Join us for an enchanting concert Saturday, May 10th at 3 pm set in Easton’s beautiful Congregational Church. Experience the timeless beauty of Schumann, Debussy and Brahms performed by the renowned and talented members of the Lillibridge Ensemble, Raphael Ryger and Madeleine Forte. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience a world-class performance in Easton’s oldest church!

Program:

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (1851)

i. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (With passionate expression) ii. Allegretto iii. Lebhaft (Lively)

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

Poème, Op. 25 (1896)

— Intermission —

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Sonata in G minor (1917)

i. Allegro vivo

i. Intermède: Fantasque et léger (Interlude: Whimsical and light) iii.Finale: Très animé

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1886-1888)

i. Allegro ii. Adagio

iii. Un poco presto e con sentimento iv. Presto agitato

Raphael Ryger, violinist, was born in Israel and grew up in New York City before returning to Israel and later returning to the U.S. for graduate study in Philosophy at Yale.  His violin training included some of the greatest pedagogues in both countries.  He has been soloist and concertmaster with many orchestras in Israel and in Connecticut, and has been in those capacities with New Haven-based Orchestra New England since 1988.  On his academic side, he is an active computer scientist and leads a Yale faculty discussion group on Science, Technology and Utopian Visions.

Madeleine Forte, pianist, received the Josef Lhevine Memorial Award at the Juilliard School.  She offered scholarships to American and foreign students at Boise State University where she taught for twenty-six years.  She has toured on five continents.  The New Yorker praised “Forte’s gorgeous tone and sensuous line…[evoking] classic French pianism…[from the] classic simplicity of theSonatine to the virtuosic Gaspard de la Nuit, in which no prisoners are taken and no notes dropped.”  Website: https://madeleineforte.github.io