Member Program featuring Audree Raffay, David Kennedy, Scott Lamlein, Maryjane Peluso, Benita Rose, and Anhared Stowe.

This program of mainly pieces written in a romantic vein begins with a group of well loved Legends and Slavonic Dances for four hands at one piano, by Antonin Dvorak. The piano team of Maryjane Peluso and Allison Platt will play Legends, Op. 5, No. 1 in D minor and Op. 59, No. 3, in G minor, and Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 2, in E minor and Op. 46, No. 1, in C major.

(Note: The Dvorak set was not performed due to performer illness.)

The organist, Scott Lamlein, at St. Johns Episcopal church in West Hartford, will play Toccata in F by Dieterich Buxtehude, and from Symphony No. 5 for organ in F minor, the beautiful Adagio and very spirited and well-known Toccata.

Anhared Stowe, violinist and Pi-Hsun Shih, pianist, will perform the Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 47 (The Kreutzer). It is written in the style of a concerto in which he introduced elements of dynamic conflict, giving equal weight to both violin and piano. Anhared is a former player with the Hartford Symphony.

“A Little Bit of Broadway” is the title of baritone David Kennedy’s program. He will sing three songs, including Fiddler on the Roof, If I were a Rich Man, and To Life.

Benita Rose, pianist, will end the program with the Concert Etude No. 2 by Franz Liszt and the stirring Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 12. The Rhapsody is a popular piece, which needs good hand technique for its brilliant passage work and plenty of power for the final conclusion.

PROGRAM

Legends, Op. 59                    Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
    No. 1 (Allegretto non troppo quasi andantino – D minor)

Slavonic Dances, Op. 72        Dvorák
    No. 2 (Dumka. Allegretto grazioso – E minor) Starodavny

Legends, Op. 59                    Dvorák
    No. 3 (Allegro guisto – G minor)

Slavonic Dances, Op. 46        Dvorák
    No. 1 (Presto (Furiant) – C major)

Maryjane Peluso & Allison Platt, piano 4-hands

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A Little Bit of Broadway:
Fiddler on the Roof        Jerry Bock (1928-2010), music; Sheldon Harnik (1924- ), lyrics
    If I Were a Rich Man                
    To Life

David Kennedy, bass-baritone
Sylvia Goldstein, piano

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Toccata in F major, BuxWV 157           Dieterich Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707)

Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1        Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
    Adagio                                     
    Toccata (Allegro)

Scott Lamlein, organ

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Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (Kreutzer)            Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)
    Adagio sostenuto -- Presto                         
                         
Anhared Stowe, violin
Pi-Hsun Shih, piano

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Concert Etudes, S.144                    Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
    No. 3 (Un sospiro)
    
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 12, S.244/12            Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Benita Rose, piano

BIOS

Audree Raffay

technical with things artistic led to his pursuit of web design. This broad knowledge gives his business, North Forty Road Web Design, a keen sensitivity for portraying businesses, individuals, and artist/musicians online in a unique and effective way.

Anhared Stowe

Anhared Stowe retired this past season from the Hartford Symphony after 46 years, 37 of which were as Principal Second Violinist. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she continued to pursue her passion for chamber music, working with groups such as the Hungarian String Quartet and the Guarneri String Quartet. Throughout her career, Ms. Stowe has performed chamber music extensively; she is the founder of the New World Trio and has been its violinist and artistic director for over 25 years. She has performed as soloist with orchestras in Connecticut, Florida, and Iowa. Most recently, Ms. Stowe was heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition”, accompanying the poet Edgar Silex with works of her own composition.

Pi-Hsun Shih

Pi-Hsun Shih enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and teacher. Ms. Shih has been a participant in a number of diverse chamber ensembles, and has been performing with the New World Trio for over a decade. The Taiwanese-American musician has also been a featured soloist with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, where she was also the principal keyboardist. She studied with Gary Steigerwalt, Hong-Kuan Chen, Irma Vallecillo, and Rolf-Peter Wille. Ms. Shih received her DMA from the Hartt School, and her Master of Music from Boston University.

Benita Rose

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Benita Rose has performed throughout the United States, as well as Latvia, Brazil, and Canada as soloist, accompanist, or chamber musician. She has been soloist with Connecticut orchestras as well as the U. S. Coast Guard Band. Her concerto performances with this ensemble were broadcast on over 200 national public radio stations on Martin Goldsmith's Performance Today. She has been a scholarship student at the University of Connecticut and the Hartt School of Music where she received the prestigious Parker Award and Master of Music degree. She has studied with Luiz de Moura Castro, Joseph Villa, Louis Crowder; also, Paul Rutman, David Westfall, Leonard Seeber, and Neal Larrabee; also Menahem Pressler, Emanuel Ax, Ilana Vered, and Raymond Lewenthal; early studies with Olga Froman and Doris Carlson. The winner of numerous competitions, Ms. Rose has performed at Steinway Hall in New York City and also Symphony Space, where she premiered music written for her by composer Jane Brockman. She has been on the faculty of the Orford Center for the Arts in Canada, Moravian College's Summertrios program, Pomfret School, and the University of Connecticut. Ms. Rose is presently an organist at Bethany Lutheran Church in West Hartford, an active recitalist, teacher of award winning students, as well as a frequent adjudicator in the greater Connecticut-New York area.