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PERSONS AUDITORIUM, MARLBORO, VERMONT
Final Concert

Sunday, 17 August 2025 at 8:00 PM

This concert is dedicated, with all our love and gratitude, to Anthony P. Checchia (1930-2024).

Nonet (1959) Bohuslav Martinů
(1890 - 1959)
- Poco allegro
- Andante
- Allegretto
- Yuan Yu, Flute
- Nathan Hughes, Oboe
- Anthony McGill, Clarinet
- Duncan Henry, Bassoon
- Carys Sutherland, Horn
- Elizabeth Fayette, Violin
- Emad Zolfaghari, Viola
- Marie Bitlloch, Cello
- Gabriel Polinsky, Double Bass
Viola, Viola (1997) George Benjamin
- Brian Isaacs, Viola
- Rebecca Albers, Viola
Minnespiel, Op. 101 (1849) Robert Schumann
(1810 - 1856)
- 1. Lied: Meine Töne still und heiter
- 2. Gesang: Liebster, deine Worte stehlen
- 3. Duett: Ich bin dein Baum, o Gärtner
- 4. Lied: Mein schöner Stern, ich bitte dich
- 5. Quartett: Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes
- 6. Lied: O Freund, mein Schirm, mein Schutz
- 7. Duett: Die tausend Grüße, die wir dir senden
- 8. Quartett: So wahr die Sonne scheinet
- Bridget Esler, Soprano
- Chihiro Asano, Mezzo-Soprano
- Eric Finbarr Carey, Tenor
- Brandon Bell, Baritone
- Lydia Brown, Piano
INTERMISSION
Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 80 [“Choral Fantasy”] (1808, rev. 1809) Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 - 1827)
- Fantasia: Adagio –
- Finale: Allegro
- Jonathan Biss, Piano
- Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Soprano
- Bridget Esler, Soprano
- Chihiro Asano, Mezzo-Soprano
- Eric Finbarr Carey, Tenor
- Evan Luca Gray, Bass-Baritone
- The Marlboro Music Orchestra and Chorus, Orchestra
- Stephanie Zyzak, Leader