LYON & HEALY HALL CONCERT SERIES
For more information about the Series or the Hall, please contact Heather Azem at +1.312.786.1881 X312 or by email at hall@lyonhealy.com.
This season we are excited as we literally take you across the world to new venues; not only will we present concerts at Lyon & Healy Hall in Chicago, but also in London and Paris.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 7:15 p.m.
The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Maria Krushevskaya, harp
Solo harpist of the Bolshoi Ballet Orchestra in Moscow and winner of the 7th USA International Harp Competition, Maria Krushevskaya has charmed audiences as a recitalist and concerto soloist throughout Russia, Europe and the United States. She has been featured at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, Lyon & Healy Hall, the Big Hall of Russia, the Gargiles International Harp Festival in France and the International Harp Academy ‘Harp Masters’ in Switzerland. Ms. Krushevskaya makes her London debut in a solo recital.
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach (arr. M.L. Rayan-Forero)
Partita II, BWV 826 in C Minor
Gioachino Rossini (arr. R.N.C. Bochsa)
Rondeau sur le Trio “Zitti, Zitti” du Barbier de Seville
Joseph Jongen
Valse, Op. 73
E. Parish Alvars
Grande Fantaisie sur des motifs de l’opera Lucia di Lammermoor
Carlos Salzedo
Ballade, Op. 28
Enrique Granados (arr. N. Zabaleta)
Valses Poeticos
Jacques Charpentier
La Danse devant l’Arche
Albert Zabel
Fantaisie sur les motifs de l’opera Faust, Op. 12
For tickets and additional information, contact Holywell Music Ltd. at holywell@holywell.co.uk or call +44 207 928 8451
CHICAGO OPENING NIGHT GALA
Saturday, November 12, 2011 8 p.m.
Lyon & Healy Hall, Chicago
Agnès Clément, harp
Andrey Baranov, violin
As the First Prize winner of the 8th USA International Harp Competition, French harpist Agnès Clément, opens the 2011-2012 Series with a special Gala performance. Most recently, Ms. Clément was featured as a soloist at the 11th World Harp Congress in Vancouver. She is joined in recital by Andrey Baranov, a Laureate of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Together they will make their Lyon & Healy Hall debuts.
PROGRAM
Claude Debussy
La Plus que Lente
Manuel de Falla
Spanish Dance from the opera La Vida Breve
Claude Debussy
Valse Romantique
Jean-Philippe Rameau
La Danse des Sauvages
Michael Maganuco
Awakening Stillnesses for Solo Harp
E. Parish-Alvars
Introduction, Cadenza et Rondo
Jules Massenet
Méditation de Thaïs
Dimitri Shostakovich
Four Preludes, Op. 34 (arr. D. Ziganov)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse Scherzo, Op. 34
Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen (gypsy Airs), Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns
Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
Tickets will be available for purchase on October 3 at: www.lyonhealy.tix.com or 1.800.595.4TIX (4849).
Saturday, February 11, 2012 8 p.m.
Lyon & Healy Hall, Chicago
Alexandra Katelyn Mullins, harp
Elizabeth White Clark, harp
Sarah Davis, harp
Samuel Karlinski, harp
The 2011 Lyon & Healy Awards Winners join together in this special Lyon & Healy Hall debut performance. Alexandra Katelyn Mullins currently serves as the harpist of the Charlotte Youth Symphony Orchestra. Elizabeth White Clark was recently named the winner of the Young Professional Division of the American Harp Society National Competition and will serve as the AHS Concert Artist over the next two years. Sarah Davis has held the Principle Harp position at the City Ballet Orchestra and is currently a substitute harpist for the San Diego Symphony. Samuel Karlinski was recently featured in the 11th World Harp Congress’ Focus on Youth program and currently studies at the Juilliard School of Music. They will each be featured as soloists for this performance.
PROGRAM
Benjamin Britten
Suite for Harp
R. Murray Schafer
Crown of Ariadne
Ariadne Awakens
Ariadne’s Dance
Dance of the Bull
Marcel Grandjany
Rhapsody
David Watkins
Fire Dance Suite
Bernard Andres
Duke
Marcel Tournier
Féerie Prélude et Danse
Pierick Houdy
Sonate pour Harpe
Carl Ph. E. Bach
Sonate pour Harpe
Henriette Renié
Légende
Tickets will be available for purchase on October 3 at: www.lyonhealy.tix.com or 1.800.595.4TIX (4849).
Saturday, March 3, 2012 8 p.m.
Lyon & Healy Hall, Chicago
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Lara St. John, violin
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Principle Harpist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993, returns to Lyon & Healy Hall in a duet recital with Canadian violinist Lara St. John. Ms. Langlamet has been featured across the globe as a soloist, orchestral musician and recording artist. Ms. St. John, a Juno Award winner, has performed as a soloist with many orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia and has recorded eight acclaimed albums. Ms. St. John will make her Lyon & Healy Hall debut.
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach
Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Harp, BWV 1020
Franz Schubert
Impromptus. Op. 90 (D. 899) No. 2 and No. 4 for Solo Harp
Sebastian Currier
Night Time for Violin and Harp
Maurice Ravel
Piece en Forme de Habanera
Fritz Kreisler
Liebeslied
Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne
Claude Debussy
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
J. S. Bach
Sonata in E Major for Violin and Harp, BWV 1016
Tickets will be available for purchase on October 3 at: www.lyonhealy.tix.com or 1.800.595.4TIX (4849).
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 at 8:30 p.m.
Savlle Gaveau, Paris
Agnès Clément, harp
French harpist Agnès Clément returns to the Lyon & Healy Concert Series for her debut solo recital in Paris. Winner of the 8th USA International Harp Competition and finalist in numerous other international competitions, she has been featured throughout France, the United States, Canada and Europe. Currently a student at the Superior Music Conservatoire, she studies with Fabrice Pierre, Park Stickney and Sylvain Blassel.
PROGRAM
E. Parish-Alvars
Introduction, Cadence et Rondo
Claude Debussy
Valse Romantique
Henriette Renié
Danse des lutins
Aram Khachaturian
Oriental Dance and Toccata
Philippe Hersant
Bamyan
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Egyptienne
Michael Maganuco
Awakening Stillnesses for Solo Harp
La Boîteuse
La Danse des Sauvages
Johannes Brahms
Valse en E-flat Major
Manuel de Falla
Spanish Dance from the opera La Vida Breve
For tickets and additional information, contact Salle Gaveau at www.sallegaveau.com or +33.01.49.53.0507.
Please click on a season below for more information about past performances.
2005-2006 Lyon & Healy Hall Concert Series
Saturday, October 29, 2005
An Evening of Chamber Music
Hosted by pianist, Charles Wadsworth
Wendy Chen, piano
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet
John Sharp, cello
Program
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Johannes Brahms
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B-flat Major, Op. 11
Samuel Barber
Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Vermeer String Quartet
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Program
Frederick Kuhlau
Quintet for Strings and Flute in A Major, Op. 51 No. 3
Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Ilya Kaler, violin
Stephen Balderston, cello
Boris Slutsky, piano
Program
Johannes Brahms
Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C Minor, Wo02 “FAE Sonata”
Franz Schubert
Fantasia in C Major for Violin and Piano D. 934
Antonin Dvořák
Piano Trio in F Minor Op. 65 (B. 130)
Saturday, February 25, 2006
María Luisa Rayan, harp
Thomas Robertello, flute
Program
Alan Hovhaness
The Garden of Adonis, Op. 245
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in G Minor BWV 1020
Ravi Shankar
L’Aube Enchantée
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Ilya Kaler, violin
Andrea Swan, piano
Program
Tommaso Vitali
Chaconne for Violin and Piano in G Minor
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D Minor, Op. 108
Manuel de Falla
Suite Populaire Espagnole for Violin and Piano
Eugene Ysaye
Sonata No. 6 for Violin Solo in E Major, Op. 27
Niccolo Paganini
I Palpiti: Introduction and Variations on “Di tanti palpiti” from Rossini’s “Tancredi” for Violin and Piano, Op. 13/MS 77
Saturday, April 1, 2006
Nancy Allen, harp
Program
Marcel Tournier
Etude de Concert “Au Matin”
Vers la source dans le bois
Lolita la danseuse from “Images”
Ludwig Spohr
Fantasie for Harp in C Minor, Op. 35
Marcel Grandjany
Children’s Hour Suite, Op. 25
Gabriel Fauré
Impromptu for Harp in D-flat Major, Op. 86
Paul Hindemith
Sonata for Harp
Mikhail Glinka, Arr. Mily Balakirev
The Lark
Sergei Prokofiev
Prelude in C Major, Op. 12
Ernesto Halffter
Danza de la Pastora
Eduardo López-Chavarri
El Viejo Castillo Moro
Isaac Albeniz
Spanish Dance “Oriental”
Manuel de Falla
Spanish Dance No. 1 from “La Vida Breve”
2006-2007 Lyon & Healy Hall Concert Series
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Vermeer String Quartet
Yukiko Ogura, viola
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2
Benjamin Britten
String Quartet, Op. 94, No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in C Major, K. 515
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in C Major, K. 200
Sonata in F Minor, K. 466
Henriette Renié
Ballade Fantastique
Benjamin C.S. Boyle
Suite Sylvanesque (2006)
Gabriel Fauré
Une Châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110
Albert Zabel
Fantasy on Gounod’s Faust
Saturday, December 2, 2006
DaXun Zhang, double bass
Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano
Program
Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70
Reinhold Glière
Intermezzo, Op. 9
David Anderson
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
Han-Kun Sha
Grassland Song
Hai-Huai Huang
Horse Racing
Camille Saint-Saëns
The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals)
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Henri Vieuxtemps
Souvenir d’Amerique, Op. 17 (Variations on Yankee Doodle)
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Program
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Transcribed by Chantal Mathieu
Fantasy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata K. 332
Karol Beffa
Eloge de l’ombre
Claude Debussy
Valse romantique
Wilhelm Posse
Valse
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Franz Schubert
Impromptu D 935 and Hungarian Melody
Aram Khatchatourian
Oriental dance and Toccata
André-François Marescotti
Mouvement
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr. Ferruccio Busoni
Organ Chorale
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
Franz Liszt
From “Années de pèlerinage”
Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este
Vallée d’Oberman
Franz Schubert
Sonata in B-flat, D. 960
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Petar Jankovic, guitar
Program
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Prelude No. 5
Prelude No. 4
Prelude No. 3
Prelude No. 2
Federico Moreno-Torrobba
Sonatina in A Major
Isaac Albeniz
Mallorca
Asturias
Roland Dyens
Libra Sonatina
Astor Piazzolla
Three Tangos
2007-2008 Lyon & Healy Hall Concert Series
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Sivan Magen, harp
Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin
Mihaela Ionescu, violin
Charles Pikler, viola
Loren Brown, cello
Program
Paul Ben-Haim
Poem
Pierre Sancan
Theme et Variations
André Caplet
Divertissement á l’Espagnole
Enrique Granados
Spanish Dance No. 2 (Oriental)
Eduardo López-Chavarri
El Viejo Castillo Moro
Claude Debussy
Dances for Harp and String Quartet
André Caplet
Conte Fantastique
Saturday, November 17, 2007
John Sharp, cello
Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
Program
George Frideric Handel
Adagio and Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in A Major, Op. 69
Zoltán Kodály
Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Ilya Kaler, violin
Svetlana Krasnova, piano
Program
George Frideric Handel
Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Keyboard, Op. 1, No. 6 (HWV 364A)
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Violin Solo (BWV 1104)
Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano (1932)
Fritz Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Violin Solo, Op. 6
Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
Henryk Wieniawski
Legende, Op. 17
Polonaise de Concert in D Major, Op. 4
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Kathryn Brown, piano
Program
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A Major, K. 208
George Frideric Handel
Concerto in B-flat (for solo harp)
Claude Debussy
First Arabesque
Danses Sacrée et Profane
Donald Erb
Sonata for Solo Harp
(commissioned by Yolanda Kondonassis)
Carlos Salzedo
Sonata for Harp and Piano
Chanson dans la nuit
Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style
Saturday, March 8, 2008
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program
Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet NO. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
Antonin Dvořák
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 106
Saturday, April 12, 2008
María Luisa Rayan-Forero, harp
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr. María Luisa Rayan-Forero
Partita 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Partita 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
Astor Piazzolla, Arr. María Luisa Rayan-Forero
Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons)
2008-2009 Lyon & Healy Hall Concert Series
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Maria Krushevskaya, harp
PROGRAM
J. S. Bach (Arr. B. Dobrokhotov)
Toccata in D Minor
Mikhail Glinka-Mily Balakirev (Arr. M. Agazarian)
The Lark
Frédéric Chopin (Arr. W. Posse)
Fantasie-Impromptu
R. Nicolas Charles Bochsa
Rondeau sur le trio “zitti zitti” du “Barbier de Seville” de Rossini
E. Parish-Alvars
Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de l’opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” de Donizetti
Carlos Salzedo
Ballade
Chia-Yu Hsu
Huan
Jacques Charpentier
La Danse devant l’Arche
E. Walter-Küne (Arr. M. Agazarian)
Fantasy on Themes of the opera “Eugene Onegin” by P. Tchaikovsky
Saturday, November 22, 2008 8 p.m.
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Noah Geller, violin
Hyunju Lee, violin
Anna Marie Ahn Petersen, viola
Yumi Kendall, cello
PROGRAM
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Concerto in E Major
Gabriel Pierné
Concertstück
André Caplet
Conte Fantastique after E.A. Poe’s “The Mask of the Red Death”
Marcel Grandjany
Rhapsody for Harp and String Quartet
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8 p.m.
Ángel Padilla Crespo, harp
Lourdes Ambriz, soprano
PROGRAM
Gabriel Fauré
Claire de Lune
En Prière
Dans les Ruis d’un Abbaye
Auguste Durand (Arr. H. Renié)
Valse No. 1, Op. 83
Reynaldo Hahn
L’Enamourée
Si mes Vers avaient des Ailes!
A Chloris
Maurice Ravel (Arr. C. Salzedo)
Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grécques
Enrique Granado (Arr. Nicanor Zabaleta)
Danza Oriental
J. Nin Culmell
Tres Morillas Me Enamoran en Jaén
Fernando J. Obradors
Con Amores la mi Madre
Del Cabello más sutil
El Molondrón
Carlos Guastavino
Se equivocó la Paloma
Nana del Niño Malo
Manuel M. Ponce
Intermezzo
Malgré Tout
Arturo Márquez
Zarabanda y Son
Arturo Márquez
Dibujos Sobre un Puerto
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8 p.m.
The Debussy Trio
PROGRAM
Stephen Andrew Taylor
Viriditas
David Walther
And Then There was a Shark...(world premiere)
Christopher Guardino
Mistral (world premiere)
Lucas Richman
Aperitif (world premiere)
Ian Krouse
Lullaby
Claude Debussy
Sonate (La Deuxieme), pour flute, alto et harpe
Don Davis
Slam Ahead
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8 p.m.
Judy Loman, harp
PROGRAM
J. S. Bach
Praeludium and Fugue in D-Moll
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B Minor, K. 27
Sonata in C Minor, K. 11
Sonata in G Major, K. 14
Alfredo Casella
Sonata per Arpa
Glenn Buhr
Tanzmusik
R. Murray Schafer
The Crown of Ariadne, for harp, percussion and tape
5th ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Jean-Claude Velin, viola
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute and Harp E minor Sonata
Max Bruch
Pieces (3) for Flute, Viola and Harp, Op. 83
Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne
Berceuse from Dolly and Fantasy
Louis-Claude Daquin
The Cuckoo
Franz Liszt
The Nightingale
Mikhail Glinka
The Lark
Astor Piazzolla
Café 1930 and Night Club 1960
Claude Debussy
Sonate for Trio
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 8 p.m.
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
PROGRAM
J. S. Bach/Henriette Renié
Piece en Sol from Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV. 829
Franz Liszt/Henriette Renié
Un Sospiro
Henriette Renié
Danse des lutins
Pièce Symphonique
In Three Episodes
Esteban Benzecry
Alwa
Bernard Andrés
Les Ilets
Isaac Albeniz
Prelude (Asturias), Op. 232 from Cantos de España
Zaragoza from Seconde Suite Espagnole
Ernesto Lecuona
Malagueña from The Spanish Suite Andalucia
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 8 p.m.
María Luisa Rayan-Forero, harp
PROGRAM
Carlos Gustavino
La rosa y el sauce
Bailecito
Pampamapa
Ariel Ramírez
La tristecita
Dorotea la cautiva
Alfonsina y el mar
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Julián Aguirre
Triste No. 4
Triste No. 5
Alberto Ginastera
Milonga
Triste
Danza de la moza donosa
Astor Piazzolla
Otoño Porteño
Milonga del Angel
Muerte del Angel
Libertango
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8 p.m.
Stickney, Sickafoose and Smith
featuring Park Stickney, harp
Todd Sickafoose, bass
Ches Smith, percussion
PROGRAM
Stickney, Sickafoose and Smith’s program featured Mr. Stickney’s original compositions, jazz standards and reworkings of classical pieces in a jazz style. Final program was announced from the stage.
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8 p.m.
Mariko Anraku, harp
Mayumi Miyata, sho
PROGRAM
Toshio Hosokawa
Utsurohi
Atsuhiko Gondai
Shi-Sei for Sho and Harp
Cort Lippe
Music for Sho and Harp
Claude Debussy/Miyata and Anraku
En Bateau
Gabriel Fauré/Miyata and Anraku
Pavane
Traditional/Miyata and Anraku
Greensleeves
Traditional Gagaku Music
Choshi
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 8 p.m.
Emily Mitchell, harp
Gary Schocker, flute
PROGRAM
Jean-Marie Leclair
Flute Sonata in G Major, No. 8
Gary Schocker
Garden in Harp, Four Preludes for Harp (World Premiere)
In Memoriam for Flute and Harp
Beyond the Fog for Flute and Harp
Flute Forest, Flute solo
Jean-Michel Damase
Sonate pour Flute et Harpe
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 8 p.m.
Jana Bouskova, harp
PROGRAM
J. S. Bach
Suita No. 1, BWV. 996
Jan Ladislav Dusík
Sonata es Dur
Bedrich Smetana/Trnecek
Moldau
E. Parish-Alvars
La Mandoline – Grande Fantasie
Niccolo Paganini
La Caccia
E. Parish-Alvars
Introduction, Cadenza and Rondo
All concerts are approximately 90 minutes in length (with interval). In rare occurences, schedule subject to change.
For more information, please contact Heather Azem at +1.312.786.1881 X312 or by email at hall@lyonhealy.com.