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FEB 6 at 7:30PM
OPENING NIGHT GALA
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
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The season’s Opening Night Gala concert will feature such internationally celebrated performers and educators as Dr. Barry Salwen, Professor of Piano at UNCW; Aza Sydykov, Artistic Director of the Wilmington Music Festival and alumnus of Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory; and Jonathan Levin, Artistic Director of the Clayton Piano Festival in the Research Triangle and soprano Nikoleta Rallis.
This distinguished roster of performers will be joined by a member of the Festival’s Emerging Artists roster, French harpist Sonia Bize.
FEB 7 at 7:30PM
OPERA GALA
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
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The WMF’s Opera Gala stars Argentinian baritone, Gustavo Feulien and Wilmington’s operatic dream team, soprano Nikoleta Rallis and her father, Michael Rallis, aka the Carolina Caruso. The singers will offer a wide-ranging selection of favorites.
They will share the stage with two members of the Festival’s Emerging Artists roster, American cellist Sam DeCaprio and French harpist Sonia Bize and pianists Barry Salwen, Aza Sydykov and Jonathan Levin.
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With its Winter Season 2020 Wilmington Music Festival continues to pursue its mission of promoting musical excellence and cultural diversity in its home community with innovative and high-quality performances and first-class music instruction by world-renowned artists.
FEB 8 at 7:30PM
EMERGING ARTISTS RECITAL
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
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The Wilmington Music Festival proudly presents the winners of its Emerging Artists Worldwide Auditions. This second concert of the Festival’s winter season - the Emerging Artists Recital, will feature American soprano Elizabeth Baldwin along with cellist, Samuel DeCaprio and harpist, Sonia Bize.
These three artists were selected from over 100 candidates representing twenty-three countries, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Australia, Poland, Hungary, Haiti, South Korea, Japan, Nigeria, Great Britain, Cyprus and the United States. Mr. Sydykov will serve as accompanist for the evening’s event.
FEB 9 at 7:30PM
PIANO FIREWORKS
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
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The closing concert of Festival’s Winter Season will present a glorious burst of Piano Fireworks. This dazzling display of keyboard magic will combine the skills and talents of five piano wizards – Professors Dokovska, Valjarevic, and Salwen along with Mr. Sydykov and Mr. Levin.
The program will include solo works as well as music for two and four pianists. (The Festival makes no guarantee that the pianos will survive an evening of such keyboard dynamite!)
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2020 FESTIVAL PROGRAMS
FEB 6 at 7:30PM
OPENING NIGHT GALA
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
Sonia Bize Harp
Jonathan Levin Piano
Nikoleta Rallis Soprano
Barry Salwen Piano
Aza Sydykov Piano
Georg Friedrich Handel
Concerto in B Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 6: 1st Movement: Allegro Moderato
Johannes Brahms
Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118, No. 5, Romanze in F Major
William Bolcom
Graceful ghost rag
Maurice Fauré
Impromptu in D Flat Major, Op. 86
Antonin Dvorak
Song to the moon from Rusalka
Pyotr Tchaikovsky arr. by Pletnev
The Nutcracker Suite
Tempo di marcia viva
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: Andante ma non troppo
Tarantella
Intermezzo
Trepak (Russian Dance): Molto vivace
Tea (Chinese dance): Allegro moderato
Andante maestoso
Franz Liszt
Rhapsodie Espangole, S. 254
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the flaxen hair
Jean-Philippe Rameau
L'Egyptienne
P. Tchaikovsky arr. by Walter Khüne
Fantasie on Themes from Eugene Onegin
Jerome Kern arranged by Jonathan Levin
“Can’t help lovin’ dat man” from Show Boat
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
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FEB 7 at 7:30PM
OPERA GALA
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
Sonia Bize Harp
Sam DeCaprio Cello
Gustavo Feulien Baritone
Michael Rallis Tenor
Nikoleta Rallis Soprano
Barry Salwen Piano
Aza Sydykov Piano
Giuseppe Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Aria: Alzati...Eri tu
Gabriel Fauré
Apres un Reve
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Act II
Scena e Duetto - Pura siccome un angelo
Scena - Ah no, severo scritto mi lasciava
Act IV
Aria- Addio del passato
Duet- Parigi o cara
Ennio Morricone
Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Act IAria- Recondita armonia
Aria- Va! Tosca (Te Deum)
Act III
Aria- E Lucevan le Stelle
Camille Saint-Saëns
The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Act I
Scene II: Stridono lassu
Scene III: Silvio! A quest/ ora…
Scene IV: Vesti la Giubba
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Act I
Aria: Votre Toast
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FEB 8 at 7:30PM
EMERGING ARTISTS RECITAL
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
Elizabeth Baldwin Soprano
Sonia Bize Harp
Sam DeCaprio Cello
Barry Salwen Piano
Aza Sydykov Piano
Vincenzo Bellini
Il fervido desiderio from 3 Ariette
Giacomo Puccini
Vissi d’Arte from Tosca
Elias Parish-Alvars
Introduction and Variations on arias from Bellini's Norma
Henri Duparc
Chanson triste
Jules Massenet
Il est doux, il est bon from Herodiade
Henriette Renié
Pièce Symphonique
Johannes Brahms
Unbewegte laue Luft
Richard Wagner
Dich, teure Halle from Tannhäuser
Claude Debussy
Préludes, Livre II: Bruyères
John Duke
I can’t be talkin of love
André Previn
I want magic from A Streetcar Named Desire
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 19
Lento - Allegro moderato
Allegro scherzando
Andante
Allegro mosso
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FEB 9 at 7:30PM
PIANO FIREWORKS
Beckwith Hall at UNCW
Pavlina Dokovska Piano
Jonathan Levin Piano
Barry Salwen Piano
Aza Sydykov Piano
Brent Trubia, Piano
Vladimir Valjarevic Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Valse for piano six hands
W.A. Mozart
Sonata for two pianos in D major, K. 448,
First movement - Allegro con spirito
F. Schubert
Impromptu in E flat major, op. 90
F. Chopin
Waltz in A flat major, op. 34, No. 1
F. Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Khachaturyan/Maesvky
The Masquerade Suite: Waltz
Dinicu/Vladigerov
“Hora Staccato” for two pianos
W.A. Mozart
Sonata for piano 4 hands in B flat major, K. 358
Claude Debussy
"Masques"
C. Debussy
"Fireworks"
J. Strauss
Overture from "Die Fledermaus" for four hands
Scott Joplin
Bethena - A Concert Waltz
Manuel Ponce
"Balada Mexicana"
J. Levin
“Village Scene”
S. Rachmaninoff
Suite No. 1 in G minor, Op. 5 “Russian Easter” for two pianos
A. Lavignac
Galop-Marche