Festival Opening Concert Benzaquen Recital Hall, Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30 P. M. 0:00 Intro 2:00 Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon (dedicated to Ming Tcherepnin) (1948) Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) David Witten, piano 6:26 Three Chinese Bagatelles, Op. 51 (for Beijing students) (1935) Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977) V. Animato (for Chou Pi Cheng) VI. Lento (for King Chi Twan) VII. Allegretto (for Chien Chao Yen) Aizhan Soltanova, piano 9:54 Chinese Concert Etudes, Op. 52 (1934-36)--Alexander Tcherepnin Chant Shadow Play Tatyana Kebuladze, piano 20:10 Punch and Judy The Lute Homage to China David Witten, piano 32:20 Intro, Competition Third Prize 35:55 Song of the Himalayas for piano (2009)--Jianjun He (b. 1958) Jeffrey Jacob, piano 43:30 Chinese Songs, Op. 71 (1945)--Alexander Tcherepnin II. Traveling Song (folksong from Yunnan) VI. My Sister Hon Tsai (folksong from Soué Yuan) Yun Tse, soprano, David Witten, piano 50:00 Intro, Competition Second Prize 52:05 Ode to the Autumn Wind for piano (2023)--Leyou Wang (b. 1992) Tiankai Yu, piano 1:00:35 Piano Trio, Op. 34 (1925) Alexander Tcherepnin Moderato Tranquillo - Allegro Allegretto Allegro Molto - Allegro Risoluto Elena Chernova-Davis, violin,Wan-Yi Pan, violoncello,Tatyana Kebuladze, piano 1:10:50 Competition First Prize: Golden Glimmers on the Waves for dizi and piano (2023)--Suxu Yao (b. 2002) Yinuo Wu, dizi, Pan Gu, piano 1:24:13 The Lost Flute, Op. 89 (1954) Alexander Tcherepnin Christine Tanko, narrator, Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, flute David Witten, piano, Taylor Goodson, percussion
Maravilhosa apresentação em 5º Festival Internacional de Música de Câmara PPGM -UFPB, Sala Radegundis Feitosa, 20 de agosto 2022, João Pessoa-PB/ Brasil. 💐❤️🌎😘👏👏
Really well done! I particularly like the cross-disciplinary integrated narrative. Academics at its best. I wonder if more pieces could be introduced this way?
Thank you, Aurel Betz! It is very heartening to read your positive comment. I am working on a longer video with other music and gravity and Cartoon Laws of Physics!
Brilliant, David, thanks so much for putting this online. This waltz has been my favorite since childhood, and one that I tried to play many times - perhaps if you'd been my teacher, I would have had better results. Hope you are well. I miss hearing you play in person
I want to study abroad! Thanks for an enlightening presentation Professor Witten; great to see Maddie Meier and hear about her experience in Austria, a country close to my heart since my daughter lives there!
David, is there any way I can get a copy of the Hellman book from you? It is NO where online and no one has it? Would you be able to scan it into a PDF or something since it is out of print now? Thanks
This made me appreciate why the symbol for the turn ornament is so effective for communicating the curved melodic motion (above and below the main note) in my mind. Physically, the wrist and forearm enables a similar motion for ease of execution.
Hi David, Great work with this video. I was a student of Mrs. Taubman during the summer of 1997. During that summer, she was still trying to finish her book. I had no idea that any of it was published or generally available. Where do I get it?
