Caltech Chamber Music Marathon

Caltech student musicians will appeal to every taste in chamber music with compositions from Beethoven to Piazzolla, on strings, woodwinds, and piano!

This concert will be performed without intermission, feel free to take a break when you wish.  However, you must enter and leave between musical selections, and not while an ensemble is performing.

Refreshments will be available in the upper garden, starting at 3:30.

Program

(Starting times are approximate)

2:00 p.m.
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
3.  Rondo.  Allegro
Phillip An (’18, Computer Science) violin
Sean McKenna (’17. Economics) viola
Michael Miller (’19, Chemistry) cello
Ben Bartlett (’17. Physics) piano

2:10
Miniatures for Violin, Cello, and Piano
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Gavotte
Valse Russe
Allegretto
Nancy Cao (’16, Computer Science) violin
Sith Domrongkitchaiporn (’16, Electrical Engineering) cello
Grace Lee (’16, Environmental Engineering) piano

2:20
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1828)
2.  Andante cantabile con Variazioni
1.  Allegro con brio
Emily Wu (’19, Physics) violin
Madelyn Wang (’10, CNS) cello
Chien-I Yang (graduate student, Chemistry) piano

2:40
Quintet in C minor, Op. 104
(Beethoven’s arrangement of his Op. 1, No. 3 Piano Trio)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
1.  Allegro con brio
3.  Menuetto.  Quasi Allegro
Janice Jeon (’18, Bioengineering) violin
Gauri Shastri (’17, Biology) violin
Anne Christian (’16, Biology) viola
Nat DeFries (’16, Chemical Engineering) viola
Delores Bing (Chamber Music Director) cello

2:55
Waltzes from “Faust” for Two Pianos, Eight Hands
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Kisha Thayapran (’18, Biology) piano
Narmada Thayapran (’18 Biology) piano
Gemma Takahaski (’19, Geobiology) piano
Evan Gunter (’19, Computer Science) piano

3:05
Quartet for Four Violins (1949)
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
1.  Allegretto
Paige Gannon (’18, Chemistry) violin
Maitreyi Ashok (’19, Electrical Engineering) violin
Nancy Cao (’16, Computer Science) violin
Jenny Mok (’18, Electrical Engineering) violin

3:10
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
Paul Hindemith (1896-1963)
1.  Lustig:  Mässig schnelle Viertel
2.  Walzer:  Durchweg sehr leise
3.  Ruhig und einfach: Achetl
4.  Schelle Viertel
5.  Sehf lebhaft
Charles Cao (graduate student, Physics) flute
Dorothy Pan (graduate student, Chemistry) flute
Aidan Chatwin-Davies (graduate student, Physics) clarinet
Jamie  Rankin (graduate student, Physics) horn
Michael Kreiner (Donald E. Hudson Visiting Artist) bassoon

3:25
Valse Romantique for Two Pianos
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Très vite et impétuesement
Mouvement modéré de Valse
Anusha Pai Asnodkar (’19, Physics) piano
Sonia Kim (’17, ACM) piano

3:35 p.m.
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
1. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
3.  Andante cantabile
Stephanie Moon (’17, Mechanical Engineering) violin
Ian Garcia (’19, Electrical Engineering) viola
Joseph Berleant (’16, Computer Science/CNS) cello
Zach Erickson (graduate student, Environmental Science and Engineering) piano

3:50 p.m.
Bagatela
Josef Suk (1874-1915)
Quartet in F Major
Alessandro Scarlatti (1659-1725)
1.  (No tempo indicated)
2.  Allegro
Nicholas Hutchins (’18, Bioengineering) flute
Brian Lue (’19, Chemistry) violin
Sunash Sharma (’19, Applied Physics) violin
Meera Krishnamoorthy (’19, Electrical Engineering) piano
Kavya Sreedhar (’19, Electrical Engineering) piano
Delores  Bing (Chamber Music Director) piano

4:00 p.m.
Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 23
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
1.  Allegro moderato
2.  Theme (Andantino) and Variations
Anita Chen (’17 Chemistry/Chemical Engineering) violin
Sean Mendoza (’16, Materials Science) viola
Zach Wu (graduate student, Chemical Engineering) cello
Youngjoon Choi (graduate student, Physics) piano

4:25 p.m.
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Lauren Li (’17, Bioengineering) violin
Siddharth Murching (’17, Computer Science) cello
Inha Cho (graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) piano

4:35 p.m.
Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor
Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
3.  Adagio, quasi andante
4.  Finale. Allegro animato
Jonathan Joo (‘17, Computer Science) violin
Betsy Fu (’16, ACM) violin
Alejandro Yankelevich (’19, Physics) viola
Christine Tseng (’16, CNS) cello
Karlming Chen (graduate student, Mathematics) piano

4:55 p.m.
String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826)
1.  Allegro
Beatriz Atsavapranee (’18, Bioengineering) violin
Nailen Matschke (’18, Computer Science) violin
Sophia Liu (’19, Electrical Engineering) viola
Eric Moseley (’18, Astrophysics) cello

5:05 p.m.
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
1.  Allegro ma non tanto
Mr. Matschke, Ms. Atsavapranee, Ms. Liu, and Mr. Moseley joined by
Brooks Fu (graduate student, CNS) piano

5:20 p.m.
Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 43
Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849)
Daniel Wang (’16 Computer Science) clarinet
Michael Kreiner (Donald E. Hudson Visiting Artist) bassoon
Huajun Mai (graduate student, ESE) piano

5:40 p.m.
Trio for Violin, Viola, and Piano
Ignaz Lachner (1807-1895)
2.  Andante con moto
Danny Park (’19, Applied Physics) violin
Kabir Mohammed (’19) viola
James Deacon (’19, ACM) piano

5:50 p.m.
Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Andante con dolore, con moto espressione
Allegro
Moderato
Fabian Boemer (’17, Computer Science) clarinet
David Lin (’19. Electrical Engineering) violin
Catherine Ma (’18, ACM) piano

6:00 p.m.
La Muerte del Ángel
Vayamos al Diablo
Resureccíon del Ángel
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Lily Chen (’17) Bioengineering) violin
Jian Shi (graduate student, Civil Engineering) accordion
Vincent Zhuang (’18, Computer Science) piano

This concert is free and open to the public, with no tickets or reservations required. Parking is also free.