La Gesse Foundation

AUTUMN CONCERT AT MONTICELLO
Jefferson Library, Charlottesville, Virginia: Erikson Rojas, piano; Thursday, October 11, 2007
LA GESSE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2007
Carnegie Hall, New York City: For tickets, please contact the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 212-247-7800 or at www.carnegiehall.org; Poster; Programs; Artist Bios; Liliane Questel, piano, Jonathan Korth, piano, and Ildikó Szakács, soprano; Monday, November 5, 8 pm; Erikson Rojas, piano, Adám Banda, violin, and Natalie Naquin, cello; Tuesday, November 6, 8 pm; (Champagne reception to precede the concert at 5 pm, at the Service Culturel de l'Ambassade de France); Matthew Bengtson, piano, and Adám Banda, violin; Wednesday, November 7, 8 pm
SPRING CONCERT AT MONTICELLO
Jefferson Library, Charlottesville, Virginia: date and artists to be announced
LA GESSE SUMMER FESTIVAL 2008
Hotel d'Assezat, Toulouse, France: Friday, June 20, Saturday, June 21, Sunday, June 22; Friday, June 27, Saturday, June 28, Sunday, June 29
Kurhaus, Triberg, Germany: Wednesday, July 2, Thursday, July 3, Friday, July 4
Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary: Monday, July 7, Tuesday, July 8, Wednesday, July 9
Please note that dates and times are subject to change

LA GESSE SUMMER FESTIVAL 2007

Hotel d'Assezat, Toulouse, France: Friday, June 1: Jonathan Korth, piano and Adam Banda, violin program; Saturday, June 2: Weiyin Chen, piano and Ildiko Szakacs, soprano program; Sunday, June 3: Jonathan Korth, piano, Ildikó Szakács, soprano, and Adam Banda, violin program; Friday, June 8: Matthew Bengtson, piano program; Saturday, June 9: Liliane Questel, piano program; Sunday, June 10: Erikson Rojas, piano program
Kürhaus, Triberg, Germany: Friday, June 15: Matthew Bengtson, piano and Ildiko Szakacs, soprano program; Saturday, June 16: Liliane Questel, piano and Adam Banda, violin program; Sunday, June 17: Erikson Rojas, piano program
Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary: Tuesday, June 19: Liliane Questel, piano and Adam Banda, violin program; Wednesday, June 20: Matthew Bengtson, piano and Erikson Rojas, piano program
Spring Concert at Monticello's Jefferson Library program: Edmund Battersby, piano, and Jesse Irons, violin; April 5th, 2007
Autumn Concert at Monticello's Jefferson Library program photos: the Monument Piano Trio - Michael Sheppard, Igor Yuzefovich, Dariusz Skoraczewski; November 16, 2006
La Gesse Autumn Festival 2006 at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall
Monday November 6: Liliane Questel, Anastasia Petanova, Christine Kim, and Dariusz Skoraczewski; program
Tuesday November 7: Timothy Hoft, Igor Yuzefovich, Alexis Zhu, Jesse Irons, and Dariusz Skoraczewski; program
Wednesday November 8: William Bland and Erickson Rojas; program
Benefit Concert at Rivanna Farm: Lillian Questel; October 8, 2006

Summer Festival: Friday, June 1, 2007
Hotel d'Assezat, Toulouse, France

An Evening of Music in the Jeffersonian Tradition
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jeffersonian Studies
Jefferson Library
Charlottesville, Virginia
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation

An Evening of Music in the Jeffersonian Tradition
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jeffersonian Studies
Jefferson Library
Charlottesville, Virginia
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
in conjunction with Cecilia de Medici and La Gesse Foundation



Michael Sheppard, piano, Igor Yuzefovich, violin, Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello

	

	Trio KV 542 in E Major					WA Mozart

	

	Trio, op. 11 no. 4 in B flat Major			L von Beethoven



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	Trio no. 2 in E flat Major D. 929 (op. 100)		F Schubert



Liliane Questel, piano

	

	Sonata in E flat Major, K 282				WA Mozart

		Adagio, Menuetto I - Menuetto II, Allegro



	Faschingsschwank aus Wein, Op 26			Robert Schumann

		Allegro, Romanze, Scherzino, Intermezzo, Finale



	Sonata in D Major, Op 94 for flute and piano		Sergei Prokofiev

		Moderato, Scherzo, Andante, Allegro con brio

		Anastasia Petanova, flute



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Christine Kim, piano



	Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42		Sergei Rachmaninoff



	Cello Sonata #1 E minor, Op 38			Johannes Brahms

		Allegro non troppo, Allegretto quasi Menuetto, 

		Allegro

		Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello



Timothy Hoft, piano



	Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903		JS Bach



	A Little Suite for Christmas, AD 1979		George Crumb

	(after Giotto's Nativity frescoes in the Arena chapel at Padua)

		The Visitation, Berceuse for the Infant Jesus, 

		The Shepherd's Noel, Adoration of the Magi, 

		Nativity Dance, Canticle of the Holy Night, 

		Carol of the Bells



	Sonata #3 for Violin and Piano, E minor, Op 45	Edvard Grieg

		Allegro molto e appassionato, 

		Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza, 

		Allegro anime

		 Igor Yuzefovich violin



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Alexis Zhu, piano



	Prelude, Chorale, et Fugue				Cesar Franck



	Piano Trio, G minor, Op 15				Bedrich Smetana

		Moderato assai, Allegro ma non troppo, 

		Finale- Presto

		Jesse Irons, violin

		Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello



William Bland, piano



	Five Preludes for Piano (2006)			William Bland

	(transcribed from 24 Preludes for Guitar)

		Moderato, Lento, Scherzino, 

		Allegro moderato, Cantabile



	Sonata #4 in E flat Major - 				William Bland

	4  'Goodbye' Concert Rags (1999)			

		"Goodbye-vrations" Rag

		"Serve your beef with tears" Rag

		"Goodbye my Fancy" Rag

		"Kiss the Millenium goodbye" Rag



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Erikson Rojas, piano



	"Reflets dans l'eau"					Claude Debussy

	(from "Images", Bk 1)			



	Prelude, Chorale, et Fugue				Cesar Franck



	Ballade; with, as a Coda... a memory			William Bland