Chamber Music Recital with Martin Chalifour

Chamber Recital with Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Concertmaster, violinist Martin Chalifour at Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival)

“Italian and French Romantic Music”

Works by Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Ottorino Respighi, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Arvo Pärt

with guest artist Cristina Basili, cello (performing Vivaldi)

Bonus performance: Gernot Wolfgang‘s WINDOWS with Edgar López, clarinet and Judith Farmer, bassoon

Tickets $15 general and $10 student are available online at http://csupomona.tix.com or at the Dr. Andrew G. Chong Box Office #24-188 weekdays 12:00-1:00pm and one hour prior to concert time.

Program:

Gernot Wolfgang (b. 1957)
WINDOWS for clarinet, bassoon and piano
Edgar Lopez, clarinet, Judith Farmer, bassoon, and Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Fratres for violin and piano
Martin Chalifour, violin, Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
Arranged for violin and piano by Paul Kochanski
Martin Chalifour, violin, Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 2
Martin Chalifour, violin, Cristina Basili, cello, Nadia Shpachenko, harpsichord

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Havanaise, Op. 83
Martin Chalifour, violin, Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk
Arranged for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz
Martin Chalifour, violin, Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Violin Sonata in B minor, P. 110
Martin Chalifour, violin, Nadia Shpachenko, piano