PROGRAMS, DATES, LOCATIONS

Festival 2026 Details - AROUND THE WORLD WITH SERAFINS!

chamber music of many lands

WEEK 1 (June 9-12) AMERICA, GERMANY, and AUSTRIA

Eric Pritchard, Kate Ransom, violin; Luke Fleming, viola; Guang Wang, cello; Gina Perregrino, mezzo soprano; Victor Asuncion, piano

Tuesday 6/9 at 5pm | AMERICA and AUSTRIA (Baywood - Millsboro, DE)

(a reception follows the 60-min concert)

George Gershwin Lullaby for String Quartet
Franz Schubert Quartettsatz in C Minor D. 703
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423
Samuel Barber String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11

Thursday 6/11 at 7pm | AMERICANA (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Florence Price Elfentanz for Violin and Piano
Samuel Barber String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Songs by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Paul Bowles, Cole Porter
Paul Schoenfield “Café Music”

Friday 6/12 at 7pm | GERMANY and AUSTRIA (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Franz Schubert Quartettsatz in C Minor D. 703
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423
Ludwig van Beethoven Scottish Songs for mezzo, violin, cello, piano
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

WEEK 2 (June 16-19) RUSSIA, UKRAINE, and SCANDINAVIA

John Dee, oboe; Joseph Velez, clarinet; Hal Grossman, Kate Ransom, violins; Adelya Shagidullina, viola; Guang Wang, cello; Miles Brown, double bass; Read Gainsford, piano; Gabriel Benton, harpsichord

Tuesday 6/16 at 5pm | SCANDINAVIA and UKRAINE (Baywood - Milford, DE)

(a reception follows the 60-min concert)

Sergei Prokofiev Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39
Edvard Grieg String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27

Wednesday 6/17 at 7pm | SPECIAL PERFORMANCE (free of charge) (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

CAB CALLOWAY SCHOOL of the ARTS and SERAFIN ENSEMBLE – IN CONCERT!

Thursday 6/18 at 7pm | UKRAINE and RUSSIA (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Sergei Prokofiev Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39
Sergei Prokofiev Variations on Hebrew Themes Op. 34
Serge Koussevitsky Four Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
Anton Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32

Friday 6/19 at 7pm | SCANDINAVIA (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Carl Nielsen Fantasistykker, Op. 2 for Oboe and Piano
Niels Gade Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 21a
Johan Helmich Roman Oboe Concerto
Edvard Grieg String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27

WEEK 3 (June 23-26) ITALY

Featured artists Francesco Cipolletta, piano; Luigi Mazzocchi, violin; Gina Perregrino, mezzo soprano; Augustine Mercante, countertenor, Mingzhe Wang, clarinet; Kate Ransom, violin; Lionel Thomas, viola; Jacques-Pierre Malan, cello; Douglas Mapp, double bass; Gabriel Benton, harpsichord

Sponsored by The Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture

Tuesday 6/23 at 5pm | ITALIANA (Baywood - Millsboro, DE)

(a reception follows the 60-min concert)

Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 4 for Two Violins/Continuo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Voi che sapete” from Le Nozze di Figaro
Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto for Solo Harpsichord
Giovanni Bottesini Gran Quintetto in C Minor, Op. 99

Wednesday 6/24 | Special Program TBA (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Thursday 6/25 at 7pm | ITALY THEN and NOW (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Gian Carlo Menotti Trio for Violin, Clarinet, Piano
Carlo Alfredo Piatti Taranatella Cello/Piano
Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi String Quartet
Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata, for Two Violins/BC Op. 3
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi “Se tu m’ami”
Antonio Salieri La Fuga for String Quartet
Giovanni Bottesini Gran Quintetto in C Minor, Op. 99

Friday 6/26 at 7pm | ITALIAN INFLUENCES (Grace - Wilmington, DE)

Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto (harpsichord)
Christoph Willibald Gluck “Che farò senza Euridice” from Orfeo ed Eurudice
Johann Sebastian Bach Bach Italian Concerto (piano)
Franz Liszt “Sposalizio” for solo piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Voi che sapete” from Le Nozze di Figaro
Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne for violin and piano

June 9-26 | SERAFIN SUMMER MUSIC 2026

SERAFIN SUMMER MUSIC 2026