Episode 101: The Heifetz Holiday Homecoming

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in HeifetzLand…when we get to experience the artistry of our outstanding alums in a joyous celebration of the season. On this program, it’s the “Heifetz Holiday Homecoming,” featuring five-front-rank alums performing yuletide classics as well as classical masterworks…all in the friendly confines of the Heifetz home base of Francis Auditorium in Staunton, Virginia.

THIS EPISODE'S PLAYLIST

Irving Berlin, arr. Jascha Heifetz, arr. Nate Sabat: White Christmas*
Joseph Skerik, viola; Ying Li, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024
*Heifetz Institute Commission

Tchaikovsky, arr. Lynne Latham: Nutcracker Suite
I. Overture
II. March
III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
IV. Arabian Dance
V. Trepak
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Marina Alba López, violin; Joe Skerik, viola; Andres Sanchez, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024

Georg Phillipp Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9
II. Allegro [excerpt]
Steven Baloue, viola; Allison Freeman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.17.2021

Fritz Kreisler: Miniature Viennese March
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Andres Sanchez, cello; Ying Li, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024

Amy Beach: Romance in A Major, Op. 23
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Ying Li, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024

Trad. Catalan, arr. Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds
Andres Sanchez, cello; Ying Li, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024

Leonard Cohen, arr. Claudia Encinas: Hallelujah
Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, arr. Wendy Hellmann:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Marina Alba López, vocals; Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Joe Skerik, viola; Andres Sanchez, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024

Ottorino Respighi: Italiana fr. Ancient Airs & Dances [excerpt]
SoHyun Ko, violin; Minchae Kim, violin; Jerome McCoy, viola; Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Kreeger Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.13.2022

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
I. Allegro
IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin; Marina Alba López, violin; Joe Skerik, viola; Andres Sanchez, cello; Ying Li, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.14.2024