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THE LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS ASSOCIATION Winners Recital Sunday, May 21, 2:00 p.m. Private Home, La Jolla RD
ANNUAL YOUNGARTISTS COMPETITIONRECITAL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Event Sponsors: Lulu Hsu, Sylvia Liwerant, Susanna and David Han-Sanzi
Young Artist Performance Sponsor: Joan Forrest Young Artists Performance Fund
Welcome: Stephanie Weaver Yankee, Executive Director
Judges:
Instrumental: Angela Choong, Yewon Lee, Jeff Nevin
Vocal: Steven Kronauer, Victoria Robertson, Lisa Sylvester
YAC Committee: Fiona Chatwin and Laurinda Nikkel, Vocal Chairs; Jeanne Saier and Susanna Han, Instrumental Chairs
Staff: Stephanie Weaver Yankee, Executive Director; Adam Perez, Operations Manager; Melanie Intrieri, Marketing
Volunteers: Sally Dean, Satomi Saito and Marianne Schamp
Luncheon: Vanya Russell
RECITAL PROGRAM
Accompanists:SarahAmos,YuliaAtoyan,KyleAdamBlair,DanaBurnett, PhilDannels,ElenaGalitskaia,OksanaGermain,MarkHarikian,JaebonHwang, Cho-HyunPark,LeighPettit,LegorRomanenko,SuzieSchick,BryanVerhoye, RuthWeber
Encouragement Award (18 yrs & younger)
Glenna Hazelton Memorial Award
DEBORA OKHOTINA, CELLO Cho-Hyun Park, piano
Cello Suite No 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 I Prelude by J S Bach 1720
Dance of the Green Devil by Gaspar Cassadó 1926
Cello Concerto No 1 in E-Flat Major, Op 107 I Allegretto by Dmitri Shostakovich 1959
Encouragement Award (18 yrs & younger)
SOREN PEDERSEN, BARITONE Phil Dannels, piano
“Is not his word like a fire” from Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn 1846
“You bet it’s gonna be diff’rent” from Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd 1969 Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by Maurice Ravel 1933
I. Chanson Romanesque
II Chanson épique
III Chanson à noire
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RECITAL PROGRAM CONT.
Honorable Mention
Sponsored by John Yankee and Stephanie Weaver Yankee
NATHAN MUN, CLARINET
Leigh Pettit, piano
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K 622 I Allegro by W A Mozart 1791
Solo de concours by André Messager 1899
Fantasy for Bb Clarinet by Malcom Arnold 1966
Honorable Mention
Sponsored by Stephen Marsh
THERESA KESSER, SOPRANO
Bryan Verhoye, piano
“Hear Ye, Israel” from Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn 1846
“The Trees on the Mountain” from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd 1955
Vier Letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss 1948 (piano arrangement by Max Wolff)
I. Frühling
II. September
Best Performance of a Contemporary Work
Sponsored by Susanna and David Han-Sanzi
ROBERT BUI, CELLO
Sarah Amos, piano
Sinfonia Concertante in E minor, Op 125 I Andante by Sergei Prokofiev 1951
Pampeana No 2 by Alberto Ginastera 1950
Kottos by Iannis Xenakis 1977
Best Performance of a Contemporary Work
AMANDA OLEA, SOPRANO
Leigh Pettit, piano
“Let the Bright Seraphim” from Samson by George Frederic Handel 1741
“His Name is Jan” from Breaking the Waves by Missy Mazzoli 2016
Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 by Villa Lobos 1938/45
I Cantilena, II Dança
Third Place
EMILY HARRINGTON, FLUTE/PICCOLO
Matt Harikian, piano
Concerto No 7 for Flute and Orchestra, I Allegro by François Devienne 1787
Syrinx by Claude Debussy 1913
Sonata for Piccolo and Piano by Amanda Harberg 2018
I. Allegro, flowing
RECITAL PROGRAM CONT.
II Moderato, dreamy
III Vivace, driving, playful
Third Place (Tie with KIMBERLY BENAVIDES, SOPRANO)
ANDREW KONOPAK, Baritone
Suzie Schick, piano
“For the mountains shall depart” from Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn 1846
“Onegin's Aria” from Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky 1879
Old American Songs by Aaron Copland 1950
I The Boatmen's Dance
III Long Time Ago
VII Zion's Walls
Second Place
Patricia and Christopher Weil Family Foundation
CADEN JIANG, VIOLIN
Yulia Atoyan, piano
Violin Concerto No 1 in D Major, Op 19 II Scherzo by Sergei Prokofiev 1917
Carmen Fantasy by Franz Waxman 1946
Partita for Solo Violin, Op 12 I Prelude II Scherzo by Vytautas Barkauskas 1967
Second Place
EMILY WEINBERG, MEZZO SOPRANO
Suzie Schick, piano
“Fac, ut portem Christi mortem” from Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1736
“Things Change, Jo” from Little Women by Mark Adamo 1998
Les nuit d'ete, by Hector Berlioz 1841
I. Villanelle
II Le Spectre de la Rose
First Place
Milton H Saier Memorial Award
ROBERT GLEISER, VIOLIN
Oksana Germain, piano
Sonata No 4 in E minor, Op 27 1 Allemande by Eugene Ysaÿe 1923
Violin Concerto, Op 14 1 Allegro by Samuel Barber 1939
Violin Concerto No 1 1 104-120 by Philip Glass 1987
First Place
Sponsored by Marie Nelson
KIMBERLY BENAVIDES, SOPRANO
Suzie Schick, piano
“Quia respexit” from Magnificat by J S Bach 1723
“I have dreamt” from Wuthering Heights by Bernard Hermann 1951
Sieben frühe Lieder by Alban Berg 1907
I Nacht
II Die Nachtigal
III Im Zimmer
