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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022 AT 3 PM

PAUL HUANG AND DANBI UM, VIOLINS
JUHO POHJONEN, PIANO

JUHO POHJONEN, PIANO

“Juho Pohjonen demonstrated his elegant musicianship, pearly touch, singing tone, and sensitivity throughout the program…everything about his recital was formidable” — The New York Times

PAUL HUANG, VIOLIN

Paul Huang possesses a big, luscious tone, spot-on intonation and a technique that makes the most punishing string phrases feel as natural as breathing.” — The Washington Post

DANBI UM, VIOLIN

“Danbi Um’s playing is utterly dazzling…a marvelous show of superb technique” — The Strad

FEATURING

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

Two scintillating violinists, Paul Huang and Danbi Um, will collaborate with the superlative Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen in an exhilarating afternoon of musical treasures by Beethoven, Erich Korngold, Pablo Sarasate, and others. The musical centerpiece will be Afterword, a mesmerizing new work created especially for the ensemble by the award-winning young American composer Chris Rogerson.

PROGRAM

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Suite from Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11
Danbi Um, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano

Program Notes

Moritz Moszkowski

Suite for two violins and piano, Op. 71

Program Notes

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major. Op. 12, No. 3
Paul Huang, violin; Juho Pohjonen

Program Notes

Chris Rogerson

Afterword for two violins and piano

Program Notes

Amy Barlowe

Hebraique Elegie for two violins
Paul Huang and Danbi Um, violins

Program Notes

Pablo Sarasate

Navarra, Op. 33 for two violins and piano

Program Notes
Watch violinists Paul Huang and Danbi Um perform Sarasate’s Navarra:
 
Watch this short documentary about violinist Paul Huang:

 
Watch pianist Juho Pohjonen play Rameau’s Keyboard Suite No. 2:


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