The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter
from Southern California
No.1064 - Friday, October 10, 2025 -
Sunday, October 26, 2025
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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’
October 2025
“Classical Interludes” Concert
Trio Sol
Veronika
Manchur violin, Joseph Kim
cello,
Colin
McDearman piano
Livestreamed from
First Lutheran Church and School in
Torrance CA
on Saturday, October 4, 2025
The
Program
Volodymyr Vynnytsky (b.1955): Lost Tango
Colin McDearman (b.1990): Prelude No.1 in
G-sharp Minor
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904):
Piano
Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, B166, “Dumky” (1891)
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
Watch the reprise of the concert video by
clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1124723003
2. St James’s Piccadilly
Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church - London UK
Friday,
October 10, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Berniya
Hamie piano
https://astatinetrio.com/berniya-hamie/
The
Program
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D-flat
Major
Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op.53,
“Waldstein”
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/berniya-hamie-piano-2/
Wednesday,
October 15, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Rachel
Cheung piano
https://www.rachelcheung.com/
The
Program
Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp Minor,
Op.27 No.2, “Moonlight”
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke,
Op.12
Gounod/Liszt: Faust Waltz
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/rachel-cheung-piano/
Friday,
October 17, 2025 - 1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Xak
Bjerken piano
https://music.cornell.edu/xak-bjerken
The
Program
Selections by Christopher Stark (b.1980),
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), György Kurtág
(b.1926),
Joseph Phibbs (b.1974), Steven Stucky
(1949-2016),
and Elizabeth Ogonek (b.1989)
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/xak-bjerken-piano/
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. Harvard Department of Music
Blodgett Chamber Music Series Presents
Parker
Quartet
Daniel
Chong and Ken Hamao
violins
Jessica
Bodner viola, Kee-Hyun Kim
cello
with Paul
Watkins cello
Friday,
October 10, 2025 - 8:00 EDT - 5:00 PM Pacific
The
Program
John Adams: Fellow Traveler
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D956
Find concert information by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Harvard-ParkerQuartet20251010
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
In-person: Free (join the waitlist) -
Livestream: Free
Find link to the livestream and past
concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@harvardmusicdepartment/streams
4. The Colburn School Livestreamed
Concerts
The Colburn School - Los Angeles CA -
Downtown
Friday,
October 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Zipper Hall
Remembering
Roberto Cani (1967-2025) - Free
Soloist, Chamber Musician, Concertmaster
https://robertocani.net/
The
Program
Puccini: Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite
No.3
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
The
Artists
James
Conlon conductor
Gabrielle
Turgeon soprano
Meagan
Martin mezzo-soprano
Colleagues
and friends of Roberto Cani
Concert information, livestream link,
and RSVP for in-person attendance:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RememberingRobertoCani
Sunday,
October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Musical
Dialogues: Bach and Beyond - Free to livestream
Featuring Violists Jonathan
Brown and Tatjana Masurenko
and Violinist Margaret
Batjer
The
Program
Selections by J.S. Bach, György Kurtág,
Shulamit Ran, Gubaidulina,
Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and
Beethoven
Couple with an optional 2:30 PM Afternoon
Tea - $40
https://bit.ly/Colburn-AfternoonTea
In-Person 4:00 PM concert: $25 & $40 -
Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-MusicalDialogues
Friday,
October 17, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
New
Faculty Showcase: Demarre McGill
Principal Flute of the Seattle
Symphony
https://www.demarremcgill.com/
with Rodolfo
Leone piano
https://www.rodolfoleone.com/
The
Program ~ 1 hour 10 minutes with no intermission
Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano
William Grant Still: Suite
Yuko Uebayashi: Le moment du cristal
Jindrich Feld: Sonata for flute and piano
In-Person: Pay What You Can - Livestream:
Free
For information and tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-DemarreMcGill
Thursday,
October 23, 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-89
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by
clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
5. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Jim’s
Picks of Two Recent Gems at St Mary’s Perivale
Sunday,
September 28, 2025
Victor
Braojos piano
https://www.vbraojospiano.com/
Debussy: Estampes
de Larrocha: Primaveral (Springsong)
Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op.49
Granados: Escenas Románticas (Romantic
Scenes)
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-09-28.shtml
Watch now:
https://youtu.be/L_CDrVIyuvQ?t=1083
Thursday,
October 9, 2025
Sofía
Gómez Alberto violin/viola
https://sofiagomezalberto.com/
Svitlana
Kosenko piano
https://bit.ly/SoireesAtBreinton-SvitlanaKosenko
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant Op.14
Enescu: Impromptu Concertant
Igor Frolov:
Concert
Fantasy on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Op.19
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus
Enescu: Konzertstück
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-09.shtml
Watch now:
https://youtu.be/6XjiGP_-uKU?t=1042
Upcoming
Concerts
Sunday,
October 12, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Mark Viner
piano
Selections by Liszt and Godowsky
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-12.shtml
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 2:00
PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Oda
Voltersvik piano
Grieg: 25 Nordic Dances and Folk Tunes,
Op.17 No.12
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.3 and Op.43
No.6
Grieg: Ballade in G Minor, Op.24
Sveinsson: “The song of the stone”(1983)
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-14.shtml
Thursday,
October 16, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Joel
Munday violin, Julian
Trevelyan piano
Mel Bonis: Violin Sonata in F-sharp Minor,
Op.112
Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major,
Op.13
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-16.shtml
Tuesday,
October 21, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Patrick
Hemmerlé piano
Selections by Scriabin, Lyapunov, Ligeti,
Rachmaninoff, Kapustin,
Tchesnokov, Liszt, and Chopin
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-21.shtml
Tuesday,
October 28, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Matthew
McLachlan piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K1
Medtner: Three Fairy Tales, Op.9
Debussy: Pour le piano
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy in C Major,
D760
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-28.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
6. 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
The
Program - for Sunday, October
12, 2025
Improvisation on Beach Spring and St.
Denio
Carlos Seixas: Sonata in F Major
Luys Alberto: Psalm 91 “Qui habitat”
Georges Bizet: Entr’acte II & Toreador
Grand March from Carmen
Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la
Alhambra
Carlos Seixas: Sonata in C Major - Allegro
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
https://www.fccla.org/live
7. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
Pianist Robert
Thies is joined by
Long Beach Symphony Concertmaster Roger
Wilkie
in a performance of Beethoven’s Kreutzer
Sonata
Sunday,
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church -
Rolling Hills Estates CA
Concert
eFlyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-ThiesAndWilkie
The
Program
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904): Romance in F
Minor, Op.11
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47,
“Kreutzer”
If this is your first time at a Classical
Crossroads concert
please request a reservation for yourself
and your guests: [email protected]
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by
clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
8. CSUN Guest Artist Recital
Alexander
Agate piano
Monday, October 13, 2025 - 7:30
PM Pacific
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall - Cypress
Hall - CSUN
The
Program
Selections by Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946)
and
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958): Ombres, Op.64
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed Concerts
In-Person Tickets: $10 - $22 - Livestream:
$15
For livestream information. click:
https://matadormusicvideos.com/
For concert information, click:
https://bit.ly/CSUN-PianistAlexanderAgate
9. Yale School of Music -
Horowitz Piano Series
Wei-Yi
Yang piano
https://music.yale.edu/people/wei-yi-yang
Wednesday,
October 15, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Morse Recital Hall - Sprague Memorial Hall
- New Haven CT
The
Program
Selections by Schumann and Webern
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-person tickets: from $8 - $27 -
Livestream: Free
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/941/26016
10. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed
Concert
Anja
Mittermüller mezzo-soprano and Richard
Fu piano
Friday,
October 17, 2025 - 7:30 PM London (in-person)
The livestream starts at 8:00 PM London -
12:00 PM Pacific
Wigmore Hall - London UK
The
Program
Selections by Schubert, Grieg, Ravel,
Rachmaninoff,
Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, and Joseph
Marx
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202510011930
11. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
The
Sebastians
https://www.sebastians.org/
with Lucy
Fitz Gibbon soprano
https://lucyfitzgibbon.com/
Sunday,
October 19, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 12:00 PM Pacific
American Philosophical Society - Benjamin
Franklin Hall
The
Program
Selections by Castello, Corelli, La
Guerre, Montéclair, Handel, and Vivaldi
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
In-person tickets: $30 - Livestream:
pay-what-you-wish
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/sebastians-fitz-gibbon/
12. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts
presents
Angela Hewitt piano
Bach’s Goldberg Variations – a
50th-Anniversary Performance
Friday,
October 24, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
The 92nd Street Y, New York NY
Live-Audience & Simultaneously
Livestreamed
In-person: from $50
Single online ticket: $25
(26-concert livestream season tickets:
$175
Call 212-415-5500 to order)
For concert information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/event/angela-hewitt
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic David J Brown’s review on LA Opus
“A Tour of Piano Trios to Open the SBCMS Season”
The Elixir Piano Trio opened SBCMS season
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-DavidJBrown050
B. Music critic Timothy Mangan’s review
on Culture OC
“At Soka, Trifonov Argues His Case for
Neglected Repertoire”
at a concert at Soka Performing Arts Center
on Sept. 26, 2025.
https://bit.ly/CultureOC-TimothyMangan001
C. Jonathan Brown on Chamber Music and
the Colburn Chamber Players
New this season, the Colburn Chamber
Players concert series offers an exploration of chamber music
in all its forms, from the warm resonance of strings to the bright
energy of winds and percussion. Chamber Music and Viola Faculty member Jonathan Brown tells us more about
the history of Chamber Music and the series. (See Item 4.)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e-q12T9Mdhw
Full Version of the Newsletter Begins
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed
Concerts
1. Reprise of Classical Crossroads’
October 2025
“Classical Interludes” Concert
Trio Sol
Veronika
Manchur violin, Joseph Kim
cello,
Colin
McDearman piano
Livestreamed from
First Lutheran Church and School in
Torrance CA
on Saturday, October 4, 2025
The Program
Volodymyr Vynnytsky (b.1955): Lost Tango
Colin McDearman (b.1990): Prelude No.1 in G-sharp Minor
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904):
Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, B166,
“Dumky” (1891)
I. Lento maestoso — Allegro quasi doppio
movimento
II. Poco adagio
III. Andante
IV. Andante moderato
V. Allegro
VI. Lento maestoso
Program Notes
Dvorák’s Piano Trio No.4, otherwise known as the “Dumky Trio”, is one of
Dvorák’s best-known compositions. Dumky, the plural form of dumka, is a
Ukrainian term that literally means “thought.” Free from the limitations
of sonata form, Dvorák utilized the dumky form of composition to explore
the extreme realms of inward and outward expression, where listeners can
experience a range of complicated emotions, from the Bohemian lament to
lighthearted expressions of joy. This trio features six dumky episodes,
where the first three movements are connected harmonically to form one
long, complete movement, thus giving the overall impression that the
piece is a four-movement work.
Colin McDearman dedicated his Prelude No.1 to pianist Phyllis Pan.
Vynnytsky’s Lost Tango features a Ukrainian take on the traditional
Argentine tango. Like Dvorák’s Dumky, this piece is also characterized
by extremes and contrasts, as well as looking inward and outward.
Although not traditionally Argentine, Lost Tango explores traditional
tango themes, including love, loss, and longing. As you listen, you
might find yourself dreaming of the tango rather than dancing it.
The Artists
Trio Sol discovered early on how
much joy they found in creating music together. Formed at the University
of Southern California, the trio quickly expanded beyond the classroom,
seeking professional opportunities to share their artistry with wider
audiences.
Ukrainian violinist Veronika Manchur
made her solo debut with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of
nine and has since performed at renowned festivals such as the Verbier
Festival, Pacific Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and
Music Academy of the West. A top prizewinner at competitions in Poland,
the Czech Republic, and Canada, she studied at the Royal Conservatory of
Music in Toronto, The Glenn Gould School, and earned her Master’s degree
at USC under Glenn Dicterow, renowned past concertmaster of the New York
Philharmonic. Now based in Los Angeles, Veronika performs with ensembles
including the LA Opera, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Pasadena Symphony.
She served as concertmaster of the American Youth Symphony and won USC’s
Ofiesh Chamber Music Competition with her Marzipan Quartet. Read about
Veronika Manchur by clicking:
https://www.veronikamanchur.com/
Korean-American cellist Joseph Kim
is currently a second-year Graduate Certificate student at USC Thornton
School of Music, studying with Professor Andrew Shulman, Principal
Cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Joseph received his Master
of Music degree from the USC Thornton School of Music and his Bachelor
of Music degree from the UCLA School of Music. Joseph has attended
summer festivals such as the Interlochen Center for the Arts in
Michigan, the Heifetz International Music Institute in Staunton,
Virginia, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine. Joseph
participated in the 2024 Rencontres Franco-Américaines de Musique de
Chambre in Loire-Atlantique, France, and he received 2nd prize in the
2025 USC Bach Competition for Strings.
Hailed by WQXR radio as a “pianist of dazzling color”, Colin
McDearman is an award-winning soloist featured in leading
venues across the United States, Europe, and South America, including
the Petit Palais and Salle Cortot in Paris, the Chiesa di San Maggiore
in Maiori, Italy, and the Franz Liszt concert hall in Vienna. Colin won
First Prize at several competitions, including the Mary O. Fearing
Competition and the Zimmerli Solo Piano Competition. In 2015, he
attended the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau in France, a
historic program traditionally headed by Nadia Boulanger, which has
featured notable alumni such as Aaron Copland, Elliot Carter, and Philip
Glass. Recently, he was an artistic fellow at the Sarasota Music
Festival. In 2023, Colin was given the distinction of being a Steinway
& Sons Educational Partner and Teaching Artist.
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/1124723003
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.
Friday, October 10, 2025 - 1:10
PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Berniya
Hamie piano
https://astatinetrio.com/berniya-hamie/
The
Program
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D-flat
Major
Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op.53,
“Waldstein”
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/berniya-hamie-piano-2/
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 -
1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Rachel
Cheung piano
https://www.rachelcheung.com/
The
Program
Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp Minor,
Op.27 No.2, “Moonlight”
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke,
Op.12
Gounod/Liszt: Faust Waltz
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/rachel-cheung-piano/
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 -
1:10 PM London - 5:10 AM Pacific
Xak
Bjerken piano
https://music.cornell.edu/xak-bjerken
The
Program
Selections by Christopher Stark (b.1980),
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), György Kurtág
(b.1926),
Joseph Phibbs (b.1974), Steven Stucky
(1949-2016),
and Elizabeth Ogonek (b.1989)
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/xak-bjerken-piano/
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. Harvard Department of Music
Blodgett Chamber Music Series Presents
Parker
Quartet
Daniel
Chong and Ken Hamao
violins
Jessica
Bodner viola, Kee-Hyun Kim
cello
with Paul
Watkins cello
Friday,
October 10, 2025 - 8:00 EDT - 5:00 PM Pacific
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
3 Oxford St Cambridge MA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/SgCDBYxwyykaHZtH8
The Program
John Adams: Fellow Traveler
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D956
Find concert information, including about the Parker
Quartet, in-residence at Harvard, guest cellist Paul
Watkins, Yale Professor of cello and past member of the Emerson
String Quart, and join the waitlist for free in-person tickets by
clicking:
https://bit.ly/Harvard-ParkerQuartet20251010
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: Free (join the waitlist) - Livestream: Free
Find link to the livestream and past concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@harvardmusicdepartment/streams
4. 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, October 10, 2025 - 7:00
PM Pacific - Zipper Hall
Remembering
Roberto Cani (1967-2025) - Free
Soloist, Chamber Musician, Concertmaster
https://robertocani.net/
The
Program
Puccini: Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite
No.3
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
The
Artists
James
Conlon conductor
Gabrielle
Turgeon soprano
Meagan
Martin mezzo-soprano
Colleagues
and friends of Roberto Cani
Concert information, livestream link,
and RSVP for in-person attendance:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RememberingRobertoCani
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 4:00
PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Musical
Dialogues: Bach and Beyond - Free to livestream
Featuring Violists Jonathan
Brown and Tatjana Masurenko
and Violinist Margaret
Batjer
The
Program
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.1
György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne III
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.7
Shulamit Ran: Bach-Shards
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.10
Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme
B-A-C-H
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.14
Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio for violin, cello,
and piano
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen (Fairy
Tales)
for
clarinet, viola, and piano
György Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch.
for
clarinet, viola, and piano
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge for String Quartet
Couple with an optional 2:30 PM Afternoon
Tea - $40
https://bit.ly/Colburn-AfternoonTea
In-Person 4:00 PM concert: $25 & $40 -
Livestream: $10
For information and tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-MusicalDialogues
Friday, October 17, 2025 - 7:00
PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
New
Faculty Showcase: Demarre McGill
Principal Flute of the Seattle
Symphony
https://www.demarremcgill.com/
with Rodolfo
Leone piano
https://www.rodolfoleone.com/
The
Program ~ 1 hour 10 minutes with no intermission
Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano
William Grant Still: Suite
Yuko Uebayashi: Le moment du cristal
Jindrich Feld: Sonata for flute and piano
In-Person: Pay What You Can
Livestream: Free
For information and tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-DemarreMcGill
Thursday, October 23, 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-89
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/
5. 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 Picks of Two Recent Gems at St
Mary’s Perivale
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Victor
Braojos piano
https://www.vbraojospiano.com/
Debussy: Estampes
de Larrocha: Primaveral (Springsong)
Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op.49
Granados: Escenas Románticas (Romantic
Scenes)
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-09-28.shtml
Watch now:
https://youtu.be/L_CDrVIyuvQ?t=1083
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Sofía
Gómez Alberto violin/viola
https://sofiagomezalberto.com/
Svitlana
Kosenko piano
https://bit.ly/SoireesAtBreinton-SvitlanaKosenko
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant Op.14
Enescu: Impromptu Concertant
Igor Frolov:
Concert
Fantasy on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Op.19
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus
Enescu: Konzertstück
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-09.shtml
Watch now:
https://youtu.be/6XjiGP_-uKU?t=1042
Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 3:00
PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Mark Viner
piano
Liszt: “Les Adieux” - Rêverie sur un motif
de
l’opéra Roméo et Juliette de Gounod, S409
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
12
Etudes in all the Major Keys, Op.35 Nos.10 & 11
Godowsky: Java Suite - Phonoramas No.2
Wayang-Purwa
Chaminade: Marine, Op.38 / L’Ondine, Op.10
Liszt: Hymne à Sainte Cécile de Charles
Gounod, S491
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-12.shtml
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 2:00
PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Oda
Voltersvik piano
Grieg: 25 Nordic Dances and Folk Tunes,
Op.17 No.12
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.3 and Op.43
No.6
Grieg: Ballade in G Minor, Op.24
Sveinsson: “The song of the stone”(1983)
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-14.shtml
Thursday, October 16, 2025 -
2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Joel
Munday violin, Julian
Trevelyan piano
Mel Bonis: Violin Sonata in F-sharp Minor,
Op.112
Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major,
Op.13
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-16.shtml
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 2:00
PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Patrick
Hemmerlé piano
Scriabin: Sonata No.2 in G-sharp Minor,
Op.19
Lyapunov: Nuit d’été
from
Transcendental Etudes, Op.11 No.5
Ligeti: Vertige from Etudes Book II, No.9
Rachmaninoff: Etude-tableau in A Minor,
Op.39 No.6
Kapustin: Etude, Op.68 No.1
Tchesnokov: Etude, “La Neige II”
Liszt: Chasse-Neige
from
Transcendental Etudes, No.12
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B-flat Minor,
Op.35, “Funeral March”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-21.shtml
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 2:00
PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Matthew
McLachlan piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K1
Medtner: Three Fairy Tales, Op.9
Debussy: Pour le piano
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy in C Major,
D760
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-28.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
6. 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,
October 12, 2025
Improvisation on Beach Spring and St.
Denio
Carlos Seixas: Sonata in F Major
Allegro
– Giga – Minuet
Luys Alberto: Psalm 91 “Qui habitat”
Georges Bizet:
Entr’acte
II and Toreador Grand March from Carmen
Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la
Alhambra
Carlos Seixas: Sonata in C Major
Allegro
Postlude
Georges Bizet: Toreador Grand March from Carmen - Reprise
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
7. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
Pianist Robert
Thies is joined by
Long Beach Symphony Concertmaster Roger
Wilkie
in a performance of Beethoven’s Kreutzer
Sonata
Sunday,
October 12, 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
Concert
eFlyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-ThiesAndWilkie
The Program
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904): Romance in F Minor, Op.11
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47,
“Kreutzer”
I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
II. Andante con variazioni
III. Presto
The Artists
Growing up in Palos Verdes, Robert
Thies first gained international recognition when he won the
Gold Medal at the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St.
Petersburg, Russia. The Los Angeles Times praised him as a pianist of
“unerring, warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of
power.” Aficionados highly regard Robert’s recitals not only for his
consummate musicianship and sensitive artistic interpretations, but for
his illuminating observations about the composers and the selections.
Read about Robert Thies by clicking:
http://www.robertthies.org/
A Southern California native, violinist Roger
Wilkie’s professional career began with a six-year tenure in
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Currently, Mr. Wilkie serves as
concertmaster of the Long Beach Symphony, a position he has held since
1990. He is also a member of the much-loved Pacific Trio with cellist
John Walz and pianist Edith Orloff. This renowned ensemble performed and
recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Czech National Symphony
Orchestra. Read about Roger Wilkie by clicking:
https://longbeachsymphony.org/musicians/roger-wilkie-violin/
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please request a reservation for
yourself and your guests by emailing
[email protected].
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person. Watch the livestreams at concert time
by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
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
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online
donations, click: For concert series information and online donations,
click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
8. CSUN Guest Artist Recital
Alexander
Agate piano
Monday, October 13, 2025 - 7:30
PM Pacific
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
The Program
Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946): Prélude
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958): Ombres, Op.64
I. J’entends dans le lointain
II. Mauresque
III. Cette ombre, mon image
Moriz Rosenthal:
Carnaval de Vienne
Papillons
Faust – Fantasy
Romanze
Variations on an Original Theme
Program Note
Alexander Agate is exploring the grand romantic style of two composers
whose music has been awaiting their due revival: The French composer
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) whose music has been praised for the “union
of French clarity and German strength,” and the Polish pianist and
composer Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946), one of last illustrious pupils of
Franz Liszt, a brilliant virtuoso of the Golden Age of piano, whose
music is being rediscovered today.
The Artist
Alexander Agate studied piano
under Mona Wu DeCesare in his hometown of Moorpark, California, and with
Robert Thies before beginning his collegiate journey at California State
University, Northridge under Dmitry Rachmanov. Following CSUN, Alexander
received a full-tuition scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music
under Andre-Michel Schub, where he completed his Master’s and Doctorate
Degrees. A top prize winner of numerous international competitions, most
recently he won the $10,000nt Grand Prize of the 2025 Thomas F. Hulbert
International Piano Competition at the University of Maryland. Read
about Alexander Agate by clicking:
https://www.alexanderagate.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed Concerts
In-Person Tickets: $10 - $22 - Livestream: $15
For livestream information. click:
https://matadormusicvideos.com/
For concert information, click:
https://bit.ly/CSUN-PianistAlexanderAgate
9. Yale School of Music
Horowitz Piano Series
Wei-Yi
Yang piano
Wednesday,
October 15, 2025 - 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/YXKSFwSRgMpqQ2vZ8
The Program
Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op.1
Schumann: Papillons, Op.2
Schumann:
Selections from Etudes after Paganini
Caprices, Op.3
Caprices in C Major, B-flat Major, and
E-flat Major
Webern: Kinderstück 1924
Webern: Klavierstück 1925
Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke, D946
The Artist
Winner of the Gold Medal at the San Antonio International Piano
Competition, Wei-Yi Yang has
performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, and across America, Asia, Europe, and
Australia. His debut at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium as the soloist
in Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie was hailed by The New York Times as
“sensational.” In 2004, he received his doctorate from Yale University,
where he joined the School of Music’s faculty in 2005 as Professor of
Piano. Read about Wei-Yi Yang by clicking:
https://music.yale.edu/people/wei-yi-yang
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-person tickets: from $8 - $27 - Livestream: Free
Find concert information and the link to the livestream by clicking:
https://music-tickets.yale.edu/941/26016
10. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed
Concert
Anja
Mittermüller mezzo-soprano
Richard Fu
piano
Friday,
October 17, 2025 - 7:30 PM London (in-person)
The livestream starts at 8:00 PM London -
12:00 PM Pacific
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St, London, UK
https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8
The Program
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Der Wanderer, D489c
Drang in die Ferne, D770
Bei dir allein, D866 No.2
Rastlose Liebe, D138
Heimliches Lieben, D922
Nacht und Träume, D827
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Six songs, Op. 48
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Shéhérazade
Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Sing not to me, beautiful maiden, Op.4
No.4
Spring waters, Op.14 No.11
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Heimliche Aufforderung Op.27 No.3
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903): Mörike Lieder - An die Geliebte
Joseph Marx (1882-1964): Hat dich die Liebe berührt
Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Sterb’ ich, so hüllt in Blumen
The Artists
The 22-year-old Austrian mezzo-soprano Anja
Mittermüller, together with her duo-partner and pianist Richard Fu, captured audience hearts
in September 2024 on the way to becoming the youngest ever winner of the
Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition. Read about Anja
Mittermüller and Richard Fu by clicking:
https://bit.ly/AnjaMittermuller
https://www.richardyufupiano.com/
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. 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
You’ll need a free account to stream video from Wigmore Hall. If you
don’t yet have one, click:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/register
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person: £18 - £40
Free to Livestream
The video will be available on demand for 90 days.
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202510011930
11. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
The
Sebastians with
Lucy Fitz
Gibbon soprano
Sunday,
October 19, 2025 - 3:00 PM ET - 12:00 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
Castello: Sonata nona
Corelli: Trio Sonata in D Major, Op.3 No.2
La Guerre: Sonata No.1 for violin and continuo
Montéclair: La morte di Lucretia
Handel: Trio Sonata in A Major, HWV396a
Handel: Armida abbandonata, HWV105
Vivaldi: Sonata, Op.1, No.12, La Folia
The Artists
The Sebastians specialize in
music of the Baroque and Classical eras. Lauded as “everywhere
sharp-edged and engaging” (The New York Times), the Sebastians have been
praised for their “well-thought-out articulation and phrasing” (Early
Music Review) and “elegant string playing . . . immaculate in tuning and
balance” (Early Music Today). Read about The Sebastians by clicking:
https://www.sebastians.org/
Noted for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon’s repertoire spans
the Renaissance to the present. Read about Lucy Fitz Gibbon by clicking:
https://lucyfitzgibbon.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.
Available to stream afterward 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 and artist information and to watch the livestream, click:
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/sebastians-fitz-gibbon/
12. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts
presents
Angela Hewitt piano
Bach’s Goldberg Variations –
a 50th-Anniversary Performance
Friday,
October 24, 2025 - 7:30 PM ET - 4:30 AM Pacific
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
One of the world’s most esteemed pianists, Angela
Hewitt returns to 92NY celebrating 50 years of performing one
of her signature works – J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The Canadian
pianist’s award-winning recording cycle of Bach’s major keyboard works
has been called “one of the record glories of our age” (The Sunday
Times, London), and the masterwork Goldberg Variations is the ideal
showcase for her artistry. Read about Angela Hewitt by clicking:
https://angelahewitt.com/bio/
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: from $50
Single online ticket: $25
(26-concert livestream season tickets: $175)
For concert information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/event/angela-hewitt
II. Reviews and Other Items of High
Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic David J Brown’s review
on LA Opus
“A Tour of Piano Trios to Open the SBCMS
Season”
The Elixir Piano Trio opened SBCMS season
at Pacific Unitarian Church on Sunday,
September 21
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-DavidJBrown050
B. Music critic Timothy Mangan’s review
on Culture OC
“At Soka, Trifonov Argues His Case for
Neglected Repertoire”
at a concert at Soka Performing Arts
Center on Sept. 26, 2025.
https://bit.ly/CultureOC-TimothyMangan001
C. Jonathan Brown on Chamber Music and
the Colburn Chamber Players
New this season, the Colburn Chamber
Players concert series offers an exploration of chamber music
in all its forms, from the warm resonance of strings to the bright
energy of winds and percussion. Chamber Music and Viola Faculty member Jonathan Brown tells us more about
the history of Chamber Music and the series. (See Item 4.)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e-q12T9Mdhw
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