Sunday, March 14th, 2009, at 8 pm
Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
Infelice! e tuo credevi (from Ernani)   Giuseppe Verdi
(1813–1901)
Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal (from Don Carlo)  
Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni)   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
   
La Calunnia (from The Barber of Seville)   Gioachino Rossini
(1792–1868)
   
performed by Kang Liu, bass baritone; Marjorie Cassingham, piano
Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos, Op. 56b   Johannes Brahms
(1833–1897)
Thema. Chorale St. Antoni. Andante  
Variation I. Andante con moto  
Variation II. Vivace  
Variation III. Con moto  
Variation IV. Andante  
Variation V. Poco presto  
Variation VI. Vivace  
Variation VII. Grazioso  
Variation VIII. Poco presto  
Finale. Andante  
performed by Hiroko Mizuno, piano; Noriko Manchu*, piano
Crisantemi (originally for String Quartet)   Giacomo Puccini
(1858–1924)
   
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
  Dmitri Shostakovich
(1906–1975)
I. Prelude: Adagio  
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto  
performed by Sue-mi Shin, violin; Tina Minn*, violin; Soyoung Chung*, violin;
Bitna Seol, violin; Aram Bae*, viola; Junghyoun Shim, viola;
Janelle Paek*, cello; Kyung Ah Lee, cello
* guest performers