The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter
from Southern California
No.1077 — Friday, April 24, 2026 — Sunday, May 10, 2026
Next issue: Friday, May 8, 2026
An aficionado’s guide to upcoming livestreamed concerts on the world’s
chamber music scene — with a few select reprises of previously
livestreamed concerts. If you’re not already a subscriber, subscribe (it’s
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“ . . .
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
For a comprehensive listing of all chamber music concerts in Southern
California — live-audience and streamed — visit Mike Napoli’s website, PerformingArtsLIVE.com. (Performing
artists and concert presenters: Upload your concert announcements.)
http://bit.ly/PerformingArtsLIVE-ChamberMusic
Classical guitar aficionados, see George Gutman’s invaluable “Classical
Guitar Events in Southern California” and subscribe to his email alerts
by clicking:
https://cgevents.org/SoCalEvents.htm
In This Issue
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The Condensed Section (Part I) serves
as a guide to The Full-Information
Section (Part II), which follows and includes biographies of
performing artists, complete concert programs and program notes, venue
addresses and map links, and additional information on each concert.
[Tip: Note the number of the item you’re interested in in Part I and
scroll down to find it in Part II for complete information.] Each
section concludes with “Concert Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene.”
Part I. THE CONDENSED SECTION
HIGHLIGHTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
Select Streamed Concerts on the World’s Chamber Music Scene
1. Reprise
of Classical Crossroads’ February 2026
“Second Sundays at Two” Concert
The Felici Piano Trio
Steven Vanhauwaert piano
Rebecca Hang violin, Brian
Schuldt cello
http://www.felicitrio.com/
Livestreamed from Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates CA on Sunday, April 12, 2026
The Concert e-Flyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-FeliciTrio
The Program
Franz Schubert (1797–1828):
Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.100, D929 (1827)
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestream is available on
demand for a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1182530201
2. St
James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church — 197 Piccadilly — London UK
Top emerging artists from leading London music colleges perform in
St James’s historic venue, renowned for its superb acoustics. Read
about the artists and find the livestreaming links by clicking the links
below each announcement. See “What’s On” at St. James Piccadilly for
last-minute additions to the Lunchtime Recitals, as well as other
upcoming musical offerings by clicking:
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/?_filter=music
Friday, April 24, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Trio Musae from the Royal
College of Music
Rebekah Tan piano, Kenza
Stamselberg violin,
Louis Hirst cello
The Program
Judith Weir: Piano Trio Two (2004)
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.63
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/trio-musae-2/
Monday, April 27, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Herman Med Cerisha piano
studying at the Royal Academy of Music
https://hermancerisha.com/
The Program
Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini No.2 in E-flat Major
Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp Minor, Op.39
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op.119
Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B-flat Major, Op.83
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260427
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 — 1:10
PM UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
The Elera Trio from the Royal
Academy of Music
Elizabeth Peat violin, Eliott
Berdugo clarinet, and Erica
Sou piano
The Program
Khachaturian: Trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
Shostakovich: Five Pieces for violin, clarinet, and piano
Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/the-elera-trio/
Friday, May 1, 2026 — 1:10 PM UK
— 5:10 AM Pacific
Rebekah Yinuo Tan piano
studying at the Royal College of Music
https://www.rebekahyinuotan.com/
The Program
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, WTC Book 1
Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat Major Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’
Debussy: Images, Book 2
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op.60
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/rebekah-yinuo-tan-piano/
Monday, May 4, 2026 — 1:10 PM UK
— 5:10 AM Pacific
Angelina Lee soprano & Jeremy Ng piano
studying at the Royal Academy of Music
The Program
Roger Quilter: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
Mozart Exsultate Jubilate, K165
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260504
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Rose McLachlan piano
studying at the Royal Northern College of Music
in Manchester
https://wcom.org.uk/yeoman/rose-mclachlan/
The Program
Ravel: Valse Nobles et Sentimentales
Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D959
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/rose-mclachlan-piano/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission — Free to livestream
Find links to the livestreams in the concert announcements above.
Select Lunchtime Recitals are posted for on-demand re-streaming. Find
them by clicking:
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-PastConcerts
3. The
Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School — Downtown — Los Angeles CA
Friday, April 24, 2026 — 2:00 PM
Pacific — Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum — Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music.
The Program
Ravel: Introduction & Allegro
for harp, flute, clarinet and string
quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Minor, Op.44 No.2
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Max Bruch:
Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and
piano, Op.83
[JE: Highly recommended]
https://youtu.be/0kF70VmWUqw?t=121
Sunday, April
26, 2026 — 4:00 PM Pacific — Thayer Hall
Quintet Conversations: From Mozart to
Modern,
with Jeremy Denk piano
https://www.jeremydenk.com/
featuring William May LACO
principal bassoon
https://www.laco.org/people/william-may/
and Colburn faculty and students
The Program
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat Major for piano and winds, K452
Valerie Coleman: Tzigane for wind quintet (2011)
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet (1918)
In-Person: $25, $40 — Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-QuintetConversations
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find upcoming and numerous past livestreamed performances by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@ColburnSchoolLosAngeles/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
4. UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music presents
The Ehnes Quartet
James Ehnes and Amy
Schwartz Moretti violins,
Che-Yen Chen viola, Edward
Arron cello
Saturday, April 25, 2026 — 5:00
PM Pacific
Schoenberg Hall — Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA
The Program
The second concert of the Beethoven Quartet Cycle
String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4
String Quartet in A Major, Op.18 No.5
String Quartet in F Major, Op.14 No.1
(Beethoven’s arrangement of his Piano Sonata in E Major)
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.6
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-SchoenbergHall
Free admission. For information, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-EhnesQuartet-BeethovenII
5. Salastina
Music Society — Main Series No.4
Familiar | Forgotten | Fresh
Saturday, April 25, 2026 — 7:00
PM Pacific
Laguna Art Museum — Laguna Beach CA
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 3:00 PM
Pacific
Barrett Hall — Pasadena Conservatory of Music
The Program
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44
Julius Röntgen: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Minor, Op.100 (1927)
Nicholas Edwards: Piano Quintet (World Premiere)
The Artists
Kevin Kumar & Maia
Jasper White
Co-Artistic Director & Resident
Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident
Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (April 26)
Tickets: $45 / $10 students
Complimentary wine reception with the
artists to follow.
Livestream $10 / free for members
available to stream for three days for
non-members
For concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
6. Music
at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale — West London UK
A medieval church dating back 800 years, St Mary’s Perivale has, in
recent years, been repurposed as a cultural center and concert venue,
typically hosting three in-person concerts a week, which are
livestreamed.
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
JIM’S PICKS OF A RECENT GEM AT ST MARY’S
PERIVALE
Livestreamed Sunday, April 19, 2026
The Aquilae String Quartet
Ola Lenkiewicz violin, Elena
Toledo violin,
Jake Montgomery-Smith viola, Sandy Scott-Brown cello
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.33 No.2, “Joke”
Dvorák: String Quartet, Op.96, “American”
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet, WV68
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-19.shtml
Watch Now
https://youtu.be/fvx9-hBQmSc?t=941
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Sunday, April
26, 2026 — 3:00 PM UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Trio Battersea
Ray Liu violin, Gabrielle
Yuen cello, Bocheng Wang
piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1 No.3
Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-26.shtml
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Thomas Kelly piano
Finalist at the 2026 Leeds Competition
and
2nd Prize at the 2026 Liszt Utrecht
Competition
Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu, Op.66
Robert Schumann: Sonata No.1 in F-sharp Minor, Op.11
Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Major, Op.30
Medtner: Novelette, Op.17 No.1
Balakirev: “Islamey” Oriental Fantasy
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-28.shtml
Thursday, April 30, 2026 — 2:00
PM UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Colin Lawson clarinet, Vanessa
Latarche piano
Stanford: Three Intermezzi, Op.13
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Clarinet Sonata, Op.128
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant, Op.48
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-30.shtml
Sunday, May 3, 2026 — 3:00 PM UK
— 7:00 AM Pacific
Trio Myrthen
Cyrus Yuen violin, Wilbert
Chan cello, Myunghan Kim
piano
Haydn: Piano Trio No.45 in E-flat Major, Hob.XV:29
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.63
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-05-03.shtml
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — 2:00 PM UK
— 6:00 AM Pacific
Anjulie Chen piano
Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op.117
Chopin: Fantasy in F Minor, Op.49
Robert Schumann: Carnival Jest from Vienna, Op.26
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-05-05.shtml
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Find upcoming artists and ensembles through April 2027 by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by
clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
7. First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ Prelude Concert
UCLA Professor & First Church
Organist Christoph Bull
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday — 10:30–11:00 AM
Pacific — Free
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Click at concert time to watch the livestream and find the program:
https://www.fccla.org/live
8. The
Juilliard School
Honors Chamber Music Recitals
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Paul Hall — The Juilliard School
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 3:00 PM
ET — 12:00 PM Pacific
Kvartet
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 5:30 PM
ET — 2:30 PM Pacific
Candide Quartet
https://www.candidequartet.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person: Free — Livestream: Free
For concert information and to watch the livestream, at concert time,
click:
Kvartet
https://bit.ly/Juilliard-HonorsChamberMusicRecital-Kvartet
Candide Quartet
https://bit.ly/Juilliard-HonorsChamberMusicRecital-Candide
9. Phillips
Music
Flamenco Vivo presents:
TABLAO (An Intimate Flamenco Experience)
https://flamenco-vivo.org/
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 4:00 PM
ET — 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection — Washington, D.C.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: $50 — Sold Out — Rush Tickets Available
Livestream: Complimentary
Register ahead of time to access the livestream link.
https://bit.ly/Phillips-FlamencoVivo
10. Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sonic Spectrum IV (2025–2026) —
New Music Program
Kristin Lee violin
https://www.violinistkristinlee.com/
Sandbox Percussion
https://sandboxpercussion.com/
Thursday, April 30, 2026 — 7:30
PM ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Rose Studio at CMS — New York NY
The Program
Gabriella Smith (b.1991):
FIVE for percussion quartet (2005)
Vivian Fung (b.1975):
Goddess/Insect for violin and percussion
quartet (2025)
Joan Tower (b.1938):
To Sing or Dance for violin and percussion
quartet (2024)
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available on-demand until March 8 at 4:30
PM Pacific
In-Person Tickets: Sold Out — Livestream: Free
https://bit.ly/CMS-SonicSpectrumIV202526
11. Classical
Crossroads’
“Classical Interludes”
~ presents ~
Winner of the 2026 Peninsula Symphony
Edith Knox Performance Competition
Violinist Luke Li with Pianist Alice Yoo
Saturday, May 2, 2026 — 3:00 PM
First Lutheran Church & School — Torrance CA
The Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Sonata No.1 in G Minor for violin solo, BWV1001 (by 1720)
I. Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827):
Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op.24, “Spring” (1800–1801)
John Williams (b.1932):
Theme from “Schindler’s List” (1993)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921):
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28 (1863)
Jules Massenet (1842–1912):
Méditation from “Thaïs” (1894)
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1683–1745):
Chaconne in G Minor
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please RSVP for yourself and your
guests by emailing: [email protected].
Join Luke and Alice after the concert for a reception of gourmet coffee,
a freshly baked treat, and a seasonal fruit selection.
Free admission. Donations appreciated. For concert series information
and online donations, click:
https://palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/ClassicalInterludes.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available: check in a day
or two after the concert to stream on demand for about a month on
Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person. Watch at concert time by clicking
Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo livestream link (updated a few days ahead of
each concert):
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
12. 92NY
Center for Culture & Arts
The 92nd Street Y — New York NY
Saturday, May 2, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Isidore String Quartet
Adrian Steele and Phoenix
Avalon violins,
Devin Moore viola, Joshua McClendon cello
https://www.isidorestringquartet.com/
The Program
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.76 No.4, “Sunrise”
Billy Childs: String Quartet No.4, American Mosaic
Brahms: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.67
https://www.92ny.org/event/isidore-string-quartet
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Erin Morley soprano
https://www.erinmorley.com/
Lawrence Brownlee tenor
https://www.lawrencebrownlee.com/
Malcolm Martineau piano
https://martineau.info/
The Program
Golden Age pyrotechnics and bel canto delights
Selections by Rossini, Verdi, Bizet,
Debussy, Delibes, and Donizetti
https://www.92ny.org/event/erin-morley-and-lawrence-brownlee
Saturday, May 9, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
https://askonasholt.com/artist/pavel-kolesnikov
The Program
Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op.9 No.2
Duphly: Selections from Deuxième Suite in C Minor
Chopin: Prelude in E Minor, Op.28 No.4
Rameau: Selected works
Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58
https://www.92ny.org/event/pavel-kolesnikov
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $45 — Single online ticket: $25
For the 92NY livestreamed concert schedule, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
13. Classeek
presents
Elmina Hasan mezzo-soprano
https://mkimpresari.com/artists/elmina-hasan
Illia Ovcharenko piano
https://illiaovcharenko.com/
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — 6:00 PM
Swiss — 9:00 AM Pacific
Videotaped earlier in Lausanne, Switzerland
Streamed Concert — Filmed in front of a live audience.
Read about the program and stream on demand by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Classeek-ElminaHasan
Available afterwards on Glasseek’s YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@classeekmusic/videos
14. Yale
School of Music
Oneppo Chamber Music Series
Chamber Music Competition Winners
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — 7:30 PM ET
— 4:30 PM Pacific
Morse Recital Hall — Sprague Memorial Hall — Haven CT
The Program
Watch the Yale School’s top students in an evening of performances by
winners of the annual chamber music competition.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-person: Free — Livestream: Free
Find concert information and the link to the livestream by clicking:
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/940/26011
15. Philadelphia
Chamber Music Society presents
Brentano Quartet
Serena Canin and Mark
Steinberg violins,
Misha Amory viola, Nina
Lee cello
https://www.brentanoquartet.com
with
Hsin-Yun Huang viola
https://www.hsinyunhuang.com/
Sunday, May 10, 2026
3:00 & 5:00 PM ET — 12:00 & 2:00 PM Pacific
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Franklin Hall — Philadelphia PA
The Program
Part I (3:00 PM Eastern — 12:00
PM Pacific):
Mozart: String Quintet in B-flat Major, K174
Mozart: String Quintet in C Minor, K406
Mozart: String Quintet in C Major, K515
Part II (5:00 PM — 2:00 PM
Pacific):
Mozart: String Quintet in G Minor, K516
Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K593
Mozart: String Quintet in E-flat Major, K614
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30
Livestream: offered on a pay-what-you-wish basis
For concert information and to watch the livestream, click:
https://bit.ly/PCMS-BrentanoQuartet
16. Classical
Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi
USC Thornton faculty violinist Lina
Bahn and
USC Thornton faculty cellist Seth
Parker Woods
performing alongside top students
Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church — Rolling Hills Estates CA
The Artists
The USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi
is the premier touring chamber music ensemble of the School of Music,
featuring USC students performing alongside renowned faculty members Seth Parker Woods, cello, and Lina Bahn, violin. This year’s
edition features student clarinetist Louis
Milne, violist Solomon Leonard,
cellist Abigail Park, and
pianist Andrew Edwards.
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please RSVP for yourself and your
guests by emailing: [email protected].
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online
donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available a day or two
after the concert to stream on demand for about a month on Classical
Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person. Watch at concert time by clicking
Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo livestream link (updated a few days ahead of
each concert):
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
CONCERT REVIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HIGH
INTEREST
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic Barbara Glazer’s review
on LA Opus
“All-American String Quartets at ‘Classical Interludes’”
The Fiato Quartet plays quartets by Charles Ives, Florence Price, and
Max Mueller on Classical Crossroads’ “Classical Interludes series in
Torrance.
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-BarbaraGlazer20260415
Barbara Glazer concludes, “The Fiato’s performance was simply
marvelous—and well earned its standing ovation. As ever, thanks to
Classical Crossroads’ for the wonderful video—a best-seat-in-the-house
view to enjoy this stellar recital again and again.” Watch a reprise of
the livestream by clicking,
https://vimeo.com/1180396843
B. Music critic Timothy Mangan’s review
on Culture OC
“Jeremy Denk Essays Beethoven, Ives and Ragtime”
in a piano recital at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
https://bit.ly/CultureOC-TimothyMangan002
Timothy Mangan writes, “The American pianist’s ambitious program,
anchored by the ‘Concord Sonata,’ proves a little less than its parts.”
and concludes, “This particular concert didn’t quite work for me, but it
was impressive nonetheless.”
C. Music critic Mark Swed writes in the
Los Angeles Times
“Appreciation: Michael Tilson Thomas embodied and amplified the L.A.
musical sensibility”
https://lat.ms/4eIEE7a
In front of the LA Times paywall:
https://aol.it/42tbxgR
D. Classical Music Happy Hour with
Emanuel Ax
New York’s Classical Music Radio Station WQXR’s “Classical Music Happy
Hour” is a classical music podcast from WQXR and Carnegie Hall, hosted
by renowned pianist Emanuel Ax.
The Latest Podcast Episodes:
David Hyde Pierce — a.k.a. Niles Crane
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Jeanine Tesori — from “Fun Home” to the
Met Opera
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Listen:
https://link.podtrac.com/44fhwr02
E. The Art of Listening
The Art of Listening is a bimonthly offering from the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, created to enhance your appreciation and
enjoyment of classical music. Subscribe on Substack and have it
delivered to your inbox or read it online:
https://chambermusicsociety.substack.com/
The latest post: March 23, 2026
The Dramatic Life of an Overshadowed
Composer
by Jim Samson
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfListening20260416
Part II. THE FULL-INFORMATION SECTION
************************************************
Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados,
HIGHLIGHTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
Select Streamed Concerts on the World’s Chamber Music Scene
1. Reprise
of Classical Crossroads’ February 2026
“Second Sundays at Two” Concert
The Felici
Piano Trio
Steven
Vanhauwaert piano
Rebecca
Hang violin, Brian Schuldt
cello
Livestreamed from Rolling Hills United
Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates CA on Sunday,
April 12, 2026
The
Concert e-Flyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-FeliciTrio
The Program
Franz Schubert (1797–1828):
Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.100,
D929 (1827)
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Allegro moderato
IV. Allegro moderato
Program Notes
This Trio falls squarely within the sequence of grandly-scaled
masterworks Schubert wrote during what Benjamin Britten called the
“richest and most productive 18 months in our music history,” i.e., from
after Beethoven’s death in March 1827 to Schubert’s own demise in
November 1828. These 18 months include the song-cycles Winterreise and
Schwanengesang, both Piano Trios, the last three Piano Sonatas, the Mass
in E-flat, the Fantasies for violin and piano and for piano four-hands,
the String Quintet, and sketches for a 10th Symphony — a far from
exhaustive list — by a young man already in poor health.
It’s apposite to mention Beethoven here, as it has been argued —
persuasively if only from circumstantial rather than direct evidence —
that Schubert conceived the Piano Trio No.2 as an homage to the master
he revered. It formed the centerpiece to the only public concert in his
lifetime entirely devoted to Schubert’s work, which he held (to great
acclaim) on March 26, 1828 — so close to the first anniversary of
Beethoven’s death that it seems likely that he intended it as a
memorial. Schubert was particularly anxious that the Trio be published,
and surviving manuscript sketches show that he reworked aspects of it
assiduously, particularly the second movement which, though not so
entitled, sounds like a funeral march and indeed much resembles the
Marcia funebre of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony (the sketches show that he
actually removed a direct quote of the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth
Symphony!).
Whether a deliberate tribute to Beethoven or not, the Piano Trio No.2 —
in its scale, mastery of sonata design, harmonic ingenuity, expressive
range, imaginative and idiomatic writing for all three instruments, and
thematic memorability throughout its four spacious movements — stands as
one of the greatest works in its genre. In Schubert’s own canon of
chamber music, it is second perhaps only to the sublime String Quintet.
Its most original feature is the reintroduction of the Andante con
moto’s main theme into the finale, and the signal stroke of genius
whereby, at the end, he turns this theme from minor to major to form the
coping-stone of the whole edifice. After the first performance, Schubert
made two cuts in the huge finale, and today’s performance will be of the
final published version.
The Ensemble
The Felici Piano Trio comprises
Belgian pianist Steven Vanhauwaert,
German violinist Rebecca Hang,
and American cellist Brian Schuldt.
Felici members are prize winners of the Los Angeles Liszt, Yellow
Springs, and Osaka music competitions. The threesome has performed over
350 concerts in Europe, South America, and the U.S., and has
distinguished itself as a unique presence on the national music scene
since coming to Mammoth Lakes as a grantee of Chamber Music America’s
Rural Residencies Program and as a California Arts Council’s Touring
Roster ensemble. Read about the Felici Trio by clicking:
http://www.felicitrio.com/
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestream is available on
demand for a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1182530201
2. St
James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church
197 Piccadilly, London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gneCNNdKciMfNEdBA
Top emerging artists from leading London music colleges perform in
St James’s historic venue, renowned for its superb acoustics. Read
about the artists and find the livestreaming links by clicking the links
below each announcement. See “What’s On” at St. James Piccadilly for
last-minute additions to the Lunchtime Recitals, as well as other
upcoming musical offerings by clicking:
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/?_filter=music
Friday, April 24, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Trio Musae
from the Royal College of Music
Rebekah
Tan piano, Kenza Stamselberg
violin,
Louis
Hirst cello
The
Program
Judith Weir: Piano Trio Two (2004)
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D
Minor, Op.63
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/trio-musae-2/
Monday, April 27, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Herman Med
Cerisha piano
studying at the Royal Academy of Music
https://hermancerisha.com/
The
Program
Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini No.2 in
E-flat Major
Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp Minor,
Op.39
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op.119
Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B-flat Major,
Op.83
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260427
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 — 1:10
PM UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
The Elera
Trio from the Royal Academy of Music
Elizabeth
Peat violin, Eliott Berdugo
clarinet,
and Erica
Sou piano
The
Program
Khachaturian: Trio for violin, clarinet,
and piano
Shostakovich: Five Pieces for violin,
clarinet, and piano
Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet,
and piano
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/the-elera-trio/
Friday, May 1, 2026 — 1:10 PM UK
— 5:10 AM Pacific
Rebekah
Yinuo Tan piano
studying at the Royal College of Music
https://www.rebekahyinuotan.com/
The
Program
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Major,
WTC Book 1
Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat Major Op. 81a
‘Les Adieux’
Debussy: Images, Book 2
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op.60
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/rebekah-yinuo-tan-piano/
Monday, May 4, 2026 — 1:10 PM UK
— 5:10 AM Pacific
Angelina
Lee soprano & Jeremy Ng
piano
studying at the Royal Academy of Music
The
Program
Roger Quilter: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
Mozart Exsultate Jubilate, K165
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260504
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Rose
McLachlan piano
studying at the Royal Northern College of
Music
in Manchester
https://wcom.org.uk/yeoman/rose-mclachlan/
The
Program
Ravel: Valse Nobles et Sentimentales
Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D959
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/rose-mclachlan-piano/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission — Free to livestream
Find links to the livestreams by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stjamesschurchpiccadilly/streams
Select Lunchtime Recitals are posted for on-demand re-streaming. Find
them by clicking:
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-PastConcerts
3. The
Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/IwB59X
Friday, April 24, 2026 — 2:00 PM
Pacific — Thayer Hall
Chamber
Forum — Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform
chamber music.
The
Program
Ravel: Introduction & Allegro
for
harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Minor,
Op.44 No.2
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Max Bruch:
Eight
Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, Op.83
[JE: Highly recommended]
https://youtu.be/0kF70VmWUqw?t=121
Sunday, April
26, 2026 — 4:00 PM Pacific — Thayer Hall
Quintet
Conversations: From Mozart to Modern,
with Jeremy
Denk piano
https://www.jeremydenk.com/
featuring William
May LACO principal bassoon
https://www.laco.org/people/william-may/
and Colburn faculty and students
The
Program
Mozart:
Quintet
in E-flat Major for piano and winds, K452
Valerie Coleman: Tzigane for wind quintet
(2011)
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet (1918)
In-Person: $25, $40 — Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-QuintetConversations
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find upcoming and numerous past livestreamed performances by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@ColburnSchoolLosAngeles/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
4. UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music presents
The Ehnes
Quartet
James
Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti
violins,
Che-Yen
Chen viola, Edward Arron
cello
Saturday,
April 25, 2026 — 5:00 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/
The Program
The second concert of the Beethoven Quartet Cycle
String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4
String Quartet in A Major, Op.18 No.5
String Quartet in F Major, Op.14 No.1
(Beethoven’s arrangement of his Piano Sonata in E Major)
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.6
The renowned Ehnes Quartet is
embarking on a three-year partnership with the UCLA Herb Alpert School
of Music as the school’s visiting string quartet in residence. Read
about its UCLA residency by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/ehnes-quartet-residency/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-SchoenbergHall
Free admission. For information, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-EhnesQuartet-BeethovenII
5. Salastina
Music Society — Main Series No.4
Familiar | Forgotten | Fresh
Saturday,
April 25, 2026 — 7:00 PM Pacific
Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach CA
For a Google map, click:
http://bit.ly/LagunaArtMuseumMap
Sunday,
April 26, 2026 — 3:00 PM Pacific
Barrett Hall
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KumFWtvpndbGmciS6
The Program
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44
Julius Röntgen: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Minor, Op.100 (1927)
Nicholas Edwards: Piano Quintet (World Premiere)
The Artists
Kevin Kumar & Maia
Jasper White
Co-Artistic Director & Resident
Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident
Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Salastina serves the intellectual and artistic curiosity of audiences of
all types. Since its founding in 2010, Salastina has earned a national
reputation for connecting audiences to classical music. Read about the
Salastina Music Society by clicking:
https://www.salastina.org/about-salastina
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (April 26)
Tickets: $45 / $10 students
Complimentary wine reception with the
artists to follow.
Livestream $10 / free for members
available to stream for three days for
non-members
For concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
6. Music
at St Mary’s Perivale
Chamber
Music and Recitals
Perivale Lane, Perivale, West London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/KdaP2qduGyv8ccYV7
JIM’S PICKS OF A RECENT GEM AT ST MARY’S
PERIVALE
Livestreamed Sunday, April 19, 2026
The
Aquilae String Quartet
Ola
Lenkiewicz violin, Elena
Toledo violin,
Jake
Montgomery-Smith viola, Sandy
Scott-Brown cello
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major,
Op.33 No.2, “Joke”
Dvorák: String Quartet, Op.96, “American”
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String
Quartet, WV68
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-19.shtml
Watch Now
https://youtu.be/fvx9-hBQmSc?t=941
UPCOMING
CONCERTS
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 3:00 PM
UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Trio
Battersea
Ray Liu
violin, Gabrielle Yuen cello,
Bocheng
Wang piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1
No.3
Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90,
“Dumky”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-26.shtml
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Thomas
Kelly piano
Finalist
at the 2026 Leeds Competition
2nd Prize
at the 2026 Liszt Utrecht Competition
Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu, Op.66
Robert Schumann: Sonata No.1 in F-sharp
Minor, Op.11
Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Major,
Op.30
Medtner: Novelette, Op.17 No.1
Balakirev: “Islamey” Oriental Fantasy
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-28.shtml
Thursday, April 30, 2026 — 2:00
PM UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Colin
Lawson clarinet, Vanessa
Latarche piano
Stanford: Three Intermezzi, Op.13
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Clarinet Sonata,
Op.128
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant, Op.48
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-30.shtml
Sunday, May 3, 2026 — 3:00 PM UK
— 7:00 AM Pacific
Trio
Myrthen
Cyrus Yuen
violin, Wilbert Chan cello,
Myunghan
Kim piano
Haydn: Piano Trio No.45 in E-flat Major,
Hob.XV:29
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D
Minor, Op.63
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-05-03.shtml
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — 2:00 PM UK
— 6:00 AM Pacific
Anjulie
Chen piano
Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op.117
Chopin: Fantasy in F Minor, Op.49
Robert Schumann: Carnival Jest from
Vienna, Op.26
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-05-05.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 classical artists typically appear
in three in-person and 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/
Find upcoming artists and ensembles through April 2027 by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by
clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
7. First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ
Prelude Concert
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 — Free
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, April 26,
2026
Meditation on How Can I Keep from Singing
Improvisation on Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Meditation on Finlandia
Louis-Claude Daquin: Le Coucou and Improvisation
César Franck:
Poco lento in G Minor from L’Organiste and
Improvisation
J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod, arr. C. Bull:
Ave Maria and Improvisation
New organ sounds
The Organ Prelude Concert programs are posted a few days ahead in the
Order of Worship. Check and download by clicking:
https://www.fccla.org/live
Organist Christoph Bull’s free,
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, featuring the superb professional chamber choir Laude
and Cathedral Choir, directed by David
Harris, as well as the organ Postlude. Donations appreciated.
Read about organist Christoph Bull by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available to stream on demand at the link below.
Click at concert time to watch the livestream and find the program:
https://www.fccla.org/live
8. The
Juilliard School
Honors
Chamber Music Recitals
Sunday,
April 26, 2026
Paul Hall
The Juilliard School
155 W. 65th St., New York NY
https://maps.app.goo.gl/H77ZisX4Xk2wiwmy5
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 3:00 PM
ET — 12:00 PM Pacific
Kvartet
Sunday, April 26, 2026 — 5:30 PM
ET — 2:30 PM Pacific
Candide
Quartet
https://www.candidequartet.com/
Note: A free subscription and account are required to stream concerts
from Juilliard. If you haven’t already subscribed, click the link below;
you’ll see a webpage to subscribe and create an account. (If you’ve
already subscribed, you won’t see the subscribe webpage. Instead, you’ll
be taken to a webpage to browse archived concerts.) Subscribe by
clicking:
https://www.juilliard.live/checkout/subscribe
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person: Free — Livestream: Free
For concert information and to watch the livestream, at concert time,
click:
Kvartet
https://bit.ly/Juilliard-HonorsChamberMusicRecital-Kvartet
Candide Quartet
https://bit.ly/Juilliard-HonorsChamberMusicRecital-Candide
9. Phillips
Music
Flamenco
Vivo presents:
TABLAO (An Intimate Flamenco Experience)
https://flamenco-vivo.org/
Sunday,
April 26, 2026 — 4:00 PM ET — 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C.
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
In Andalucía, nights sizzle and crackle with the energy of its famous
tablaos. These café-style venues showcase flamenco at its most raw,
creative, and authentic — where performers create by instinct and
improvisation.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: $50 — Sold Out — Rush Tickets Available
Livestream: Complimentary
Register ahead of time to access the
livestream link.
For concert information and registration, click:
https://bit.ly/Phillips-FlamencoVivo
10. Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sonic Spectrum IV (2025–2026) —
New Music Program
Thursday,
April 30, 2026 — 7:30 PM ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Rose Studio at CMS — New York NY
165 W. 65th Street on the 10th floor of
the Rose Building
New York NY 10023
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/c3zXtkdFKtegAKbbA
The Program
Gabriella Smith (b.1991):
FIVE for percussion quartet (2005)
Vivian Fung (b.1975):
Goddess/Insect for violin and percussion
quartet (2025)
Joan Tower (b.1938):
To Sing or Dance for violin and percussion
quartet (2024)
The Artists
Kristin Lee violin
https://www.violinistkristinlee.com/
Sandbox Percussion
https://sandboxpercussion.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available on-demand until March 8 at 4:30
PM Pacific
In-Person Tickets: Sold Out
Livestream: Free
For artist information and to livestream, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-SonicSpectrumIV202526
11. Classical
Crossroads’
“Classical Interludes”
~ presents ~
Winner of the 2026 Peninsula Symphony
Edith Knox Performance Competition
Violinist Luke
Li with Pianist Alice Yoo
Saturday,
May 2, 2026 — 3:00 PM
First Lutheran Church & School —
Torrance
2900 W. Carson Street, Torrance CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/maps/QaZ4s
The Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Sonata No.1 in G Minor for violin solo,
BWV1001 (by 1720)
I. Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827):
Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op.24,
“Spring” (1800–1801)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto espressivo
III. Scherzo. Allegro molto — Trio
IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
John Williams (b.1932):
Theme from “Schindler’s List” (1993)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921):
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
(1863)
Jules Massenet (1842–1912):
Méditation from “Thaïs” (1894)
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1683–1745):
Chaconne in G Minor
Program Notes
Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas BWV1001–1006 — three four-movement sonatas
da chiesa alternating with three multi-movement dance-based partitas —
are the cornerstone of the solo violin repertoire. Today we hear just
the rapt opening Adagio of Sonata No.1.
During 1800–1801, Beethoven worked on several projects, including his
Second Symphony, the ballet Prometheus, the Op.18 string quartets, and
his Fourth and Fifth Violin Sonatas. These were conceived as a
contrasting pair, with the relaxed and tuneful, four-movement Sonata No.
5 — soon dubbed “Spring” due to its beauty and easy grace — set against
the terse drama of the three-movement No.4. Beethoven dedicated both
sonatas to his patron Count Moritz von Fries.
When director Steven Spielberg approached his frequent collaborator John
Williams to write the music for his Holocaust epic, Schindler’s List,
his response was, “You need a better composer than I am for this film.”
Spielberg responded, “I know. But they’re all dead!” Williams’ score,
however, won the Oscar, BAFTA, and Grammy awards. In the movie, his
indelible main theme is heard over the scene of real-life survivors
honoring Oskar Schindler’s memory.
Saint-Saëns wrote his Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28, for
violin and orchestra while he was organist at La Madeleine in Paris and
halfway through his five-year teaching stint at the École Niedermeyer de
Paris. He originally intended it as a finale to the First Violin
Concerto, but after its successful premiere in 1867 as a standalone
piece, played by Pablo de Sarasate with the composer conducting, it was
published as such and became Saint-Saëns’ most popular work for violin
and orchestra. It was arranged for violin and piano by Georges Bizet.
Thaïs, the 19th of Massenet’s 34 operas, is the luridly exotic tale of a
monk’s obsession with Thaïs, a
courtesan in Roman-era Alexandria. After a heady evening of feasting,
etc., the monk, Athanaël, attempts to convert Thaïs to a life of
spiritual rather than fleshly love. The famous Méditation depicts
Thaïs’s reflection, then her resolve to join him in seeking salvation
through God (spoiler alert: it does not end well). In both its original
violin+orchestra guise and various arrangements, the Méditation has
become a concert and recital favorite.
Though traditionally ascribed to the Italian Baroque composer Vitali,
the earliest surviving 18th-century manuscript of the Chaconne in G
minor is ambiguous about the work’s authorship. It was not published
until 1867 by the German violinist and composer Ferdinand David, who, in
the process, much embellished the violin part.
The Artists
Thirteen-year-old violinist Luke Li
has performed with the Palos Verdes Regional Symphony Orchestra, the
Beach Cities Symphony, and the Southwestern Youth Music Festival
Orchestra. He earned 1st place in the American Virtuoso International
Music Competition, the Elite International Music Competition, the VOCE
State Finals, the MTAC Artists of the Future, and Peninsula Symphony’s
Edith Knox Performance Competition. He has toured in Europe and
performed at both Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Acclaimed, award-winning pianist Alice
Yoo holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the
University of Southern California under the tutelage of Antoinette
Perry. She is currently a part-time staff pianist at Colburn School.
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please RSVP for yourself and your
guests by emailing: [email protected].
Join Luke and Alice after the concert for a reception of gourmet coffee,
a freshly baked treat, and a seasonal fruit selection.
Free admission. Donations appreciated. For concert series information
and online donations, click:
https://palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/ClassicalInterludes.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available: check in a day
or two after the concert to stream on demand for about a month on
Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person. Watch at concert time by clicking
Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo livestream link (updated a few days ahead of
each concert):
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
12. 92NY
Center for Culture & Arts
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
Saturday, May 2, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Isidore
String Quartet
Adrian
Steele and Phoenix Avalon
violins,
Devin
Moore viola, Joshua McClendon
cello
https://www.isidorestringquartet.com/
The
Program
Haydn:
String
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.76 No.4, “Sunrise”
Billy Childs: String Quartet No.4,
American Mosaic
Brahms: String Quartet in B-flat Major,
Op.67
https://www.92ny.org/event/isidore-string-quartet
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Erin
Morley soprano
https://www.erinmorley.com/
Lawrence
Brownlee tenor
https://www.lawrencebrownlee.com/
Malcolm
Martineau piano
https://martineau.info/
The
Program
Golden Age pyrotechnics and bel canto
delights
Selections by Rossini, Verdi, Bizet,
Debussy, Delibes, and Donizetti
https://www.92ny.org/event/erin-morley-and-lawrence-brownlee
Saturday, May 9, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Pavel
Kolesnikov piano
https://askonasholt.com/artist/pavel-kolesnikov
The
Program
Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op.9
No.2
Duphly: Selections from Deuxième Suite in
C Minor
Chopin: Prelude in E Minor, Op.28 No.4
Rameau: Selected works
Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor,
Op.58
https://www.92ny.org/event/pavel-kolesnikov
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka 92NY) is a world-class cultural and
community center where people worldwide 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
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $45
Single online ticket: $25
For the 92NY livestreamed concert schedule, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
13. Classeek
presents
Elmina
Hasan mezzo-soprano
https://mkimpresari.com/artists/elmina-hasan
Illia
Ovcharenko piano
https://illiaovcharenko.com/
Tuesday,
May 5, 2026 — 6:00 PM Swiss — 9:00 AM Pacific
Videotaped earlier in Lausanne,
Switzerland
Founded in 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland, Classeek envisions a vibrant
classical music landscape where tradition meets innovation. Through
technology and expertise, the aim is to modernize the classical music
industry, spotlight emerging talent, and provide sustainable career
opportunities for artists worldwide. Read about Classeek by clicking:
https://classeek.com/about
Streamed Concert — Filmed in front of a live audience.
Read about the program and stream on demand by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Classeek-ElminaHasan
Available afterwards on Glasseek’s YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@classeekmusic/videos
14. Yale
School of Music
Oneppo Chamber Music Series
Chamber
Music Competition Winners
Tuesday,
May 5, 2026 — 7:30 PM ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Morse Recital Hall
Sprague Memorial Hall
470 College St, New Haven CT
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bbWRgr4MyumYx5LD8
The Program
Watch the Yale School’s top students in an evening of performances by
winners of the annual chamber music competition.
See all the concerts presented by the Yale School of Music by clicking:
https://music.yale.edu/events
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-person: Free — Livestream: Free
Find concert information and the link to the livestream by clicking:
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/940/26011
15. Philadelphia
Chamber Music Society presents
Brentano
Quartet
Serena
Canin and Mark Steinberg
violins,
Misha
Amory viola, Nina Lee
cello
https://www.brentanoquartet.com
with
Hsin-Yun
Huang viola
https://www.hsinyunhuang.com/
Sunday,
May 10, 2026
3:00 & 5:00 PM ET — 12:00 & 2:00
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
Part I (3:00 PM Eastern — 12:00 PM Pacific):
Mozart: String Quintet in B-flat Major, K174
Mozart: String Quintet in C Minor, K406
Mozart: String Quintet in C Major, K515
Reception: 45 minutes of complimentary food tastings
Part II (5:00 PM — 2:00 PM Pacific):
Mozart: String Quintet in G Minor, K516
Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K593
Mozart: String Quintet in E-flat Major, K614
The Artists
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano
String Quartet, named for Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars
consider to be Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” has appeared worldwide to
popular and critical acclaim. The Quartet had its first European tour in
1997, and was honored in the UK with the Royal Philharmonic Award for
Most Outstanding Debut. That debut recital was at London’s Wigmore Hall,
and the Quartet has continued its warm relationship with Wigmore. In the
fall of 2014, the Quartet became the Resident String Quartet at the Yale
School of Music, succeeding the Tokyo Quartet in that position. Read
about the Brentano String Quartet by clicking:
https://www.brentanoquartet.com
Violist Hsin-Yun Huang has
appeared as soloist with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio
Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Bogotá Philharmonic, NCPA Orchestra in
Beijing, Zagreb Soloists, International Contemporary Ensemble, London
Sinfonia, Taiwan Philharmonic, Taipei City Symphony, and Brazil Youth
Orchestra. She was the first violist to appear as a concerto soloist at
Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts. Read about the
Hsin-Yun Huang by clicking:
https://www.hsinyunhuang.com/
The mission of the Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society is to engage its community in a life more
beautiful through the shared experience of chamber music.
See the upcoming livestreams for this season by clicking:
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/livestreams/
See upcoming and past livestreams at the PCMS YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@pcmsconcerts/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30
Livestream: offered on a pay-what-you-wish basis
For concert information and to watch the livestream, click:
https://bit.ly/PCMS-BrentanoQuartet
16. Classical
Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
~
presents ~
USC
Thornton Chamber Virtuosi
USC Thornton faculty violinist Lina
Bahn and
USC Thornton faculty cellist Seth
Parker Woods
performing alongside top students
Sunday,
May 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates
CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/EMqwtwiN3mGozzX3A
The USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi
is the premier touring chamber music ensemble of the School of Music,
featuring USC students performing alongside renowned faculty members Seth Parker Woods, cello, and Lina Bahn, violin. This year’s
edition features student clarinetist Louis
Milne, violist Solomon Leonard,
cellist Abigail Park, and
pianist Andrew Edwards.
The Program
Kareem Roustom (b.1971):
Palestinian Songs and Dances (2024)
I. Oh, You On The Mountain
Lina Bahn
and Abigail Park violins
Solomon
Leonard viola
Seth
Parker Woods cello
Louis
Milne clarinet
Jenö Hubay (1858–1937):
Carmen Fantaisie (1876)
Abigail
Park violin
Andrew
Edwards piano
Claude Debussy (1862–1918):
Etude No.11 (1915)
"Pour les arpèges composés"
(For composite arpeggios)
Andrew
Edwards piano
Osvaldo Golijov (b.1960):
Dreams and Prayers of Isaac of the Blind
(1994)
Louis
Milne clarinet
Lina Bahn
and Abigail Park violins
Solomon
Leonard viola, Seth Parker
Woods cello
Robert Schumann (1810–1856):
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47
(1842)
III. Andante cantabile
Abigail
Park violin, Seth Parker Woods
cello
Andrew
Edwards piano
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992):
Quartet for the End of Time (1941)
III. "Abîme des oiseaux" (Abyss of the
birds)
Louis
Milne clarinet
Jessie Montgomery (1981– ):
Rhapsody No.1, arranged for solo viola
(2021)
Solomon
Leonard viola
Sheridan Seyfried:
Sextet for clarinet, string quartet and
piano (2010)
III. Con spirito
Louis
Milne clarinet
Lina Bahn
and Abigail Park violins
Solomon
Leonard viola, Seth Parker
Woods cello
Andrew
Edwards piano
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please RSVP for yourself and your
guests by emailing: [email protected].
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online
donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available a day or two
after the concert to stream on demand for about a month on Classical
Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person. Watch at concert time by clicking
Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo livestream link (updated a few days ahead of
each concert):
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
REVIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HIGH INTEREST
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic Barbara Glazer’s review
on LA Opus
“All-American String Quartets at
‘Classical Interludes’”
The Fiato Quartet plays quartets by Charles Ives, Florence Price, and
Max Mueller on Classical Crossroads’ “Classical Interludes series in
Torrance.
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-BarbaraGlazer20260415
Barbara Glazer concludes, “The Fiato’s performance was simply
marvelous—and well earned its standing ovation. As ever, thanks to
Classical Crossroads’ for the wonderful video—a best-seat-in-the-house
view to enjoy this stellar recital again and again.” Watch a reprise of
the livestream by clicking,
https://vimeo.com/1180396843
B. Music critic Timothy Mangan’s review
on Culture OC
“Jeremy Denk Essays Beethoven, Ives and
Ragtime”
in a piano recital at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
https://bit.ly/CultureOC-TimothyMangan002
Timothy Mangan writes, “The American pianist’s ambitious program,
anchored by the ‘Concord Sonata,’ proves a little less than its parts.”
and concludes, “This particular concert didn’t quite work for me, but it
was impressive nonetheless.”
C. Music critic Mark Swed writes in the
Los Angeles Times
“Appreciation: Michael Tilson Thomas
embodied and amplified the L.A. musical sensibility”
https://lat.ms/4eIEE7a
In front of the LA Times paywall:
https://aol.it/42tbxgR
D. Classical Music Happy Hour with
Emanuel Ax
New York’s Classical Music Radio Station WQXR’s “Classical Music Happy
Hour” is a classical music podcast from WQXR and Carnegie Hall, hosted
by renowned pianist Emanuel Ax.
The Latest Podcast Episodes:
David Hyde Pierce — a.k.a. Niles Crane
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Jeanine Tesori — from “Fun Home” to the
Met Opera
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Listen:
https://link.podtrac.com/44fhwr02
E. The Art of Listening
The Art of Listening is a bimonthly offering from the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, created to enhance your appreciation and
enjoyment of classical music. Subscribe on Substack and have it
delivered to your inbox or read it online:
https://chambermusicsociety.substack.com/
The latest post: March 23, 2026
The Dramatic Life of an Overshadowed
Composer
by Jim Samson
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfListening20260416
Best wishes and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Edna R.S. Alvarez, Copyeditor
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
“... invaluable
...”
~ Mark Swed, The
Los Angeles Times
Available on Substack at
https://jimeninger.substack.com/