The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1066 - Friday, November 7, 2025 - Sunday, November 23, 2025
Next issue: Friday, November 21, 2025
An Aficionado’s guide to upcoming livestreamed concerts from Southern California and worldwide — with
a few reprises of previously livestreamed concerts. If you’re not already a subscriber, subscribe (it’s free)
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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.)
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Classical guitar aficionados, see George Gutman’s invaluable “Classical Guitar Events in Southern
California” and subscribe to his email alerts by clicking:
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In This Issue
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This top section serves as a condensed guide to the full version that follows. The full version includes
biographies of performing artists, complete concert programs, venue addresses and map links, as well as
additional information on each concert. (Tip: Note the number of the item you’re interested in this section
and scroll down to find it in the full version of the newsletter for complete information.)
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise of Classical Crossroads, November 2025
“Classical Interludes” Concert
Songs of the Americas
Soprano Camila Lima, Tenor Xavier Prado, Pianist Ruy Folguera
Livestreamed from First Lutheran Church and School in Torrance CA
on Saturday, November 1, 2025
Concert e-Flyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-SongsOfTheAmericas
The Program
Songs and arias from Latin America as well as
popular selections from the Great American Songbook
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
https://vimeo.com/1133291747
2. St James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church - London UK
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Anastasia Barabanova piano
The Program
Selections by Scriabin, Mozart, Chopin, J.S. Bach, and Sofia Gubaidulina
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/yiwei-deng-piano/
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Kosuke Shirai clarinet, Jeremy Chan piano
The Program
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.120
Aaron Copland: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-KosukeShiraiAndJeremyChan
Friday, November 14, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Kaja Piano Trio
Sherri Lun piano, Munjung Heo violin, Clare Juan cello
The Program
Schubert: Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, D929
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/kaja-piano-trio/
Monday, November 17, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Aquilae Quartet
Elena Toledo and Ola Lenkiewicz violins
Jake Montgomery-Smith viola, Sandy Scott-Brown cello
The Program
Haydn: String Quartet Op.33 No.2, “Joke”
Antonín Dvorák: Quartet No.12 in F Major, Op.96, “American”
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/aquilae-quartet/
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Cristiana Achim piano
The Program
To Be Announced
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/cristiana-achim-piano-3/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Free admission - Free to livestream
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stjamesschurchpiccadilly
3. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts
The 92nd Street Y, New York NY
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Sean Shibe guitar
https://seanshibe.com/
The Program
Selections by Frank Martin, J.S. Bach, Thomas Adès,
Sasha Scott, Tyshawn Sorey, and Steve Reich
https://www.92ny.org/event/sean-shibe
Friday, November 21, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Curtis New Music Ensemble: We The Artists
https://www.curtis.edu/event/we-the-artists-2526/
The Program
Selections by Clarice Assad, Carlos Simon,
Valerie Coleman, and Joan Tower
https://bit.ly/92NY-CurtisNewMusicEnsemble
Saturday, November 22, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Tessa Lark violin, Joshua Roman cello, Edgar Meyer bass
The Program
Selections by J.S. Bach and Edgar Meyer
https://bit.ly/92NY-LarkRomanMeyer
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $45 - Single online ticket: $25
(26-concert livestream season tickets: $175)
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
4. Salastina Music Society - Main Series No.2
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Private Residence in Palos Verdes
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios - West Los Angeles CA
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Weinstein Performance Space - Lake Forest CA
Friday, November 14, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Barrett Hall - Pasadena Conservatory of Music
The Program - Beauty in Tension
Selections by Christopher Theofanidis, Mozart, Leoš Janácek,
Samuel Barber, Prokofiev, Charles Ives, Caroline Shaw,
Carlo Gesualdo, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Paul Wiancko
The Artists
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White
Co-Artistic Directors and Resident Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
Brian Lauritzen Resident Host
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (November 14)
In-person 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
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
5. The Juilliard School
Kiron Atom Tellian piano
https://kironatomtellian.com/
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 8:30 PM ET - 5:30 PM Pacific
Paul Hall - The Juilliard School - New York, NY
The Program
Selections by Alexander Scriabin and Robert Schumann
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person: Free - Livestream: Free
https://bit.ly/TheJuilliardSchool-KironAtomTellian
6. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Jim’s Picks of a Recent Gem at St Mary’s Perivale
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Christopher Kent and Sarah Sherborne actors, and
Gamal Khamis piano present “An Exquisite Harmony”
The widely acclaimed narrative recital
about the lives, loves, and music
of Robert and Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-02.shtml
Watch now:
https://youtu.be/9L0t-a1SH3o?t=966
Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Aida Piano Trio - Esther Zaglia violin,
Clélia Le Bret cello, Sofía Medina piano
Haydn: Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor, Hob.XV:26
Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.1 in C Minor, Op.8
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-09.shtml
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Zala and Val Kravos piano duo
Selections by Mozart, Choveaux, Schubert, and Grieg
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-11.shtml
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Misha Kaploukhii and Magdalene Ho piano duo
Selections by Brahms, Busoni, and Schubert
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-13.shtml
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Elmore Quartet with Robin Green piano
Haydn: String quartet in C Major, Op.74 No.1
Fauré: Piano Quintet No.2 in C Minor, Op.115
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-16.shtml
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Tyler Hay piano
Selections by Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-18.shtml
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Shlomy Dobrinsky violin, Maiko Mori piano
Selections by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Robert Schumann
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-20.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
The Program
Selections by Saginaw Rozzo, Georg Philipp Telemann,
César Franck, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Carlos Staszeski
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00 AM Pacific - Free
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.fccla.org/live
8. Yale School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Yale Brass Trio
William Purvis horn
https://music.yale.edu/people/william-purvis
Kevin Cobb trumpet
https://music.yale.edu/people/kevin-cobb
Scott Hartman trombone
https://music.yale.edu/people/scott-hartman
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
Morse Recital Hall - Sprague Memorial Hall - New Haven CT
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-person: Free - Livestream: Free
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/969/26264
9. Classical Crossroads “Second Sundays at Two”
Lu Piano Duo
Ning Lu and Jie Lu
https://music.utah.edu/faculty/ning-lu.php
https://music.utah.edu/faculty/jie-lu.php
Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, Rolling Hills Estates CA
The Program
Solo and duet selections by Alexander Scriabin, Claude Debussy,
Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Gabriel Fauré
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission and free to livestream
Watch at concert time
by clicking Classical Crossroads, Vimeo livestream link:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
10. The Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School - Downtown - Los Angeles CA
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recitals and
Chamber music selections.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-92
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-93
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
ViolaPlus: A String-Centric Celebration
Directed by renowned violist Tatjana Masurenko,
ViolaPlus features Tatjana alongside Colburn students,
vocalist Alexandra Hotz, and the ensemble
Bratschisten Freunde.
In-Person: $20, $40 - Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ViolaPlus02
Friday, November 21, 2025 - 2:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ChamberForum-24
Sunday, November 23, 2025 - 4:00 PM - Thayer Hall
Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms
Featuring Colburn faculty Martin Beaver violin,
Clive Greensmith cello, and Demarre McGill flute
In-Person: $20, $35 - Livestream: $10
Afternoon Tea at 2:30 PM in the Colburn Café: $40
https://bit.ly/Colburn-HabsburgHarmonies
https://bit.ly/Colburn-HabsburgHarmoniesTea
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
11. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 12:00 PM Pacific
Peter Wiley cello and Anna Polonsky piano
The Program
Selections by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mendelssohn
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/wiley-polonsky/
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Musicians from Marlboro I
Donovan Bown oboe, Clara Neubauer & Itamar Zorman violins,
Hiroki Kasai & Ao Peng violas, Oliver Herbert, cello
The Program
Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op.2
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8, Op.110
Mendelssohn: String Quintet in A Major, Op.18
https://bit.ly/PCMS-MusiciansFromMarlboroI
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30 - Livestream: pay-what-you-wish
Click the concert links above to watch the livestreams.
Available to stream afterward at the PCMS YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@pcmsconcerts/streams
12. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Free
Faculty Artist Series — Between the Brandenburgs
with composer Gabriella Smith
https://www.gabriellasmith.com/
Monday, November 17, 2025 - 8:00 PM Pacific
Schoenberg Hall - Schoenberg Music Building - UCLA
The Program
Herb Alpert School of Music faculty and students perform
Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.5 alongside companion
works by noted California composer Gabriella Smith
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission. For information and livestream link, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-GabriellaSmith
13. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night Rose - Mozart, Schumann, & Spohr
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 9:00 PM ET - 6:00 PM Pacific
Rose Studio at CMS - New York NY
The Artists
Evren Ozel piano, Tara Helen O’Connor flute,
James Austin Smith oboe, David Shifrin clarinet,
Jake Thonis bassoon, Eric Reed horn
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until November 23 at 6:00 PM Pacific
In-Person Tickets: $82 - Livestream: Free
For artist and program information and the livestream link, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS--LateNightRose014
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic Truman C. Wang’s review on Classical Voice
“A Revelatory ‘Hammerklavier’ Launches Camerata Pacifica’s
New Season and ‘Beethoven 32' Project”
https://bit.ly/ClassicalVoice-TrumanWang008
Music critic Truman C. Wang begins, “Camerata Pacifica doesn’t believe in easing into things. For the
opening salvo of its 2025/26 season—and the launch of an audacious three-year journey through all 32
Beethoven piano sonatas—Artistic Director Adrian Spence chose to begin not with youthful exuberance
but with the Mount Everest of the piano repertoire: the ‘Hammerklavier’ . . . Mozart’s Wind Serenade in
E-flat Major, K375, provided a welcome respite after the titanic Beethoven.”
B. New Yorker music critic Alea Ross writes on The Rest Is Noise
“The Substack accumulation”
https://therestisnoise.com/the-substack-accumulation/
Music critic Alex Ross writes about a dozen or so classical music bloggers who have migrated to
Substack and concludes, “. . . Their keen commentary compensates, to some degree, for the precipitous
decline in newspaper and magazine criticism that has taken place over the past two decades.”
A condensed version of my Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter is now available on Substack. Regularly
updated, it has a link to the full version hosted online by Mailchimp. Subscribe and have the condensed
version delivered free to your inbox, or view it online :
https://jimeninger.substack.com/
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise of Classical Crossroads, November 2025
“Classical Interludes” Concert
Songs of the Americas
Soprano Camila Lima, Tenor Xavier Prado,
and Pianist Ruy Folguera
Livestreamed from
First Lutheran Church and School in Torrance CA
on Saturday, November 1, 2025
Beverly Hills National Audition Winners, rising opera stars Camila Lima and Xavier Prado, and noted film
composer and pianist Ruy Folguera, returned to Classical Crossroads with a program of classical songs
and arias from Latin America as well as popular selections from the Great American Songbook.
The Program
Latin America
Carlos Gardel/Alfredo Lepera (Argentina):
El día que me quieras
(The day you will love me)
Tomás Méndez (México):
Cucurrucucú Paloma
(Cucurrucucu Dove)
Chabuca Granda (Peru):
La Flor de la canela
(The Cinnamon Flower)
Ariel Ramírez/Félix Luna (Argentina):
Alfonsina y el Mar
(Alfonsina and the Sea)
Carlos Gardel/Alfredo Lepera
Por una cabeza
(By a Head)
Alberto Ginastera/Fernán Silva Valdés (Argentina/Uruguay)
Canción al árbol del olvido
(Song to the Tree of Forgetfulness)
Daniel Catán (México):
Comprendo (I understand)
duet from the opera Il Postino
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North America
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II: If I loved you
from Carousel
George and Ira Gershwin: The man I love
Nicholas Brodszky/ Sammy Cahn: Be my love
Stephen Sondheim: Send in the clowns
from A Little Night Music
Leonard Bernstein/ Stephen Sondheim: Maria
from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein/ Stephen Sondheim: Tonight, tonight
from West Side Story
Encore
María Grever (México): Júrame
The Artists
Soprano Camila Lima has performed across Europe, Argentina, and the United States, including at the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Carnegie Hall. Ms. Lima has starred in beloved operas such as Gounod’s
Romeo and Juliette and Verdi’s Traviata, among many others; in contemporary operas like Spanish
composer Juan Colomer’s Dulcinea XL world premiere, performed at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles with
Xavier Prado; as well as in popular music venues such as the Día de los Muertos Festival at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery. Ms. Lima is a three-time winner of the Beverly Hills National Audition and an alternate
First Prize winner of the New York Lyric Opera Competition. Read about Camila Lima by clicking:
https://camilalimasinger.com/
Fast-rising tenor Xavier Prado has performed leading roles with numerous regional opera companies and
orchestras across the U.S. and Europe, such as Sarasota Opera, Opera San Jose, Palisades Symphony,
Guild Opera Company, Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria, Livermore Valley Opera, Center
Stage Opera, Ridgecrest Opera Guild, Opera Buffs, Opera Santa Barbara, and many others. In recent
years, he has entered several vocal competitions, where he has consistently been selected as a finalist
and top prize winner. Most recently, he triumphed at the “Piero Cappuccilli International Vocal
Competition” in Italy, winning the First Prize. Read about Xavier Prado by clicking:
https://www.xavierprado.com/
Graduating magna cum laude from Berklee College of Music, Ruy Folguera started his film career
working alongside scoring legends Lalo Schifrin and Maurice Jarre. As a producer, performer, and
arranger, Ruy Folguera has worked with icons of the music scene, including David Coverdale of
“Whitesnake,” Mike Patton of “Faith No More,” Roberta Flack, Colin Hay of “Men At Work,” Engelbert
Humperdinck, Neal Schon of “Journey,” and Argentina’s superstar Fito Pao. Ruy Folguera’s music is
featured in various films such as “Rush Hour I, II & III,” “Picking Up the Pieces” (2000), “The Magnificent
Ambersons” (2002), “Nina” (2016), a biopic about singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist Nina
Simone, and many others. His latest film projects include “One Night in Miami” (2020), “The Color Purple,”
and “Flamin’ Hot” (2023).
For concert series information and online donations, click:
https://palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/ClassicalInterludes.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Click the link below to reprise the livestream on Classical Crossroads, Vimeo Showcase. (Select 1 of 2
videos from the drop-down menu in the upper left.)
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1133291747
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 music colleges perform in St James’s historic venue, renowned for its
superb acoustics. Read about the artists by clicking the links below.
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Anastasia Barabanova piano
The Program
Scriabin: Sonata No.2, Op.19
Mozart: Sonata in F Major, K332
Chopin: Etude in C Major, Op.10 No.7, “Toccata”
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major
from Book 1 of the Well Tempered Clavier
Sofia Gubaidulina: “Chaconne”
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/yiwei-deng-piano/
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Kosuke Shirai clarinet, Jeremy Chan piano
The Program
Johannes Brahms:
Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.120
Aaron Copland: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-KosukeShiraiAndJeremyChan
Friday, November 14, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Kaja Piano Trio
Sherri Lun piano, Munjung Heo violin,
Clare Juan cello
The Program
Schubert: Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, D929
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/kaja-piano-trio/
Monday, November 17, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Aquilae Quartet
Elena Toledo and Ola Lenkiewicz violins
Jake Montgomery-Smith viola, Sandy Scott-Brown cello
The Program
Haydn: String Quartet Op.33 No.2, “Joke”
Antonín Dvorák:
Quartet No.12 in F Major, Op.96, “American”
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/aquilae-quartet/
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Cristiana Achim piano
The Program
To Be Announced
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/cristiana-achim-piano-3/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Free admission - Free to livestream
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stjamesschurchpiccadilly
3. 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
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Sean Shibe guitar
https://seanshibe.com/
The Program
The program’s first half is on classical guitar,
the second half on electric guitar.
Frank Martin: Quatre pièces brèves
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV1007
Thomas Adès: Forgotten Dances (NY premiere)
Sasha Scott: Rush
Tyshawn Sorey: For Bill Frisell
(NY premiere; 92NY co-commission)
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
https://www.92ny.org/event/sean-shibe
Friday, November 21, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center
Curtis New Music Ensemble: We The Artists
https://www.curtis.edu/event/we-the-artists-2526/
The Program
Clarice Assad: Canções da America
Inspired by South American rhythms and
Indigenous traditions
Carlos Simon: Giants
honoring five iconic Black Americans
Valerie Coleman: Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes
exploring Black Indigenous heritage
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
https://bit.ly/92NY-CurtisNewMusicEnsemble
Saturday, November 22, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Tessa Lark violin, Joshua Roman cello, Edgar Meyer bass
The Program
Selections by J.S. Bach
Edgar Meyer: String Trios
https://bit.ly/92NY-LarkRomanMeyer
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
(26-concert livestream season tickets: $175)
For concert information, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
4. Salastina Music Society - Main Series No.2
Beauty in Tension
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Private Residence in Palos Verdes
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios
1616 Butler Ave, West Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/rzmj1BH8WFaucMPv7
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Weinstein Performance Space
23666 Birtcher Drive, Lake Forest CA
For directions and a map, click:
https://chambermusicoc.org/contact/
Friday, November 14, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Barrett Hall
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/4vBPGm
The Program - Beauty in Tension
Sometimes, music soars. Sometimes, it aches. And sometimes, it refuses to resolve — until it finally does.
This program explores the fragile, cathartic space between dissonance and harmony. This is music that
finds beauty in unrest, and invites us to do the same.
Christopher Theofanidis:
Visions and Miracles
II. YOUMEONE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
String Quartet No.19 in C Major, No.19, “Dissonant”
I. Adagio - Allegro
Leoš Janácek:
String Quartet “Intimate Letters”
III. Moderato
Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings
Sergei Prokofiev:
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major
I. Allegro sostenuto
Charles Ives:
String Quartet No.2 - II. Arguments
Caroline Shaw:
Three Essays — II. Echo
Carlo Gesualdo, arr. Maia Jasper White:
Beltà, poi che t’assenti
Caroline Shaw:
Three Essays — I. Nimrod
Ruth Crawford Seeger:
Quartet 1931 — III. Andante
Paul Wiancko: LIFT.94
The Artists
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White
Co-Artistic Directors and Resident Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
Brian Lauritzen Resident Host
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 (November 14)
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
5. The Juilliard School
Kiron Atom Tellian piano
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 8:30 PM ET - 5:30 PM Pacific
Paul Hall
The Juilliard School
155 W. 65th St., New York, NY
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TaPQeNpfHySGwzFm9
The Program
Selections by Alexander Scriabin and Robert Schumann
The Artist
Award-winning Austrian pianist Kiron Atom Tellian has appeared on major stages across Europe, the
United States, and South America. This season he will appear with the San Diego Symphony, at Carnegie
Hall and Kennedy Center, and join the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano on its European tour, which includes
performances at the Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg. He is currently finishing his Bachelor’s degree at
The Juilliard School, where he studies with Emanuel Ax, having previously studied with Sergei Babayan.
Read about Kiron Atom Tellian by clicking:
https://kironatomtellian.com/
Note: A free subscription and account are required to stream concerts from Juilliard. If you haven’t already
subscribed, when you click the link below, you’ll see a webpage to subscribe and create an account. (If
you have subscribed, you’ll be taken to a page 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:
https://bit.ly/TheJuilliardSchool-KironAtomTellian
6. 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
Jim’s Pick of a Recent Gem at St Mary’s Perivale
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Christopher Kent and Sarah Sherborne actors, and
Gamal Khamis piano present “An Exquisite Harmony”
The widely acclaimed narrative recital
about the lives, loves, and music
of Robert and Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-02.shtml
Watch now:
https://youtu.be/9L0t-a1SH3o?t=966
Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Aida Piano Trio - Esther Zaglia violin,
Clélia Le Bret cello, Sofía Medina piano
Haydn: Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor, Hob.XV:26
Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.1 in C Minor, Op.8
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-09.shtml
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Zala and Val Kravos piano duo
Selections by Mozart, Choveaux, Schubert, and Grieg
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-11.shtml
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Misha Kaploukhii and Magdalene Ho piano duo
Selections by Brahms, Busoni, and Schubert
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-13.shtml
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Elmore Quartet with Robin Green piano
Haydn: String quartet in C Major, Op.74 No.1
Fauré: Piano Quintet No.2 in C Minor, Op.115
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-16.shtml
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Tyler Hay piano
Selections by Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-18.shtml
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Shlomy Dobrinsky violin, Maiko Mori piano
Selections by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Robert Schumann
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-11-20.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 December 2026 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
Improvisation on Merle’s Tune and Nettleton
Saginaw Rozzo: A Close Path and Improvisation
Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasia
César Franck:
“Chant de la Creuse” and “Maestoso in D Major”
from L’Organiste and Improvisation
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Carlos Staszeski: Prelude on Forest Green and Improvisation
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. Yale School of Music
Faculty Artist Series
Yale Brass Trio
William Purvis horn, Kevin Cobb trumpet,
and Scott Hartman trombone
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 1:00 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
Read about the Yale faculty artists by clicking:
William Purvis horn
https://music.yale.edu/people/william-purvis
Kevin Cobb trumpet
https://music.yale.edu/people/kevin-cobb
Scott Hartman trombone
https://music.yale.edu/people/scott-hartman
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/969/26264
9. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
Lu Piano Duo
Ning Lu and Jie Lu
Sunday, November 9, 2025 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 Program
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Twenty-four Preludes for piano, Op.11 (1888-96)
No.1 in C Major: Vivace (1893)
No.2 in A Minor: Allegretto (1895)
No.3 in G Major: Vivo (1895)
No.4 in E Minor: Lento (1888)
No.5 in D Major: Andante Cantabile (1896)
No.6 in B Minor: Allegro (1889)
Ning Lu, piano solo
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Six épigraphes antiques for piano duet (1914)
1. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été
(To invoke Pan, god of the summer wind)
2. Pour un tombeau sans nom
(For a nameless tomb)
3. Pour que la nuit soit propice
(In order that the night be propitious)
4. Pour la danseuse aux crotales
(For the dancer with crotales)
5. Pour l’égyptienne
(For the Egyptian woman)
6. Pour remercier la pluie au matin
(To thank the morning rain)
Ning Lu and Jie Lu, piano duet
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Miroirs, suite for piano, M34 (1904-05)
1. Noctuelles (Night moths)
Claude Debussy:
Préludes for piano, Book 1, L125 (1909-10)
9. La sérénade interrompue
(The Interrupted Serenade)
Jie Lu, piano solo
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924):
Dolly Suite for piano duet, Op.56 (1893-96)
1. Berceuse
2. Mi-a-ou
3. Le jardin de Dolly
4. Kitty-valse
5. Tendresse
6. Le pas espagnole
Ning Lu and Jie Lu, piano duet
Program Notes
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Twenty-four Preludes for piano, Op.11 (1888-96)
Nos.1-6
Scriabin’s early career was much influenced by Chopin, and his 24 Preludes, assembled over eight years
often while on tour as a concert virtuoso, cycles like Chopin’s Op.28 through all 24 major and minor keys.
The fleeting, deliquescent textures of this first group of six well illustrate his skill as an exquisite
miniaturist, in contrast to the grandiloquent and visionary projects of his later years.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Six épigraphes antiques for piano duet (1914)
In 1898, the poet Pierre Louÿis commissioned his friend Debussy to write incidental music to a mimed
recitation of 12 prose poems from his collection Les chansons de Bilitis. Sixteen years later, Debussy
reworked about half of these pastoral evocations of the ancient world from their original chamber
ensemble into piano duet form.
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Miroirs, suite for piano, M34 (1904-05)
1. Noctuelles (Night moths)
Ravel dedicated each of his five “mirrors” to individuals in Les Apaches, the group of innovative young
artists, poets, critics, and musicians of which he was then a member; Noctuelles memorializes the poet
and essayist Léon-Paul Fargue (1876-1947).
Claude Debussy:
Préludes for piano, Book 1, L125 (1909-10)
9. La sérénade interrompue
(The Interrupted Serenade)
The initial marking “quasi guitarra” emphasizes the Spanish feel of this piece, which depicts the
frustrations of a thwarted suitor, maybe?
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924):
Dolly Suite for pino duet, Op.56 (1893-96)
“Dolly” was Régina-Hélène Bardac, the infant daughter of Fauré’s mistress, the singer Emma Bardac.
Fauré revised an early (1864) piece as 1. Berceuse to celebrate Dolly’s first birthday in 1893, and wrote 2.
Mi-a-ou, 3. Le jardin de Dolly, and 4. Kitty-valse year by year to mark her next three. In 1896, he added 5.
Tendresse and 6. Le pas espagnole to complete the suite.
The Artists
The Lu Piano Duo’s recitals have delighted piano enthusiasts worldwide. Jie Deng Lu and Ning Lu, both
natives of China and graduates of top conservatories in their homeland, hold doctorates from the
University of Illinois and the University of Colorado Boulder. They are currently faculty artists at the
University of Utah’s School of Music. The Lu Piano Duo has performed at the Colorado Music Festival, the
Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Festival, the 6th China National Golden Bell Music Festival, the
Illinois Summer Music Festival, and the Lake Konstanz International Music Festival. Often performing in
China, the LU Piano Duo was invited to perform as featured artists at the World Expo in Shanghai and the
Central Conservatory of Music School Founding Anniversary Concert. As popular performers locally, they
frequently appear at Temple Square, the University of Utah School of Music, Brigham Young University,
Utah Valley University, and Weber State University. Read about Jie Deng Lu and Ning Lu by clicking:
https://music.utah.edu/faculty/jie-lu.php
https://music.utah.edu/faculty/ning-lu.php
If this is your first time attending a Classical Crossroads concert, please request a reservation 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
Free admission and free to livestream
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:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
10. The Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/IwB59X
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recitals and
Chamber music selections.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-92
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-93
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
ViolaPlus: A String-Centric Celebration
Directed by renowned violist Tatjana Masurenko,
ViolaPlus features Tatjana alongside Colburn students,
vocalist Alexandra Hotz, and the ensemble
Bratschisten Freunde.
In-Person: $20, $40 - Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ViolaPlus02
Friday, November 21, 2025 - 2:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ChamberForum-24
Sunday, November 23, 2025 - 4:00 PM - Thayer Hall
Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms
Featuring Colburn faculty Martin Beaver violin,
Clive Greensmith cello, and Demarre McGill flute
In-Person: $20, $35 - Livestream: $10
Afternoon Tea at 2:30 PM in the Colburn Café: $40
https://bit.ly/Colburn-HabsburgHarmonies
https://bit.ly/Colburn-HabsburgHarmoniesTea
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find upcoming (some available only during the performance) 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/
11. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7iCzYkWv3TSkwDwj7
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 12:00 PM Pacific
Peter Wiley cello and Anna Polonsky piano
The Program
Beethoven: Variations on Handel’s
See, The Conqu’ring Hero Comes
from Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45
Brahms: Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op.38
Beethoven: Variations on Mozart’s
Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen
from Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op.58
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/wiley-polonsky/
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Musicians from Marlboro I
Donovan Bown oboe,
Clara Neubauer & Itamar Zorman violins,
Hiroki Kasai & Ao Peng violas, Oliver Herbert, cello
The Program
Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op.2
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8, Op.110
Mendelssohn: String Quintet in A Major, Op.18
https://bit.ly/PCMS-MusiciansFromMarlboroI
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.
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/
Available to stream afterward at the PCMS YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@pcmsconcerts/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30 - Livestream: pay-what-you-wish
Click the concert links above for concert and artist information and to watch the livestreams.
12. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Free
Faculty Artist Series — Between the Brandenburgs
with composer Gabriella Smith
Monday, November 17, 2025 - 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/
The Program
Herb Alpert School of Music faculty and students join together to perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto
No.5 alongside companion works by noted California composer Gabriella Smith.
About Gabriella Smith
Gabriella Smith invites listeners to find joy in climate action. She creates musical arcs that transport
audiences into sonic landscapes inspired by the natural world. An “outright sensation” (LA Times), her
music “exudes inventiveness with a welcoming personality, rousing energy and torrents of joy” (NY
Times). Her cello concerto Lost Coast received its world premiere in May 2023 with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. This work joins her organ concerto, Breathing Forests, also
premiered by the LA Phil, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Current projects include a large-scale work
for Kronos Quartet and an album-length work for the ensemble yMusic featuring underwater field
recordings. In December 2023, her work Tumblebird Contrails was performed on the Nobel Prize Concert
by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Read about Gabriella
Smith by clicking:
https://www.gabriellasmith.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-SchoenbergHall
Free admission. For information, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-GabriellaSmith
13. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night Rose
Mozart, Schumann, & Spohr
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 9:00 PM ET - 6:00 PM Pacific
Rose Studio at CMS
165 W. 65th Street on the 10th floor of the Rose Building
New York NY 10023
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/A1jkCgmqsPVrvN6K9
The Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Purvis:
Adagio and Allegro (Fantasia) in F Minor, K594
for Wind Quintet
Robert Schumann:
Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op.94 (1849)
Louis Spohr:
Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon,
Horn, and Piano, Op.52 (1820)
The Artists
Evren Ozel piano
Tara Helen O’Connor flute
James Austin Smith oboe
David Shifrin clarinet
Jake Thonis bassoon
Eric Reed horn
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until November 23 at 6:00 PM Pacific
In-Person Tickets: $82 - Livestream: Free
For artist information and the livestream link, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS--LateNightRose014
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic Truman C. Wang’s review on Classical Voice
“A Revelatory ‘Hammerklavier’ Launches Camerata Pacifica’s
New Season and ‘Beethoven 32' Project”
https://bit.ly/ClassicalVoice-TrumanWang008
Music critic Truman C. Wang begins, “Camerata Pacifica doesn’t believe in easing into things. For the
opening salvo of its 2025/26 season—and the launch of an audacious three-year journey through all 32
Beethoven piano sonatas—Artistic Director Adrian Spence chose to begin not with youthful exuberance
but with the Mount Everest of the piano repertoire: the ‘Hammerklavier’ . . . Mozart’s Wind Serenade in
E-flat Major, K375, provided a welcome respite after the titanic Beethoven.”
B. New Yorker music critic Alea Ross writes on The Rest Is Noise
“The Substack accumulation”
https://therestisnoise.com/the-substack-accumulation/
Music critic Alex Ross writes about a dozen or so classical music bloggers who have migrated to
Substack and concludes, “. . . Their keen commentary compensates, to some degree, for the precipitous
decline in newspaper and magazine criticism that has taken place over the past two decades.”
A condensed version of my Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter is now available on Substack. Regularly
updated, it has a link to the full version hosted online by Mailchimp. Subscribe and have the condensed
version delivered free to your inbox, or view it online :
https://jimeninger.substack.com/
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