Event Details

This concert will feature the ebullient flute and piano sonata by Francis Poulenc and a rare performance of Charles Martin Loeffler's haunting settings of four poems by Verlaine and Baudelaire, for soprano, viola and piano, alongside Schumann's Fantasy Pieces for viola and piano and another rarity, Hindemith's Sonata for solo viola. Longy faculty artists Hugh Hinton, Wayman Chin, Dimitri Murrath (shown at right), Karyl Ryczek, and Marco Granados, will be joined by Masumi Per Rostad, violist of the distinguished Pacifica Quartet.

Program:

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano (1957)
Marco Granados, flute
Wayman Chin, piano

Charles Martin Loeffler: Four Poems, op. 5
La Cloche Felee
“Dansons la gigue!”
“Le son du cor s’afflige vers les bois”
Serenade
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Masumi Rostad, viola
Wayman Chin, piano

Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola
Dimitri Murrath, viola

Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke, op. 73
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Hugh Hinton, piano

PERFORMERS:

Flutist Marco Granados, recent Winner of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 competition, maintains an active international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. His diverse repertoire spans from classical to folk, with an emphasis on Latin-American music. He has been a member of many critically acclaimed ensembles, among them the Quintet of the Americas and Triangulo (Latin American Chamber Trio). As a founding member of the Amerigo Ensemble, The Camerata Latinoamericana and the Granados/Abend Duo, Mr. Granados’ collaborations also include those with The Cuarteto Latinoamericano, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and with such distinguished artists as Paquito D'Rivera, flutist Ransom Wilson, harpist Nancy Allen, oboist Heinz Holliger, flutist William Bennett, as well as with soprano Renee Fleming and baritone Dwayne Croft. Recordings by Mr. Granados include “Music of Venezuela”, Virtuoso Flute music by living Venezuelan composers; “Luna”, a romantic serenade of songs from South America for flute and guitar; “Tango Dreams”, featuring works by Astor Piazzolla, and “Amanecer”, a collection of Venezuelan flute favorites.

Pianist Wayman Chin’s playing has been described as, “transcendental, long lines spun like glorious gold thread,” “ferociously concentrated, intense, focused, and musically astute” (Boston Herald) and “vividly characterized and atmospheric,” (Stamford Mercury, U.K.) and “sheer magic….every note is colored.” (the Freeman, Philippines). Chin has performed widely throughout the United States and Asia and collaborated with the Pacifica Quartet, Cassatt String Quartet, violinist Eric Rosenblith, violists Masumi Rostad, cellist Thomas Kraines, baritone Thomas Megliopranza, violist Toby Appel, and members of the New York Woodwind Quintet, among others. For twelve seasons he appeared regularly as a member of the artist faculty at the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival and and taught at the Stamford International Music Festival in England. Chin is currently the Dean of the Longy School of Music and director for of the Longy in the Berkshires Art of Chamber Music program. In 2010, he served on the faculty for the Winter Cycle at the Banff Centre in Canada.

Karyl Ryczek, soprano, has enjoyed a varied and rich performance career on the opera, oratorio and concert stages. Her singing has been described as intelligent, dramatically informed and in possession of opulent tone. A frequent soloist with the Cantata Singers, Ms. Ryczek has also appeared with Boston Baroque, the Monadnock Music Festival, Boston Musica Viva in addition to numerous orchestral engagements. Ms. Ryczek made her Symphony Hall debut with the Cantata Singers in a world premier of T.J. Anderson's Slavery Documents II and has sung the Boston premiers of Aaron Jay Kernis' song cycle, "Valentines", and Revol Bunin's Russian song cycle "Romance", and the world premier of John Harbison's "But Mary Stood." Ms. Ryczek teaches as an adjunct professor at Bridgewater State University and serves as the Chair of the Voice Department at the Longy School of Music.

Japanese-Norwegian violist, Masumi Per Rostad, is often described as an elegant and expressive musician. As a member of the Pacifica String Quartet, with whom he performs over 90 concerts a year, he won a Grammy Award for ‘Best Chamber Music Performance’ in 2009, Musical America’s 2009 Ensemble of the Year, the Cleveland Quartet Award and is the Resident Quartet of the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Masumi has participated in the Marlboro, Spoleto USA and Skaneateles chamber music festivals. Collaborative highlights include performances with the St Lawrence, Emerson, and Pavel Haas Quartets, Yo Yo Ma, and Menahem Pressler. He has toured and recorded with the International Sejong Soloists and the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra. He can be found on recordings for Cedille Records, Naxos, Tzadik, Windspell Productions, and Musical Observations. Rostad is currently on the faculty of University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, the University of Chicago, and the Longy School of Music in Cambridge.

Born in Brussels, Belgian violist Dimitri Murrath has made his mark as a viola soloist of the international scene, performing regularly in venues inclusing Jordan Hall (Boston), Kennedy Center (Washington), Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall (London), Kioi Hall (Tokyo), the National Auditorium (Madrid), and Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels). He is a first prize winner at the Primrose International Viola Competition, second prize winner at the First Tokyo International Viola Competition, and also won the the special prize for the contemporary work at the ARD Munich Competition and the Verbier Festival Academy's Viola Prize. Murrath has appeared at numberous chamber music festivals including IMS Prussia Cove (UK), Verbier Festival Academy, Gstaad Festival (Switzerland), Caramoor Rising Stars (New York), Great Lakes Festival (Michigan) and Marlboro Music Festival (Vermont), and Ravinia's Steans Institute for Young Artists (Chicago).

Pianist Hugh Hinton has performed widely as a concerto soloist, in recitals, and as a chamber musician, with a special interest in modern and contemporary music. Hinton has been a member of the contemporary music group Core Ensemble since its founding in 1993 and his many recordings of contemporary and chamber music can be found on the Naxos, Etcetera, CRI, Newport Classics, Albany, and MMC labels. Hinton has appeared at many summer music festivals and is in high demand as a soloist and collaborator throughout New England, with performances at Jordan Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Tanglewood's Ozawa hall. He can often be heard on WGBH radio in Boston, and his performances of modern music have been broadcast internationally on “Art of the States.”