“For Clara”

Clara SCHUMANN Romances Op.21
BRAHMS Klavierstücke Op.119
Robert SCHUMANN Humoreske Op.20

Florence Price
A white rose
An April day
Love in a mist
The moon bridge
Beside the sea

Libby Larsen
Try me, Good King

Richard Strauss
Songs Op.27

Amanda Pabyan, soprano
Julia Siciliano, piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata 2
Ethel Smyth Violin Sonata
Franck Violin Sonata

Sonja Bosca-Harasim, violin
Julia Siciliano, piano

Ravel Violin Sonata No.2
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello
Ravel Piano Trio

Liana Gourdjia, violin
Deborah Pae, cello
Julia Siciliano, piano

Celebrating Ravel's 150th

Ravel Violin Sonata No.2
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello
Ravel Piano Trio

Liana Gourdjia, violin
Deborah Pae, cello
Julia Siciliano, piano

The Siciliano Salon Series at the Kerrytown Concert House

Resonant Interactions: Piano Trios with Clarinet and Viola

Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio, K.498
Bruch –8 pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano Op.83
Schumann – Märchenerzählungen

Ralph Skiano, clarinet
Eric Nowlin, viola
Julia Siciliano, piano

Schumann Piano Quartet
Brahms Piano Quartet #3

Katie Klocke, violin
Dominic Johnson, viola
Melissa Bach, cello

Performing the Beethoven "accompanied sonatas" in a year: A pianist’s half marathon

A lecture/recital where I speak about my 2020 performing the complete “accompanied sonatas” of Beethoven, alongside performance and demonstration of some of Beethoven’s works.

Clara SCHUMANN Romances Op.21
BRAHMS Klavierstücke Op.119
Robert SCHUMANN Humoreske Op.20

“For Clara”

Clara SCHUMANN Romances Op.21
BRAHMS Klavierstücke Op.119
Robert SCHUMANN Humoreske Op.20

The Siciliano Salon Series at the Kerrytown Concert House

Art Unbound: Composing without Limits

Beethoven – Violin Sonata No.2 in A major
Ethel Smyth – Violin Sonata, Op.7
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No.10 in G major

Sonja Bosca-Harasim, violin
Julia Siciliano, piano

Multi Artist Stretto Celebration

Celebrating Stretto pianists Donna Weng Friedman and Julia Furlan (New York), Elizabeth Wolff (NYC/Twin Cities), Anna Arazi (Boston), Julia Siciliano (Chicago), plus their collaborators including The River Road String Quartet, narrator Diana Solomon-Glover, violist Jesscia Thompson, pianist Luba Slepoi, flautist DarienFrench-Owen, and clarinetist Alan Schaffer, the Fourth International Stretto Piano Festival is delighted to present music by great classical and contemporary composers including Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Gubaidalina, Florence Price, Stefania DeKenessey, and Valerie Coleman.

Most or all of the pianists will be playing on a Stretto piano with a 5.9 inch octave.

Our diverse artists of various ages and backgrounds are exploring and enjoying stretto pianos like never before. Some are new to them and some have played on them for years, earning university degrees, winning competitions, and exploring hard-to-reach repertoire as often as possible. It’s time for these wonderful instruments to be known and played everywhere by artists of all genres. The Festival and Stretto Piano Concerts hope that this event can be a springboard for more year-round global events featuring international artists that gain publicity and new followers, and create opportunities for composers and performers everywhere.

Program:

Johannes Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119 (My contribution)

Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor
I. Allegro non troppo

Sofia Gubaidalina: Chaconne

Stefania DeKenessey: Microvids

Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2

Intermission

Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Langston

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor, op. 19, for viola and piano

Like the Funeral March in Beethoven’s Sonata Op.26, this program on Memorial Day weekend is dedicated to a hero. This can be the heroes of the US armed forces, a hero in your own personal life, or your own daily heroic struggles.

Franz Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 142 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 26
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata, D.960

A narrated piano recital, this program depicts Julia Siciliano’s imagined conversation between Beethoven and Schubert, had they ever met in person. Repertoire includes:

Franz Schubert Impromptu Op.142 No.2
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata Op.26
Franz Schubert Sonata D.960

This program is sponsored by the Brushwood Center.

A (fictional) conversation between Beethoven & Schubert

SCHUBERT Impromptu Op.142 No.2
BEETHOVEN Sonata Op.26
SCHUBERT Sonata D.960

A (fictional) conversation between Beethoven and Schubert

A narrated piano recital, this program depicts Julia Siciliano’s imagined conversation between Beethoven and Schubert, had they ever met in person. Repertoire includes:

SCHUBERT Impromptu Op.142 No.2
BEETHOVEN Sonata Op.26
SCHUBERT Sonata D.960

Gabriel Bolkosky and Julia Siciliano perform French works for the Steinway Recital Series at Cranbrook House and Gardens

Lili BOULANGER Nocturne
RAVEL Sonata
FRANCK Sonata

Gabe Bolkosky, violin
Julia Siciliano, piano

Clara SCHUMANN Romances Op.21
BRAHMS Klavierstücke Op.119
Robert SCHUMANN Humoreske Op.2'0

Luigi Boccherini - Sonata in A Major, G.4
Nadia Boulanger - Trois Pièces pour violoncelle et Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for cello and piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1

with Miriam Smith, cello

BEETHOVEN 7 Variations on “Bei Männern”
Nadia BOULANGER Trois Pieces
RACHMANINOFF Prelude Op.2 No.1
DVORAK Polonaise in A major, Op. Posth. B.94

Miriam K. Smith, cello
Julia Siciliano, piano

BEETHOVEN 7 Variations on “Bei Männern”
Edmund FINNIS - Preludes
RACHMANINOFF Prelude Op. No.1
Nadia BOULANGER Trois Pieces
FRANCK Sonata

Miriam K. Smith, cello
Julia Siciliano, piano

A narrated piano recital, this program depicts Julia Siciliano’s imagined conversation between Beethoven and Schubert, had they ever met in person. Repertoire includes:

SCHUBERT Impromptu Op.142 No.2
BEETHOVEN Sonata Op.26
SCHUBERT Sonata D.960

BEETHOVEN 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" WoO 46
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No.4 in C major, Op.102 No.1
RACHMANINOFF Prelude Op.2 No.1
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38
DVORAK Polonaise in A major, Op. Posth. B.94

Miriam K. Smith, cello
Julia Siciliano, piano

Franz Schubert
Violin Sonata D.574
Fantasie for violin and piano D.934

Liana GOURDJIA, violin
Julia SICILIANO, piano

Beethoven 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" WoO 46
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.4 in C major, Op.102 No.1
Rachmaninoff Prelude Op.2 No.1
Brahms Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38
Dvorak Polonaise in A major, Op. Posth. B.94

Miriam K. Smith, cello
Julia Siciliano, piano

Pleyel Piano Series Fundraiser Concert
Mix of Solo pieces and Duo pieces with Miriam K. Smith, cellist.