The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1045 - Friday, November 22, 2024 - Sunday, December 8, 2024
Next issue: Friday, December 6, 2024
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I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise of Classical Crossroads’ November 2024
“Second Sundays at Two” Concert
Trio Céleste
Kevin Kwan Loucks piano, Iryna Krechkovsky violin,
Ross Gasworth cello
The Program
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2 in C Minor, Op.66 - Mvts II & IV
Recorded at & livestreamed from
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
2. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts
The 92nd Street Y - New York NY
Friday, November 22, 2024 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Catalyst Quartet
The Program: Intersections
Paquito D’Rivera: But Just a Minute / Farewell Mambo / Wapango
Piazzolla: Suite del Angel (arr. Catalyst Quartet)
Gershwin: Lullaby
https://www.92ny.org/event/catalyst-quartet
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Selections by Johann Bernhard Bach, Telemann, and J.S. Bach
https://www.92ny.org/event/akademie-fur-alte-musik-berlin
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
3. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Saturday, November 23, 2024
The Liszt Society Day
Recital - 1:00 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Letian Yu First Prizewinner, 2023 Liszt Society Competition
Piano Competition Final - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-23.shtml
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Curtis Phill Hsu piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op.53, “Waldstein”
Wagner, arr. Kocsis: Tristan und Isolde Prelude
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, S178
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-26.shtml
Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
The Kelley Suttenfield Jazz Quintet
Kelley Suttenfield vocals, Alex Babic drums, Chris Lee piano,
Stefanos Tsourelis guitar, Martin Young bass
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-28.shtml
Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 7:30 PM London - 11:30 AM Pacific
Misha Kaploukhii piano, Magdalene Ho piano, and string quartet
Chopin: Piano concerto in F Minor, Op.21
Chopin: Piano concerto in E Minor, Op.11
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-30.shtml
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Julian Trevelyan piano
Selections by Sofia Gubaidulina, Chopin, Kapralova Dubnova, and Hiromi Uehara
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-12-03.shtml
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Takashi Kikuchi viola, Jozef Janik piano
Selections by Scarlatti, Schumann, Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Gershwin, Fauré,
and Irving Berlin
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-12-05.shtml
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The De Beauvoir Piano Trio
Haydn: Piano Trio No.24 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.49
Lili Boulanger: D’un Matin de Printemps
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-12-08.shtml
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
4. Salastina Music Society presents
Happy Hour No.127
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Thayer Hall at The Colburn School - Downtown
The Program
Amy Beach: Romance, Op.23
Reena Esmail: one word makes a world
Rita Strohl: Great Dramatic Sonata, “Titus et Bérénice”
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://bit.ly/Salastina-HappyHour127
5. Organ Prelude Concert - Every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific
UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00 AM Pacific
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
6. Phillips Music presents
Alexi Kenney violin & Amy Yang piano
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 4:00 PM Eastern - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection - Washington DC
The Program
Sonatas & Romances for violin & piano by Robert & Clara Schumann
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person Tickets: Sold Out
Livestream: Complimentary
https://bit.ly/PhippipsMusic-AlexiKenneyAndAmyYang
7. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents - Free
UCLA Faculty Artist Series: Chamber Music Masterpieces
UCLA String Faculty & Students in Concert
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 8:00 PM Pacific
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA
The Program
Beethoven: Eyeglasses Duo
Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello
Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet No.3
Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://bit.ly/UCLA-StringFaculty
8. Great Music At St. James
Classical Sundays at Six
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
Rotem Gilbert and Jason Yoshida directors
Sunday, December 1, 2024 - 6:00 PM Pacific
St. James’ In-The-City Episcopal Church
Wilshire Blvd (near Western) - Los Angeles CA
The Program
A French Christmas
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
9. Classeek presents
Aida Pascu soprano and Gabriel Gîtan piano
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 6:00 PM Swiss - 9:00 AM Pacific
Videotaped November 6, 2024 in Lausanne, Switzerland
The Program
Selections by Gaetano Donizetti, Jules Massenet, Johannes Brahms, George Enescu,
Isaac Albéniz, and Fernando Obradors
Streamed Concert - Filmed in Front of a Live Audience
https://bit.ly/Classeek-AidaPascu
10. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
Valentin Kovalev saxophone and Amy Yang piano
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 7:30 PM Eastern - 4:30 PM Pacific
American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall - Philadelphia
The Program
Debussy: Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra*
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.120, No.2*
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet and Piano, Op.73*
Say: Suite for Saxophone and Piano, Op.55 (selections)
Yoshimatsu: Fuzzy Bird Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
* arranged for saxophone
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/valentin-kovalev-saxophone/
11. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 6:00 PM Pacific
Woodwind Chamber Concert
Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/woodwind-chamber-fall-2024/
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 6:00 PM Pacific
UCLA Camarades String Ensembles
Ensemble Room - Ostin Music Center
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-camarades-fall-2024/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/school-of-music-live-streams/
12. The Colburn School Livestreams
The Colburn School Downtown
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recital and
chamber music selections.
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/events/performance-forum-73/
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 2:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music selections.
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/events/chamber-forum-18/
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 1:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Community School Honors Chamber Recital - Free
Top students from the Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute
present an afternoon of chamber works.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-CommunitySchoolHonorsChamberRecital
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music Critic Mark Swed’s review in The Los Angeles Times
“L.A. Phil’s ‘Noon to Midnight’ marathon evokes the sounds of our city, grumbles and all”
Mark Swed begins, “‘Noon to Midnight,’ the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s annual marathon, welcomes families, arts trendsetters, the dedicated new-music crowd and the merely curious to every nook and cranny of Walt Disney Concert Hall. . . .”
B. Music Critic Mark Swed’s commentary in The Los Angeles Times
“L.A. new-music groups tackle election angst with a chance to let it all out”
C. Music Critic Truman C. Wang’s review on Classical Voice
“Benjamin Bernheim: A Masterful Journey Through French Mélodie”
at the Wallis in Beverly Hills
https://bit.ly/ClassicalVoice-TrumanWang004
N E W S L E T T E R B E G I N S
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
I. 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 of Classical Crossroads’ November 2024
“Second Sundays at Two” Concert
Trio Céleste
Kevin Kwan Loucks piano, Iryna Krechkovsky violin,
Ross Gasworth cello
Recorded at & livestreamed from
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates CA
on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Stream from Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase for one month by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
The Program and Notes
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
I. Lento maestoso — Allegro quasi doppio movimento
II. Poco adagio — Vivace non troppo — Vivace
III. Andante — Vivace non troppo — Allegretto
IV. Andante moderato — Allegretto scherzando
— Quasi tempo di marcia
V. Allegro
VI. Lento maestoso
After arguably achieving the pinnacle of the piano trio art form with his third, the F-minor Piano Trio of 1883, Antonín Dvorák altered course, eschewed sonata design, and reconnected with his national roots. His fourth and last piano trio comprises six highly varied Slavic folk dances called dumka, juxtaposing passionate rhetoric, soulful introspection, and exuberant vitality. Dvorák characterized this “Dumky” trio as “a little piece for violin, cello and piano. It will be both happy and sad.”
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847):
Piano Trio No.2 in C Minor, Op.66
II. Andante espressivo
IV. Finale: Allegro appassionato
The piano trio already had a long and illustrious pedigree — most notably via Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert — by the time Felix Mendelssohn came to compose his two masterpieces. These were his Op.49 of 1839 and Op.66 of 1845, among his most expressively varied, vivid, and inspired chamber works. Today, we hear just the reflective, piano-led second movement and the initially genial but powerfully cumulative Finale.
The Ensemble
Hailed as “a first-class ensemble” (Orange County Register), “unfailingly stylish” (The Strad), “technically dazzling” (Long Beach Gazette), “flawless” (New York Concert Review), and “the epitome of what chamber musicians should be” (Palm Beach Daily News), Trio Céleste has firmly established itself as one of the leading chamber music ensembles on the classical music scene. Highlights include recital debuts at the Chicago Cultural Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Seoul Art Center in South Korea, and the world premiere of Paul Dooley’s Concerto Grosso for Piano Trio and Strings, co-commissioned by Trio Céleste and Chamber Music | OC. Winners of the Beverly Hills National Auditions and the recipients of the 2017 Emerging Artist Award from Arts Orange County, the ensemble has performed hundreds of recitals worldwide. In 2014, Trio Céleste was selected from over 500 applicants to be Artists-in-Residence at The Grand Canyon National Park. Read about Trio Céleste by clicking:
Stream from Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase for two months by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
For concert series information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
2. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents
The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Avenue, New York NY
(between 91st & 92nd street)
For a Google map, click:
Friday, November 22, 2024 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Catalyst Quartet
Karla Donehew Perez and Abi Fayette violins,
Paul Laraia viola, Karlos Rodriguez cello
The Program: Intersections
Paquito D’Rivera: But Just a Minute / Farewell Mambo / Wapango
Piazzolla: Suite del Angel (arr. Catalyst Quartet)
Gershwin: Lullaby
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
https://www.92ny.org/event/catalyst-quartet
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
The Program
Johann Bernhard Bach: Orchestral Suite No.1 in G Minor
Telemann: Quintet in E Minor, TWV44:5
Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe Concerto in G Minor, BWV1056R
Telemann:
Overture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10,
“Burlesque de Quixotte”
J.S. Bach: Concerto in C Minor for violin and oboe, BWV1060R
https://www.92ny.org/event/akademie-fur-alte-musik-berlin
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:
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: from $25
Single online tickets: $25
Online season of 23 concerts: $150
Concerts are available for viewing online for 72 hours.
Find information for these and other concert offerings by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts
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
Saturday, November 23, 2024
The Liszt Society Day
Recital
Letian Yu First Prizewinner, 2023 Liszt Society Competition
- 1:00 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Liszt Society International Piano Competition Final 2024
- 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-23.shtml
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Curtis Phill Hsu piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op.53, “Waldstein”
Wagner, arr. Kocsis: Tristan und Isolde Prelude
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, S178
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-26.shtml
Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
The Kelley Suttenfield Jazz Quintet
Kelley Suttenfield vocals, Alex Babic drums, Chris Lee piano,
Stefanos Tsourelis guitar, Martin Young bass
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-28.shtml
Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 7:30 PM London - 11:30 AM Pacific
Misha Kaploukhii piano, Magdalene Ho piano, and string quartet
Chopin: Piano concerto in F Minor, Op.21
Chopin: Piano concerto in E Minor, Op.11
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-11-30.shtml
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Julian Trevelyan piano
Sofia Gubaidulina: Chaconne
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat Major, Op.37
Chopin: Nocturne in B Major, Op.9 No.3
Chopin: Six Preludes, Op.28 Nos.7-12
Chopin: Two Études, Op.10 No.5 & Op.25 No.10
Kapralova Dubnova: Preludia, Op.13
Hiromi Uehara: Somewhere
Hiromi Uehara: Pachelbel’s Canon Canon in D
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-12-03.shtml
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Takashi Kikuchi viola, Jozef Janik piano
Scarlatti: Three Sonatas
Schumann:
Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales) for piano and viola, Op.113
Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Gershwin: Three Preludes for piano
Fauré: Après un Rêve
Irving Berlin: White Christmas
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-12-05.shtml
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The De Beauvoir Piano Trio
Haydn: Piano Trio No.24 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.49
Lili Boulanger: D’un Matin de Printemps
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-12-08.shtml
Find 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 U.K. and Europe’s top-drawer classical artists typically appear in 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. Salastina Music Society presents
Happy Hour No.127
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Thayer Hall at The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
The Program
Amy Beach: Romance, Op.23
Reena Esmail: one word makes a world
Rita Strohl: Great Dramatic Sonata, “Titus et Bérénice”
Yoshika Masuda and HyeJin Kim perform selections from their recently released album Hidden Flame on Avie Records. Throughout, Co-Artistic Director Maia Jasper White hosts a conversation between Yoshi, HyeJin, and the audience about repertoire selection and the recording process as a whole.
Salastina invites listeners to join with composers, musicians, and artists to celebrate the beauty of the past and present and to carry it into the future with a spirit of inclusiveness. Read about the Salastina Music Society by clicking:
https://www.salastina.org/about-salastina
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $25 / $10 students
Livestream: $10 / free for Salastina members
available for three days after the concert
Mimosa and pastry reception with the artists to follow
For information and in-person and livestream tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Salastina-HappyHour127
5. Organ Prelude Concert - Every Sunday at 10:30 AM Pacific
UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00 AM Pacific
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.), Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
The programs are posted a few days ahead. Check by clicking:
Organist Christoph Bull’s half-hour, live-audience & live-streamed Prelude Concerts on Sunday mornings, beginning at 10:30 AM on the Great Organs of First Church, are an inspiring way to start your week of amazing musical offerings. 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:
6. Phillips Music
Alexi Kenney violin and Amy Yang piano
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 4:00 PM Eastern - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington DC
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Violin Sonata No.1 in A Minor, Op.105
Violin Sonata No.3 in A Minor, WoO2
Clara Schumann (1819-1896):
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op.22
Robert Schumann:
Violin Sonata No.2 in D Minor, Op.121
Striving to re-create the sound the Schumanns wrote for, the artists will perform using gut strings on the violin and a fortepiano built by Rodney J. Regier of Freeport, Maine, based on Viennese instruments from around 1830.
The Artists
Born in Palo Alto, California in 1994, violinist Alexi Kenney is a graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he studied with Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried. The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and Winner of the 2013 Concert Artists Guild Competition, Alexi has soloed with the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Detroit Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Gulbenkian Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, and l’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, as well as in a play-conduct role as guest leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He has played recitals at Wigmore Hall, on Carnegie Hall’s ‘Distinctive Debuts’ series, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, 92nd Street Y, Mecklenberg-Vorpommern Festival, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Read about Alexi Kenney by clicking:
Pianist Amy Yang is an alumna of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, and the Yale School of Music, where she received the Outstanding Pianist Award. She is described by the Washington Post as a “jaw-dropping pianist who steals the show ... with effortless finesse.” Read about Amy Yang by clicking:
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person Tickets: Sold Out
Livestream: Complimentary
Available only during the performance.
Register to access the livestream link.
For concert information and registration, click:
https://bit.ly/PhippipsMusic-AlexiKenneyAndAmyYang
7. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents
UCLA Faculty Artist Series: Chamber Music Masterpieces
UCLA String Faculty & Students in Concert
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 8:00 PM Pacific
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA
For directions and parking, click:
https://www.maps.ucla.edu/?id=2043#!ct/75713?m/696726?s/schoenberg
The Program
Beethoven: Eyeglasses Duo
Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello
Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet No.3
Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet
The UCLA String Faculty
Read about UCLA’s distinguished string faculty by selecting “Strings” from the drop-down menu “Sort by the Area of Study”
found by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/search-for-faculty/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-SchoenbergHall
Free admission. For information, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-StringFaculty
8. Great Music At St. James
Classical Sundays at Six
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
Rotem Gilbert and Jason Yoshida directors
Sunday, December 1, 2024 - 6:00 PM Pacific
St. James’ In-The-City Episcopal Church
3903 Wilshire Blvd (near Western)
Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/8LVFMmdU65tsHA9a9
For parking directions, click:
The Program
A French Christmas
Founded in 1986 by James Tyler, USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia is an ensemble of period instruments and voices specializing in music from the late 16th through the mid-18th centuries. It primarily consists of graduate students majoring in Early Music, graduate students of modern instruments, and vocal arts students minoring in Early Music. A small but growing number of undergraduate students also participate. Read about the Baroque Sinfonia by clicking:
https://music.usc.edu/ensemble/baroque-sinfonia/
Beginning in 1948 at Exposition Park and continuing at LACMA, Sundays Live is now presented at St. James in-the-City as Classical Sundays at Six, part of the broader musical offerings of Great Music at Saint James. It is Southern California’s oldest broadcast chamber music series and continues under Bill Vestal’s leadership as Artistic Director.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission. Find artist information and the link to listen to the livestream by clicking:
9. Classeek presents
Aida Pascu soprano and Gabriel Gîtan piano
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 6:00 PM Swiss - 9:00 AM Pacific
Available afterward to stream on demand.
Videotaped November 6, 2024 in Lausanne, Switzerland
The Program
Gaetano Donizetti: Tranquillo ei posa... Com’è bello
from Lucrezia Borgia
Jules Massenet: Dis-moi que je suis belle
from Thaïs
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo, Op.118 No.2
Giacomo Puccini: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì
from La Bohème
George Enescu: Trois mélodies, Op.4
Isaac Albéniz: Suite Española No.1, Op.47
IV. Cádiz
Fernando Obradors: Canciones clásicas españolas
Romanian soprano Aida Pascu graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest and is currently a Master’s degree student at the National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” in Cluj. She was born to a family of operatic singers, who provided her with musical preparation from her early childhood. Read about Aida Pascu by clicking:
https://classeek.com/concerts/aida-pascu,178
Classeek was founded in 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland, as an alliance of passion for the classical music world and the desire to provide technological solutions to artists and musicians globally. Read about Classeek by clicking:
Streamed Concert - Filmed in Front of a Live Audience
Read about the program and stream on demand by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Classeek-AidaPascu
10. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
Valentin Kovalev saxophone and Amy Yang piano
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 7:30 PM Eastern - 4:30 PM Pacific
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7iCzYkWv3TSkwDwj7
The Program
Debussy: Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra*
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.120, No.2*
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet and Piano, Op.73*
Say: Suite for Saxophone and Piano, Op.55 (selections)
Yoshimatsu: Fuzzy Bird Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
* arranged for saxophone
Read about the artists by clicking:
Valentin Kovalev saxophone
https://www.valentinkovalev.com/
Amy Yang piano
The mission of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society is to engage its community in a life more beautiful through the shared experience and transformative impact of chamber music, to make great repertoire and today’s leading artists available to everyone wishing to participate, and to build audiences and support for this incredible art form. See the upcoming livestreams for this season by clicking:
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/livestreams/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30
PCMS livestreams are offered on a pay-what-you-wish basis.
Available to stream for three days.
For concert and artist information and to livestream, click:
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/valentin-kovalev-saxophone/
11. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 6:00 PM Pacific
Woodwind Chamber Concert
Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/woodwind-chamber-fall-2024/
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 6:00 PM Pacific
UCLA Camarades String Ensembles
Ensemble Room - Ostin Music Center
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-camarades-fall-2024/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission.
Watch the livestreams by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/school-of-music-live-streams/
12. The Colburn School Livestreams
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recital and
chamber music selections.
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/events/performance-forum-73/
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 2:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music selections.
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/events/chamber-forum-18/
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 1:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Community School Honors Chamber Recital - Free
Top students from the Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute
present an afternoon of chamber works.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-CommunitySchoolHonorsChamberRecital
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
See the Colburn School Events Calendar and purchase tickets by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music Critic Mark Swed’s review in The Los Angeles Times
“L.A. Phil’s ‘Noon to Midnight’ marathon evokes the sounds of our city, grumbles and all”
Mark Swed begins, “‘Noon to Midnight,’ the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s annual marathon, welcomes families, arts trendsetters, the dedicated new-music crowd and the merely curious to every nook and cranny of Walt Disney Concert Hall. . . .”
B. Music Critic Mark Swed’s commentary in The Los Angeles Times
“L.A. new-music groups tackle election angst with a chance to let it all out”
Mark Swed writes, “On election night, Brightwork newmusic presented ‘VOTE! (and then come to this concert)’ for its monthly Tuesdays @ Monk Space series in Koreatown. Over the weekend, the avant-garde orchestra Wild Up hosted five “Democracy Sessions,” presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art in its Warehouse performance space at the Geffen Contemporary. . . .”
C. Music Critic Truman C. Wang’s review on Classical Voice
“Benjamin Bernheim: A Masterful Journey Through French Mélodie”
at the Wallis in Beverly Hills
https://bit.ly/ClassicalVoice-TrumanWang004
Truman Wang writes, “On Saturday, November 9, famed French baritone Benjamin Bernheim made his West Coast debut at the Wallis in Beverly Hills, in a spellbinding recital of French art songs. . . .”
Happy Thanksgiving and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
“... invaluable ...” ~ Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times