Upcoming Events at Mana Contemporary
Description
“The kinetic violinist’s exterior belies a fiery musician, and the vibrant pianist’s performance belies a serious interior: THE NEW YORKERS are the perfect foils for one another, and play in perfect balance.” -The Drozdoff Society
Event Details
THE NEW YORKERS - Pegasus at Mana: Chamber Series
Reception: 6:30pm
Concert: 7:00pm
Featuring THE NEW YORKERS, Eiko Kano (violin) and Karén Hakobyan (piano) prior their departure for an extensive summer tour of Japan. They will present a chamber program structured around two neoclassical masterpieces - Stravinsky's Suite Italienne and Prokofiev's Sonata in D Major Op. 94a. The program will also include Brahm's Second Sonata and Selections from Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.
PROGRAM
I. STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano (1932)
Introduzione
Serenata
Tarantella
Gavotta con due variazioni
Minuetto e finale
J. BRAHMS (1862–1918)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 100 (1886)
I. Allegro amabile
II. Andante tranquillo — Vivace — Andante — Vivace di più — Andante — Vivace
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
INTERMISSION
G. GERSHWIN (1898–1937)
Selections from Porgy & Bess (1980)
Transcribed by J. Heifetz
“Summertime”
“A Woman is A Sometime Thing”
“It Ain’t Necessarily So”
“Bess You Is My Woman”
S. PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major Op. 94a (1943)
I. Moderato
II. Presto - Poco piu mosso del - Tempo I
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Allegro con brio
EIKO KANO
Critically-acclaimed violinist, prizewinner of international competitions, assistant concertmaster of Albany Symphony.
“Electrifying intensity and lyrical expression”
—Kyoto Newspaper
KARÉN HAKOBYAN
Award-winning pianist and composer, founder and conductor of Pegasus: The Orchestra.
“A musician of abundant gifts and bountiful ideas”
—New York Concert Review
Reception: 6:30pm
Concert: 7:00pm
Featuring THE NEW YORKERS, Eiko Kano (violin) and Karén Hakobyan (piano) prior their departure for an extensive summer tour of Japan. They will present a chamber program structured around two neoclassical masterpieces - Stravinsky's Suite Italienne and Prokofiev's Sonata in D Major Op. 94a. The program will also include Brahm's Second Sonata and Selections from Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.
PROGRAM
I. STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano (1932)
Introduzione
Serenata
Tarantella
Gavotta con due variazioni
Minuetto e finale
J. BRAHMS (1862–1918)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 100 (1886)
I. Allegro amabile
II. Andante tranquillo — Vivace — Andante — Vivace di più — Andante — Vivace
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
INTERMISSION
G. GERSHWIN (1898–1937)
Selections from Porgy & Bess (1980)
Transcribed by J. Heifetz
“Summertime”
“A Woman is A Sometime Thing”
“It Ain’t Necessarily So”
“Bess You Is My Woman”
S. PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major Op. 94a (1943)
I. Moderato
II. Presto - Poco piu mosso del - Tempo I
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Allegro con brio
EIKO KANO
Critically-acclaimed violinist, prizewinner of international competitions, assistant concertmaster of Albany Symphony.
“Electrifying intensity and lyrical expression”
—Kyoto Newspaper
KARÉN HAKOBYAN
Award-winning pianist and composer, founder and conductor of Pegasus: The Orchestra.
“A musician of abundant gifts and bountiful ideas”
—New York Concert Review
