An evening of beautiful music and fine company
The program for the evening includes music from cellist Anita Graef and organist Jon Fuller. During the intermission enjoy a cocktail then following the performance meet the musicians under the tent for additional cocktails and charcuterie.
Cello| Anita Graef
Described as "a world class musician" (Galena Gazette) who plays with “high energy andpolish” (WQXR), cellist Anita Graef has earned recognition for her music making as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. Notable appearances include features in Strings Magazine, as well as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert series, and “Concerts from the Library of Congress.” She has also performed in recital as a guest of various radio programs, including “Young Artists Showcase” on WQXR, WFMT, WGTE, WUOL, WOSU, WVPB, NPR and others. She serves as the Artistic Director and cellist of the Juliani Ensemble, an innovative, multi-faceted chamber ensemble, with whom she has performed extensively both nationally and internationally. Highlights of 2021/2022 include concerto debuts, notably with the Louisville Orchestra among others, recital performances at Columbia University, the New Lens Concert Series, “Live from WFMT,” and a residency at the University of Missouri.
She was recently named as the 2022 Gheens Young Artist, an award from the Gheens Foundation which sees her making her concerto debut with the Louisville Orchestra, as well performing, speaking and serving as an educator throughout the city. In 2021, she was announced as the recipient of the American Prize in Instrumental Performance. As a writer, her work has been published in Strings Magazine, where she serves as a frequent contributor.
Learn More: anitagraef.com
Organ | Jonathan Fuller
Jonathan Fuller holds a bachelor of music degree in horn performance from the State University of New York at Fredonia. He held principal horn chairs in Fredonia’s symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber orchestra and with the Hillman Opera Orchestra, and played fourth horn chair in the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. Jonathan was a finalist in Fredonia’s 2006 Concerto Competition and appears as a performer on Commissions and Concertos (Albany Records TROY1252).
Jonathan has played organ professionally since 2015 and was organist and senior choir director at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Clifton Park from 2018 until 2021. In November 2018 he led the senior choir to Carnegie Hall to premiere two works by Pepper Choplin. Jonathan has lived in Round Lake since 2008 and frequently assists visiting organists with the Davis-Ferris organ.
Program
Cello - Anita Graef
Caprice No. 1, Joseph Dall’Abaco
El Choclo (2020), Teagan Faran/orig A. Villoldo
Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, Op. 72, Benjamin Britten
Canto primo: Sostenuto e largamente
Fuga: Andante moderato
Lamento: Lento rubato
Canto secondo: Sostenuto
Serenata: Allegretto pizzicato
Marcia: Alla marcia moderato
Canto terzo: Sostenuto
Bordone: Moderato quasi recitativo
Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto: Presto
Organ - Jonathan Fuller
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Variations on ‘Mein junges Leben hat ein End’, SwWV 324
Intermission
Cello - Anita Graef
Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Hans Bottermund/Janos Starker
Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009, J.S. Bach
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I / II
Gigue
Prière for Cello and Organ
Op. 158, Camille Saint-Saens