Misha Quint, cello;
Svetlana Gorokhovich, piano.
Program
Giuseppe Valentini (1681 – 1753) Cello Sonata in E Major
Alfred Schnittke (1934 – 1998) Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) Élégie, Op.24
Nathan Davis (b.1937) Matryoshka Blues (World Premiere)
Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Ritual Fire Dance
Alexander Scriabin (1872 – 1915) Etude in Bb minor, Op.8, No.11
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) March from The Love for Three Oranges
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D Major, HWV 371/Op.1, No.13
David Popper (1843 – 1913) Dance of the Elves
About the Musicians
MISHA QUINT made his orchestral debut at the age of 13 after winning first place in the Boccherini Competition in St. Petersburg. Many other prizes and awards followed before he immigrated from Russia to the United States in 1989. Quint has appeared with numerous orchestras, such as Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional do Brasilia, The Metropolitan Symphony, The National Irish Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad State Orchestra, Orchestra of Classical and Contemporary Music among others.
SVETLANA GOROKHOVICH has performed in international music festivals in Holland, Germany, Italy and New York. . Gorokhovich was a winner of the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition at Radford University and the 1999 IBLA international competition in Italy. Her solo recital at Carnegie Hall in 2000 was highly acclaimed by the New York Concert Review. Her most recent recording, “One Piano Four Hands,” was released in 2012 by SMH Records.
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