Fundraiser - December 8, 2011 at Russian Samovar
Concert 1 - December 28, 2011 at Merkin Hall
Renaissance and Decadence
1. J.S. Bach - Two choral preludes
“In Dulci Jubilo” BWV 729 for Strings
“Ich ruf zu Dir,Herr Jesu Crist” BWV 639 for Violin and Strings
2. C. Gesualdo de Venosa - Madrigali Libro Sesto for Strings
3. E. Satie - Five Gnossiennes for Piano and Strings
4. M. Ravel - Pavane pour un Enfante Defunte for Violin and Strings
All music arranged and transcribed by Jakov Jakoulov
5. Holiday Music: Hanukkah Medley by Dina Pruzhansky for String and Piano
6. Christmas Suite by Jakov Jakoulov for Strings
Concert 2 - January 18, 2012 at Symphony Space
A Quattro
1. J.S. Bach - Air from Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
2. D. Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83
3. M. Ravel - String Quartet in F Major
4. A. Arensky - String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35
5. F. Schubert - Five Minuets with Six Trios, D. 89
Concert 3 - March 28, 2012 at Ansche Chesed Temple
Jewish Voices
1. J.S. Bach - Concerto for Three Violins in D Major, BWV 1064
reconstructed by C. Hogwood
2. A. Schoenberg - A Survivor from Warsaw
Reduction of the original score for strings, narrator and cantor by Matthew Quayle
3. E. Bloch - Nigun from Baal Shem Suite in Memoriam of Omus Hirshbein
4. N. Hirschhorn - Meditations on Two Jewish Prayers (World Premiere)
5. D. Shostakovich - From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79
transcribed by Steve Cohen
6. N. Shemer - Jerusalem of Gold
arranged for strings by Raphael Fusco
Concert 4 - June 6, 2012 at Bargemusic
Song of Songs
Robert Sherman - Host and narrator
1. J.S. Bach - Canzona in D minor (BWV 588)
2. S. Cohen - A Song for Strings (World Premiere)
3. D. Pruzhansky - Song of Songs (World Premiere)
4. S. Rachmaninoff - Vocalise for Strings
5. M. De Falla - Seven Spanish Folksongs
Bach, Rachmaninoff and De Falla arranged by Steve Cohen
