Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Nokuthula Ngwenyama and Anna Polansky perform a program
dedicated to the memory of pianist Joseph Kalichstein, founding member of the
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Saturday, October 15, 2022
7:30 p.m. Westby Pavilion
Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia
Florence Price Sonata for Piano in E Minor, II. Andante
Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25
Pre-concert talk with Ngwenyama: 2:15 pm
Mozart Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
Nokuthula Ngwenyama Elegy – OK premiere co-commissioned by Chamber Music Tulsa
Dvořák Quartet in E-flat, Op. 87
Anna Polonsky, piano
Jaime Laredo, violin
Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola
Sharon Robinson, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA
Elegy
Kennedy Center Co-Commission (D.C. Premiere)
ANTONĺN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson (of the former Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio) join pianist Anna Polonsky and acclaimed violist/composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama to premiere Ngwenyama’s new piano quartet Elegy—a Kennedy Center co-commission written in response to the social reckoning of 2020.
Featuring composer/performers:
Valerie Coleman, flute
Nokuthula Ngwenyama, vocal/viola
The Phoenix Boys Choir
Herbert Washington, music director/conductor
&
The Elixir Piano Trio:
Samvel Chilingarian, violin
Fang-Fang Xu, cello
Lucy Nargizyan, piano
with appearances by
Edward Long, guitar/vocal
Naysa Roquemore, hanging cymbals
Curated by Nokuthula Ngwenyama
A co-production of the Phoenix Chamber Music Society, ASU/Kerr Cultural Center & Peace Mama Productions