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Autumn Classics


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2022 Autumn Classics
Week 1

Friday, September 16 at UAA Recital Hall, Anchorage – 7 p.m.

Bartok, Schubert, Schumann, and Kodály

Franz Schubert: String Trio in B-flat major, D 471

Béla Bartók: Contrasts, Sz. 111, BB 116 
Robert Schumann: Drei Fantasiestücke für Klarinette und Piano, Op. 73
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Spyros Mourikis, clarinet
Rita Porfiris, viola
Maria Asteriadou, piano
Zuill Bailey, cello

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Saturday, September 17 at UAA Recital Hall, Anchorage – 7 p.m.

Beethoven, Brahms, and Tsontakis

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
Johannes Brahms: Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114
George Tsontakis: Portraits by el Greco 

Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Spyros Mourikis, clarinet
Rita Porfiris, viola
Maria Asteriadou, piano
Zuill Bailey, cello

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Sunday, September 18 at UAA Recital Hall, Anchorage – 4 p.m.

Klein, Messiaen, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky

Gideon Klein: Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello 
Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (The Soldier’s Tale)
Olivier Messiaen: Thème et variations
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Spyros Mourikis, clarinet
Rita Porfiris, viola
Maria Asteriadou, piano
Zuill Bailey, cello

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Week 2

Wednesday, September 28 at Sitka Performing Arts Center, Sitka – 7 p.m.

 Simply Three in Concert

This classically trained string trio destroys boundaries and pushes limits by adding their flair and innovation to popular arrangements and new compositions. Watch Simply Three shred strings before your eyes featuring rock, pop, and original music in a way you have never heard before.

With an ever-growing online popularity, Simply Three loves expanding their creativity with inventive music videos, which have helped them achieve YouTube’s coveted Gold Status (1M+ subscribers) and been viewed collectively over a quarter of a billion times. Their covers are described as “highly imaginative,” earning praise from publications such as The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as artists like Janelle Monae and OneRepublic. Their debut original album, “Undefined,” received equally high regard by landing on the Billboard charts.

Nick Villalobos, bass
Zack Clark, cello
Glen McDaniel, violin

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Friday, September 30 at UAA Recital Hall, Anchorage – 7 p.m.

Zuill Bailey and Victor Santiago Asunción in Concert

Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’, Op. 66

Ludwig van Beethoven: Twelve Variations on a Theme from Händel’s Oratorio ‘Judas Maccabeus’ WoO 45

Ludwig van Beethoven: 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’, WoO 46

Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2  Zuill Bailey, cello
Victor Santiago Asunción, piano

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Saturday, October 1 at ACPA Discovery Theatre, Anchorage – 7 p.m.

Simply Three in Concert 

This classically trained string trio destroys boundaries and pushes limits by adding their flair and innovation to popular arrangements and new compositions. Watch Simply Three shred strings before your eyes featuring rock, pop, and original music in a way you have never heard before.

With an ever-growing online popularity, Simply Three loves expanding their creativity with inventive music videos, which have helped them achieve YouTube’s coveted Gold Status (1M+ subscribers) and been viewed collectively over a quarter of a billion times. Their covers are described as “highly imaginative,” earning praise from publications such as The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as artists like Janelle Monae and OneRepublic. Their debut original album, “Undefined,” received equally high regard by landing on the Billboard charts.

 

Nick Villalobos, bass
Zack Clark, cello
Glen McDaniel, violin

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Sunday, October 2 at UAA Recital Hall, Anchorage – 4 p.m.

Victor Santiago Asunción in Concert

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 

Victor Santiago Asunción, piano

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Winter Classics