Stand with Ukraine: Chamber Music Concert
The Stand with Ukraine Concert featured well-known musicians playing chamber music as a fundraiser for Ukraine. If you missed this performance on April 21, 2022, you can watch it at this link.
The program features:
National Anthem of Ukraine “Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy”: Mykhailo Verbytsky; Pavlo Chubynsky – Victory Brinker and The Pittsburgh Cello Quartet: Bronwyn Banerdt, Will Chow, Michael Lipman, Charlie Powers
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 – Bronwyn Banerdt, cello
Samuel Barber: Adagio from String Quartet – Jeremy Black, violin; Dennis O’Boyle, violin; Marylène Gingras-Roy, viola; Charlie Powers, cello
Igor Stravinsky: Elegy for Solo Viola – Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola
Stanyslav Lyudkevych: Lament – Marta Krechkovsky, violin; Pauline Rovkah, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Adagio from Toccata BWV 564 – Lorna McGhee, flute; Pauline Rovkah, piano
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Lorna McGhee, flute; Pauline Rovkah, piano
Arvo Pärt: Mozart-Adagio for violin, cello and piano – Jennifer Orchard, violin; Mikhail Istomin, cello; Pauline Rovkah, piano
Sergei Rachmaninov: Moment Musicaux, No. 3 in B minor, op. 16 – Pauline Rovkah, piano
Paul Crath: from Songs of Ukraine – Sue Finegold
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais – Mark Huggins, violin; Pauline Rovkah, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Siciliano for Oboe and Harp – Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp; Max Blair, oboe
Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune – Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp; Lorna McGhee, flute; Max Blair, oboe
Edward Elgar: Salut D’Amour – Anne Williams, cello; Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp
Gabriel Fauré: Apres un reve – Anne Williams, cello; Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp
Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste – The Pittsburgh Cello Quartet: Bronwyn Banerdt, Will Chow, Michael Lipman, Charlie Powers
Paul Crath: from Songs of Ukraine – Jim Cunningham
Viktor Kosenko: Bandura – Guenko Guechev, bass-baritone; Pauline Rovkah, piano
Myroslav Skoryk: Melody (Melodiya) – Marta Krechkovsky, Pauline Rovkah, piano
Mykola Lysenko (arr. Grant Johnson) Prayer for Ukraine – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians