Summer Solstice Production

Get ready to be spellbound as Kerson Leong takes the stage in the first half, enchanting us with an arrangement of the evocative Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Ysaye’s extraordinary Solo Sonata No. 4. Delight in the Hungarian-flavoured Serenade by Dohnanyi and the perennial favourite, Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, to conclude the program.

Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Recuerdos de la Alhambra, arr. Ricci

Kerson Leong, violin

Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Serenade in C Major, op. 10

• Marcia: Allegro
• Romanza: Adagio non troppo
• Scherzo: Vivace
• Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
• Rondo: Allegro vivace

Gabrielle Després, violin
Marina Thibeault, viola
Peter Eom, cello

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
Sonata for Solo Violin in E Minor, op. 27, no. 4

Kerson Leong, violin

Intermission

Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, op. 81

• Allegro, ma non troppo
• Dumka: Andante con moto
• Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace
• Finale: Allegro

Kerson Leong, violin
Gabrielle Després, violin
Marina Thibeault, viola
Peter Eom, cello
David Fung, piano