Episode 51: Heifetz for the Holidays

Happy Holidays! This episode features Heifetz faculty, alums, and special guests perform beloved carols, Baroque gems, and custom arrangements of holiday classics, played in Heifetz Holiday Tour stops in Baltimore, Washington, and beyond, and capped off with the annual Heifetz Holiday Homecoming concert in Staunton, Virginia. This Episode’s Playlist  Trad, arr. Alasdair Fraser: Shetland Set: Christmas Day Ida Moarnin/Lady Spence’s Reel/Sleep Soond Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin | Zhihao Wu, cello Blackfriars Playhouse, American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2018 Tchaikovsky, arr. Lynne Latham: Nutcracker Suite I. Overture II. March III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy IV. Arabian Dance V. Trepak Danny Yehun Jin, violin | Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin | Matt Cohen, viola | Zhihao Wu, cello Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.16.2018 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a XII. December [EXCERPT] Stefan Petrov, piano Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.17.2017 Antonio Vivaldi: Christmas Concerto in B-flat, RV 270 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro Angela Chan, violin solo | Julia Angelov, violin | Kayleigh Kim, violin | Matt Cohen, viola | Dilshod Narzillaev, cello Kreeger Museum of Art, Washington, DC Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.19.2019 Anon: Greensleeves, to a Ground Rachell Ellen Wong, violin | Coleman Itzkoff, cello Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.19.2019 Trad., arr Matthew Naughtin: Christmas Feast: Five Ancient Carols for Strings Gloria in Excelsis Deo Gaudete Carol of the Bagpipers Coventry Carol Verbum Caro Factum Est Jihyun Baik, violin | Julia Angelov, violin | Jane Taerim Kim, viola | Rachel Taylor, cello Horowitz Theatre, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2023 Arcangelo Corelli: “Christmas” Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 I: Vivace – Grave: Arcate, sostenuto e come sta II: Allegro III: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio IV: Vivace V: Allegro VI: Largo. Pastorale ad libitum Chloé Kiffer, violin | Rachell Ellen Wong, violin | Ji-Won Song, violin | Nikita Borisevich, violin | Andrew Gonzalez, viola | Coleman Itzkoff, cello | Nicholas Mariscal, cello | Stefan Petrov, harpsichord Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.18.2015 Mikola Leontovych: Ukrainian Bell Carol Minchae Kim, violin | SoHyun Ko, violin | Jerome McCoy, viola | Dilshod Narzillaev, cello WTJU Studios, Charlottesville, VA WTJU Recording | 12.08.2022 Irving Berlin, arr. Nate Sabat after Jascha Heifetz: White Christmas Chloé Kiffer, violin | Stefan Petrov, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.18.2015 Go Deeper View the 2023 Heifetz Holiday Homecoming, recorded in the friendly confines of Francis Auditorium, on the Mary Baldwin University campus in Staunton, VA. Listen to the special holiday broadcast on A LIttle Day Music with WVTF Music host Luke Currie, featuring our 2023 Heifetz Holiday Tour troupe in the WVTF Performance Studio! Freshly updated for 2023, check out the Heifetz Holiday Music Channel on Soundcloud!