. 6 

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dennis Chmelensky, baritone
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano

 

Saturday, 30 September 2023
60-minute program, no intermission

 

String Sextet from the opera Capriccio, Op. 85 

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Maria Ioudenitch, violin
Emma Meinrenken, violin
Haesue Lee, viola
Grace Takeda, viola
Jean Kim, cello
Joshua Halpern, cello