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Program:

Paul Schoenfield: Café Music (1986)

    I. Allegro

    II. Andante moderato  

David Baker: Roots II for Piano Trio (1992)

    II. Dance in Congo Square

    IV. Boogie Woogie

Arno Babajanian: Piano Trio in f-sharp minor (1952)

    II. Andante

    III. Allegro vivace

 Astor Piazzolla:

Libertango (1974, arr. Ikumi Nakayama)                                         

    Oblivion (1982, arr. José Bragato)

     "Spring" from Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (1965, arr. José Bragato)

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PROGRAM

Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in c minor, Op. 66

Along with USIMC first prize winners’ performances.

de Falla: Suite populaire espagnole

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38

Stravinsky: Suite Italienne

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise

Piazzolla: Nightclub 1960

Matthew Schumaker: Satellites for Piano and Electronics (2024)

Mendelssohn: Trio in c minor, Op. 66

Baker: Roots II

Piazzolla: La muerte del ángel

Verve Trio with Elbert Tsai, violinist and Brady Anderson, cellist.

Lives Dedicated to Music-April in Santa Cruz Festival

Matthew Schumaker: Satellites for Piano and Electronics (2024)

Performance of Doug Davis’ song cycle “Family Portrait” won Honorable Mention at the Doug Davis Composition and Performance Endowment of CSUB

Verve Trio performed at the Burlingame Music Club as guest artists.

• Kapustin Divertissement

• Brahms Piano Trio in C

• Piazzolla Spring

Corina Santos, violin

Program:

• Dvorak: Four Romantic Pieces

• Still: Mother and Child

• Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 12 No. 3

Aristo Piano Duo

Chia-Lin Yang, Vivian Ying Chen

Program:

• Mozart: Sonata in D Major for Four Hands, KV. 381

• Arensky: Suite for Two Pianos No. 1, Op. 15 (Romance & Waltz)

• Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, arr. by Pope

• Bach: ‘Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from Cantata BWV 147, transcr. by Hess

• Bolcom: Serpent’s Kiss from the Garden of Eden

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109

Kodaly: Duet for Violin and Cello

Poulenc: Sonata for Piano and Violin

Schoenfield: Cafe Music for Piano Trio

Elbert Tsai, violin

Brady Anderson, cello

As the guest artist performing Beethoven Sonata in E Major Op. 109.

Fall and Fly for 12 Piano: Flower Piano Special Opening Event

Composer: Benjamin Gribble

Conductor: Paul Phillips

Verve Trio plays a selection of piano trio repertoire in Pleasanton.

Beethoven Archduke

Dvorak f minor

Kapustin Divertissement

Schubert Bb Major

Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

A duo with "a fantasy of visual structures influenced by the smooth shapes of contemporary parametric architecture..." Schumaker continues:

... the piece aligns with current creative practices that seek to utilize algorithmic and computer-based methods to marry musical and visual arts with fluidity and depth. It can be presented in a variety of formats: there is a live performance version and another that can be shown in museums.

Chia-Lin Yang, Piano
Elbert Tsai, Violin
Brady Anderson, Cello

• Kapustin Divertissement Op. 126

• Dvořák: Trio No. 3 Op. 65

• Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

THE VERVE TRIO:
Chia-Lin Yang, Concert Director and Piano
Elbert Tsai, Violin
Brady Anderson, Cello

• Turina: Trio No. 2 Op. 76

• Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

• Dvořák: Trio No. 3 Op. 65

THE VERVE TRIO:
Chia-Lin Yang, Concert Director and Piano
Elbert Tsai, Violin
Brady Anderson, Cello

• Turina: Trio No. 2 Op. 76

• Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

• Dvořák: Trio No. 3 Op. 65

• Beethoven Sonata Op. 110

• Beethoven Sontata Op. 109

• Beethoven Kreutzer

• Schumann Carnaval

• Ravel Sonatine

• Chopin Ballade No. 1

• Brahms Op. 118

Elbert Tsai, violin

UCSC Students: Greg Kauffman, Elise Retherfold, Talia Wang

• Beethoven Violin Sonata “Kreutzer”

• Beethoven String Quartet “Razumovsky”

Elbert Tsai, violin

Sierra Quartet

• Prokofiev Cinderella

• Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2

• Dvorak Piano Quartet No. 2

  James Jaffe, cello

  Elbert Tsai, violin

  Christina Simpson, viola

• Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1

• Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1

  Monika Gruber, violin

• Guastavino Tres Romances Argentinos

• Shostakovich Concertino

• Borodin (arr. Pope) Polovtsian Dances

• Rachmaninoff Suite No. 1 “Fantaisie-Tableaux”

  Mihyun Kim, piano