Featured Performers

• Joshua Bell, violin
• Larisa Martínez, soprano
• Peter Dugan, piano

Program

• MENDELSSOHN: “Ah, ritorna, età dell’oro” (Cavatina and Cabaletta) from Infelice (1834)
• BRAHMS: Sonatensatz
• SCHUBERT: Ständchen
• BELLINI: "Oh! quante volte" from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
• CHOPIN (arr. Bell/Wallace): Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
• HÉROLD: “Jours de mon enfance” from Le pré aux clercs
• SARASATE: “Habanera” from Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25
• DELIBES: "Les Filles des Cadix"
• MASSENET: “Meditation” from Thaïs
• PUCCINI: Chi il bel sogno di doretta
• GERSHWIN: “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess
• BERNSTEIN (arr. Brohn/Czarnecki): West Side Story  Suite

Pre-concert lecture at 2pm by KUSC's Brian Lauritzen

Husband and wife duo—world-renowned soprano Larisa Martínez and Grammy® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell present their latest innovative project, Voice & the Violin. Performing alongside longtime collaborator and pianist, Peter Dugan, the performance showcases a captivating repertoire of beloved art song, opera and modern classics, to musical theater.

In a statement, Martínez and Bell said, “Our concept for the ‘Voice and the Violin’ program began during the pandemic, while we were quarantined and finding new ways to collaborate and enjoy music together. Although finding repertoire written specifically for violin and voice can be a challenge, we discovered and fell in love with these gems featured in [this] performance."

Sponsors

sponsored by the Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation

Additional support from the Segerstrom Foundation