Enjoy the rarely heard 1693 'Harrison' Stradivari violin, played by Olga Kossovich, using the notorious Niccolò Paganini 'Il Cannone' violin bow, made by Nicolas Léonard Tourte, Paris (1790). According to Kossovich's research, this bow was considered the world's most dangerous musical instrument from about 1790-1840. Recorded September 20, 2024, in the Janet Lucille Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota. Performer | Olga Kossovich Dr. Olga Kossovich was trained as a concert violinist starting at age four and entered the Central Music School at the Moscow State Conservatory at age seven. While studying at this school, she performed in concerts across Russia and abroad and participated in several competitions, including the Union des Femmes Artistes Musiciennes Concours de Musique, Paris, France, in 2005 and 2006. She is the winner of the third prize in the Demidov International Youth Violin Competition in Yekaterinburg, Russia (2009) and the XVII Togliatti International Competition for Musicians (2012). In 2013, she graduated from the Central Music School and entered the Moscow Conservatory. During her time at the Conservatory, she participated in the III Savely Orlov International Music Competition Festival (Samara, Russia, 2015, II prize) and the First Rudolf Gummert International Young Performers Competition (Kazan, Russia, 2017, II prize). In 2024, she graduated from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music with a Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance. She is the Musical Director of Buffalo Commons Music. In 2023, she became the first violinist since Niccolò Paganini to perform with the Paganini Tourte violin bow, the world’s most dangerous musical instrument.

Experience the splendor of the NMM's Cancelosi Collection, a recent promised gift of Ken Cancelosi, in memory of Robert Cancelosi (DMA), the late cellist and collector. Dr. Sonja Kraus, in collaboration with Dr. Brooks Hafey, will perform works by Chopin, Hubicki and Prokofiev, each on a different early Italian cello from the Cancelosi Collection. This concert was performed using four instruments from the National Music Museum collections: Model CC grand piano by Mason & Hamlin, 1901; Cello by Gennaro Gagliano, Naples, 1735; Cello by Giuseppe and Antonio Gagliano, Naples, 1777; Cello by Francesco Ruggeri, Cremona, 1683. Recording March 6, 2024, in the Janet Lucille Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota. Read more about the Cancelosi Collection - https://www.nmmusd.org/nmm-notes/introducing-the-cancelosi-collection 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Welcome 01:45 - Curator Remarks | Cello by Gennaro Gagliano, 1735 05:20 - Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor, Op. 65, Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) 33:00 - Intermission 43:10 - Curator Remarks | Cello by Giuseppe and Antonio Gagliano, 1777 46:30 - Two Contrasting Pieces, Margaret Hubicki (1915–2006) 55:30 - Curator Remarks | Cello by Francesco Ruggeri, 1683 59:15 - Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 119, Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) Performers | Sonja Kraus & Brooks Hafey Dr. Sonja Kraus, a native of Germany, is an internationally acclaimed cellist, teacher, and music scholar, whose concertizing and teaching career has taken her through Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Currently, Kraus holds the position of Assistant Professor of Cell and Bass at the University of South Dakota and is the cellist in the renowned Rawlins Piano Trio. Dr. Brooks Hafey has been dazzling audiences with his exceptional musicianship and refined technique since boyhood. He has performed in a wide range of venues in the United States including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City. Overseas performances include concerts in France, Italy, and Norway. In addition to his career as a soloist, Dr. Hafey is an active chamber musician, collaborative artist, and conductor. https://www.sonja-kraus.com/ http://www.brookshafey.com/ #NMMusd

Dr. Ioana Galu and Anthony Nesland perform live at the National Music Museum! Featuring works by Leclair, Mozart, and Bacewicz, these phenomenal musicians bring to life two instruments from the NMM's collections - a violin by Giovanni Batista Ceruti, Cremona, ca. 1810; and a viola by Franz Geissenhof, Vienna, 1807. Recording March 26, 2024, in the Janet Lucille Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota. 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Welcome 02:07 - Sonata No. 6 Op. 3 in D Major for Two Violins, Jean Marie Leclair (1697–1764) 15:15 - Curator Remarks | Viola by Franz Geissenhof, 1807 17:40 - Duo in B flat Major for Violin and Viola, KV 424, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) 36:15 - Curator Remarks | Violin by Giovanni Batista Ceruti, 1810 38:09 - Suite For Two Violins (1943), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) Performers | Ioana Galu and Anthony Nesland IOANA GALU, a native of Romania, has enjoyed a rich career as a performer, researcher and pedagogue in both Europe and the United States. Former Assistant Professor of Violin and chamber music at Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj, Romania, Galu has also been on the faculty at Heidelberg University, Bowling Green State University and The College of Wooster. Galu joined the University of South Dakota in 2016 and is currently Associate Professor of Violin/Viola, co-director of the USD Chamber Orchestra and member of the Rawlins Piano Trio. ANTHONY NESLAND is a violinist, violist, and conductor residing in Rapid City, South Dakota. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he earned a degree in violin performance. Anthony has performed with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Black Hills Symphony Orchestra, Kearney Symphony Orchestra, and the UNL Symphony Orchestra which included serving as concertmaster. Explore the world of musical instruments - https://nmmusd.org #NMMusd

The Rawlins Piano Trio is a dynamic group of performers, teachers and scholars, distinguishing itself in arts outreach, masterclasses and a variety of performances. The members of the Trio are on the faculty of the University of South Dakota Department of Music. As enthusiastic teachers, outreach is a vital component of their touring schedule with masterclasses and school visits on a regular basis throughout the United States and abroad. The ensemble is named in honor of the late Marjorie and Robert Rawlins, its principal benefactors and graduates of the University of South Dakota in the 1940s. This concert was performed using two instruments from the National Music Museum collections: a Model CC grand piano by Mason & Hamlin, Boston, 1901; and a cello by Giuseppe and Antonio Gagliano, Naples, 1777 from the Cancelosi Collection. Recorded January 28, 2024, in the Janet Lucille Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota. 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Welcome 06:57 - Artist Remarks 09:40 - Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (1795), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) 41:15 - Artist Remarks 47:40 - Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor (1892), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1945) 01:02:40 - Artist Remarks 01:08:55 - ta”N”go (2001), Emilio Colón (b. 1967) Performers | Sonja Kraus (cello), Ioana Galu (violin), Susan Keith Gray (piano) The Rawlins Piano Trio 👉 https://www.rawlinstrio.com/ Read more about the Cancelosi Collection - https://www.nmmusd.org/nmm-notes/introducing-the-cancelosi-collection #NMMusd

American organist Christopher Marks presents a special NMM Live! performance. From the NMM's Richard Cutler Gallery, this concert was performed on the newly-refurbished American pipe organ by Christian Dieffenbach; built in 1808 in Bethel, Pennsylvania. Program | 00:10 - Welcome 04:20 - Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor/Major, by Charles Zeuner (1795–1857) 10:28 - Three Fugues (D Minor, G Major, B-flat major), by Charles Zeuner 19:50 - Variations on the Sicilian Hymn, by Benjamin Carr (1769–1831) 22:28 - Variations on Adeste Fideles, by Raynor Taylor (1747–1825) 27:11 - Introduction and Fugue in C Minor/Major, by Charles Zeuner 33:29 - Fantasy on Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, by Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667) 42:30 - Six pieces for Flute Clock (1793), by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) 55:35 - Fugue in G minor (K. 30), "Cat Fugue," by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) Performer | Christopher Marks Christopher Marks is consistently praised by reviewers for “style and assurance” and “musicality [that] seems to flow effortlessly.” With his series of recordings of music by Seth Bingham and his many performances on historic American instruments, he has gained a reputation as an expert in American organ music old and new. Marks is a Professor in the Glenn Korff School of Music at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he also serves as Associate Dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Marks is active as a performer, teacher, and writer, having published articles on performance practice, organs, and professional concerns. He has performed at conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society and has participated in more than a dozen Pipe Organ Encounters. He served on the Board of Directors of the Organ Historical Society from 2009 until 2017 and served as Chair 2015-2017. https://arts.unl.edu/music/faculty/christopher-marks Instruments | Pipe organ, Christian Dieffenbach, Bethel, Pennsylvania, 1808. https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/8405/pipe-organ #NMMusd #americanmusic #organ #pipeorgan #americanorganmusic #musichistory #historickeyboards

Recorded September 28, 2023 in the Janet Lucille Wanzek Performance Hall THE NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM PRESENTS | 1901 Mason & Hamlin Model CC Grand Piano | Dedication Recital One of the most exciting new acquisitions to the NMM's permanent collections, this Mason & Hamlin Model CC grand piano represents a time period of innovation and leadership in the American piano industry. Generously underwritten with purchase funds gift of Dr. Gary and Connie Grittner, 2023, with restoration work and ongoing maintenance graciously supported by the NMM Board of Trustees, this phenomenal instrument will serve as the primary performance piano for our Janet Lucille Wanzek Performance Hall. This recital was performed in cooperation with the University of South Dakota College of Fine Arts, the National Music Museum, the USD Department of Music, Department of Theater, and many community partners and other local supporters, to officially dedicate the Mason & Hamlin and thank those who made its presence at the NMM possible. PROGRAM 00:00 - Welcome 00:22 - Curator's Remarks | Arian Sheets | NMM Curator of Stringed Instruments, Keyboards 12:15 - Director's Remarks | Dwight Vaught 15:34 - "Dances of Marosszék," by Zoltán Kodály | Performed by Alessandra Feris 29:11 - "Ciclo Brasileiro," W374, by Heitor Villa-Lobos | Performed by Henrique Tartare Fortunato 35:40 - "It All Fades Away," from _The Bridges of Madison County_ by Jason Robert Brown | Performed by Matt Nesmith, baritone; Chris Larson, piano 41:07 - "Journey to the Past," from _Anastasia_ by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | Performed by Kaeli Vondra, mezzo; Chris Larson, piano 44:26 - "The White Peacock," by Charles Griffes | Performed by Susanne Skyrm 53:00 - I. Allegro Moderato from Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664, by Franz Schubert | Performed by Nicole Santos 01:00:02 - "Congregations at the Shoreline" from _South of North - Images of Canada_ by Srul Irving Glick | Performed by Marcus Klassen, bass-baritone; Henrique Tartare Fortunato, piano 01:03:16 - "Ah, je veux vivre," from _Roméo et Juliette_ by Charles Gounod | Performed by Abigail Rockhill, soprano; Deanna Wehrspann, piano 01:11:30 - I. Allegro from Trio in E-flat, Opus 1, No. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven | Performed by the Rawlins Piano Trio | Ioanna Galu, violin; Sonja Kraus, cello; Susan Keith Gray, piano A very special thank you to all the performers who gave their time and talent to make this concert a most memorable occasion, and to all those in attendance who supported them in this wonderfully musical endeavor. All rights to the compositions performed in this recital are reserved to their respective holders. NMM Live! concerts are brought to you, in part, by the USD Student Government Association, and by the South Dakota Arts Council. SDAC support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts. https://nmmusd.org #NMMusd #LiveMusic #GrandPiano #ClassicalMusic #MusicalTheater #Opera #AmericanMusic #YoteLife

Harpsichordist Alice Shu-Yao Sheu presents a special NMM Live! performance celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Byrd's death. This concert was performed on two of the NMM's spectacular early keyboard instruments: the anonymous Neapolitan harpsichord, ca. 1530, and the English spinet by Charles Haward, 1689. 00:00 - Alice Sheu plays William Byrd | Neapolitan Harpsichord ca. 1530 | Spinet by Haward 1689 | NMM Live! 04:15 - Tregian's Ground 12:29 - Pavan, Canon 2 in 1 20:19 - Fantasia in C 25:54 - Ut Mi Re 34:17 - Lachrimae Pavan 39:42 - The Woods So Wilde 44:10 - John Come Kiss Me Now 50:32 - Passamezzo Pavan Performer | Alice Shu-Yao Sheu Alice Shu-Yao Sheu is a Taiwanese-American harpsichordist, historical organist, and pianist. Currently based in the Netherlands, she earned a Master’s degree in harpsichord performance at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag with Siebe Henstra while also taking organ lessons with Reitze Smits at HKU Utrecht Conservatorium. At this moment she continues to work with Pieter-Jan Belder. She is the director and curator of Fitzwilliam Festival Taiwan (January 2023), the first harpsichord festival on the island featuring music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. https://www.facebook.com/alice.s.sheu Instruments | Anonymous Neapolitan Harpsichord, ca. 1530 https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/18499/harpsichord Spinet by Charles Haward, London, England, 1689 https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/15429/spinet #earlymusic #BaroqueMusic #WilliamByrd #harpsichord #earlykeyboards #historickeyboards #organology #NMMusd

Selections from a concert recorded live in the Janet Wanzek Performance Hall at the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota, on February 26th, 2023. Featuring one of the NMM's finest instruments—the 1767 Antunes piano, a stunning surviving example of the early Cristofori-type action and Iberian keyboard design—played by early keyboard expert Catalina Vicens. 00:12 - Program Overview 01:00 - Historical Context | Maria Barbara 04:40 - Historical Context | Farinelli 'cembalo espresso' 06:07 - P. B. Bellinzani (ca. 1690–1757), _Versetto in re minore_ 07:17 - D. Scarlatti (1685–1757), _Sonata in re minore_ , K 234 13:23 - Anonymous, _Vivace_ , from manuscript dated 1750-1780, Portugal National Library, copied by Francisco Xavier Baptista (17??–1797) Performer | Catalina Vicens Praised by the international press as one of the most interesting musicians in the field of early music, Catalina Vicens' dynamism and approach to historically informed performance and musicological research has led her to become one of the most versatile and sought-after historical keyboard performers and teachers of her generation. https://www.catalinavicens.com/ Instrument | Grand Piano by Joaquim José Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal, 1767 https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/8414/grand-piano #EarlyMusic #BaroqueMusic #fortepiano #Organology