Episode 13: Heifetz Hear & Now

On this episode of Heifetz on Air, it’s Heifetz Hear and Now, featuring the performers – and performances – of our new concert series that unites Heifetz faculty greats in solo and chamber settings with members of our Heifetz Ensemble in Residence.

This Episode’s Playlist

Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasia No. 7 in E-flat Major
I. Dolce
II. Allegro
Carlos Rafael Martinez Arroyo, violin
WTJU Studios, Charlottesville, VA
WTJU Recording | 10.27.2022

Ernst von Dohnányi : Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
I. Marcia
Carlos Rafael Martinez Arroyo, violin | Joseph Skerik, violin | Serge Kalinovsky, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.06.2022

Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94
I. Nicht schnell
II. Einfach, innig
III. Nicht schnell
Serge Kalinovsky, cello | Lynne Mackey, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.06.2022

Antonin Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47 [excerpt]
III. Allegretto scherzando
Yezu Woo, violin | Julia Angelov, violin | Coleman Itzkoff, cello | Florence Jowers, harmonium
Great Hall, Blackburn Inn & Conference Center, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.26.2021

Ernst von Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
I. Allegro – Adagio – Tempo I
Fiona Khuong-Huu, violin | Ilya Kaler, violin | Joseph Skerik, viola | Boubacar Diallo, cello | Allison Freeman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.06.2022

Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor (1918)
I. Allegro vivo
II. Intermède: fantasque et léger
III. Finale: très animé
Ilya Kaler, violin | Allison Freeman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.06.2022

Alexander Glazunov: String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39
IV – Allegro Moderato
Chloé Kiffer, violin | Pinhua Zeng, violin | Tabea Haarmann-Thiemann, viola | Steven Doane, cello | Rosemary Elliott, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.15.2017

 

Go Deeper

• Check out the biography of Heifetz violinist and teacher Ilya Kaler, featured in this episode. Now on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute Music, the Moscow-born Kaler is the competition world’s version of a Triple Crown winner: He was the Gold Medalist at the Paganini competition in Genoa in 1981; the Sibelius competition in Helsinki in 1985, and finally the International Tchaikovsky competition in his native Moscow in 1986. 
• This fifth concert in our Heifetz Hear & Now series features acclaimed cellists Steven Doane & Rosie Elliott alongside the exceptional young musicians of the Heifetz Ensemble in Residence—violinist Yezu Woo, cellist Allen Liang, and violist Laura Liu—performing in the friendly intimacy of Francis Auditorium. Click here for program details and to purchase tickets.
• This episode features two works by the Hungarian pianist, composer, and teacher Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 – 1960). Born in Hungary, he later emigrate to the United States and taught at Florida State University. Read his fascinating biography here.