Program for October's String Quartets

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)

1. I.                 Allegro sostenuto
2. II.               Adagio—Poco piu animato—Poco meno—Tempo I
3. 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!