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Season 2025-26 Opening Night Gala

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

Honoring Liane McAllister

Program

W. A. MOZART (1756–1791) - Flute Quartet No 2 in C Major, K 285
I. Allegro
II. Andantino con variazioni

with Carol Wincenc, flute, Georgy Valtchev, violin, Alexandrina Boyanova, viola, Ari Evan, cello

P. KUNEVA (b. (1967) - Earth for String Quartet

with Blagomira Lipari, Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, Alexandrina Boyanova, viola, Ari Evan, cello

C. DEBUSSY  (1862–1918) - Children’s Corner L. 113
IV. The Snow is Dancing
VI. Golliwogg’s Cakewalk

with Anna Stoytcheva, piano

D. TABAKOVA (b. 1980)  - Simple Prayer for Complex Times
(In Memoriam Ted Popoff)

with Lora Tchekoratova, piano

~ Intermission ~

C. ALKAN (1813-1888) - Nocturne in B major, Op 22

with Lora Al-Ahmad, piano

J. BRAHMS (1833–1897) - Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano Op.91
I. Gestillte Sehnsucht

with Mariana Karpatova, mezzo-soprano, Alexandrina Boyanova, viola, Lora Tchekoratova, piano

P. GAUBERT (1879–1941) - 3 Aquarelles (Three Watercolors)
I. Par un clair matin

with Carol Wincenc, flute, Ari Evan, cello, Anna Stoytcheva, piano

SELECTED SONGS

Dobri HRISTOV (1875–1941) - “Луковитски моми”

Dimitar PETKOV (1919–1997) - “Месечинко лю гейнливка”

Georgy ZLATEV-CHERKIN  (1905–1977) - “Синеоката”

Parashkev HADJIEV (1912–1992) - “Бре Стояне”

with Mariana Karpatova, mezzo-soprano and Lora Tchekoratova, piano

R. SCHUMANN (1810–1856) - Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
II. In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largamente 
IV. Finale: Allegro brillante

with Georgy Valtchev, violin, Alexandrina Boyanova, viola, Ari Evan, cello and Lora Tchekoratova, piano

This project is made possible in part with funds from regrant programs supported by the funding agencies The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Howard Gilman Foundation, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).