Thursday 23 May, 7pm — Hilterfingen Church
Lipkind Plays Schubert
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String Trio in B flat Major D. 471
Artiom Shishkov, Anna Lipkind, Gavriel Lipkind
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor D. 821
Transcription for Solo Cello and String Quartet
Gavriel Lipkind (Solo-Cello), Artiom Shishkov, Anna Lipkind, Viacheslav Dinerchtein,
Dongkyun An
Swiss Premiere
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String Quintet in C Major D. 956
Artiom Shishkov, Anna Lipkind, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Gavriel Lipkind, Dongkyun An
Friday 24 May, 6:30pm — Thun Townhall
Unconventional Marriages
Max Reger (1873–1916)
“Serenade” Op.141
Kaspar Zehnder, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Yura Lee
Guillaume Conneson (*1970)
Disco Toccata
Reto Bieri, Aleksei Kiseliov
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
“Pelléas & Mélisande” Suite Op. 80
Transcription: David Walter
Kaspar Zehnder, Reto Bieri, Jana Boušková, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Yura Lee, Ilya Hoffman,
Alexander Chaushian
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp L 137
Kaspar Zehnder, Ilya Hoffman, Jana Boušková
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Introduction and Allegro
Kaspar Zehnder, Reto Bieri, Jana Boušková, Yura Lee, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Ilya Hoffman,
Alexander Chaushian
Friday 24 May, 10pm — Rittersaal, Thun Castle
The Madness of May
Late Night Concert
A night of World, Traditional, and Classical Music
Yurodny
Adrian Hart (Violin, Electronics), Cora Venus Lunny (Violin, Viola), Ivana Grahovac (Violoncello), Nick Roth (Saxophone), Colm O’Hara (Trombone), Alex Roth (Guitar), David Redmond (Double Bass), Philip MacMullan (Drums); Featuring
Special Guests
Gwendolyn Masin (Violin), Miklós Lukács (Cimbalom), Olesya Zdorovetska (Voice)
Saturday 25 May, 7pm — Oberhofen Castle, Oberhofen
Six Degrees of Separation
The Lakeside Sessions
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Sextet no.1in B flat Major Op.18
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Artiom Shishkov, Yura Lee, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Alexander Chaushian, Dongkyun An
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
String Sextet from “Capriccio”
Anna Lipkind, Artiom Shishkov, Ilya Hoffman, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Aleksei Kiseliov, Alexander Chaushian
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951)
Transfigured Night Op.4
Version for String Sextet
Artiom Shishkov, Anna Lipkind, Yura Lee, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Gavriel Lipkind, Aleksei Kiseliov
Sunday 26 May, 11am — Oberhofen Castle, Oberhofen
The Sunday Morning Coffee Concert
The Lakeside Sessions
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
String Quartet in B minor Op.11
The Lipkind Quartet
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
String Quartet no. 1 (unfinished)
The Lipkind Quartet
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
3 pieces for String Quartet
The Lipkind Quartet
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Quartet in F Major Op. 96 (B 179) “American”
The Lipkind Quartet
Sunday 26 May, 7pm — Rittersaal, Thun Castle
My GAIA – A Celebration
[Translate to english:] The Lakeside Sessions
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
Sonata no. 3 in D minor, “Ballade”
from Six Sonatas for Violin solo Op. 27
Gwendolyn Masin
Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935)
Passacaglia
on a theme by Georg Friedrich Händel
GAIA Transcription for Violin and Violoncello
Gwendolyn Masin, Gavriel Lipkind
Anton Stepanowitsch Arensky (1861–1906)
String Quartet no. 2 in A minor Op. 35
2nd Movement: Variations sur un thême de P. Tschaïkowsky
Gwendolyn Masin, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Alexander Chaushian, Gavriel Lipkind
Wilfried Hiller (*1941)
Die zerstreute Brillenschlange
for Narrator, Clarinet and Bordun
Text written by: Michael Ende
Gwendolyn Masin, Reto Bieri, Aleksei Kiseliov
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
“GAIA’s Piazzolla Suite”
- “Nightclub 1960” from “Histoire du Tango”
Arrangement for Vibraphone solo by Andrei Pushkarev
Swiss Premiere - “Milonga loca” from “Tango: Zero Hour”
Arrangement for Violin and Vibraphone by Andrei Pushkarev
Swiss Premiere - “Introducción del Ángel” from “Concierto del Ángel”
Arrangement for Violin, Violoncello and Vibraphone by Andrei Pushkarev
World Premiere - “Escualo”
Arrangement for Violoncello and Vibraphone by Andrei Pushkarev
Swiss Premiere - “Chiquilin de Bachin”
Arrangement for Vibraphone solo by Andrei Pushkarev
Anna Lipkind, Gavriel Lipkind, Andrei Pushkarev
World Premiere
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Quintet for Strings and Guitar no. 4 in D Major
4th Movement: Fandango
Gwendolyn Masin, Anna Lipkind, Ilya Hoffman, Gavriel Lipkind, Aleksei Kiseliov
Andrei Pushkarev (*1974)
“La folia de GAIA”
Arrangement of the Violin Sonata Op. 5 no. 12 “La folia” by Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Gwendolyn Masin, Artiom Shishkov, Anna Lipkind, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Gavriel Lipkind, Andrei Pushkarev
World Premiere
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Rumanian Dances Sz 68
Gwendolyn Masin, Artiom Shishkov, Anna Lipkind, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Gavriel Lipkind