Tuesday, June 24
Verona Quartet & Friends—A Swiss Journey
7:00 PM | St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church

Sonatine in E Minor (1932)……….Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
      for Violin and Cello, H.80     

            I. Allegro non tanto
           II. Andante
III. Scherzo
IV. Allegro

Violin | Miho Saegusa
Cello | Caleb van der Swaagh

Artwork: Chrissy Angliker: Late Blooms (details), 2024, Acrylic and house primer on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, courtesy of Massey Klein Gallery

Felix Mendelssohn’s Schweizereisen (2007)...........Benedict Strahl

V. Naturjodel      

Verona Quartet
Violin | Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro
Viola | Abigail Rojansky
Cello | Jonathan Dormand                                                 
Artwork: Felix Mendellssohn- Bartholdy, Lauterbrunner valley, Switzerland, Watercolor, 1847, Courtesy of bpk Bildagentur / Art Resource, NY

String Quartet No.1 (1829)....……Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    in E-flat Major, Op.12                                             
            I. Adagio non troppo — Allegro non tardante
            II. Canzonetta: Allegretto
            III. Andante espressivo
            IV. Molto allegro e vivace

Artwork: Felix Mendellssohn- Bartholdy, Courtesy of bpk Bildagentur / Art Resource, NY
1. Early Morning on the Peak of the Seidelhorn, Switzerland, August 18, 1847, Watercolor
2. Lucerne, Switzerland, 1847, Watercolor
3. Interlaken, Switzerland, 1847, Watercolor
4. Engelberg, Switzerland, 1847, Watercolor

INTERMISSION

String Quartet No.9 (1964)........Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
   in E-flat Major, Op.117                             

I. Moderato con moto
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
IV. Adagio
V. Allegro

Verona Quartet
Violin | Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro
Viola | Abigail Rojansky
Cello | Jonathan Dormand

Artwork: Aubrey Williams, Quartet No 9, opus 117 (details followed by full painting) (Shostakovich series), 1980, Oil on canvas, 132 x 208.5 cm, © Estate of Aubrey Williams. Courtesy the Estate of Aubrey Williams and October Gallery, London, Photo © Jonathan Greet

Reception to follow