Ukraine in the Eyes of Others

Tuesday, March 05, 2024 - 7:30 pm
American Philosophical Society

American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin Hall,
427 Chestnut Street Learn More

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About This Performance

This concert is dedicated in honor of Linda Gerstein, and is supported by a generous gift from an anonymous donor.

For this concert to benefit Ukraine, we are collaborating with six outstanding musicians on a program created by Solomiya Ivakhiv, violinist and artistic director of the Music at the Institute Concert Series at the Ukrainian Institute of America. Titled Ukraine in the Eyes of Others, this event features Bruce Adolphe’s 2016 work highlighting Krushelnytska, a Ukrainian-born singer who saved Puccini’s Madame Butterfly; Philip Maneval’s latest string quartet (Siege of Mariupol) composed in response to the brutal, unprovoked invasion by Russia and the immense suffering of the Ukrainian people; and the first of Beethoven’s Op. 59 Quartets dedicated to Count Razumovsky, who was Ukrainian royalty and thus inspired Beethoven to use Ukrainian (not Russian) folk tunes in two of his Op. 59 works.

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Juliette Kang, & Hirono Oka, violin; Burchard Tang, viola; Thomas Kraines, cello; Marija Stroke, piano

Adolphe: Fantasia Krushelnytska  Philadelphia Premiere
Maneval: String Quartet No. 7, Siege of Mariupol  Public Premiere
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, Razumovsky

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes