The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1038 - Friday, July 12, 2024 - Sunday, August 11, 2024
Next issue: Friday, August 9, 2024
Note: The newsletter is on summer schedule and comes out every four weeks instead of every two
weeks.
The latest issue is always posted on the website of Classical Crossroads:
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Table of Contents
Quickly Scan Newsletter Contents in This Section
Scroll down to the body of the newsletter for complete information
A. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise from Classical Crossroads’ Pandemic Archive
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
Pianist Robert Thies in a lecture-recital
Claude Debussy - The Painter of Sound
Recorded at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates, California on October 7, 2021.
Streamed on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
Watch the reprise by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
2. 78th Ojai Music Festival
Reprise of Selections from the Livestreams
Mitsuko Uchida 2024 music director
Ara Guzelimian Artistic & Executive Director
Thursday, June 9 through Sunday, June 9, 2024
Libbey Bowl, Ojai CA
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://bit.ly/Ojai2024-Livestream-Reprises
3. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Simon Mulligan piano
Selections by Czerny, Beethoven, Liszt, and Strauss/Schulz-Evler
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
Tyler Hay piano - 30th birthday recital
24 Etudes - composer currently a secret
Thursday, July 18, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
Junyan Chen piano
Selections by Beethoven, Bartók, and Liszt
Sunday, July 21, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
The Markson Piano Trio
Mayumi Fujikawa violin, Richard Markson cello,
Oliver Markson piano
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.49
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op.97, “Archduke”
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
Bocheng Wang piano
Selections by Chopin, Ravel, and Rachmaninoff
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
4. Organ Prelude Concert - Every Sunday at 10:30AM
UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00AM Pacific Time
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.fccla.org/live
5. Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival
David Finckel and Wu Han Artistic Directors
Friday, July 19 - Saturday, August 10, 2024
Spieker Center for the Arts, Stent Family Hall,
and Martin Family Hall at the Menlo School, Atherton CA
Live-Audience & Simultaneous Livestreams
https://musicatmenlo.org/a/events-overview
6. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts Midsummer MusicFest
The 92nd Street Y - New York NY
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Curtis at 92NY
Sophia Hunt soprano, Sara Han clarinet,
Roberto Díaz viola, Ying Li piano
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Curtis at 92NY
Sophia Hunt soprano, Sara Han clarinet, Ying Li piano
Friday, July 26, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Curtis at 92NY
Timothy Chooi violin & Ji Su Jung marimba
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts
7. 27th iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates
Eduard Schmieder music director and conductor
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
iPalpiti Soloists at Greystone Mansion
Part I - 6:30PM
Reception on the Terrace - 7:30PM
Part II - Reception - 8:00PM
Greystone Mansion
Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 7:30PM
iPalpiti orchestra
at the Ambassador Auditorium - Pasadena
Live-Audience & Videotaped for Later Streaming
https://ipalpiti.org/performances/ipalpiti-festival-2024/
8. Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival
Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Violin, Viola & Piano Recital
Andrew McIntosh violin, viola
Steven Vanhauwaert piano
Selections by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann,
and Paul Hindemith
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Piano Quintets
Ambroise Aubrun and Katrin Stamatis violins
Virginie d’Avezac viola, Jonathan Ruck cello
Zachary Deak piano
Respighi: Piano Quintet in F Minor
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Cello & Piano Recital
Jennifer Kloetzel cello
Robert Koenig piano
Selections by Haydn, Beethoven, Nadia Boulanger, Amy Beach, and
David Popper
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
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Maria Ioudenitch violin
Zhanbo Zheng viola
Zachary Mowitz cello
Selections by Dohnányi, Kodaly, Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, and
Jean Cras
https://www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs/streams
B. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
1. SFCV’s The Virtual Greenroom
With cellist Dmitri Atapine & pianist Hyeyeon Park
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 4:00PM Pacific Time
Register for the Zoom meeting:
https://bit.ly/SFCV-VirtualGreenRoom
2. Music Critic Mark Swed’s review in The Los Angeles Times
“Chamber music turns old landmarks into vibrant venues
in Sierra Madre and South L.A.”
https://bit.ly/LATimes-MarkSwed060
3. Music Critic Jim Farber’s review on SFCV
“New Hollywood String Quartet’s Summer of Bohemia: More, Please”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber015
4. Music Critic Lev Mamuya’s review on SFCV
“There’s Nothing Dry About PARTCH Ensemble” at REDCAT
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber015
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
A. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
for Chamber Music Aficionados
Here, I give some concerts I’ve watched or would like to watch or attend. I promise not to overwhelm you
with too many. Mostly local.
“ . . . live-streamed events have generated moments of startling power. . . . One could instead sample
archived professional-quality videos that opera houses, orchestras, and other organizations have placed
online. For me, though, the live or freshly recorded happenings matter more. They document, with the
oblique power that the arts possess, an extraordinary human phase in history. Their mere existence is
bracing. . . .” ~ Alex Ross, The New Yorker
Recommended:
1. Reprise from Classical Crossroads’ Pandemic Archive
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
Pianist Robert Thies in a lecture-recital
Claude Debussy - The Painter of Sound
Recorded at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates, California on October 7, 2021.
Streamed on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
Watch the reprise by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Program - Debussy (1862-1918) — The Painter of Sound
From Suite Bergamasque (1890)
Clair de lune
(Moonlight)
From Images, Book 1 (1905)
Reflets dans l’eau
(Reflections in the Water)
From Estampes (Prints) (1903)
Pagodes
La Soirée dans Grenade
(Evening in Granada)
From Preludes (1907-1913)
La cathédrale engloutie
(The Submerged Cathedral)
Feux d’artifice
(Fireworks)
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
(The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air)
L’isle joyeuse (1904)
(The Joyful Island)
Robert Thies’s recitals are highly regarded by aficionados not only for his consummate musicianship and
his sensitive artistic interpretations, but also for his illuminating observations about the composers and the
selections. Here, Robert reprises his centennial celebration of Claude Debussy (1862-1918) in a recital
titled “The Painter of Sound.” Robert comments on the paintings of the day that inspired Debussy, and
images of the paintings are integrated into the video. Read David Brown’s review on LA Opus of Robert
Thies’s celebrated 2018 recital by clicking:
https://www.laopus.com/2018/09/debussy-painter-of-sound.html
Robert Thies first captured worldwide attention in 1995 when he won the Gold Medal at the Second
International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. With this victory, Thies became the only
American pianist to win a Russian piano competition since Van Cliburn’s triumph in Moscow in 1958. He
now enjoys a diverse career as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has performed
40 different concerti with leading orchestras worldwide.
A graduate of USC, his teachers have included Robert Turner and Daniel Pollack, both protégées of the
legendary Russian teacher and pianist Madame Rosina Lhevinne and the great pianist Josef Lhevinne.
Read about Robert Thies by clicking:
http://www.robertthies.org/
Watch the reprise of Robert Thies’s “Claude Debussy - The Painter of Sound” by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
2. 78th Ojai Music Festival
Reprise of Selections from the Livestreams
Mitsuko Uchida 2024 music director
Ara Guzelimian Artistic & Executive Director
Thursday, June 9 through Sunday, June 9, 2024
Libbey Bowl, Ojai CA
“The Ojai Music Festival has been raising a finely calibrated ruckus each spring since 1947"
- Alex Ross, The New Yorker
See this year’s Ojai Music Festival artist and composers by clicking:
https://www.ojaifestival.org/topic/artists/2024-artists-composers/
Watch reprises of selections from the livestreams by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Ojai2024-Livestream-Reprises
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 8:00PM Pacific Time
Selections from the Opening Concert
Brentano String Quartet
Lucy Fitz Gibbon soprano
Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op.33 No.3, “Bird”
Schoenberg: Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19
Schoenberg: String Quartet No.2 in F-sharp Minor, Op.10
Friday, June 7, 2024 - 10:00AM Pacific Time
Selections from the Morning Concert
Julie Smith Phillips harp, Jay Campbell cello,
Sae Hashimoto percussion, Rick Stotijn double bass
Brentano String Quartet
Kaija Saariah: Fall
Helmut Lachenmann: Pression
Sofia Gubaidulina: Five Etudes
Bartók: String Quartet No.5
Friday, June 7, 2024 - 8:00PM Pacific Time
Selections from the Evening Concert
José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster and leader
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theater
Webern: Five Movements for Strings, Op.5
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No.1 Op.9
Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 10:00AM Pacific Time
Selections from the Morning Concert
Ljubinka Kulisic accordion, Rick Stotijn double bass,
Musicians of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
John Zorn: Road Runner
Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 8:00PM Pacific Time
Selections from the Evening Concert
José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster and leader
Aliisa Neige Barrière conductor
Vicente Alberola clarinet
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Debussy (arr. Benno Sachs): Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Kaija Saariaho: Lichtbogen
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Elegy (From Kínema)
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 10:00AM Pacific Time
Selections from the Morning Concert
Alexi Kenney violin, Sae Hashimoto percussion,
Ljubinka Kulisic accordion, Brentano String Quartet
Biber: Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Kaija Saariaho: Six Japanese Gardens
Haydn: from the Seven Last Words of Christ
Sofia Gubaidulina: In Croce
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 5:30PM Pacific Time
Selections from the Finale
José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster and leader
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No.46 in B Major
Jörg Widmann: Chorale Quartet
From its founding in 1947, a healthy spirit of eclecticism and musical daring produced Ojai Music Festival
concerts that were fun and inspiring. That spirit was reinforced in 1954 with the appointment of Lawrence
Morton as the Festival’s artistic director, who was also the director of the historic Monday Evening
Concerts in Los Angeles. Under his leadership, the Ojai Music Festival developed an enduring concept
whereby the artistic director engages a different music director each year, around whose musical ideas
that year’s Festival is built.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch reprises of selections from the livestreams by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Ojai2024-Livestream-Reprises
3. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
Chamber Music and Recitals
St Mary’s Perivale
Perivale Lane, Perivale, West London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/KdaP2qduGyv8ccYV7
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Simon Mulligan piano
Czerny: La Ricordanza Variations, Op.33
Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2, “Moonlight”
Liszt: Liebesträume No.3
Strauss/Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on “The Beautiful Blue Danube”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-07-14again.shtml
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
Tyler Hay piano - 30th birthday recital
24 Etudes - composer currently a secret
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-07-16.shtml
Thursday, July 18, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
Junyan Chen piano
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A Major, Op.101
Bartók: Three studies for piano, Op.18
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-07-18.shtml
Sunday, July 21, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
The Markson Piano Trio
Mayumi Fujikawa violin, Richard Markson cello,
Oliver Markson piano
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.49
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op.97, “Archduke”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-07-21.shtml
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
Bocheng Wang piano
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op.27 no.1
Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F Major, Op.38
Chopin: Andante Spinato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op.22
Ravel: “Ondine”
Rachmaninoff: Sonata No.2 in B-flat Minor, Op.36
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-07-23.shtml
Find full artist and program information for these and other upcoming concerts by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
St Mary’s Perivale is a small church dating back to the 12th century, which was active until being declared
redundant in 1972. Since then, it has been operated by Friends of St Mary’s Perivale as a concert venue
and arts center. The UK and Europe’s top-drawer classical artists appear in typically three in-person &
livestreamed concerts a week. Since 2006, the ancient venue has been transformed into a high-quality
broadcasting center. Explore and discover concert gems by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream-on-demand
Watch the livestreamed concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
4. Organ Prelude Concert - Every Sunday at 10:30AM
UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00AM Pacific Time
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.), Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/7g1N2f
The Program for Sunday, July 14, 2024
Emma Whitten Guest Organist
John Cook (1918-1984): Fanfare
Eleanor Daley (b.1955):
“To the thirsty I will give water without price
from the fountain of life”
Dan Locklair (b. 1949): “The Peace May Be Exchanged” from Rubrics
Florence Price (1887-1953): Air from Suite No.1
J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, BWV564
The programs are posted a few days ahead. Check by clicking:
https://www.fccla.org/live
Organist Christoph Bull’s half-hour, live-audience & live-streamed Prelude Concerts on Sunday
mornings, beginning at 10:30AM on the Great Organs of First Church, are an inspiring way to begin your
week of amazing musical offerings, both locally and from around the world. Attend in person or stay
tuned-in for the live stream of the First Church Sunday Service, with its superb professional chamber choir
Laude and Cathedral Choir, directed by David Harris, and for the organ Postlude. Donations appreciated.
Read about organist Christoph Bull by clicking:
https://www.christophbull.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
The technical quality of the livestream is among the finest on the internet. Watch the livestream and see
the full program:
https://www.fccla.org/live
5. Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival
David Finckel and Wu Han Artistic Directors
Friday, July 19 - Saturday, August 10, 2024
Spieker Center for the Arts, Stent Family Hall,
and Martin Family Hall at the Menlo School
50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/qdyiZXa9ifAEGvdo8
Music@Menlo’s twenty-second festival celebrates French chamber music and its impact around the
globe. The festival comprises 44 renowned artists, including 13 festival debuts, and music spanning 300
years. See the festival artists by clicking:
https://musicatmenlo.org/artists/2024-festival-artists
The seven featured concerts will be livestreamed and are available to watch for one week.
Live-Audience & Simultaneous Livestreams
Livestream tickets: $25 per concert.
Livestream subscription: $150 for seven concerts.
For full festival information, click:
https://musicatmenlo.org/a/events-overview
6. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts Midsummer MusicFest
The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Avenue, New York NY
(between 91st & 92nd street)
For a Google map, click:
https://bit.ly/GoogleMap-92NY
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Curtis at 92NY
Sophia Hunt soprano, Sara Han clarinet,
Roberto Díaz viola, Ying Li piano
The Program
Schubert: Impromptu No.3 in G-flat Major, D899
Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto, S434
Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Bernstein: “I Hate Music!”
Bernstein: “Dream with Me” from Peter Pan
Bernstein: “Somewhere” from West Side Story
Barber: “Thy love”
Barber: “Of that so sweet imprisonment”
Barber: “Nocturne”
Rorem, “Alleluia”
Bruch:
Selections from Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op.83
https://www.92ny.org/event/hunt-han-diaz-and-li
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Curtis at 92NY
Sophia Hunt soprano, Sara Han clarinet, Ying Li piano
The Program
Mozart: “L’amerò, sarò constante” from Il rè pastore
Schubert: “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen”, D965
Villa-Lobos: “Cantilena” from Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
Villa-Lobos: “Melodia sentimental”
Ernani Braga: “Cinco Canções Nordestinas do Folclore Brasileiro”
Gershwin, arr. James Cohn: Three Preludes
Ravel: La valse
https://www.92ny.org/event/hunt-han-and-li-pt-ii
Friday, July 26, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Curtis at 92NY
Timothy Chooi violin & Ji Su Jung marimba
The Program
Piazzolla” Histoire du Tango
R. Schumann” Three Romances, Op.94
J.S. Bach: Andante from Violin Sonata No.2 in A Minor, BWV1003
Keith Jarrett, Part IIc from The Köln Concert
Gabriela Ortiz, Atlas Pumas
https://www.92ny.org/event/timothy-chooi-and-ji-su-jung
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka. 92NY) is a world-class cultural and community center where people all
over the world connect through culture, arts, entertainment, and conversation. For over 150 years, it has
harnessed the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten and change lives, and the power of community
to repair the world. For information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: from $35
Online tickets: $25. Concerts are available for viewing online for 72 hours from the time of broadcast.
Find information for these and other concert offerings by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts
7. 27th iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates
Eduard Schmieder music director and conductor
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
iPalpiti Soloists at Greystone Mansion
Part I - 6:30PM
Reception on the Terrace - 7:30PM
Part II - Reception - 8:00PM
Greystone Mansion
905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills CA
For a Google map, click:
https://bit.ly/2I5dOrZ
Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 7:30PM
iPalpiti orchestra at the Ambassador Auditorium
131 S St John Ave, Pasadena CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KETTQn7keMyRy8rw7
“This was an invigorating world-class performance by young players
with technique to burn and a palpable desire to live every note.”
~ Mark Swed, Chief Music Critic, Los Angeles Times
The orchestra iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for “heartbeats”) is unique in the world in that it draws its
members from prize-winning laureates of international competitions. iPalpiti has played to great acclaim in
leading concert halls around the world.
Read about the international iPalpiti artists by clicking:
https://ipalpiti.org/artists/
Live-Audience & Videotaped for Later Streaming
See the full schedule of concerts and programs, and order tickets, by clicking:
https://ipalpiti.org/performances/ipalpiti-festival-2024/
8. Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
UCLA interactive map
https://map.ucla.edu/?q=lani
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/GrqWE3M7nmCSuawp7
Each summer, the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies, which also brings us the superb
UCLA Clark Library Chamber Music series, presents a series of free afternoon chamber music concerts
made possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust. This year’s Festival will be livestreamed on the Center’s
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs/streams
The Concerts (click links for artist information)
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Violin, Viola & Piano Recital
Andrew McIntosh violin, viola
Steven Vanhauwaert piano
The Program
Clara Schumann (1819–1896):
Three Romances for violin and piano, Op.22
Robert Schumann (1810–1856):
Sonata in A Minor No.1, Op.105
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963):
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op.11 No.4
https://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/bruman24-july30/
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Piano Quintets
Ambroise Aubrun and Katrin Stamatis violins
Virginie d’Avezac viola, Jonathan Ruck cello
Zachary Deak piano
The Program
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936):
Piano Quintet in F Minor
César Franck (1822–1890):
Piano Quintet in F Minor
https://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/bruman24-august1/
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Cello & Piano Recital
Jennifer Kloetzel cello
Robert Koenig piano
The Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809),arr. Piatigorsky for Cello & Piano:
Divertimento in D Major
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827):
Sonata in G Minor, Op.5 No.2
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979):
Trois Pièces pour Violoncelle et Piano
Amy Beach (1867–1944):
Romance, Op.23
David Popper (1843–1913):
Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and piano,
https://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/bruman24-august6/
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
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Maria Ioudenitch violin
Zhanbo Zheng viola
Zachary Mowitz cello
The Program
Erno Dohnányi (1877–1960):
Serenade for String Trio, Op.10
Zoltán Kodaly (1882–1967):
Intermezzo for String Trio
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707):
Trio Sonata, Op.2 No.1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Trio Sonata, BWV1039
Jean Cras (1879–1932):
String Trio
https://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/bruman24-august8/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams:
https://www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs/streams
Admission is free, and no reservations or tickets are required.
For information, click:
https://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/categories/music/
B. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
1. SFCV’s The Virtual Greenroom
With cellist Dmitri Atapine & pianist Hyeyeon Park
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 4:00PM Pacific Time
Register for the Zoom meeting:
https://bit.ly/SFCV-VirtualGreenRoom
She’s a pianist from South Korea. He’s a cellist from Russia by way of Spain. Hyeyeon Park and Dmitri
Atapine are musical and life partners, having created Apex Concerts at the University of Nevada, Reno,
where they both teach; performed as the Atapine-Park Duo; and recorded the duo music of Lowell
Liebermann. Although they do appear solo, they are Music@Menlo’s second dynamic duo. They are now
co-directors of Menlo’s Young Performers Program. The pair also recently became artistic co-directors of
the Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City.
2. Music Critic Mark Swed’s review in The Los Angeles Times
“Chamber music turns old landmarks into vibrant venues
in Sierra Madre and South L.A.”
https://bit.ly/LATimes-MarkSwed060
Music critic Mark Swed writes, “At the Doheny Mansion . . . the New Hollywood String Quartet presented
its annual four-day festival of chamber music, this year devoted to Czech composers. . . . Sunday
afternoon, at Sierra Madre Playhouse, which was built in 1910, Tesserae Baroque presented a program
amenable to 17th century period instruments. . . .”
3. Music Critic Jim Farber’s review on SFCV
“New Hollywood String Quartet’s Summer of Bohemia: More, Please”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber015
Music critic Jim Farber writes, “This Summer of Bohemia celebration represents the latest in a series of
chamber music festivals to be presented by the NHSQ in collaboration with The Da Camera Society of
Mount Saint Mary’s University, whose Chester Place campus includes the Doheny Mansion. . . .”
4. Music Critic Lev Mamuya’s review on SFCV
“There’s Nothing Dry About PARTCH Ensemble” at REDCAT
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber015
Music critic Lev Mamuya writes, “The group’s presentation made for a rousing and joyous evening. The
program paid loving homage to the best of Partch while also providing a showcase for composers who
expand on his still underappreciated footprint. . . .”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-LevMamuya001
Best wishes and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
“... invaluable ...” ~ Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times