PROGRAM:
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Concerto (Suite) for Violin, Cello and Organ, Op. 149
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D for Organ & 2 Violins
Felix Mendelssohn Nachspiel in D major, MWV W 12
Gettano Felice Piazza: Sonata for 2 Organs in F major
Cesario Gussago: Sonata La Leona a 8
SOLOISTS:Giacomo Benedetti
Brunilda Myftaraj, Sanga Yoon, Adrian Sylveen
THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
A Semi-Staged Version of An opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. The opera’s original title, La Maledizion (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by the Count Monterone, whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.
An opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. The opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. The work, Verdi’s sixteenth in the genre, is widely considered to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi’s middle-to-late career.
"WE THE PEOPLE" Immigrant stories in music - part 11
IN PROGRAM:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F-minor
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Stanisław Moniuszko: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
“WE THE PEOPLE” — Immigrant stories in music —
IN PROGRAM:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F-minor
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Stanisław Moniuszko: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
Since 2015, GREVE OPERA ACADEMY & FESTIVAL (4-week residency) offers singers the opportunity to perform roles in fully staged productions with a professional orchestra. The 2025 edition will feature a full production of PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) and the Italian and World premieres of compositions by Italian American composer Ernesto Ferreri.
We are excited to announce the continuation of our Virtuosi Summer Music Institute and Festival, which has been delighting audiences since 2011. The program is designed to address the need for intensive music education for talented and motivated students, that is affordable yet rigorous, comprehensive, and provided by world-class instructors. Our program is open to students who demonstrate a command of their instrument and are able to perform in a variety of musical settings.
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata, Op.19
Sergey Prokofiev: Cello Sonata, Op.119
J. S. Bach: Violin Solo Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Gabriel Faure: The Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Johannes Brahms: The Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Brunilda Myftaraj, violin, Blake Hansen, piano
Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621, Magnificat, RV. 610
Allison Lindsay, alto
An exceptional Chinese young pianist from the Juilliard School of Music, Weiran Lydia Meng will perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Also in the program is the World premiere of XXI Music for string orchestra by a young Polish composer from Gdańsk Music Academy, Sandra Tracz, and Mozart's Symphony No. 29 i A-Major.
An exceptional Chinese young pianist from the Juilliard School of Music, Weiran Lydia Meng will perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Also in the program is the World premiere of XXI Music for string orchestra by a young Polish composer from Gdańsk Music Academy, Sandra Tracz, and Mozart's Symphony No. 29 i A-Major.