Fiery Double Bass, Exciting Chamber Music, & More / Show 414

It was so exciting to bring our Texas performers together with co-hosts Charles Yang and Peter Dugan to perform the famous Schubert “Trout” Quintet.

About

Genre-bending violinist and member of the acclaimed Time for Three trio, Charles Yang, returns as co-host, collaborating with some incredible teen musicians from Texas. We hear works by modern day composers from China and Argentina, as well as music by Schubert, Prokofiev, and Piazzolla.

Guests

• Host : Peter Dugan
  Peter Dugan's position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet
• Co-Host: Charles Yang
  Violinist Charles Yang “plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star.”

Performers & Repertoire

• Liyu Chen, violin, 17, from Bayside, NY

  Entranced with Mountain Scenery by Li Shangqian
• AhHa Duo: Amy Baskurt, violin, 18, from New York, NY and Heather Wang, guitar, 18, from New York, NY
  

  Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
• Vincent Garcia-Hettinger, cello, 16, from San Antonio, TX with Charles Yang, violin
  

  Three Dances in the Old Style, Op. 54 by Lera Auerbach (b. 1973)
• Maanas Varma, viola, 17, from Flower Mound, TX

  Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1, Scene 2: Masks by Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Christian Luevano, double bass, 18, from Corinth, TX

  Double Bass Concerto No. 1, Mvmt 3 by Andrés Martin
• Charles Yang, violin; Maanas Varma, viola; Vincent Garcia-Hettinger, cello; Christian Luevano, double bass; Peter Dugan, piano
  

  Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”, Finale by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Release Dates

• Monday, May 9, 2022
• Monday, February 26, 2024
• Monday, September 30, 2024

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