Pianist Jenny Lin and the Shanghai Quartet with Wu Man, pipa

Presented by the Freer Gallery of Art's Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series

June 20, 2011, 9:00 pm

Front Row Washington presents highlights of two recitals with a Chinese connection presented by the Freer Gallery of Art's Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series:  pianist Jenny Lin, and the Shanghai Quartet with Wu Man, pipa.

Featured performances:

FRANÇOIS COUPERIN:  Les Chinois (c. 1727) from Quatrieme livre de pieces de clavecin
    Jenny Lin, piano
LEO ORNSTEIN:  A la chinoise, op. 39 (ca. 1918)
    Jenny Lin, piano
VINCENT HO:  The Swan (1995)
    Jenny Lin, piano

BEETHOVEN:  Stirng Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No, 3
    The Shanghai Quartet
    Weigang Li and Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
    Honggang Li, viola
    Nicholas Tzavaras, cello

HUIRAN WANG:  Dance of the Yi People (for solo pipa) (1960)
    Wu Man, pipa

ROBERT SCHUMANN:  String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (1842)
    The Shanghai Quartet
    Weigang Li and Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
    Honggang Li, viola
    Nicholas Tzavaras, cello