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Musical Treasures from Bulgaria

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026, at 7:30 PM

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

with

Lora Markova, violin and Lora Al-Ahmad, piano

Co-presented with
”St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation”

Partially underwritten by

Dr. Helma Philips and Mr. Ivan Kavrakov,
Mrs. Nellie Gipson and Mr. Robert Gipson,
Mr. John Christman,
Prof. Pavlina Dokovska

PROGRAM

G. ZLATEV-CHERKIN (B. 1977)

Sevdana

W. A. MOZART (1756–1791)

Sonata in G Major, K. 301 (1778)

I. Allegro con spirito
II. Allegro

S. PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)

Sonata No. 2 in D Major for violin and piano, Op. 94A (1943)

I. Moderato
II. Scherzo: Presto
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio

G. GERSHWIN (1898–1937)

From Porgy and Bess (1935), Arranged for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)

1. Summertime
2. A Woman is a Sometime Thing
3. My Man’s Gone Now
4. It Ain’t Necessarily So

C. DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Sonata in G Minor for violin and piano, L. 140 (1917)

I. Allegro Vivo
II. INTERMÈDE: Fantasque et LÉGER
III. Finale: TRÈS ANIMÉ

L. AL-AHMAD (B. 1995)

Mutual

C. SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) / E. YSAŸE (1858–1931)

Étude en Forme de Valse (After Saint-SAËNS, Op. 52, No. 6)