October 12, 2021 in Slavonian Hall, Old Town Tacoma
String Quartets
Performed by
Maria Sampen and Svend Ronning, violin
Timothy Christie, viola and Alistair MacRae, cello
Program
Boulogne,
Joseph, Chevalier de Saint-Georges ………. Quartet No. 5 in G
major
I.
Allegro Assai
II.
Gratioso
Haydn,
Joseph……. Quartet Op. 74, No. 3; “Apponyi, The Horseman
(‘Rider’)”
- I.
Allegro
- II.
Largo
assai
- III Minuet.
Allegretto
- IV Finale.
Allegro con brio
Prokofiev,
Sergey…………………Quartet No. 2, Op. 92 (1941)
- I.
Allegro sostenuto
- II.
Adagio—Poco piu animato—Poco
meno—Tempo I
- III.
Allegro—Pochissimo meno—Tempo
I—Andante molto—Quasi Allegro I, ma un poco piu tranquillo
This evening’s performers:
Timothy Christie, Violinist and violist, enjoys a multifaceted
career as performer, teacher, public speaker and recording artist. He is the
Founder and Artistic Director of the Walla Walla Chamber Music
Festival (WWCMF). He
is on the faculty of the Community Music Department at the University of Puget
Sound in Tacoma, WA, and is a member of IRIS
Orchestra in Memphis, TN and Brave
New Works. Christie regularly collaborates with Third
Coast Percussion, Spektral Quartet, PRISM Quartet, PROJECT Trio, Sybarite5,
Turtle Island Quartet, the Harlem Quartet, The Westerlies. He can be heard on
recordings of William Bolcom’s Piano Quintet and William Albright’s Clarinet
Quintet on AMP Records.
Christie earned dual undergraduate degrees in
Music and English Literature at the University of Michigan, and a Master of
Music degree, also from U of M.
Cellist Alistair MacRae is the Cordelia
Wikarski-Miedel Artist in Residence at University of Puget Sound School of
Music and the cellist of the Puget Sound
Piano Trio. He has appeared as a soloist, chamber
musician, and orchestral principal throughout North America and in Europe,
Asia, South America, and the Middle East. He is Principal Cello of the
Princeton Symphony Orchestra and also performs with his wife, soprano Allison
Pohl, in the voice and cello duo Soprello. In addition, he is a member of the
Artist Faculty at the Brevard Music Center. Alistair’s playing has been praised
for its "rich sound and lyrical phrasing" (Palm Beach Daily News) and
his performances have been featured in radio broadcasts across the United
States on WQXR, WWFM, WDAV, WCQS, KING FM, and Vermont Public Radio.
Svend Rønning, violinist, is Chair of the String Division at
Pacific Lutheran University and
Professor of Music. Dr. Rønning a native of the Pacific Northwest, holds a
degree in violin performance from PLU, and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University. He is Concertmaster of Symphony
Tacoma, and performs frequently as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and
recording artist. Dr. Rønning is Artistic Director of the Second City Chamber
Series. He has appeared at Aspen, Eastern,
Harkness, Jerusalem, Methow, Pacific, Rhode Island, Spoleto and
Wintergreen Music festivals and served as Concertmaster of
the Charlottesville Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, the Spoleto
U.S.A. Chamber Orchestra, and the Tacoma Opera Orchestra. As
soloist, he has appeared with numerous orchestras, including
the Charlottesville Symphony, the Prague Radio Symphony, Orchestra
Seattle, and Symphony Tacoma.
Maria Sampen, violinist, performs both standard
repertoire and new experimental works, including concertos, concerts and
masterclasses, in Europe, Asia, Canada and throughout the United States. Dr.
Sampen has commissioned and premiered recent concertos and chamber works by
composers David Glenn, Marilyn Shrude, Robert Hutchinson, and by Marcos Balter,
Andrew Mead, Robert Morris, Nico Muhly and Forrest Pierce. She performed solo
recitals and masterclasses at the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu, China and recently
performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and the premiere of David Glenn’s
“Romantic Rhapsody on Themes of Mozart” with the Walla Walla Symphony,
performances with the Turtle Island Quartet in Seattle and as a featured
chamber musician at the Icicle Creek Summer Chamber Music Institute and the
Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival. She has been featured as a soloist on KING
FM and other public radio stations across the country and has released
recordings on AMP Records, Block M Records and Perspectives in New Music/Open
Space. In addition to her work as a soloist, Sampen concertizes frequently with
her new music group, Brave New Works, as well as the IRIS Orchestra of
Tennessee, and the Puget Sound Piano Trio.
Classical Tuesdays’ next event: November 9
at 7:00pm in Slavonian Hall and virtual
Trio
Guadalevin with guest artist Guo Ke for a musical journey from Spain to Mexico!
