Evermay Concert Series
Ryuji Ueno Foundation Signature ProductionsAbout Evermay Concert Series
The Evermay Concert Series presents extraordinary performances exclusively produced by award-winning, world-class performers acting as Appointed Visiting Producers of the Ryuji Ueno Foundation. Complementing the music is the venue, an intimate setting in the historic and beautiful Georgetown estate of Evermay.
The series is one of the signature programs of the Ryuji Ueno Foundation. There will be two seasons, one in the fall and one in the spring. The Ryuji Ueno Foundation is pleased to present the Evermay Concert Series as part of its mission to support excellence in classical music, to broaden its relevance to new audiences, and to further innovation in the arts.
2019 Spring Evermay Concert Series
January - May 2019
- LOCATION:
- 1623 28th Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
- SCHEDULE:
- 01/18 (Fri) Sayaka Shoji & Ryo Yanagitani
- 01/25 (Fri) Christel Lee and David Fung
- 02/21 (Thu) Mayumi Sakamoto
- 03/24 (Sun) The 6821 Quintet
- 04/8 (Mon) István Várdai & Roman Rabinovich
- 04/19 (Fri) Ori Kam & Yu Kosuge
- 04/26 (Fri) Yu Kosuge
- 05/3 (Fri) Heifetz on Tour
- 05/8 (Wed) Noah Bendix-Balgley, Peter Wiley & Robert Levin
- 05/17 (Fri) Academy of Vocal Arts Collaboration
January 18, 2019 (Fri)
Visiting Producer Sayaka Shoji Presents: Super Chamber Music Series
Sayaka Shoji (violin) & Ryo Yanagitani (piano)
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Sayaka Shoji (violin) & Ryo Yanagitani (piano)
Visiting Producer Sayaka Shoji Presents: Super Chamber Music Series
January 18, 2019 (Fri)
PROGRAM
Prokofiev: 5 Mélodies, Op. 35
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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January 25, 2019 (Fri)
Christel Lee (violin) and David Fung (piano)
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Christel Lee (violin) and David Fung (piano)
January 25, 2019 (Fri)
PROGRAM
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 no. 3
Dvořák: Romantic Pieces Op. 75
Leclair: "Tambourin" Sonata in C major
Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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February 21, 2019 (Thu)
Mayumi Sakamoto, Piano Solo
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Mayumi Sakamoto, Piano Solo
February 21, 2019 (Thu)
PROGRAM
Mozart: Fantasie d-moll K.397
Chopin: Fantaisie f-moll Op.49
Liszt: "Après une lecture du Dante-Fantasia quasi sonata"
Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op.17
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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March 24, 2019 (Sun)
The 6821 Quintet
3:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
4:00PM Performance
5:30PM Post-Concert Reception
The 6821 Quintet
March 24, 2019 (Sun)
PROGRAM
Michael Djupstrom: Songs of Spring
(Commissioned by and premiered at the 2016 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
Mamiko Hirai: Portraits of Sakura – our memories of bloom
(Commissioned by and premiered at the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
Kunihiko Murai: Sakura on the Potomac
(Commissioned by the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and premiered at the 2018 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
Clancy Newman: Cherry Blossom Fantasy
(Commissioned by the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and premiered at the 2019 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
3:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
4:00PM Performance
5:30PM Post-Concert Reception
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April 8, 2019 (Mon)
Visiting Producer Sayaka Shoji Presents: Super Chamber Music Series
István Várdai (cello) & Roman Rabinovich (piano)
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
István Várdai (cello) & Roman Rabinovich (piano)
Visiting Producer Sayaka Shoji Presents: Super Chamber Music Series
April 8, 2019 (Mon)
PROGRAM
Beethoven: 12 Variations on Mozart's theme 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen'
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
Rachmaninov: Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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April 19, 2019 (Fri)
Appointed Visiting Producer Yu Kosuge Presents: Life and Nature
Ori Kam (viola) & Yu Kosuge (piano)
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Ori Kam (viola) & Yu Kosuge (piano)
Appointed Visiting Producer Yu Kosuge Presents: Life and Nature
April 19, 2019 (Fri)
PROGRAM
Brahms: 2 Viola Sonatas, Op. 120
Brahms: Selection of Songs
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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April 26, 2019 (Fri)
Appointed Visiting Producer Yu Kosuge Presents: Life and Nature
Yu Kosuge, Piano Solo
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Yu Kosuge, Piano Solo
Appointed Visiting Producer Yu Kosuge Presents: Life and Nature
April 26, 2019 (Fri)
PROGRAM
Liszt/Stark: Symphonic Poem No. 5 "Prometheus"
Debussy: Feux d'artifice
Scriabin: Poeme Satanique, Op. 36
Vers la Flamme, Op. 72
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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May 3, 2019 (Fri)
Heifetz on Tour
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Heifetz on Tour
May 3, 2019 (Fri)
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach, arr Nicholas Kitchen: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C fr. Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto In E minor, Op. 64
III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 2 In D for Cello and Piano, Op. 58
I. Allegro assai vivace
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro assai vivace
Jenő Hubay, after Georges Bizet: Carmen Fantasy
INTERMISSIONMendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
I. Molto allegro ed agitato
II. Andante con moto tranquillo
III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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May 8, 2019 (Wed)
Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin), Peter Wiley (cello) & Robert Levin (piano)
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin), Peter Wiley (cello) & Robert Levin (piano)
May 8, 2019 (Wed)
PROGRAM
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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May 17, 2019 (Fri)
Academy of Vocal Arts Collaboration
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
Academy of Vocal Arts Collaboration
May 17, 2019 (Fri)
PROGRAM
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Belle Nuit from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Vision fugitive from Hérodiade
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Song to the moon from Rusalka
Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Seguidilla from Carmen
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Questo amor from Edgar
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Mi chiamano Mimi from La Bohème
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Voi che sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919): Nedda and Silvo's duet from I Pagliacci
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Il core vi dono from Cosi fan Tutte
George Gershwin (1898-1937): Someone to watch over me from Oh, Kay!
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Chacun à son goût from Die Fledermaus
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): Tanzlied from Die Tote Stadt
Harold Arlen (1905-1986): Somewhere over the rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- ): Memory from Cats
Jerome Kern (1885-1945): All the things you are from Very Warm for May
6:30PM Doors Open, Pre-Concert Reception
7:00PM Performance
8:45PM Post-Concert Reception
9:15PM Conclusion of Evermay Evening
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