Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin & Viola

Jascha Nemtsov, Piano

Resonances from Vilna:

Concert of Jewish Lithuanian composers

Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 18.00

Tolerance Center of the

Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum

Naugarduko g. 10

Vilnius, Lithuania

 

Ornamente: 3 Songs Without Words Op. 42, No.1                                  Alexander Krein

for Viola & Piano (1924/27)                                                                                   (1883–1951)

Andante

Andante

Andante

 

 

 

Rhapsody Op. 11 for Viola & Piano                                                             Alexander Weprik

(1899–1958)

             Recitando: Allegro

Lento, recitando

Non troppo vivace

 

 

 

Two pieces “From the Song of Songs” Op. 5, No. 1 & 2                         Grigory Gamburg

for Viola & Piano (1926)                                                                                          (1900–1967)

 

Andante amabile

Andante

 

 

Two Pieces op. 65a, No. 1 & 2 for Viola & Piano                                            Joseph Achron

(1886–1943)

Improvisation: With calm and freely

Joyously but not too fast

 

 

 

From the cycle 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano solo                 Vsevolod Zaderatsky

(1891–1953)

Premiere Performance

 

 

Caprice Hebraïque Op. 24 for Violin & Piano (1917)                              Alexander Krein

Andante con moto:  Allegretto con grazia

 

 

Aria Op. 41 for Violin & Piano (1927)

Andante

 

 

 

Suite Op. 7 for Violin & Piano (1925)                                                         Alexander Weprik

 

Comoditto, abbandono

Barocco, al rigore di Tempo

Capricioso, ma placido

 

 

 

Suite from the stage music to Stempenyu the Fiddler                              Joseph Achron

for Violin & Piano after Sholom Aleychem (1932)

 

Stempenyu spielt auf

Scher

Freilachs

 

 

Eine Tanzimprovisation on a Hebrew folksong (1914) for Violin & Piano

 

 

Colloquium Vilnense in Spring 2014 is organized jointly by Vilnius University’s Faculty of History, the Center for the Study of the Culture and History of Eastern European Jews, European Humanities University’s Faculty of History and the Vilnius Center for German Studies and the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.