The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter
from Southern California
No.1076 - Friday, April 10, 2026 - Sunday, April 26, 2026
Next issue: Friday, April 24, 2026
An aficionado’s guide to upcoming livestreamed concerts on the world’s
chamber music scene — with a
few select reprises of previously livestreamed concerts. If you’re not
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“ . . .
live-streamed events have generated moments of startling power. . .
. One could instead sample archived
professional-quality videos that opera houses, orchestras, and other
organizations have placed online. For me,
though, the live or freshly recorded happenings matter more. They
document, with the oblique power that the arts
possess, an extraordinary human phase in history. Their mere
existence is bracing. . . .”
~ Alex Ross, The New Yorker
For a comprehensive listing of all chamber music concerts in Southern
California — live-audience and
streamed — visit Mike Napoli’s website, PerformingArtsLIVE.com.
(Performing artists and concert
presenters: Upload your concert announcements.)
http://bit.ly/PerformingArtsLIVE-ChamberMusic
Classical guitar aficionados, see George Gutman’s invaluable “Classical
Guitar Events in Southern
California” and subscribe to his email alerts by clicking:
https://cgevents.org/SoCalEvents.htm
In This Issue
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The Condensed Section (Part I) serves
as a guide to The Full-Information
Section (Part II), which
follows and includes biographies of performing artists, complete concert
programs and program notes,
venue addresses and map links, and additional information on each
concert. [Tip: Note the number of the
item you’re interested in in Part I and scroll down to find it in Part
II for complete information.] Each section
concludes with “Concert Reviews and Other Items of High Interest on
Southern California’s Chamber
Music Scene.”
Part I. THE CONDENSED SECTION
HIGHLIGHTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
Select Streamed Concerts on the World’s Chamber Music Scene
*** Special Notice ***
Saturday, April 18, 2026 Announced for the Beverly Hills National
Auditions
Application must be submitted by 10:00 PM Pacific on Monday, April 13.
The City of Beverly Hills has announced that the Beverly Hills National
Auditions will take place on
Saturday, April 18, 2026. Talented artists and ensembles selected at the
Beverly Hills National Auditions
will be presented in the City of Beverly Hills’ 2027 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. For information, click:
https://c-cmp-socal.org/
1. Reprise
of Classical Crossroads’ April 4, 2026
“Classical Interludes” Concert
The Fiato Quartet
https://www.fiatoquartet.com/
Carrie Kennedy and Joel
Pargman violins
Aaron Oltman viola, Ryan
Sweeney cello
Livestreamed from First Lutheran Church and School in Torrance CA
on Saturday, April 4, 2026
The Concert e-Flyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-20260404
All-American Program
Charles Ives (1874-1954):
String Quartet No.1, S57, (1897-1900)
“From the Salvation Army”
Max Mueller:
“Scenes From My Parents’ Cocktail Party”
(2014)
Florence Price (1887–1953):
String Quartet No.2 in A Minor (1935)
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestream is available on
demand for a month on Classical
Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1180396843
2. Philadelphia
Chamber Music Society
Benjamin Franklin Hall - American Philosophical Society
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/
Friday, April 10, 2026 - 7:30 PM
ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Benjamin Franklin Biography in Music
Jessica Beebe soprano, Benjamin
Perry Wenzelberg countertenor,
Fran Daniel Laucerica tenor, Randall Scarlata baritone,
Laura Ward piano, Vivian
Barton gamba,
Thomas Schuttenhelm guitar, Suzanne DuPlantis narrator
The Program
Musical selections of the time
Settings of Poor Richard’s Almanac
Melissa Dunphy: World Premiere
Jennifer Higdon: Newly commissioned work
inspired by Franklin’s writing.
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/lyric-fest-2026/
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 7:30 PM
ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Musicians from Marlboro III
Bridget Esler soprano, Chihiro
Asano mezzo-soprano,
Patrick Bessenbacher tenor, Lydia Brown piano,
Oliver Neubauer violin, Judith
Serkin cello,
Solomon Ge piano
The Program
Haydn: Piano Trio in E-flat Minor, Hob.XV:31
Vocal duets by Brahms, Schumann, and Britten
Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, Hob.XV:27
https://bit.ly/PCMS-MusiciansFromMarlboroIII
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, which are
available only at the time of the concert.
3. Music
at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
A medieval church dating back 800 years, St Mary’s Perivale has, in
recent years, been repurposed as a
cultural center and concert venue, typically hosting three in-person
concerts a week, which are livestreamed.
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
JIM’S PICKS OF TWO RECENT GEMS AT ST
MARY’S PERIVALE
Livestreamed Sunday, March 29, 2026
Mayumi Sakamoto piano
https://www.mayumisakamoto.com/english
Selection of transcriptions:
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Op.46
Schumann–Liszt: Widmung
J.S. Bach–Busoni: Chaconne
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev/Sakamoto: The Nutcracker
Encores
Liszt: La Campanella
Mozart, arr. Volodos: Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March)
from Piano Sonata No.11, K331
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-03-29.shtml
Watch Now
https://youtu.be/SoN4_UlgnEY?t=950
Livestreamed Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Salome Jordania piano
Liszt: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude
Scriabin: Sonata No.9 Op.68
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-03-31.shtml
Watch Now
https://youtu.be/U1GQAbl2PMs?t=956
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Sunday, April 12, 2026 - 3:00 PM
UK - 7:00 AM Pacific
Ronan Magill piano, with
Sueln Agnes Kang and Patrizia
Lichtscheidl violins
Gabor Somfai viola, Aleksandra
Pykacz cello
Manuel dell’Oglio double bass
J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No.2 in E Major, BWV1053
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op.11
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-12.shtml
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 2:00 PM
UK - 6:00 AM Pacific
Elisabeth Tsai piano
Mozart: Sonata in A Minor, K310
Schubert: Sonata in G Major, D894
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-14.shtml
Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 3:00 PM
UK - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Aquilae String Quartet
Ola Lenkiewicz violin, Elena
Toledo violin,
Jake Montgomery-Smith viola, Sandy Scott-Brown cello
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.33 No.2, “Joke”
Dvorák: String Quartet Op.96, “American”
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet, WV68
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-19.shtml
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - 2:00 PM
UK - 6:00 AM Pacific
Milosz Sroczynski piano
J.S. Bach / Busoni: Chaconne from Partita, BWV1004
Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugues, Op.87 Nos 4 & 7
J.S. Bach / Petri: Sheep may safely graze, BWV208
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue in F Minor, Op.35 No.5
Liszt: Variations on a theme of Bach
“Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen,” S180
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-21.shtml
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 3:00 PM
UK - 7:00 AM Pacific
Trio Battersea
Ray Liu violin, Gabrielle
Yuen cello,
Bocheng Wang piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1 No.3
Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-26.shtml
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Find upcoming artists and ensembles through April 2027 by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by
clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
4. First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ Prelude Concert
UCLA Professor & First Church
Organist Christoph Bull
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00 AM
Pacific - Free
The Program for Sunday, April 12, 2026
Improvisation on hymn tunes Slane and Lancashire
Kenneth T. Kosche: Duke Street
John Barr: Bicinium on Llanfair
Improvisation on O Filii et Filiae
Meditation on NOËL NOUVELET/
Christoph Bull: Now The Green Blade Rises
Meditation on Victimae Paschali Laudes
Christoph Bull: Vic 1
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
https://www.fccla.org/live
5. Classical
Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
The Felici Piano Trio
Steven Vanhauwaert piano
Rebecca Hang violin, Brian
Schuldt cello
Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
The Program
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.100, D929 (1827)
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please RSVP for yourself and your
guests by emailing: [email protected].
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online
donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available a day or two
after the concert to stream on demand
for about a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person.
Watch at concert time by clicking Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo livestream
link (updated a few days ahead
of the each concert):
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
6. St
James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church - 197 Piccadilly - London UK
Top established and emerging artists from leading London music colleges
perform in St James’s historic
venue, renowned for its superb acoustics. Read about the artists and
find the livestreaming links by
clicking the links below each announcement. See “What’s On” at St. James
Piccadilly by clicking:
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/?_filter=music
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 1:10
PM UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Cherry Wei Ge piano
https://cherry-ge.me/
The Program
Mozart: Sonata No.14 in C Minor, K457
Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux, Op.39 No.1
Robert Schumann: Humoreske, Op.20
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/cherry-wei-ge-piano-2/
Friday, April 17, 2026 - 1:10 PM
UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Anya Blue Robins violin, Daniel
Yiu cello, Jeffrey Au
piano
The Program
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2 in C Minor, Op.66 (1845)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Trio in D Major, Op.1 (1910)
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260417
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 1:10
PM UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Penglei Liang soprano and Yiwei Deng piano
The Program
Songs by Fauré, Debussy, Offenbach, Schubert,
Am See, Grieg, Verdi, and Jiping Zhao
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260422
Friday, April 24, 2026 - 1:10 PM
UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Trio Musae
Rebekah Tan piano, Kenza
Stamselberg violin,
Louis Hirst cello
The Program
Judith Weir: Piano Trio Two (2004)
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.63
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/trio-musae-2/
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - 1:10
PM UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
The Elera Trio
Elizabeth Peat violin, Eliott
Berdugo clarinet, Erica Sou
piano
The Program
Selections by Khachaturian, Shostakovich, and Bartók
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/the-elera-trio/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission - Free to livestream
Find links to the livestreams in the concert announcements above.
Select Lunchtime concerts are posted for on-demand re-streaming. Find
them by clicking:
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-PastConcerts
7. 92NY
Center for Culture & Arts
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka 92NY) is a cultural and community
center where people worldwide
connect through culture, arts, entertainment, and conversation.
https://www.92ny.org/
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 7:30
PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
https://pierrelaurentaimard.com/
The Program
J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
https://www.92ny.org/event/pierre-laurent-aimard
Saturday, April 18, 2026 - 7:30
PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Steven Isserlis cello
https://stevenisserlis.com/
Connie Shih piano
https://conniekshih.wixsite.com/connieshih2/page2
The Program
Beethoven: Twelve Variations
on a Theme from The Magic Flute, Op.66
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Dmitri Kabalevsky:
Cello Sonata in B-flat Major, Op.71 (1962)
Vítezslava Kaprálová: Ritornel, Op.25 (1940)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A Major, Op.69
https://bit.ly/92NY-Isserlis-and-Shih
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $45
Single online ticket: $25
For the 92NY livestreamed concert schedule, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
8. The
Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School - Downtown - Los Angeles CA
Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 11:30
AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Thursday, April 23, 2026 - 11:30
AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recitals and
Chamber music selections.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-103
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-104
Friday, April 24, 2026 - 2:00 PM
Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ChamberForum-29
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 4:00 PM
Pacific - Thayer Hall
Quintet Conversations: From Mozart to
Modern,
with Jeremy Denk piano
https://www.jeremydenk.com/
featuring William May LACO
principal bassoon
https://www.laco.org/people/william-may/
and Colburn faculty and students
The Program
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat Major for piano and winds, K452
Valerie Coleman: Tzigane for wind quintet (2011)
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet (1918)
In-Person: $25, $40 - Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-QuintetConversations
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
9. Harvard
Department of Music
Blodgett Chamber Music Series presents
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong and Ken
Hamao violins
Jessica Bodner viola, Kee-Hyun
Kim cello
https://parkerquartet.com/
Friday, April 17, 2026 - 8:00 EDT
- 5:00 PM Pacific
Paine Concert Hall - Cambridge MA
The Program
Schubert: String Quartet No.12 in C Minor, D703 “Quartettsatz”
Paul Wiancko, Strange Beloved Land
Schubert: String Quartet No.13 in A Minor, D804, “Rosamunde”
https://bit.ly/Harvard-ParkerQuartet20260417
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: Free - Livestream: Free
Find link to the livestream and past concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@harvardmusicdepartment/streams
10. Phillips
Music presents
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching and William
Fedkenheuer violins
John Largess viola, Joshua
Gindele cello
https://miroquartet.com/
Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 4:00 PM
ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection - Washington, D.C.
The Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Major
IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro
Caroline Shaw (b.1982): Blueprint (2016)
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013):
Selections from Ainsi la Nuit (1976)
George Crumb (1929-2022):
Selections from Black Angels (1970)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983):
String Quartet No.2, Op.26
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: $50 - Sold Out - Rush Tickets Available
Livestream: Complimentary
Register ahead of time to access the livestream link.
https://bit.ly/Phillips-MiroQuartet
11. Salastina
Music Society - Main Series No.4
Familiar | Forgotten | Fresh
Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 3:00 PM
Pacific
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios - West Los Angeles CA
Saturday, April 25, 2026 - 7:00
PM Pacific
Laguna Art Museum - Laguna Beach CA
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 3:00 PM
Pacific
Barrett Hall - Pasadena Conservatory of Music
The Program
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44
Julius Röntgen: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Minor, Op.100 (1927)
Nicholas Edwards: Piano Quintet (World Premiere)
The Artists
Kevin Kumar & Maia
Jasper White
Co-Artistic Director & Resident
Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident
Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (April 26)
Tickets: $45 / $10 students
Complimentary wine reception with the
artists to follow.
Livestream $10 / free for members
available to stream for three days for
non-members
For concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
12. Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night Rose: Mozart, Foote, &
Raff
Thursday, April 23, 2026 - 9:00
PM ET - 6:00 PM Pacific
Rose Studio at CMS - New York NY
The Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Quartet in A Major, K298 (1786-87)
for flute, violin, viola, and cello
Arthur Foote: Nocturne and Scherzo
for Flute and String Quartet (1918)
Joachim Raff: String Sextet in G Minor, Op.178 (1872)
The Artists
Sean Lee and Lun
Li violins
Matthew Lipman viola
James Thompson violin/viola
Inbal Segev and Jonathan
Swensen cellos
Sooyun Kim flute
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until Sunday, April 26 at 6:00 PM Pacific
In-person tickets: $82 - Livestream: Free
For artist information and to livestream, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-LateNightRose016
13. UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music presents
The Ehnes Quartet
James Ehnes and Amy
Schwartz Moretti violins,
Che-Yen Chen viola, Edward
Arron cello
The Ehnes Quartet is embarking on a three-year partnership with the UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music
as the school’s visiting string quartet in residence:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/ehnes-quartet-residency/
Saturday, April 25, 2026 - 5:00
PM Pacific
Schoenberg Hall - Schoenberg Music Building - UCLA
The Program
The second concert of the Beethoven Quartet Cycle
String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4
String Quartet in A Major, Op.18 No.5
String Quartet in F Major, Op.14 No.1
(Beethoven’s arrangement of his Piano Sonata in E Major)
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.3
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-SchoenbergHall
Free admission. For information, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-EhnesQuartet-BeethovenII
14. The
Juilliard School
Honors Chamber Music Recital
Kvartet
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 3:00 PM
ET - 12:00 PM Pacific
Paul Hall - The Juilliard School - New York NY
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/Juilliard-HonorsChamberMusicRecital-Kvartet
CONCERT REVIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HIGH
INTEREST
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene
A. Classical Music Happy Hour with
Emanuel Ax
New York’s Classical Music Radio Station WQXR’s “Classical Music Happy
Hour,” is a classical music
podcast from WQXR and Carnegie Hall, hosted by pianist Emanuel
Ax.
The Latest Podcast Episodes:
Yo-Yo Ma - 53 years of friendship and
duets
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
John McWhorter - Lover of Language
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Listen:
https://link.podtrac.com/44fhwr02
Part II. THE FULL-INFORMATION SECTION
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados,
HIGHLIGHTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
Select Streamed Concerts on the World’s Chamber Music Scene
1. Reprise
of Classical Crossroads’ April 4, 2026
“Classical Interludes” Concert
The Fiato
Quartet
https://www.fiatoquartet.com/
Carrie
Kennedy and Joel Pargman
violins
Aaron
Oltman viola, Ryan Sweeney
cello
Livestreamed from
First Lutheran Church and School in
Torrance CA
Saturday, April 4, 2026
The
Concert e-Flyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroads-20260404
All-American Program
Charles Ives (1874-1954):
String Quartet No.1, S57, (1897-1900)
“From the Salvation Army”
I. Andante con moto
II. Allegro
III. Adagio cantabile
IV. Allegro marziale
Max Mueller:
“Scenes From My Parents’ Cocktail Party”
(2014)
Florence Price (1887–1953):
String Quartet No.2 in A Minor (1935)
I. Moderato
II. Andante cantabile
III. Juba: Allegro
IV. Finale: Allegro
Program Notes
The first string quartet of Ives - scion of a long-established New
England family and surely the only major
composer to have had an outstanding career in the insurance industry -
is a long way from the radical
experimentation of his maturity, but in its embracing and skillful
reworking of Protestant hymns already
signals the way in which he would incorporate fragments of vernacular
American music into the startling
modernism of his later style.
Florence Price’s career proceeded very differently. Whereas Ives’
composing was a personal pursuit
alongside his highly successful business, Price — born into a mixed-race
family in Arkansas — had to
combat sexism and racism while making her way purely in music. She was
most successful in Chicago in
the 1930s, where she became the first African-American woman to have a
work played by a major U.S.
orchestra. Like many of her compositions, the Second String Quartet is
suffused with Black idioms, a
particularly characteristic element being the African Juba dance of the
third movement.
From Ives’ and Price’s responses to their heritages, this middle piece —
by the LA-based composer and
orchestrator Max Mueller — reflects a purely domestic influence. Based
on his childhood recollections of
sneaking downstairs during a party hosted by his parents in their
suburban home, the four sections of
Scenes From My Parents’ Cocktail Party are Mango Salsa, The Two People
Flirting, Candles on the
Porch, and The Bickering Couple.
The Ensemble
Formed in 2008, the Fiato Quartet
is a winner of the 2022 Beverly Hills National Auditions. Its members
hold degrees in music performance from the University of Southern
California, Rice University,
Northwestern University, and the State University of New York at Stony
Brook. They are members of the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pasadena
Symphony, Long Beach
Symphony, New West Symphony, and Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. As
studio musicians in Los
Angeles, they also record music for motion pictures, television, and
records. Read about the Fiato Quartet
by clicking:
https://www.fiatoquartet.com/
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestream is available on
demand for a month on Classical
Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1180396843
2. 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
Friday, April 10, 2026 - 7:30 PM
ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Benjamin
Franklin Biography in Music
Jessica
Beebe soprano,
Benjamin
Perry Wenzelberg countertenor,
Fran
Daniel Laucerica tenor, Randall
Scarlata baritone,
Laura Ward
piano, Vivian Barton gamba,
Thomas
Schuttenhelm guitar, Suzanne
DuPlantis narrator
The
Program
Musical selections of the time
Settings of Poor Richard’s Almanac
Melissa Dunphy: World Premiere
Jennifer Higdon: Newly commissioned work
inspired
by Franklin’s writing.
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/lyric-fest-2026/
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 7:30 PM
ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Musicians
from Marlboro III
Bridget
Esler soprano, Chihiro Asano
mezzo-soprano,
Patrick
Bessenbacher tenor, Lydia
Brown piano,
Oliver
Neubauer violin, Judith Serkin
cello,
Solomon Ge
piano
The
Program
Haydn: Piano Trio in E-flat Minor,
Hob.XV:31
Vocal duets by Brahms, Schumann, and
Britten
Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, Hob.XV:27
https://bit.ly/PCMS-MusiciansFromMarlboroIII
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/
See the schedule of upcoming livestream concerts by clicking:
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/livestreams/
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, which are
available only at the time of the concert.
3. Music
at St Mary’s Perivale
Chamber
Music and Recitals
Perivale Lane, Perivale, West London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/KdaP2qduGyv8ccYV7
JIM’S PICKS OF TWO RECENT GEMS AT ST
MARY’S PERIVALE
Livestreamed Sunday, March 29, 2026
Mayumi
Sakamoto piano
https://www.mayumisakamoto.com/english
Selection of transcriptions:
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Op.46
Schumann–Liszt: Widmung
J.S. Bach–Busoni: Chaconne
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev/Sakamoto: The
Nutcracker
Encores
Liszt: La Campanella
Mozart, arr. Volodos: Rondo Alla Turca
(Turkish March)
from
Piano Sonata No.11, K331
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-03-29.shtml
Watch Now
https://youtu.be/SoN4_UlgnEY?t=950
Livestreamed Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Salome
Jordania piano
Liszt: Benediction de Dieu dans la
solitude
Scriabin: Sonata No.9 Op.68
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-03-31.shtml
Watch Now
https://youtu.be/U1GQAbl2PMs?t=956
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Sunday, April 12, 2026 - 3:00 PM
UK - 7:00 AM Pacific
Ronan
Magill piano, with
Sueln
Agnes Kang and Patrizia
Lichtscheidl violins
Gabor
Somfai viola, Aleksandra
Pykacz cello
Manuel
dell’Oglio double bass
J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No.2 in E
Major, BWV1053
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor,
Op.11
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-12.shtml
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 2:00 PM
UK - 6:00 AM Pacific
Elisabeth
Tsai piano
Mozart: Sonata in A Minor, K310
Schubert: Sonata in G Major, D894
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-14.shtml
Sunday, April 19, 2026 - 3:00 PM
UK - 7:00 AM Pacific
The
Aquilae String Quartet
Ola
Lenkiewicz violin, Elena
Toledo violin,
Jake
Montgomery-Smith viola, Sandy
Scott-Brown cello
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major,
Op.33 No.2, “Joke”
Dvorák: String Quartet Op.96, “American”
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String
Quartet, WV68
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-19.shtml
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - 2:00 PM
UK - 6:00 AM Pacific
Milosz
Sroczynski piano
J.S. Bach / Busoni: Chaconne from Partita,
BWV1004
Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugues, Op.87
Nos 4 & 7
J.S. Bach / Petri: Sheep may safely graze,
BWV208
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue in F
Minor, Op.35 No.5
Liszt: Variations on a theme of Bach
“Weinen,
Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen,” S180
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-21.shtml
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 3:00 PM
UK - 7:00 AM Pacific
Trio
Battersea
Ray Liu
violin, Gabrielle Yuen cello,
Bocheng
Wang piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1
No.3
Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90,
“Dumky”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-04-26.shtml
St Mary’s Perivale is a small church dating back to the 12th century,
which was active until being declared
redundant in 1972. Since then, it has been operated by Friends of St
Mary’s Perivale as a concert venue
and arts center. The UK and Europe’s classical artists typically appear
in three in-person and livestreamed
concerts a week. Since 2006, the ancient venue has been transformed into
a high-quality broadcasting
center. Explore and discover concert gems by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
Find upcoming artists and ensembles through April 2027 by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by
clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
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 - Free
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.),
Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/7g1N2f
The Program for Sunday, April 12, 2026
Improvisation on hymn tunes Slane and Lancashire
Kenneth T. Kosche: Duke Street
John Barr: Bicinium on Llanfair
Improvisation on O Filii et Filiae
Meditation on NOËL NOUVELET/
Christoph Bull: Now The Green Blade Rises
Meditation on Victimae Paschali Laudes
Christoph Bull: Vic 1
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
5. Classical
Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
~
presents ~
The Felici
Piano Trio
Steven
Vanhauwaert piano
Rebecca
Hang violin, Brian Schuldt
cello
Sunday,
April 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates
CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/EMqwtwiN3mGozzX3A
The Program
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.100,
D929 (1827)
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Allegro moderato
IV. Allegro moderato
Program Notes
This Trio falls squarely within the sequence of grandly-scaled
masterworks that Schubert wrote during
what Benjamin Britten called the “richest and most productive 18 months
in our music history,” i.e. from
after Beethoven’s death in March 1827 to Schubert’s own demise in
November 1828. Though his Ninth
Symphony (once thought to have been composed in this period) has now
been dated to 1825-1826, these
18 months still include the song-cycles Winterreise and Schwanengesang,
both Piano Trios, the last three
Piano Sonatas, the Mass in E-flat, the Fantas(ies) for Violin and Piano
and for Piano Four-hands, the
String Quintet, and sketches for a 10th Symphony — a far from exhaustive
list, and by a young man
already in poor health.
It’s apposite to mention Beethoven here, as it has been argued —
persuasively if only from circumstantial
rather than direct evidence — that Schubert conceived the Piano Trio
No.2 as an homage to the master
he revered. It formed the centerpiece to the only public concert in his
lifetime entirely devoted to
Schubert’s work, which he held (to great acclaim) on March 26, 1828 — so
close to the first anniversary of
Beethoven’s death that it seems likely that he intended it as a
memorial. Schubert was particularly anxious
that the Trio be published, and surviving manuscript sketches and score
show that he reworked aspects of
it assiduously, particularly the second movement which, though not so
entitled, sounds like a funeral
march and indeed much resembles the Marcia funebre of Beethoven’s Eroica
Symphony (the sketches
show that he actually removed a direct quote of the opening of
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony!).
Deliberate tribute to Beethoven or not, the Piano Trio No.2 — in its
scale, mastery of sonata design,
harmonic ingenuity, expressive range, imaginative and idiomatic writing
for all three instruments, and
thematic memorability throughout its four spacious movements — stands as
one of the greatest works in
its genre, in Schubert’s own canon of chamber music second perhaps only
to the sublime String Quintet.
Its most original feature is the reintroduction of the Andante con
moto’s main theme into the finale, and the
signal stroke of genius whereby at the end he turns this theme from
minor to major to form the coping-stone of the whole edifice. After the
first performance, Schubert made two cuts in the huge finale, and
today’s performance will be of the final published version.
The Ensemble
The Felici Piano Trio comprises
Belgian pianist Steven Vanhauwaert,
German violinist Rebecca Hang,
and American cellist Brian Schuldt.
Felici members are prize winners of the Los Angeles Liszt, Yellow
Springs, and Osaka music competitions. The threesome has performed over
350 concerts in Europe,
South America, and the U.S., and has distinguished itself as a unique
presence on the national music
scene since coming to Mammoth Lakes as grantee of Chamber Music
America’s Rural Residencies
Program and as a California Arts Council’s Touring Roster ensemble. Read
about the Felici Trio by clicking:
http://www.felicitrio.com/
If this is your first time attending a
Classical Crossroads concert, please RSVP for yourself and your
guests by emailing: [email protected].
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online
donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available a day or two
after the concert to stream on demand
for about a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for
those unable to attend in person.
Watch at concert time by clicking Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo livestream
link (updated a few days ahead
of the each concert):
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
6. 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 established and emerging artists from leading London music colleges
perform in St James’s historic
venue, renowned for its superb acoustics. Read about the artists and
find the livestreaming links by
clicking the links below each announcement. See “What’s On” at St. James
Piccadilly for last-minute
additions to the Lunchtime Recitals as well as other upcoming musical
offerings by clicking:
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/?_filter=music
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 1:10
PM UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Cherry Wei
Ge piano
https://cherry-ge.me/
The
Program
Mozart: Sonata No.14 in C Minor, K457
Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux, Op.39 No.1
Robert Schumann: Humoreske, Op.20
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/cherry-wei-ge-piano-2/
Friday, April 17, 2026 - 1:10 PM
UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Anya Blue
Robins violin, Daniel Yiu
cello,
Jeffrey Au
piano
The
Program
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2 in C
Minor, Op.66 (1845)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Trio in D
Major, Op.1 (1910)
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260417
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 1:10
PM UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Penglei
Liang soprano, and Yiwei Deng
piano
The
Program
Songs by Fauré, Debussy, Offenbach,
Schubert,
Am See, Grieg, Verdi, and Jiping Zhao
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260422
Friday, April 24, 2026 - 1:10 PM
UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
Trio Musae
Rebekah
Tan piano, Kenza Stamselberg
violin,
Louis
Hirst cello
The
Program
Judith Weir: Piano Trio Two (2004)
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D
Minor, Op.63
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/trio-musae-2/
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - 1:10
PM UK - 5:10 AM Pacific
The Elera
Trio
Elizabeth
Peat violin, Eliott Berdugo
clarinet
and Erica
Sou piano
The
Program
Selections by Khachaturian, Shostakovich,
and Bartók
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/the-elera-trio/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission - Free to livestream
Find links to the livestreams in the concert announcements above.
Select Lunchtime concerts are posted for on-demand re-streaming. Find
them by clicking:
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-PastConcerts
7. 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
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 7:30
PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Pierre-Laurent
Aimard piano
https://pierrelaurentaimard.com/
The
Program
J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
https://www.92ny.org/event/pierre-laurent-aimard
Saturday, April 18, 2026 - 7:30
PM ET - 4:30 PM Pacific
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Steven
Isserlis cello
https://stevenisserlis.com/
Connie
Shih piano
https://conniekshih.wixsite.com/connieshih2/page2
The
Program
Beethoven: Twelve Variations
on a
Theme from The Magic Flute, Op.66
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Dmitri Kabalevsky:
Cello
Sonata in B-flat Major, Op.71 (1962)
Vítezslava Kaprálová: Ritornel, Op.25
(1940)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A Major,
Op.69
https://bit.ly/92NY-Isserlis-and-Shih
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka 92NY) is a world-class cultural and
community center where people
worldwide connect through culture, arts, entertainment, and
conversation. For over 150 years, it has
harnessed the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten, and change
lives, and the power of community
to repair the world. For information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $45
Single online ticket: $25
For the 92NY livestreamed concert schedule, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
8. 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, April 16, 2026 - 11:30
AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Thursday, April 23, 2026 - 11:30
AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance
Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo
recitals and
Chamber music selections.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-103
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-104
Friday, April 24, 2026 - 2:00 PM
Pacific - Thayer Hall
Chamber
Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform
chamber music.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-ChamberForum-29
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 4:00 PM
Pacific - Thayer Hall
Quintet
Conversations: From Mozart to Modern,
with Jeremy
Denk piano
https://www.jeremydenk.com/
featuring William
May LACO principal bassoon
https://www.laco.org/people/william-may/
and Colburn faculty and students
The
Program
Mozart:
Quintet
in E-flat Major for piano and winds, K452
Valerie Coleman: Tzigane for wind quintet
(2011)
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet (1918)
In-Person: $25, $40 - Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-QuintetConversations
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find upcoming and numerous past livestreamed performances by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@ColburnSchoolLosAngeles/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
9. Harvard
Department of Music
Blodgett Chamber Music Series presents
Parker
Quartet
Daniel
Chong and Ken Hamao
violins
Jessica
Bodner viola, Kee-Hyun Kim
cello
Friday,
April 17, 2026 - 8:00 EDT - 5:00 PM Pacific
Paine Concert Hall
3 Oxford St, Cambridge MA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/oUi4kjfQLppvLb6J6
The Program
Schubert:
String Quartet No.12 in C Minor, D703
“Quartettsatz”
Paul Wiancko, Strange Beloved Land
Schubert:
String Quartet No.13 in A Minor, D804,
“Rosamunde”
The Artists
Read about the Parker Quartet,
in-residence at Harvard, by clicking:
https://parkerquartet.com/
Find concert information and reserve tickets for the free in-person
concert by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Harvard-ParkerQuartet20260417
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: Free - Livestream: Free
Find link to the livestream and past concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@harvardmusicdepartment/streams
10. Phillips
Music presents
Miró
Quartet
Daniel
Ching and William Fedkenheuer
violins
John
Largess viola, Joshua Gindele
cello
https://miroquartet.com/
Sunday,
April 19, 2026 - 4:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C.
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Major
IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro
Caroline Shaw (b.1982): Blueprint (2016)
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013):
Selections from Ainsi la Nuit (1976)
George Crumb (1929-2022):
Selections from Black Angels (1970)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983):
String Quartet No.2, Op.26
Formed in 1995, the Miró Quartet
was awarded first prize at the Banff International String Quartet
Competition and the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition. Since 2003, the
Miró has served as the
quartet-in-residence at the University of Texas at Austin Sarah and
Ernest Butler School of Music. In
2005, the Quartet was awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Read about the Miró Quartet by clicking:
https://miroquartet.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: $50 - Sold Out - Rush Tickets Available
Livestream: Complimentary
Register ahead of time to access the
livestream link.
For concert information and registration, click:
https://bit.ly/Phillips-MiroQuartet
11. Salastina
Music Society - Main Series No.4
Familiar | Forgotten | Fresh
Sunday,
April 19, 2026 - 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
Saturday,
April 25, 2026 - 7:00 PM Pacific
Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach CA
For a Google map, click:
http://bit.ly/LagunaArtMuseumMap
Sunday,
April 26, 2026 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Barrett Hall
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KumFWtvpndbGmciS6
The Program
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44
Julius Röntgen: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Minor, Op.100 (1927)
Nicholas Edwards: Piano Quintet (World Premiere)
The Artists
Kevin Kumar & Maia
Jasper White
Co-Artistic Director & Resident
Violinists
Meredith Crawford Resident
Violist
Yoshika Masuda Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Salastina serves the intellectual and artistic curiosity of audiences of
all types. Since its founding in 2010,
Salastina has earned a national reputation for connecting audiences to
classical music. Read about the
Salastina Music Society by clicking:
https://www.salastina.org/about-salastina
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (April 26)
Tickets: $45 / $10 students
Complimentary wine reception with the
artists to follow.
Livestream $10 / free for members
available to stream for three days for
non-members
For concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
12. Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night
Rose
Mozart,
Foote, & Raff
Thursday,
April 23, 2026 - 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
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/c3zXtkdFKtegAKbbA
The Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Quartet in A Major, K298 (1786-87)
for flute, violin, viola, and cello
Arthur Foote: Nocturne and Scherzo
for Flute and String Quartet (1918)
Joachim Raff: String Sextet in G Minor, Op.178 (1872)
The Artists
Sean Lee and Lun
Li violins
Matthew Lipman viola
James Thompson violin/viola
Inbal Segev and Jonathan
Swensen cellos
Sooyun Kim flute
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Stream-on-demand until Sunday, April 26 at 6:00 PM Pacific
In-person tickets: $82 - Livestream: Free
For artist information and to livestream, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-LateNightRose016
13. UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music presents
The Ehnes
Quartet
James
Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti
violins,
Che-Yen
Chen viola, Edward Arron
cello
Saturday,
April 25, 2026 - 5:00 PM Pacific
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music
Building, UCLA
For directions and parking, click:
https://www.maps.ucla.edu/?id=2043#!ct/75713?m/696726?s/
The Program
The second concert of the Beethoven Quartet Cycle
String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4
String Quartet in A Major, Op.18 No.5
String Quartet in F Major, Op.14 No.1
(Beethoven’s arrangement of his Piano Sonata in E Major)
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.3
The renowned Ehnes Quartet is
embarking on a three-year partnership with the UCLA Herb Alpert
School of Music as the school’s visiting string quartet in residence.
Read about its UCLA residency by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/ehnes-quartet-residency/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-SchoenbergHall
Free admission. For information, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-EhnesQuartet-BeethovenII
14. The
Juilliard School
Honors
Chamber Music Recital
Kvartet
Sunday, April 26, 2026 - 3:00 PM
ET - 12:00 PM Pacific
Paul Hall
The Juilliard School
155 W. 65th St., New York NY
https://maps.app.goo.gl/H77ZisX4Xk2wiwmy5
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already subscribed, you won’t see the subscribe webpage. Instead, you’ll
be taken to a webpage to
browse archived concerts.) Subscribe by clicking:
https://www.juilliard.live/checkout/subscribe
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person: Free - Livestream: Free
For concert information and to watch the livestream, at concert time,
click:
https://bit.ly/Juilliard-HonorsChamberMusicRecital-Kvartet
REVIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HIGH INTEREST
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene
A. Classical Music Happy Hour with
Emanuel Ax
New York’s Classical Music Radio Station WQXR’s “Classical Music Happy
Hour,” is a classical music
podcast from WQXR and Carnegie Hall, hosted by pianist Emanuel
Ax.
The Latest Podcast Episodes:
Yo-Yo Ma - 53 years of friendship and
duets
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
John McWhorter - Lover of Language
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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