The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1050 - Friday, February 7, 2025 - Sunday, February 23, 2025
Next issue: Friday, February 21, 2025
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Scroll down to the body of the newsletter for complete information
including livestreaming tips and post-concert on-demand streaming availability
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise from Classical Crossroads’ Pandemic Archive
“First Fridays at First! ~ fff”
AlmaNova
Jessica Pierce flute and Almer Imamovic guitar and composer
Videotaped in front of a live audience and streamed on March 4, 2022
from First Lutheran Church & School in Torrance CA
2. The Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
Downtown Los Angeles
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ChamberForum-19
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Colburn Presents: Guitarist Marko Topchii
Marko Topchii is the winner of the 2023 Guitar Foundation
of America International Concert Artist Competition.
https://bit.ly/ColburnPresentsMarkoTopchii
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Rodolfo Leone and Quartet Integra
Schumann and Brahms Piano Quintets
https://bit.ly/Colburn-FabioBidiniAndQuartetIntegra
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Zipper Hall
Colburn Presents:
Cellist Steven Isserlis and Pianist Connie Shih
https://bit.ly/ColburnPresents-StevenIsserlisAndConnieShih
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(Some available only during the performance)
Unless marked as free, livestream tickets are $10.
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
3. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
David Adams violin, Isobel Neary-Adams viola,
Alice Neary cello, Viv McLean piano
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K478
Huw Watkins: String Trio
Faure: Piano Quartet in C Minor
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-09.shtml
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Tomoki Park piano
J.S. Bach: Goldberg variations, BWV988
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-11.shtml
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Sebastian Wyss violin, Matt Lam piano
Geminiani: Violin Sonata in C Minor Op.4
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K304
Brahms: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op.78
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-13.shtml
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Alex Lomeiko violin, Anna Ziman violin, George White viola,
Ricky Tauber cello, Elena Toponogova piano
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G Minor
Stravinsky: Three pieces for string quartet
Medtner: Piano Quintet Op.posth
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-16.shtml
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Parvis Hejazi piano
J.S. Bach/Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV659
J.S. Bach/Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV639
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op.110
Poulenc: Three Novelettes
Robert Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-18.shtml
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Jelena Horvat violin, Kumi Matsuo piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47, “Kreutzer”
Kreisler: Three Old Viennese Dances
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-20.shtml
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Wragg Family Concert
Ben Wragg violin, Abi Wragg cello, Joseph Wragg baritone
Elara Wragg piano
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K304
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat Major, Op.47
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op.40 (2 mvts)
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Shchedrin: In The Style of Albeniz for violin and piano
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-23.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
4. 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
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream-on-demand at the link below.
5. Yale School of Music Livestreamed Concerts
Morse Recital Hall - Sprague Memorial Hall - New Haven CT
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 12:00 noon Pacific
Faculty Artist Series - Free
Ettore Causa viola and Boris Berman piano
https://music.yale.edu/people/ettore-causa
https://music.yale.edu/people/boris-berman
The Program
Selections by Schumann and Brahms
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/25224/25225
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 7:30 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific
Horowitz Piano Series
Yale faculty pianist Wei-Yi Yang
https://music.yale.edu/people/wei-yi-yang
The Program
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs, Sonatine, Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn,
and Valses nobles et sentimentales
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/24826/24827
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
6. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two” presents
Stars of Tomorrow from the USC Thornton School of Music
The Ivory Trio
Yan Liu clarinet
Yuqi Wang cello
William Chiang piano
Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
The Program
Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano, L135
Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, Op.11, “Gassenhauer”
Jean Françaix: Tema con variazioni, for clarinet and piano
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Clarinet Trio in D Minor, Op.3
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
7. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concerts
Wigmore Hall - London UK
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 7:30 PM London (in-person)
The livestream starts at 8:00 PM London - 12:00 PM Pacific
YCAT 40th Anniversary Gala
Young Classical Artists Trust YCAT
Sini Simonen and Hana Chang violins
Timothy Ridout viola, Maciej Kulakowski cello
Dominic Seldis double bass, James Baillieu piano
Armand Djikoloum oboe, Jonathan Leibovitz clarinet
Amy Harman bassoon, Ben Goldscheider horn
The Program
James B Wilson (b.1990): New commission (UK première)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912): Nonet in F Minor, Op.2
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Octet in F Major, D803
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202502121930
Friday, February 21, 2025 - 1:00 PM London - 5:00 AM Pacific
Louise Alder soprano, Mauro Peter tenor, Joseph Middleton piano
The Program
Hugo Wolf’s settings of Tuscan and Venetian poems
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202502211300
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available on-demand for 90 days after the concert.
8. Salastina Music Society - Main Series No.3
Dvorák’s Piano Quintet
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 8:00 PM Pacific
Pasadena Conservatory of Music - Pasadena CA
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios - West Los Angeles CA
The Program
Antonín Dvorák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major, Op.81
The Artists
Kevin Kumar & Maia Jasper White
Co-Artistic Directors and Resident Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Brian Lauritzen Resident Host
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (February 16)
available to stream for three day
https://bit.ly/Salastina-MainSeriesNo3-Dvorak
9. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night Rose - Arensky & Rimsky-Korsakov
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 9:00 PM ET - 6:00 PM Pacific
Rose Studio at CMS - Rose Building - New York NY
The Program
Anton Arensky: Quintet in D Major, Op.51 (1900)
for piano, two violins, viola, and cello
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sextet in A Major (1876)
for two violins, two violas, and two cellos
The Artists
Wu Qian piano
Paul Huang and Lun Li violins
Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt viola
Daniel Phillips violin/viola
Edward Arron and Mihai Marica cellos
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until February 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM Pacific
https://bit.ly/CMS-LateNightRose011
10. Music in the Mansion Festival 2025
Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion & Gardens presents
Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners
Sundays - January 19 - February 16 - March 23 - 2025
Greystone Mansion - Beverly Hills CA
The Concerts (continuing)
II. Sunday, February 16, 2025
2:00 PM - Filippo Lugnan piano
4:00 PM - VART Duo - Violinists Sendi & Giorgi Vartanovi
III. Sunday, March 23, 2025
2:00 PM - Olivia Jeongah Kim violin & HyeJin Kim piano
4:00 PM - Magic Strings (formerly Firebird Balalaika)
Live-Audience & Videotaped for Future Streaming
on Beverly Hills Television and placed the Beverly Hills
website at a later date.
https://www.beverlyhills.org/437/Music-in-the-Mansion
11. Great Music at St. James Classical Sundays at Six
The Debussy Trio
Marcia Dickstein harp
Angela Wiegand flute
David Walther viola
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 6:00 PM Pacific
St. James’ In-The-City Episcopal Church
Wilshire Blvd (near Western) - Los Angeles CA
The Program
Nino Rota: Sonata for flute and harp
Arnold Bax: Fantasy Sonata for viola and harp
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream-on-demand
12. CSUN Department of Music
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall
Cal State University Northridge
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Chamber Music @ CSUN
Zepure Trio
Ovanes Arakelyan piano
Chika Inoue saxophone
Maksim Velichkin cello
Selections by Khachaturian, Komitas, Baghdassarian, and
Babajanian
https://news.csun.edu/event/chambermusiccsun-zepure/
Saturday, February 22, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Faculty Artist Series
Leah Kohn bassoon
https://bit.ly/CSUN-LeahKohn-Bassoon-FacultyRecital
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed Concerts
13. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
Musicians from Marlboro II
Sang Yoon Kim clarinet
Maria Ioudenitch & Stephanie Zyzak violins
Hiroki Kasai & Natalie Loughran violas
Peter Stumpf cello, Evren Ozel piano
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall - Philadelphia
The Program
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, Op.132
György Kurtág: Hommage à R Schumann, Op.15d
Robert Schumann: String Quartet in F Major, Op.41 No.2
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available to stream afterward
https://bit.ly/PCMS-MusiciansFromMarlboro-II
14. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Art of the Recital
Juho Pohjonen piano
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Rose Studio at CMS - Rose Building - New York NY
The Program
Jyrki Linjama: Prélude oublié for Piano (2024)
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.6, Op.62 (1911)
Franz Liszt: Après une Lecture du Dante (1849)
Fantasia quasi Sonata for Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata for Piano, Op.27 No.1, “Quasi una fantasia” (1800-01)
Alexander Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No.7, Op. 64, “White Mass” (1911)
Olivier Messiaen: “Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus”
from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus for Piano (1944)
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until February 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM Pacific
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfTheRecital-JuhoPohjonen
15. Phillips Music
Brentano String Quartet
Serena Canin and Mark Steinberg violins,
Misha Amory viola, Nina Lee cello
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 4:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection - Washington DC
The Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.6
Lei Liang (b.1972):
Madrigal Mongolia for string quartet (2024)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
String Quartet No.2 in C Major, Op.36
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
Register to access the livestream link
https://bit.ly/PhillipsCollection-BrentanoStringQuartet
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Melodia Mariposa Benefit Concert
to Support Local Musicians Impacted by the Eaton Fire
Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Lyris Quartet with Special Guests
KUSC Host Alan Chapman and Composer Bruce Broughton
Westminster Presbyterian Church - Pasadena CA
Free Admission - Bring Your Wallet and Checkbook
Your donations will go directly to Altadena’s musicians
impacted by the Eaton Fire.
For information and reservations, click:
B. Music Critic Mark Swed’s review in The Los Angeles Times
“Here comes the next generation of virtuoso pianists”
Also posted on Yahoo Entertainment
C. Music Critic Alex Ross writes in The New Yorker
“L.A.’s New-Music Bastion - Monday Evening Concerts
has showcased living composers for eight decades.”
https://bit.ly/TheNewYorker-AlexRoss011
D. April 26, 2025 Announced for the Beverly Hills National Auditions
The City of Beverly Hills has announced that the Beverly Hills National
Auditions will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025.Talented artists and
ensembles selected at the Beverly Hills National Auditions will be presented
in the City of Beverly Hills’ 2026 season of its “Music In The Mansion” series
in the historic Greystone Mansion.
N E W S L E T T E R B E G I N S
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
for Chamber Music Aficionados
Here, I give some concerts I’ve watched or would like to watch or attend. I promise not to overwhelm you with too many. Mostly local.
‘ . . . live-streamed events have generated moments of startling power. . . . One could instead sample archived professional-quality videos that opera houses, orchestras, and other organizations have placed online. For me, though, the live or freshly recorded happenings matter more. They document, with the oblique power that the arts possess, an extraordinary human phase in history. Their mere existence is bracing. . . .” ~ Alex Ross, The New Yorker
Recommended:
1. Reprise from Classical Crossroads’ Pandemic Archive
“First Fridays at First! ~ fff”
AlmaNova
Jessica Pierce flute and Almer Imamovic guitar and composer
The Program
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962): Entr’acte
Enrique Granados (1867-1916): Spanish Dance No.5
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): La Vida Breve
Almer Imamovic: Zapjevala Sojka Ptica
Almer Imamovic: Missing
Almer Imamovic: Jovano, Jovanke
The Artists
Their live performances are filled with energy and passion creating a “graceful, intuitively choreographed display of seamless connection.” ~ Fresno Beehive
The innovative AlmaNova duo trained in the classical tradition while exploring other types of music. AlmaNova’s great love of all musical genres shines through to their audience by way of their exceptional musicianship and engaging stage presence. AlmaNova has traveled worldwide, playing their unique blend of classical repertoire infused with music from the Balkans, Spain, Latin America, and the British Isles.
Flutist Jessica Pierce and guitarist Almer Imamovic began their careers in France while studying at the famed École Normale de Musique de Paris. They both continued their studies at the USC Thornton School, where Jessica earned her doctorate under Jim Walker, and Almer earned his Master’s under Scott Tennant. AlmaNova has performed throughout Europe and North America, including Paris’s Theatre de Naples, the Tijuana International Guitar Festival, the Juan Serrano International Guitar Festival, and the Dom Armije in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Read about AlmaNova by clicking:
Videotaped in front of a live audience
and streamed on Friday, March 4, 2022
from First Lutheran Church & School in Torrance CA
Watch the reprise by clicking:
2. The Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ChamberForum-19
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Colburn Presents: Guitarist Marko Topchii
Marko Topchii is the winner of the 2023 Guitar Foundation
of America International Concert Artist Competition.
https://bit.ly/ColburnPresentsMarkoTopchii
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Rodolfo Leone and Quartet Integra
Schumann and Brahms Piano Quintets
https://bit.ly/Colburn-FabioBidiniAndQuartetIntegra
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Zipper Hall
Colburn Presents:
Cellist Steven Isserlis and Pianist Connie Shih
https://bit.ly/ColburnPresents-StevenIsserlisAndConnieShih
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find numerous livestreamed performances available to stream afterward by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@ColburnSchoolLosAngeles/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(Some available only during the performance)
Unless marked as free, livestream tickets are $10.
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
3. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
Chamber Music and Recitals
St Mary’s Perivale
Perivale Lane, Perivale, West London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/KdaP2qduGyv8ccYV7
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
David Adams violin, Isobel Neary-Adams viola,
Alice Neary cello, Viv McLean piano
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K478
Huw Watkins: String Trio
Faure: Piano Quartet in C Minor
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-09.shtml
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Tomoki Park piano
J.S. Bach: Goldberg variations, BWV988
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-11.shtml
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Sebastian Wyss violin, Matt Lam piano
Geminiani: Violin Sonata in C Minor Op.4
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K304
Brahms: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op.78
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-13.shtml
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Alex Lomeiko violin, Anna Ziman violin, George White viola,
Ricky Tauber cello, Elena Toponogova piano
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G Minor
Stravinsky: Three pieces for string quartet
Medtner: Piano Quintet Op.posth
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-16.shtml
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Parvis Hejazi piano
J.S. Bach/Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV659
J.S. Bach/Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV639
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op.110
Poulenc: Three Novelettes
Robert Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-18.shtml
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Jelena Horvat violin, Kumi Matsuo piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47, “Kreutzer”
Kreisler: Three Old Viennese Dances
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-20.shtml
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Wragg Family Concert
Ben Wragg violin, Abi Wragg cello, Joseph Wragg baritone
Elara Wragg piano
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K304
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat Major, Op.47
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op.40 (2 mvts)
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Shchedrin: In The Style of Albeniz for violin and piano
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-02-23.shtml
St Mary’s Perivale is a small church dating back to the 12th century, which was active until being declared redundant in 1972. Since then, it has been operated by Friends of St Mary’s Perivale as a concert venue and arts center. The U.K. and Europe’s top-drawer classical artists typically appear in three in-person & livestreamed concerts a week. Since 2006, the ancient venue has been transformed into a high-quality broadcasting center. Explore and discover concert gems by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
Find upcoming artists and ensembles through March 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
4. 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
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.), Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
The programs are posted a few days ahead. Check by clicking:
Organist Christoph Bull’s half-hour, live-audience & live-streamed Prelude Concerts on Sunday mornings, beginning at 10:30 AM on the Great Organs of First Church, are an inspiring way to start your week of amazing musical offerings. Attend in person or stay tuned in for the live stream of the First Church Sunday Service, with its superb professional chamber choir Laude and Cathedral Choir, directed by David Harris, and for the organ Postlude. Donations appreciated. Read about organist Christoph Bull by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream-on-demand at the link below.
Click at concert time to watch the livestream and find the program:
5. Yale School of Music Livestreamed Concerts
Morse Recital Hall
Sprague Memorial Hall
470 College St, New Haven CT
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YXKSFwSRgMpqQ2vZ8
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 12:00 noon Pacific
Faculty Artist Series - Free
Ettore Causa viola and Boris Berman piano
https://music.yale.edu/people/ettore-causa
https://music.yale.edu/people/boris-berman
The Program
Selections by Schumann and Brahms
Find concert information by clicking:
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/25224/25225
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 7:30 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific
Horowitz Piano Series
Yale faculty pianist Wei-Yi Yang
https://music.yale.edu/people/wei-yi-yang
The Program
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs, Sonatine, Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn,
and Valses nobles et sentimentales
Find concert information by clicking:
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/24826/24827
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets
Faculty Artist Series: Free
Horowitz Piano Series: $8 to $27
Livestream: Free
Watch at concert time by clicking:
6. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
Stars of Tomorrow
~ from the ~
USC Thornton School of Music
The Ivory Trio
Yan Liu clarinet
Yuqi Wang cello
William Chiang piano
Sunday, February 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
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Sonata for Cello and Piano, L135 (1915)
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
Debussy’s last major compositional project was a cycle of six sonatas for various instruments, but death claimed him when only three were completed. The Cello Sonata, as concise as it is expressively intense, was the first of these.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Trio in B-flat Major, Op.11, “Gassenhauer” (1797-98)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio
III. Tema con variazioni (“Pria ch’io l’impegno”: Allegretto)
The fourth of Beethoven’s seven numbered piano trios was conceived initially for clarinet rather than violin, and this is the version we hear today. The theater tune he used for the finale variations was popular enough to be whistled or sung in Vienna’s lanes and alleys (gasse)- hence the title “Gassenhauer.”
Jean Françaix (1912-1997):
Tema con variazioni, for clarinet and piano (1974)
Françaix wrote this work on commission from the Paris Conservatoire as a clarinet test piece. The resources of the perkily angular theme are skillfully explored in the six contrasted and pithy variations, the last of them preceded by a solo cadenza.
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942):
Clarinet Trio in D Minor, Op.3 (1896)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Third Prize winner in an 1896 competition organized by the Vienna Tonkünstlerverein (President, Johannes Brahms), this trio was premiered under its auspices. Its brooding, impassioned, sonata-form first movement (particularly spacious if the long exposition repeat is included) is succeeded by a lyrical andante and compact sonata-rondo finale.
The Artists
The artists are pursuing advanced degrees in the USC Thornton School of Music graduate program, having completed their earlier studies at some of the nation’s leading music schools.
For Chinese cellist Yuqi Wang, music is a lifelong journey of discovery and connection. She finds joy in diverse musical collaborations as a soloist, chamber musician, and Early Music specialist. Her dedication to music has earned her recognition in competitions and on international stages, including First Prize at the 2022 Gustav Mahler Cello Competition, the International Music Competition Vienna, and the 2024 Thornton Christine Marie Ofiesh Honors Chamber Competition. Yuqi is currently a doctoral candidate at USC’s Thornton School of Music, studying with Ralph Kirshbaum, after earning her Master’s degree at The Juilliard School under Richard Aaron.
Standout clarinetist Yan Liu has appeared as a soloist with several leading orchestras. In 2022, Liu made his Carnegie Hall debut, playing the Copland Clarinet Concerto with the Juilliard Orchestra under Maestro David Robertson. In 2018, Liu made his solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra on its “Bernstein: 100 Years Young” family concert. In the same year, Liu appeared as a soloist with the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra. Liu is currently studying at USC’s Thornton School of Music with renowned clarinet pedagogue Yehuda Gilad after completing his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School and Bachelor’s degree at The Curtis Institute of Music.
Pianist William Chiang completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Indiana University Bloomington, where he studied under the tutelage of Evelyne Brancart and André Watts. He has received top prizes at the Redlands Bowl, Memphis, Hellam, and Knabe competitions. In addition to his solo activities, William is an avid chamber musician and collaborative pianist and was a fellowship recipient of the Aspen Music Festival in 2024. William is currently pursuing a doctorate with Bernadene Blaha at USC’s Thornton School of Music, where he is a Studio Teaching Assistant in Keyboard Studies.
If this is your first time attending a Classical Crossroads concert, kindly request a reservation for yourself and your guests by emailing [email protected]
Watch the Livestream
The concert will be simultaneously livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person. Watch at concert time by clicking:
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Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestreamed concert will be available a day or two after the concert to stream-on-demand for a month. Watch by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
7. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concerts
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St, London, UK
https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 7:30 PM London (in-person)
The livestream starts at 8:00 PM London - 12:00 PM Pacific
YCAT 40th Anniversary Gala
Young Classical Artists Trust YCAT
Sini Simonen and Hana Chang violins
Timothy Ridout viola, Maciej Kulakowski cello
Dominic Seldis double bass, James Baillieu piano
Armand Djikoloum oboe, Jonathan Leibovitz clarinet
Amy Harman bassoon, Ben Goldscheider horn
This celebratory concert brings together exceptional
international artists who have been supported
by YCAT at a pivotal stage in their careers.
The Program
James B Wilson (b.1990): New commission (UK première)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912): Nonet in F Minor, Op.2
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Octet in F Major, D803
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202502121930
Friday, February 21, 2025 - 1:00 PM London - 5:00 AM Pacific
Louise Alder soprano, Mauro Peter tenor,
Joseph Middleton piano
The Program
Hugo Wolf’s settings of Tuscan and Venetian poems
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202502211300
Some of the world’s finest chamber music and recitals happen at Wigmore Hall. Many prior Wigmore concerts are available On Demand for varying periods of time. See the line-up of upcoming livestream offerings by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/forthcoming-live-streams
Watch reprises of livestreams you’ve missed by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/video-library
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person: £18 - £40
Free to Livestream.
Find the links for in-person tickets and livestreaming at the links above. Available on-demand for 90 days after the concert.
8. Salastina Music Society - Main Series No.3
Dvorák’s Piano Quintet
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 8:00 PM Pacific
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/rW8FTxix47mHTh7H9
Sunday, February 16, 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
The Program
Antonín Dvorák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major, Op.81
The Artists
Kevin Kumar & Maia Jasper White
Co-Artistic Directors and Resident Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
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 (February 16)
Tickets: $45 / $10 students
Complimentary wine reception with the artists to follow.
Livestream $10 / free for members
available to stream for three day
For full concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Salastina-MainSeriesNo3-Dvorak
9. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night Rose
Arensky & Rimsky-Korsakov
Thursday, February 13, 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
Anton Arensky: Quintet in D Major, Op.51 (1900)
for piano, two violins, viola, and cello
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sextet in A Major (1876)
for two violins, two violas, and two cellos
The Artists
Wu Qian piano
Paul Huang and Lun Li violins
Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt viola
Daniel Phillips violin/viola
Edward Arron and Mihai Marica cellos
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until February 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM Pacific
In-Person Tickets: $82
Livestream: Free
For artist information and the livestream link, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-LateNightRose011
10. Music in the Mansion Festival 2025
Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion & Gardens
~ presents ~
Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners
Sundays - January 19 - February 16 - March 23 - 2025
Greystone Mansion
905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kpazsTGnnSjfrgT66
The Concerts (continuing)
II. Sunday, February 16, 2025
2:00 PM
Filippo Lugnan piano
4:00 PM
VART Duo - Violinists Sendi & Giorgi Vartanovi
III. Sunday, March 23, 2025
2:00 PM
Olivia Jeongah Kim violin & HyeJin Kim piano
A program of romantic showpieces
https://ipalpiti.org/artists/2024-artists/#olivia
https://www.colburnschool.edu/faculty-listing/hyejin-kim/
4:00 PM
Magic Strings (formerly Firebird Balalaika)
The musically superb ensemble performs Eastern Europe
folk repertoire
https://bit.ly/MagicStrings-FirebirdBalalaika
Live-Audience & Videotaped for Future Streaming
on Beverly Hills Television and placed the Beverly Hills
website at a later date.
In-Person Tickets:
$25 for Beverly Hills residents / $30 for non-residents
For information and tickets, click:
https://www.beverlyhills.org/437/Music-in-the-Mansion
11. Great Music at St. James
Classical Sundays at Six
The Debussy Trio
Marcia Dickstein harp
Angela Wiegand flute
David Walther viola
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 6:00 PM Pacific
St. James’ In-The-City Episcopal Church
3903 Wilshire Blvd (near Western)
Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/8LVFMmdU65tsHA9a9
For parking directions, click:
The Program
Nino Rota: Sonata for flute and harp
Arnold Bax: Fantasy Sonata for viola and harp
The Debussy Trio offers a unique repertoire from the 20th & 21st centuries. Read about the Debussy Trio by clicking:
Beginning in 1948 at Exposition Park and continuing at LACMA, Sundays Live is now presented at St. James in-the-City as Classical Sundays at Six, part of the broader musical offerings of Great Music at Saint James. It is Southern California’s oldest broadcast chamber music series and continues under Bill Vestal’s leadership as Artistic Director.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission. At concert time, find the livestream link at the top of the concert series webpage by clicking:
Available afterward to stream-on-demand at:
https://www.youtube.com/@GreatMusicLA
12. CSUN Department of Music
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall
Cypress Hall (Music Building)
Cal State University Northridge
18236 Nordhoff St, Northridge CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FY5TajEsDdcTCRZ79
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Chamber Music @ CSUN
Zepure Trio
Ovanes Arakelyan piano
Chika Inoue saxophone
Maksim Velichkin cello
Selections by Khachaturian, Komitas, Baghdassarian, and
Babajanian
https://news.csun.edu/event/chambermusiccsun-zepure/
Saturday, February 22, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Faculty Artist Series
Leah Kohn bassoon
https://bit.ly/CSUN-LeahKohn-Bassoon-FacultyRecital
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed Concerts
In-Person Tickets: $18 - $24
Livestream: $15 two-day / $25 month / $100 annual
https://matadormusicvideos.com/
13. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
Musicians from Marlboro II
Sang Yoon Kim clarinet
Maria Ioudenitch & Stephanie Zyzak violins
Hiroki Kasai & Natalie Loughran violas
Peter Stumpf cello, Evren Ozel piano
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7iCzYkWv3TSkwDwj7
The Program
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, Op.132
György Kurtág: Hommage à R Schumann, Op.15d
Robert Schumann: String Quartet in F Major, Op.41 No.2
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115
“Not only is the virtuosity of Musicians from Marlboro consistently jaw-dropping, but the freshness, rich imagination, and sheer vitality of their playing is enough to make even the most jaded concertgoer edge to the front of their seat” ~ Washington Post
Read about Musicians from Marlboro by clicking:
https://www.marlboromusic.org/tours/
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/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30 - sold out
PCMS livestreams are offered on a pay-what-you-wish basis.
Available to stream afterward at the PCMS Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@pcmsconcerts/streams
For concert and artist information and to livestream, click:
https://bit.ly/PCMS-MusiciansFromMarlboro-II
14. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Art of the Recital
Juho Pohjonen piano
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 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
Jyrki Linjama: Prélude oublié for Piano (2024)
World Premiere
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.6, Op.62 (1911)
Franz Liszt: Après une Lecture du Dante (1849)
Fantasia quasi Sonata for Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata for Piano, Op.27 No.1, “Quasi una fantasia” (1800-01)
Alexander Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No.7, Op. 64, “White Mass” (1911)
Olivier Messiaen: “Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus”
from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus for Piano (1944)
The Artist
Read about internationally acclaimed Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen by clicking:
https://juhopohjonen.com/#Biography
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until February 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM Pacific
In-person tickets: Sold Out
Livestream: Free
For artist information and the livestream link, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfTheRecital-JuhoPohjonen
15. Phillips Music
Brentano String Quartet
Serena Canin and Mark Steinberg violins,
Misha Amory viola, Nina Lee cello
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 4:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington DC
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.6
Lei Liang (b.1972):
Madrigal Mongolia for string quartet (2024)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
String Quartet No.2 in C Major, Op.36
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 throughout the world 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
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: Sold Out
Livestream: Complimentary.
Register to access the livestream link.
For concert information and registration, click:
https://bit.ly/PhillipsCollection-BrentanoStringQuartet
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Melodia Mariposa Benefit Concert
to Support Local Musicians Impacted by the Eaton Fire
Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Lyris Quartet with Special Guests
KUSC Host Alan Chapman and Composer Bruce Broughton
Westminster Presbyterian Church - Pasadena CA
Free Admission - Bring Your Wallet and Checkbook
Your donations will go directly to Altadena’s musicians
impacted by the Eaton Fire.
For information and reservations, click:
B. Music Critic Mark Swed’s review in The Los Angeles Times
“Here comes the next generation of virtuoso pianists”
Also posted on Yahoo Entertainment
Mark Swed writes, “. . . For their local appearances, [Alexander] Malofeev played a recital in the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall as part of the UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures series. [Alexandre] Kantorow made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. . . .”
C. Music Critic Alex Ross writes in The New Yorker
“L.A.’s New-Music Bastion - Monday Evening Concerts
has showcased living composers for eight decades.”
https://bit.ly/TheNewYorker-AlexRoss011
D. April 26, 2025 Announced for the Beverly Hills National Auditions
The City of Beverly Hills has announced that the Beverly Hills National Auditions will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Talented artists and ensembles selected at the Beverly Hills National Auditions will be presented in the City of Beverly Hills’ 2026 season of its “Music In The Mansion” series in the historic Greystone Mansion. Winners are also considered for engagement by members of the Consortium of Chamber Music Presenters of Southern California, which includes: “Classical Sundays at Six” at St. James in the City (formerly Sundays Live! at LACMA), “Laguna Beach Live!,” Classical Crossroads’ “Classical Interludes” and “Second Sundays at Two,” and numerous other Southland concert series. For information, click:
Best wishes and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
“... invaluable ...” ~ Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times