It’s the most wonderful time of the year in HeifetzLand…when we get to experience the artistry of our outstanding alums in a joyous celebration of the season! The 2025 edition of the Heifetz Holiday Homecoming features Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen leading a troupe of great Heifetz alums in music of the season and much much more – including a Heifetz holiday sing-a-along! Benjamin Roe hosts this broadcast of the stirring final Heifetz concert of the year in the Institute’s home arena of Francis Auditorium at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton. Featuring Heifetz alums Clark Snavely, violin; Jiwon Kim, viola; Hun Choi, cello; and Heifetz faculty pianist Yandi Chen. Enjoy the concert, have a happy, healthy, and harmonious holiday season, and we look forward to many shared musical memories ahead!

Fritz Kreisler: 3 Old Viennese Dances

arr. Nicholas Kitchen: World Holiday Songs

Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Nicholas Kitchen: Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra

Anon: Greensleeves to a Ground [excerpt]

Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19

Niccolò Paganini arr. Fritz Kreisler, arr. William Primrose: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: December, fr. The Seasons, Op. 37 [excerpt]

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34