“Russian Expressions”

Faculty Piano Trio

Hasse Borup – violin

Michael Kaufman – cello

Steven Vanhauwaert – piano

with

Jin-Xiang Yu – soprano

October 7, 2026

7.30PM

Libby Gardner Concert Hall

Program

Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8, in C minor  - Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Trio Élégiaque No. 1 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Seven Romances on poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127

for violin, cello, piano and soprano - Dmitri Shostakovich

1. Pesnia Ofelii – Ofelia’s Song

2. Gamayun, ptitsa veschaya – Gamayun, the bird of prophecy

3. Mï bïli veneste – We were together

4. Gorod spit – The city sleeps

5. Buria – The Storm

6. Taynïe znaki – Secret symbols

7. Muzika – Music