SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2000
3 p.m.
American composer David Diamond will be featured on October 22, when two of his string quartets will receive their Washington premieres. Many of Diamond's relatives from Vienna perished during the Holocaust.

Gideon Klein
Sonata for Piano (1943)

I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace

Joanna Sobkowska, Piano

Erwin Schulhoff
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1924)

I. Allegro impetuoso
II. Andante
III. Burlesca (Allegretto)
IV. Finale (Allegro risoluto)

Viktor Kuna, Violin
Joanna Sobkowska, Piano

Lubos Fiser
Sonata for Solo Violin (1981)-To the Memory of Theresienstadt (1981)*

Viktor Kuna, Violin

Rudolf Karel
Pankraz Polka (1945)*

Viktor Kuna, Violin
Joanna Sobkowska, Piano

INTERMISSION

David Diamond
String Quartet No. 3 (1946)*

I. Moderato, con semplicità
II. Allegro vivo
III. Allegretto
IV. Adagio

George Marsh, Violin
Jenny Oaks Baker, Violin
Tsuna Sakamoto, Viola
Steven Honigberg, Cello

String Quartet No. 8 (1964)*

I. Adagio, Andante, Allegro con spirito, quasi presto
II. Largo
III. Presto con bravura, Fuga (lo stesso tempo)

George Marsh, Violin
Jenny Oaks Baker, Violin
Tsuna Sakamoto, Viola
Steven Honigberg, Cello

*Washington premiere
**United States premiere
***World premiere