In this year’s Sunday Musicale, Antonin Dvorak’s delightful Piano Quintet in A Major, opus 81 will be heard alongside spirituals arranged by Harry T. Burleigh, African American composer and singer befriended by Dvorak, and by fellow composer Moses Hogan, plus Dvorak’s own beloved vocal work "Songs My Mother Taught Me."
Talented young students from Juilliard will perform a movement from Dvorak’s great "American" String Quartet, composed while summering in the Midwestern countryside. And Dvorak’s spirited piano Furiant in D major, opus 42 No. 1, which opens the program, provides yet another taste of the gems created by the Czech composer.
Concert artists include the Sullivan String Quartet - Laura Jean Goldberg, violin I, Anat Malkin, violin II, Liuh-Wen Ting, viola, and Robert La Rue, cello, with guest pianist Adam Kent; Yolanda F. Johnson, soprano; and Moshe Knoll, piano.
PROGRAM
1. Antonin Dvorak, Furiant in D Major, opus 42 #1, B 85
Moshe Knoll, piano
2. Antonin Dvorak, String Quartet no.12 in F Major, opus 96, the "American"
Allegro ma non troppo
Anne Takemoto, violin I, Juilliard Pre-College student
Kate Takemoto, violin II, Juilliard Pre-College student
Kathleen Lee, viola, Juilliard Pre-College student
Peter Weng, cello, Juilliard School mentor
3. Yolanda F. Johnson, soprano, Moshe Knoll, piano
vocal selections
- Moses Hogan, Give Me Jesus
- Moses Hogan, Down by the Riverside
- Harry T. Burleigh, "Her Eyes, Two Pools" from the song cycle Passionale, with text by James Weldon Johnson
- Harry t. Burleigh, selection TBA
- Antonín Dvořák, "Songs My Mother Taught Me”
— intermission —
Antonin Dvorak, Piano Quintet in A Major opus 81
Allegro ma non tanto
Dumka, Andante con moto
Scherzo (Furiant) Molto vivace
Finale, Allegro
General admission: $30; seniors, students: $20. Tickets may be purchased online through Eventbrite (plus the processing fee), or at the door at the time of the event (cash only).
This event is organized by the Dvorak American Heritage Association, with support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.