The audience will have the chance to enjoy the Vietnamese premieres of Charles Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionnette”, Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Fantasy for string quartet”, and Zdeněk Fibich’s quintet for violin, clarinet, viola, cello, and piano in D major. 

With an excellent selection of music, “A Journey of Music” will not disappoint classical music enthusiasts. 

Program 

FROM EAST TO WEST: A JOURNEY OF MUSIC

Thu Aug 15, 2019, 8 pm 

L’Espace Hanoi, 24 Trang Tien Street

– String quartet No. 1, Op.5(1912) – Vietnam Premiere

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

– String quartet “Skyline”(2015)

Vu Viet Anh (b.1976)

– String quartet No. 2 “Flashbacks” (2018)

Nguyen Minh Nhat (b.1997)

– String quartet “A Gentle Wind” (2017)

Nguyen Manh Duy Linh (b. 1980)

– String quartet “Ellington Fantasy” – Vietnam Premiere

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

– Arrangement: Paul Chihara (b.1938)

1. I’m Beginning to See the Light (1944)

2. Sophisticated Lady (1933)

3. Take the A Train (1939)

Artists

Petr Fedetov, violon

Nguyen Thien Minh, violon

Kim Mai Nguyen, viola

Avery Waite, cello 

Intermission 

– Pocket-Sized Suite for Two Travelers (2018) – Vietnam Premiere

Kim Mai Nguyen (b.1987) & Avery Waite (b.1987)

1. Hot Day, Far Away

2. Nothin’ To It

3. Codename

– Duo alto “Three American Folk Hymn” (2008) – Vietnam Premiere

Kenji Bunch (b. 1973)

Arr. Nguyen/Waite Duo

1. Prologue

2. What Wondrous Love is This?

3. In Lonely Mountain Ways”

4. “I Come with Joy”

– Folk Suite from Afghanistan – Lần đầu tiên tại Việt Nam

Afghan Folk Songs

– Arrangement: Nguyen/Waite Duo

1. Mughuli Medley

2. Ay Sarban

3. Anar Anar

4. Agar Bahar Biyayad

5. Hamaja Dokani Rang Ast

6. Khandarez – Shakoko Jan

Artists:

Kim Mai Nguyen, viola

Avery Waite, cello

FROM CZECH REPUBLIC TO FRANCE: A JOURNEY OF MUSIC

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 8 pm 

– Funeral March of a Marionette (1872) – Vietnam Premiere

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

– Quintet for violin, oboe, viola, cello, and piano in F major

Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)

1. Allegro

2. Canzonetta

3. Adagio non troppo

4. Allegro con fuoco

Artists:

Ruslan Turuntaev, violon

Nguyen Hoang Tung, oboe

Bui Anh Son, viola

Tran Thi Mo, I cello

Chika Murata, piano 

Interval 

– “Moderato” of Serenade for strings in E major, Op.22

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

– Quintet for violin, clarinet, viola, cello, and piano in D major (1893) – Vietnam Premiere

Zdeněk Fibich (1850-1900)

1. Allegro non tanto

2. Largo

3. Scherzo

4. Finale – Allegro con spirito

Artists:

Swang Lin, violin

Tran Khanh Quang, clarinet

Vincent Fillatreau, viola

Jesse Henkensiefken, cello

Tatiana Tessmann, piano 

Ticket price per show: VND210000

Ticket price for members: VND130000

Ticket price for students: VND100000

Discounted prices applicable until Aug 14, 2019

Tickets are available at L’Espace (Mon to Thu: 8.30 am – 7 pm / Fri: 8.30 am – 6 pm and 6.30 – 8 pm / Sat: 9 am – 7 pm) 

Mai Lan