1992 - 93 Concert Series

Friday Evenings at Eight in the Recital Hall of Los Angeles Harbor College

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October 2, 1992

Miwako Watanabe, violin; David Speltz, cello; Ayke Agus, piano

Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op.30 No. 3 -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1828)

Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 -- Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, "Dumky" -- Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

November 20, 1992 -- Abramson Ensemble

Rochelle Abramson , Dale Breidenthal , violins; Simon Oswell, viola; Timothy Landauer , cello; Jack Cousin , bass

Suite Op. 3 (1891) for two violins, viola, cello, and bass -- Leo� Janácek (1854 - 1928)

Duo for cello and bass -- Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Passacaglia con variazioni (after Handel) for violin and viola -- Johan Halvorsen (1864 - 1935)

Quintet in G major, Op. 77 -- Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

December 11, 1992 - Mark Kashper and Friends String Ensemble

Mark Kashper , Camille Avellano , violins; Meredith Snow , viola; Dane Little, cello

Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 -- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
   Mark Kashper

Duet in D major (Hob. VI:DI) for violin and cello -- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
    Mark Kashper, Dane Little

Duet in C major, WoO 27, for violin and viola -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1828)
    Mark Kashper, Meredith Snow

Prelude "Obsession" from Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 (1924) -- Eugene Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931)
   Mark Kashper

Fifteen Selections from "44 Violin Duos" (1931) -- Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
   Mark Kashper, Camille Avellano

Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 (1878) -- Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

January 15, 1993 -- Guitar Duo

Matthew Elgart, Peter Yates, guitars

Three Renaissance Duets

1. Lesson -- Anonymous
2. Le Rossignol -- Anonymous
3. Echo -- Francis Pilkington (d. 1638)

Cross-Currents (written for the duo) -- Thomas Flaherty (1950 -  )

Five Pieces -- Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)

Mouvements Perpétuelles -- Francis Poulenc (1889 - 1963)

Django's Dream -- Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953) / Debussy / Elgart

Two Pieces:

1. New Work for prepared guitar -- Matthew Elgart (1958 -  )
2. Ping Pong -- Peter Yates (1953 -  )

Spanish Suite -- Soulima Stravinsky (1910 - 1994)

Zwölftonspiel -- Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 -  )

Five Preludes, Op. 11 -- Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)

Tango (written for the duo) Theodore Norman (1912 -  )

Three Sonatas -- Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)

February 12, 1993 -- XTET

Daisietta Kim, soprano; Gary Woodward , flute; David Ocker, clarinet; Elizabeth Baker , Jennifer Woodward, violins; Roger Lebow, cello; Vicki Ray, piano; David Johnson, percussion

Petroushkates (1983) -- Joan Tower
   G. Woodward, Ocker, Baker, Lebow, Ray

La Vie en Rouge (1973) () -- Edison Denisov
   Kim, G. Woodward, Ocker, Baker, Lebow, Ray

Si (1991) -- Ge Gan Ru
   J. Woodward, Ocker, Ray

The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942);; and Sunsmell -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)
    Kim, Ray, Johnson

The Seduction of Sapientia (1974) -- David Rosenbloom
    G. Woodward, Ocker, Baker, J. Woodward, Lebow, Ray, Johnson

March 5, 1993 -- Music from Mt. Washington

Margaret Batjer, Connie Kupka, violins; Brian Dembow, Michael Nowak, violas; David Speltz, cello

String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515 -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 -- Johannes Brahms ( 1833 - 1897)

April 9, 1993 -- Sul Legno

Deborah Schwartz, percussion; Marcus Eley, clarinet

Four Medieval Dances -- Anonymous

1. Estampie à 2 (England, ca. 1250)
2. Estampie Real à 1 (France, ca. 1350)
3. Trotto (Italy, ca. 1400)
4. Saltarello à 1 (Italy, ca. 1400)

Gran' Piant' Agli Occhi -- Francesco Landini (1325 - 1397)

Reflections on a Labyrinth for solo marimba (1989) -- Kevin Hunt

Roumanian Folk Dances -- Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) (arranged for clarinet and marimba by Deborah Schwartz)

Suite for clarinet and marimba (1985) -- Matt Doran (written for Deborah Schwartz - Sul Legno)

Improvisation and Toccatina -- Francis Chagrin (1905 - 1972)

Controverse for percussion and clarinet (1983) (West Coast Premiere) -- Jacqueline Fontyn

April 18, 1993. Patrons' Concert at St. Cross Episcopal Church, 3:30 p.m.

USC students coached by Alice Schoenfeld

Kevin Kumar, Yi-Huan Zhao, violins; Mario Miragliotta, viola; Amy Barston, cello

Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2, "Quinten" -- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Quartet in D minor, D810, "Death and the Maiden" -- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

May 14, 1993 -- Westwind Brass

James Posteraro, Rob Wilkins, trumpets; Barry Toombs, horn; Emory Emrich, trombone; Ross Kallen, tuba

Psalm 19: The Heavens Declare -- Benedetto Marcello (1686 - 1739)

Three Madrigals

1. Jubilate Deo -- Gregor Aichinger (1564 - 1628)
2. Crude Amarilla -- Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
3. Revecy Venir du Printemps -- Claude Le Jeune (1528 - 1600)

Fugue from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 11 -- Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) / Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Quintet No. 3 in D-flat major -- Victor Ewald (1860 - 1935)

American Overture -- Joseph Wilcox Jenkins

Fantastic Polka -- Arthur Pryor
   Emory Emrich, soloist

Four Movements for Brass Quintet -- Ron Minor

Blue Rondo a la Turk -- Dave Brubeck (1920 -  )

June 4, 1993 -- An Evening of Jazz

Alan Broadbent, piano; Larry Koonse, guitar; Putter Smith, bass; Billy Mintz, drums