Date:

Monday

January 13, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Satterlee Hall at Trinity Episcopal Get Tickets >

Monday, January 13, 2025
@Satterlee Hall at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

Andrew Armstrong (piano), Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Mak Grgic (guitar) and Abigél Králik (violin)

Join celebrated pianist Andy Armstrong for his new chamber series: ANDY & FRIENDS. Not only does Andy bring some of his internationally acclaimed musician friends together, but you'll likely feel like one of Andy's friends by the end of each performance! 

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PROGRAM:

Johann Sebastian Bach

Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Cantata BWV 140 (1731)

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Ária (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W 391 (1938)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Opus 30, No. 2 (1803)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, S. 49 (1803)

Richard Rodgers
“My Funny Valentine” (1937)

George Enescu
Légende, for trumpet and piano (1906)

Miroslav Tadić
Laments, Dances, & Lullabies, Vol. 1 for solo guitar (2008)

Leonora Duarte
Selected Symphonie à 5 (ca. 1625-1650) 

Jacques Brel
“Ne me quittez pas” (1959)

Jacques Brel
"Mathilde” (1963)

LEARN ABOUT THIS CONCERT'S ARTISTS

ABOUT ANDY

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ABOUT ANDREW ARMSTRONG (SERIES MUSIC DIRECTOR)

Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences across Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic.

Andrew’s orchestral engagements across the globe have encompassed a vast repertoire of more than 60 concertos with orchestra. He has performed with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, Günther Herbig, Stefan Sanderling, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and has appeared in solo recitals and in chamber music concerts with the Ehnes, Elias, Alexander, American, and Manhattan String Quartets, and as a member of the Caramoor Virtuosi, Boston Chamber Music Society, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.

In addition to his many concerts, his performances are heard regularly on National Public Radio, WQXR, New York City’s premier classical music station, and stations across the country.

ABOUT JEROEN

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Belgian trumpeter Jeroen Berwaerts is a paramount musical force with an all-inclusive love for music that knows not how to discriminate. Praised for his outstanding technical capabilities and sensitive musicality, his repertoire encompasses every epoch, from baroque music to contemporary music to jazz. With a flourishing solo career of recitals as well as concerts with the world's leading symphony orchestras, Jeroen Berwaerts still finds time to devote himself to chamber music. Following many years as a member of the Canadian Brass, Jeroen Berwaerts now plays with the Stockholm Chamber Brass. Over thirty compositions have been written for the ensemble, which performs mostly original compositions or arrangements of both contemporary and more traditional repertoire.

ABOUT MAK

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Touted as a “gifted guitarist” by the New York Times, 2-time Grammy®-nominated artist Mak Grgic [GER-gich] is a star on the worldwide stage. An expansive and adventurous repertoire attests to his versatility and wide-ranging interests. From the ethnic music of his native Balkans to extreme avant-garde and microtonal music, his roles as soloist, collaborator, and Grammy-nominated recording artist are fueled by curiosity, imagination, and boundless energy. As a testament to his versatility and wide-ranging appeal, in 2018 Mak was invited by legendary singer-songwriter k.d. lang to perform as the opening act for the North American leg of her Ingénue Redux Tour.

ABOUT ABIGÉL

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As the only musician listed in 2020’s Forbes Hungary “30 under 30” list, Hungarian-Nicaraguan-American violinist, Abigel Kralik is quickly gaining attention as “a shooting star in the truest sense of the word” (MRK). As a passionate soloist and chamber musician, she has appeared as a featured artist at the Verbier, Clasclas, Budapest, Krzyzowa Mozaic and Moritzburg Festivals, as well as the Perlman Music Program.