Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) String Quintet in C, Op. 29, “The Storm” arr. for flute & strings (Scolnik) Recorded live on Feb 9, 2025 on a concert entitled, "Sense & Sensibility" Allegro moderato Adagio molto espressivo Scherzo: Allegro Presto Sarita Kwok, Qing Hou, violin Stephanie Fong & Lawrence Neuman, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Julie Scolnik, flute Antonio Oliart, recording engineer
Beethoven String Quintet Op. 29 (arr. for flute and strings)
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 Allegro moderato Dumka (Elegie) Poco allegretto Furiant. Presto Finale. Tema con variazoni Performed and recorded on Feb 9, 2025 as part of Mistral Music's concert, Sense & Sensibility" Julie Scolnik, artistic director Sarita Kwok, Qing Hou, violin Stephanie Fong & Lawrence Neuman, viola Alexandre Lecarme & Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Antonio Oliart, recording engineer
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
Strum, for String Quartet by Jessie Montgomery recorded live by Mistral Music on Feb 9, 2025 Julie Scolnik, founding artistic director Sarita Kwok, Qing Hou, violin Stephanie Fong & Lawrence Neuman, viola Alexandre Lecarme & Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Antonio Oliart, recording engineer
Strum, for String Quartet by Jessie Montgomery
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924) Crisantemi  (Chrysanthemums), for string quartet Qing Hou, Sarita Kwok, violins Stephanie Fong, viola Alexandre Lecarme, cello Performed on Feb 9, 2025, by Mistral Music, Julie Scolnik, artistic director www.MistralMusic.org Antonio Oliart, recording engineer A note about this piece from Steven Ledbetter: Few listeners are familiar with any purely instrumental music by Giacomo Puccini, though everyone knows his principal operas, the most successful since the turn of the 20th century.             Puccini grew up in a family with a long tradition as organist-choirmasters, but after seeing a performance of Verdi's Aida in his 18th year, he determined to become a composer of opera.  Yet he could not hope to do so in his native Lucca, where there was no strong theatrical tradition. It was four more years before a scholarship enabled him to attend the Conservatory in Milan and to haunt the doors of La Scala, where he first learned the operatic repertory.  Still, his graduation piece from the conservatory was a purely orchestral work, a "symphonic capriccio," that revealed his flair for melodic invention and rich orchestral color.  During his conservatory years he had also written a scherzo for string quartet and a complete quartet in D, but both works remained unpublished.  Practically his only string quartet work to see the light of day was the 1890 composition Crisantemi ("Chrysanthemums"), which reveals itself throughout as the product of Puccini's special, warm sense of melody and texture.
GIACOMO PUCCINI: Crisantemi  (Chrysanthemums), for string quartet
Vivaldi - Concerto in A minor for two violins, Op. 3 No. 8, RV 522, from L'Estro armónico I Allegro molto II Andante III Allegro Mistral Music, Baroque Big Band 2023 Julie Scolnik, artistic director www.MistralMusic.org Rebecca Fischer, Sarita Kwok, solo violins Emma Frucht & Gabriela Diaz, tutti violins Stephanie Fong, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello; Donald Palma, bass; Ian Watson, harpsichord Antonio Oliart, audio/video engineer
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor for two violins, Op. 3 No. 8, RV 522, from L'Estro armónico
From the Sept 15, 2024 concert by Mistral Music entitled "Wunderkinds of Lyricism" www.MistralMusic.org FLORENCE PRICE (1887– 1953) Elfantanze for violin & piano (arranged for flute by J. Scolnik) Julie Scolnik, flute. Sophie Scolnik-Brower, piano Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to mixed-race parents, Florence Price’s father was the only African American dentist in the city, while her White mother was a music teacher. Beginning early piano lessons with her mother, she showed immediate talent, making her first public appearance at 4 and publishing her first song at 11. From 1902 to 1906, she studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, where in addition to taking degrees in organ and piano teaching, she pursued studies on composition, a subject denied to most women at the time. However, the director of the Conservatory, George W. Chadwick, one of Boston’s leading composers, opened the program to talented women and minorities. At the commencement concert when she graduated, her performance closed the program, implicitly identifying her as the top student in the graduating class. She spent most of her career in Chicago, where she attained considerable renown, but her fame faded after her death, and most of her music risked being lost. But in recent years, rediscoveries have revived her reputation. In 2009, a large carton of scores was discovered in the attic of an abandoned home in a Chicago suburb. It contained her fourth symphony, two violin concertos, and much else. In recent years her music has been welcomed on orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as piano recitals. Elfantanze (Dances of the Elves) is one of more than 100 songs with piano that she left.
Florence Price Elfantanze, arr. for flute and piano
MARCELLO (1686-1739) Oboe Concerto in C minor I Allegro Moderato II Adagio III Allegro Mistral Music, Baroque Big Band 2023 Julie Scolnik, artistic director www.MistralMusic.org Antonio Oliart, audio and video engineer Kemp Jernigan, oboe Gabriela Diaz, Rebecca Fischer: violins Stephanie Fong, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello; Donald Palma, bass; Ian Watson, harpsichord
Marcello Oboe Concerto
Mendelssohn "Venetian Gondelier" from Songs without Words for flute & piano Julie Scolnik, flute Sophie Scolnik-Brower
Mendelssohn "Venetian Gondelier" from Songs without Words for flute & piano
TELEMANN 1681 1767 Concerto for four violins in D, TWV40 202 Performed on Dec. 8, 2024 for Mistral Music's Baroque Big Band Adagio; Allegro Sarita Kwok, Emma Frucht, Stephanie Fong and Julia Glenn, violins Antonio Oliart, audio and video engineer
TELEMANN Concerto for four violins in D, TWV40 202
J S BACH 1685 1750 Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052R arranged by Robert Reitz for violin & strings Emma Frucht, violin solo Sarita Kwok, Julia Glenn, violins Stephanie Fong, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Donald Palma, bass; Ian Watson, harpsichord www.MistralMusic.org Julie Scolnik, artistic director Antonio Oliart, recording engineer
J S BACH Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052R arr. for violin solo
J.S. BACH (1685-1750): Concerto for Oboe & Violin, BWV 1060 Sarita Kwok, violin Kemp Jernigan, oboe Allegro Adagio 5:19 Allegro 10:35 Sarita Kwok, Emma Frucht, Julia Glenn violins Stephanie Fong, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Donald Palma, bass Kemp Jernigan, oboe Julie Scolnik, flute Ian Watson, harpsichord Antonio Oliart, audio and video engineer
J S BACH Concerto for Oboe & Violin, BWV 1060 (Mistral Music)
VIVALDI Concerto for viola, cello & strings, RV 531VIVALDI (1678-1741) Stephanie Fong, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Allegro Adagio Allegro Performed and recorded on Dec 8, 2024 Baroque Big Band Sarita Kwok, Emma Frucht, Julia Glenn violins Stephanie Fong, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Donald Palma, bass Ian Watson, harpsichord
VIVALDI Concerto for viola, cello & strings, RV 531
TELEMANN (1681-1767): Suite in A for flute & strings Mistral Music (www.MistralMusic.org) Julie Scolnik, flute 1. Ouverture; 2. Les Plaisirs; 3. Air à l’Italien: Largo; Allegro; 4. Menuet I & II; 5. Passepied I & II; 6. Polonaise; 7. Réjouissance Sarita Kwok, Emma Frucht, Julia Glenn violins Stephanie Fong, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Donald Palma, bass Kemp Jernigan, oboe Julie Scolnik, flute Ian Watson, harpsichord Antonio Oliart, Audio and Video engineer
Telemann Suite in A for Flute & Strings, Mistral Music
A looking back at 2024 in our family.
Happy Holidays from Julie and Michael
Mistral Music's Sept, 2024 concert, "Wunderkinds of Lyricism." Mendelssohn: From Songs without Words: Contemplation arr. for flute and piano Julie Scolnik, flute & Sophie Scolnik-Brower, piano Audio and Video engineer: Antonio Oliart
Mendelssohn From Songs without Word: Contemplation for flute/piano
Mozart Divertimento in EbDivertimento for String Trio in E flat Major, K. 563 I. Allegro VI. Allegro Juliette Kang, violin Stephanie Fong, viola Thomas Kraines, cello Mistral Music, Sept 2024. Julie Scolnik, artistic director www. MistralMusic.org Video and audio recording engineer: Antonio Oliart
Mozart Divertimento in Eb (excerpts) Movements I and VI
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25: Movt. II Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo — Trio: Animato MistralMusic.org Julie Scolnik, artistic director Performed on Sept 15, 2024, as part of a program called "Wunderkinds of Lyricism" Juliette Kang, violin Stephanie Fong, viola Thomas Kraines, cello Sophie Scolnik-Brower, piano Antonio Oliart, audio and video recording engineer
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25: Movt. II Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo — Trio: Animato
From Mistral Music's Sept 2025 concert, Wunderkinds of Lyricism, the last movement of Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25: Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto www.MistralMusic.org Julie Scolnik, artistic director Juliette Kang, violin Stephanie Fong, viola Thomas Kraines, cello Sophie Scolnik-Brower, piano Antonio Oliart, audio/video engineer
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor, Op.25 4th movement
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 Reconstruction of original nonet version by Alan Boustead www.Mistralmusic.org, Julie Scolnik, founding artistic director Performed and recorded on April 7, 2024 Allegro molto Scherzo. Allegro non troppo Adagio non troppo Menuet I & II Scherzo Rondo. Allegro Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin Danny Kim, viola Owen Young, cello Julie Scolnik, flute Todd Palmer, clarinet Catherine Hudgins, clarinet Rachel Childers, horn Sam Childers, bassoon Donald Palma, bass Antonio Oliart- video and audio engineer
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11. Reconstruction of original nonet version by Boustead
BROWN (b. 1953) Liguria for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & piano Performed on Feb 11, 2024, at its Valentine concert, "Souvenirs from Abroad," works by composers who found inspiration when traveling abroad. www.MistralMusic.org Julie Scolnik, artistic director Qing Hou, violin Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Julie Scolnik, flute Catherine Hudgins, clarinet Sarah Bob, piano Antonio Oliart, audio/video engineer
Elizabeth Brown: LIGURIA for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & piano
HAYDN (1732-1809) London Symphony No. 104 (arr. for flute & strings by J. P. Salomon, Haydn’s impresario) Performed by members of Mistral, February 11, 2024 as part of their Valentine concert, "Souvenirs from Abroad." Adagio – Allegro Andante Menuetto and Trio: Allegro Finale: Spiritoso 16:37
HAYDN London Symphony No. 104 (arr. for flute & strings by J. P. Salomon)
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Souvenir de Florence Performed by members of Mistral, February 11, 2024 as part of their Valentine concert, "Souvenirs from Abroad." Allegro con spirito Adagio cantabile e con moto Allegretto moderato Allegro con brio e vivace www.MistralMusic.org Julie Scolnik, artistic director Antonio Oliart, audio engineer Sarita Kwok, Qing Hou, violin Stephanie Fong & Lawrence Neuman, viola Raman Ramakrishnan & Will Chow, cello
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, for string sextet
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto for four solo violins in B minor, RV 580 from L'Estro armónico I Allegro II Largo III Allegro Mistral Music, Baroque Big Band 2023 Julie Scolnik, artistic director Gabriela Diaz, Rebecca Fischer, Emma Frucht, & Sarita Kwok, violins Stephanie Fong, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello; Donald Palma, bass; Ian Watson, harpsichord
VIVALDI- Concerto for four solo violins in B minor, RV 580
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto in D Minor for two violins & cello RV 565 I Allegro II Largo e spiccato III Allegro Mistral Music, Baroque Big Band 2023 Julie Scolnik, artistic director www.MistralMusic.org Rebecca Fischer, Emma Frucht, solo violins Gabriela Diaz & Sarita Kwok, tutti violins Stephanie Fong, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello; Donald Palma, bass; Ian Watson, harpsichord
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto in D Minor for two violins & cello RV 565
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