Grand Finale & Farewell Toast – Heifetz 2025 Festival of Concerts

An all-star gathering of our faculty and every one of our Heifetz Institute students in a rousing concert brimming with passion and virtuosity.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
I. Allegro
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Heifetz Junior Band
Nicholas Kitchen; Wanchi Huang; Li-Mei Liang; Bela Horvah, violin
Rebecca Henry; Luther Warren, viola
Andrew Mark; YiQun Xu, cello

Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953)
Fantasie Nègre No. 1
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Waverly Alexander, violin (17—Milton, GA)
Yandi Chen, piano

Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
I. Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Alexis Shih, cello (12—Atlanta, GA)

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28
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Olivia Cho, cello (24—Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
IV. Adagio
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Merrimack String Quartet
Josie Kelleher, violin (18—Brookline, MA)
Lily Sullivan, violin (18—Bloomington, IN)
Jane Morrison, viola (16—Burke, VA)
Anni Tian, cello (16—Pomona, CA)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
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Maury String Quartet
Rebecca Chung, violin (16—New York, NY)
Jiwoo Son, violin (16—Seoul, South Korea)
Téa Bowers, viola (19—Cedar Grove, NC)
Seah Katherine Yu, cello (18—Tokyo, Japan)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
III. Allegretto
IV. Largo
V. Largo
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Potomac String Quartet
Chaewon Chang, violin (22—Yonginsi, South Korea)
Waverly Alexander, violin (17—Milton, GA) (violin 1 on movements IV & V)
Aisha Bhansali, viola (14—Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Lily Jinglin Yuan, cello (19—Yantai, Shendong, China)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
IV. Presto
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Susquehanna String Quartet
Jisoo Kim, violin (24—Seoul, South Korea)
Sofia Hashemi-Asasi, violin (27—San Diego, CA)
Wesley O'Brien, viola (22—Calgary, AB Canada)
Rachel Lin, cello (24—San Jose, CA)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 74, "Harp”
IV. Allegretto con variazioni
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Shenandoah String Quartet
Kuan Hao Yen, violin (23—Taipei, Taiwan)
Yeji Hwang, violin (22—Seoul, South Korea)
Bryce Burgess, viola (19—Seattle, WA)
Ian Jang, cello (18—Temecula, CA)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3
IV. Allegro molto
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The Heifetz Band
Borromeo String Quartet
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