Komitas – Past Concerts

Samuel Barber — Summer Music, Op. 31
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Komitas — Armenian Miniatures (3 selections; arr. Karén Hakobyan)
Francis Poulenc — Sextet for Piano and Winds
Jean Françaix — L'heure du berger ("III. Les Petits")

Program includes works by Hildegard von Bingen, Béla Bartók, Tanya Tagaq, Franz Joseph Haydn, Cécile Chaminade, Traditional, Komitas, and Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté.

Alexander Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
Wang Jie — Blame the Obituary (world premiere)
Komitas — Armenian Folk Songs
Richard Strauss — Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Alexander Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
Wang Jie — Blame the Obituary (world premiere)
Komitas — Armenian Folk Songs
Richard Strauss — Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Program includes works by Komitas, Béla Bartók, Rhiannon Giddens, Ludwig van Beethoven, Cécile Chaminade, Eleanor Alberga, Paul Wiancko, and Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Selected works
Edvard Grieg — Selected works
Franz Liszt — Selected works
Komitas — Selected works

Komitas — Tsirani Tsar ("Apricot Tree")
Komitas — Chinar es ("You Are a Plane Tree")
Komitas — Krunk ("The Crane")
Peter Boyer — Mount Ararat
Igor Stravinsky — Suite Italienne (arr. for cello & piano)
Gregor Piatigorsky — Variations on a Paganini Theme

Komitas — Tsirani Tsar ("Apricot Tree")
Komitas — Chinar es ("You Are a Plane Tree")
Komitas — Krunk ("The Crane")
Peter Boyer — Mount Ararat
Igor Stravinsky — Suite Italienne (arr. for cello & piano)
Gregor Piatigorsky — Variations on a Paganini Theme

Program includes works by Peni Candra Rini, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Angélique Kidjo, Terry Riley, Antonio Haskell, Vladimir Martynov, Komitas, Michael Gordon, and Jacob Garchik.

Music celebrating Brazil, Cuba, Italy, Russia, Armenia and more, with an introduction from renowned travel writer and television host Rick Steves.

Johann Sebastian Bach – Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest”
Robert Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Komitas, arr. R. Andriasyan – Garun a ("Spring") in C minor

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152 Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56 Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs

Discover the ageless beauty of forgotten Armenian Orthodox music through exploration of traditional chants and newer arrangements.