“Obsession” The Horizon of Possibility: A violin and piano concert

Musicians:

Amos Lawrence, Violin

Esther Ning-Yau, Piano 

Program:

Sonata no. 1 in G, op 78… Johannes Brahms 

• Vivace ma nontroppo
• Adagio-piu Andante-Adagio
• Allegro molto Moderato

Sonata no. 2 “Obsession” ... Eugène Ysaÿe

• Prelude, poco Vivace
• Malinconia, poco Lento
• Danse des Ombres,Sarabande,Musette
• LesFuries, AllegroFurioso

Six Romanian Folk Dances ... Béla Bartók

• Transcribed by Zoltán Székely

Amos Lawrence

Amos Lawrence received his Master’s degree with a “Distinction in Violin Performance” from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. There he served as a concertmaster of the New England Conservatory Orchestra and won the Charles Ely Scholarship Award. Lawrence has served on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, the Piano and Strings Workshop at the College of Charleston, and the Tennessee Valley Strings Camp in Huntsville Alabama. For several years, he served as a violin teacher at the College of Charleston in Charleston South Carolina, played in the Charleston Symphony String Quartet, and for twelve years he was Assistant Concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He has played in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, and the Charlotte Symphony.  

Esther Ning-Yau

Esther Ning Yau is an active and versatile pianist based in the New England region. Known for her work in chamber music, Esther’s expertise extends to the realms of solo piano, orchestral piano and even other keyboard instruments such as harpsichord and celesta. Esther has been featured in concerts at Jordan Hall, Emmanuel Music Chamber Series, Harvard Musical Association Concert Series, Harvard-Epworth Concert Series, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Concert Series, Longy SeptemberFest, WCRB Live at Copley, Newport Music Festival and Bar Harbor Music Festival. Esther is a faculty member of Longy School of Music of Bard College and New England Conservatory's Preparatory and Continuing Education departments. She is the chair of the Bay State Piano Contest in Massachusetts and on the Board of the Massachusetts Music Teachers' Association. In the summer, she also teaches at the Cremona International Music Academy in Italy. She holds a double Master’s Degree in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano from New England Conservatory, where she studied with Patricia Zander and Irma Vallecillo. Honors received include fellowships from International Institute of Vocal Arts in Italy, UCLA Song Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West and Yellow Barn Music Festival. Esther is also a member of the New England Conservatory Alumni Council.

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