Episode 121: Play it Forward - Again!

Looking ahead to a mini-tour and full-length 2025 season, this episode featuring four outstanding Heifetz alums – all returning on full scholarships to Heifetz 2025. Featuring fiddle tunes, ballet transcriptions, and a gripping quartet by Shostakovich.

This Episode’s Playlist

J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
I. Allemande
Runa Matsushita, violin
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.24.2022

Trad, arr. Shane Cook: Hangman’s Reel
Kitty Amaral, violin
Virtual Performance, Elk Creek, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.11.2020

Prokofiev, arr. Vadim Borisovsky: Suite from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64
I. Introduction
V. Dance of the Knights
Steven Baloue, viola; Allison Freeman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.12..2022

Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47 [excerpt]
III. Allegretto scherzando
Yezu Woo, violin; Julia Angelov, violin; Coleman Itzkoff, cello; Florence Jowers, harmonium
Great Hall, Blackburn Inn & Conference Center,Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.26.2021

Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
I. Allegro non troppo
Amelia Zitoun, cello; Yoon Lee, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.14.2022

Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor II. Andante [excerpt]
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
Heifetz Institute recording
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA | 07.21.2021

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
I. Allegretto
II. Moderato con moto
III. Allegro non troppo
Mattaponi SQ: Runa Maatsushita, violin; Chunyi Zhou, violin; Robert Fomos, viola; Amelia Zitoun, cello
South Market Stage, Grace Christian School, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.22.2022

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Maud Powell; arr. Paul Neubauer:
Deep River, fr. 24 Negro Melodies, op. 59
Steven Baloue, viola; Jessica Osborne, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2024