Hrabba Atladottir, violin and UC Davis lecturer in music
Susan Freier, viola and Artistic Director of the Ives
Collective
Stephen Harrison, cello and Artistic Director of the Ives
Collective
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Jean Cras’s luminous String Trio (1926) offers an
intimate and evocative sound world. Also included
is Brahms’s towering opus 25 Piano Quartet in G Minor
(1861), a cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire known for
its sweeping passion and the irresistible “Gypsy Rondo” finale.
Program
Jean Cras: Selections from Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello
(1926)
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25 (1861)
This program focuses on modern works for solo harpsichord
or harpsichord and violin, including the world premiere of
“Sustainable Mindfulness” by Slovakian composer Peter
Machajdik.
Program
Peter Machajdik: Sustainable Mindfulness (2024)
PREMIERE
Empyrean Ensemble
Sam Nichols, director • Matilda Hofman, resident conductor
Program
To be announced.
Free
Ensemble Dal Niente is presented by the Mondavi Center for
the Performing Arts. Additional support is given by the Joy
S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concerts Endowment.
Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano
featuring paintings by Peter London
and music by Ryan Suleiman (Ph.D. music ‘20)
Program
Modest Mussorgsky: Selections from Pictures at an
Exhibition (1874)
Claude Debussy: L’isle Joyeuse (1904)
Franz Liszt: “Sposalizio” from Second Year of
Pilgrimage: Italy (1858)
Ryan Suleiman: Three London Etudes (2024) WORLD
PREMIERE Radiant
Floating Triptych
Electric Clouds
**commissioned by and in collaboration with artist Peter London
for Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano
Joy S. Shinkoskey was the mother of Deborah Pinkerton and
mother-in-law to Bret Hewitt. They established an endowment to
support noon concerts and musical performances in the UC Davis
Department of Music.
Joy S. Shinkoskey (Pinkerton)
1923–1999
Mother of four children, including Deborah Pinkerton, Joy
Shinkoskey was in her younger years a model and played the
piano which is where she developed her love of music, playing
Beethoven piano works in the Spokane Music Festival, 1940, and
throughout her life.
