THE RECITAL SERIES
Presents
“Folk Music with a Classical Twist!”
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1 pm
Levy Hall at Rodef Shalom – 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pgh PA 15213

Program

Six Studies in English Folk Song Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872–1958)
Stephen Mayhew, viola Heidi Mayhew, piano*

Four Folk Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano arr. Alan Smith (1962–2017)
1. I Know Where I’m Going
2. Early One Morning
3. I Once Loved a Boy
4. Oh, Johnny!
Rosemary Pavlovsky, soprano John McCarthy, viola
Janet Stivanson, piano

Selections from “Five American Folk Songs Sketches” (2012) Brad Edwards (b. 1963)
1. Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
2. Shenandoah
3. All the Pretty little Horses
4. Dunderdeck
Barbara Folb, horn
Justin Miller, trombone

Dumky Piano Trio, op. 90 Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Dumka 4 Andante moderato quasi tempo di Marcia
Dumka 5 Allegro
Dumka 6 Lento maestoso
Gabrielle Baum, violin / Jeffrey Borrebach, cello
Catherine Crotty, piano

Catherine Crotty, Program Coordinator
*guest
A Reception will follow the Program