Haydn Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major (“Gypsy”) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”)

with Mark Pesknov (violin) and Edward Arron (cello)

Haydn Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major (“Gypsy”) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”)

with Mark Peskanov (violin) and Edward Arron (cello)

The decision to declare independence was bold and risky, and the outcome far from certain. In 1776 no one in the colonies was more motivated or more determined to rise to the challenges that lay ahead than the patriots of South Carolina. On June 6, 2026, no one will commemorate their success with greater joy and enthusiasm than the 400+ citizens of the South Carolina lowcountry who gather at the USCB Center for Arts in historic Beaufort for a day of history, music, and birthday cake. The program will comprise three parts: a combined lecture by eminent historians Drs. Lawrence Rowland and John McCardell-tracing the sources and discussing the causes of the American Revolution and South Carolina's role in its success, a short break for discussion and the essential and delicious birthday cake with lemonade, and then an all American concert for four hands by brilliant pianists Jeewon Park and Andrew Armstrong-presenting works by American composers ranging from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

Our founders fought for and then created a republic whose motto, still on the dollar bill, was Novus Ordo Saeclorum (a new order of the ages). Those Founding Fathers clearly delineated that new order in official documents, but nowhere would it be better expressed than in the newly formed country's music. For the last two hundred and fifty years, we have exercised our hard-won freedoms and enjoyed the distinctly American musical compositions that have declared them loudly, rhythmically, and uniquely both to ourselves and to the world at large. It is now time to engage our minds and tap our feet in celebration.

Doors open at 2:30 Lectures 3 – 3:55 Cake and Lemonade 4 – 4:25 Piano concert 4:30-6

with Demarre McGill (flute) and Andrew Armstrong (piano)

SAMUEL BARBER Souvenirs, for Piano 4-hands, Opus 28 (1952) FRANCIS POULENC Sonate pour flûte et piano (Flute Sonata), FP 164 (1957) GERMAIN TAILLEFERRE Image for Piano 4-hands (1918) GEORGE GERSHWIN An American in Paris (1928) (arr. for Piano 4-hands by Alessandra Gelfini) WILLIAM GRANT STILL Songs for Flute and Piano JOHN PHILIP SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever, arr. for Piano 4-hands (1896-97)

with Demarre McGill (flute) and Andrew Armstrong (piano)

SAMUEL BARBER Souvenirs, for Piano 4-hands, Opus 28 (1952) FRANCIS POULENC Sonate pour flûte et piano (Flute Sonata), FP 164 (1957) GERMAIN TAILLEFERRE Image for Piano 4-hands (1918) GEORGE GERSHWIN An American in Paris (1928) (arr. for Piano 4-hands by Alessandra Gelfini) WILLIAM GRANT STILL Songs for Flute and Piano JOHN PHILIP SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever, arr. for Piano 4-hands (1896-97)

with Eric Jacobsen, Music Director and Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, Concertmaster

with Tessa Lark, Julia Schilz (violins), Nicholas Cords (viola), Alice Yoo (cello)

William Grant Still Suite for Violin and Cello (1943) Florence Price Piano Quintet in A Minor (1935) Dvorák Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

with Tessa Lark, Julia Schilz (violins), Nicholas Cords (viola), Alice Yoo (cello)

William Grant Still Suite for Violin and Piano (1943) Florence Price Piano Quintet in A Minor (1935) Dvorák Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

with Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Nicholas Cords (viola) and Edward Arron (cello)

Janacek Pohadka for Cello and Piano Beethoven Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 Chausson Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30

with Andrew Armstrong (piano), Andrew Wan (violin), and Ani Aznavoorian (cello)

Mozart Overture from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, arranged for Piano Four Hands Grieg 4 Norwegian Dances for Piano Four Hands, Op. 35 Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
Grieg Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Minor, Op. 45 John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever (1897), arr. Russell Ronnebaum for Piano Four Hands

with Yoonah Kim, clarinet Stefan Jackiw, violin Edward Arron, cello

Beethoven – Variations in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 44 Mozart – Rondeau from Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 Brahms – Trio in A Minor for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, Op. 114

—–Intermission–

Stravinsky – Suite from L’Histoire du soldat for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Walter Rabl – Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Clarinet, Violin, and Cello, op. 1

MICHI WIANCKO Horn Trio (World Premiere) with Clara Neubauer, violin; Kristina Mascher-Turner, french horn

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Bagatelles

with Axel Strauss, violin Clara Neubauer, violin/viola Nick Canellakis, cello

P.D.Q. BACH Sonata Innamorata with David Fung, piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1 with Paul Neubauer, viola

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40 with Jakob Taylor, cello Brahms Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40 with Axel Strauss (violin) and Kristina Mascher-Turner (horn)

KERRY TURNER Candles in the Darkness with Kristina Mascher-Turner, French horn