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