The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1033 - Friday, April 19, 2024 - Sunday, May 5, 2024
Next issue: Friday, May 3, 2024

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Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts

1. Reprise of Classical Crossroads’ March 2024
     “First Fridays at First! ~ fff” Concert
     From Belgium
     De Maeyer-Kende Duo

     Jolente De Maeyer
violin and Nikolaas Kende piano
     perform Arvo Pärt’s Fratres and Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” sonata
     
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads

2. Reprise of Classical Crossroads’ March 2024
     “Second Sundays at Two” Concert

     The Gregory-Kaplan Duo
     Catherine Gregory
flute and David Kaplan piano
     perform Gabriela Lena Frank’s Five Andean Improvisations
     and sonatas by Poulenc and Frank
     
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads

3. Music in the Mansion Festival 2024
     Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion & Gardens
         ~ presents ~
     Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners
     Video Reprise of the 2024 Festival
     Part II of III - Performed Sunday, February 11, 2024
     Duo Syncopa
           Tomomi Sato piano, Yue Qian violin
     
https://vimeo.com/917328316
     Simon Tetzlaff cello
         with Tomomi Sato piano
     
https://vimeo.com/916896759

4. The Colburn School Livestreams
     Friday, April 19, 2024 - 2:00PM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
           Chamber Forum - Free
           Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music selections
     Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 3:00PM Pacific Time - Zipper Hall
           Academy Virtuosi - Free to livestream
           This elite conductorless chamber orchestra presents winners
           of the Music Academy Concerto Competition.
     Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 8:00PM Pacific Time - Zipper Hall
           Colburn Orchestra: Concerto Forum
           Soloists from the Conservatory perform concerto movements
           with the Colburn Orchestra.
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/

5. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
     Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
           Jelena Horvat violin, Kumi Matsuo piano
           Selections by Enescu, Beethoven, and Jeno Hubay
     Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
           Magdalene Ho piano
           Selections by Beethoven, Fauré, and Brahms
     Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
           The Matyas Gayer Jazz Trio
           Matyas Gayer piano, Dave Green bass, Steve Brown drums
     Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
           The Astatine Piano Trio
           Trios by Brahms and Ravel
     Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
           Ignas Maknickas piano
           Selections by Schumann, Carl Vine, Bortkiewicz, and Chopin
     Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
           José Navarro-Silberstein piano
           Selections by Beethoven, Grieg, Chopin, and Liszt
     Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
           The Cygnus Piano Trio
           Javier Montañana violin, Hannah Lewis cello, Cesar Saura piano
           Trios by Mozart and Brahms
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams

6. Organ Prelude Concert - Every Sunday at 10:30AM
     UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull

     First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://www.fccla.org/live

7. The Phillips Collection - Washington DC
     Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
     USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi

           USC students Sarah Beth Overcash violin, Nico Valencia viola,
           and Cameron Akioka piano, performing alongside faculty members
           Lina Bahn violin and Seth Parker Woods cello
           Selections by Claudio Monteverdi, Krzysztof Penderecki,
           Jeffrey Mumford, Zoltán Kodály, Errollyn Wallen,
     Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
           Pianist Imogen Cooper
           Selections by J.S. Bach, Schubert, Thomas Adès, and Beethoven
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://www.phillipscollection.org/music

8. Classeek presents
     Trio Pantoum

         Hugo Meder
violin, Bo-Geun Park cello, and Virgile Roche piano
     with
           Anna Egholm violin, Miguel da Silva and Karolina Errera viola
           Ari Evan cello
     Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 8:00PM Swiss - 11:00PM Pacific Time
     Private Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://bit.ly/Classeek-TrioPantoum

9. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents
     The 92nd Street Y - New York
     Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
           Isidore String Quartet
     Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
           Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano and Myra Huang piano
     Friday, May 3, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
           Imogen Cooper piano
     
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts

10. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
     Art of the Recital

     Pamela Frank
violin and Stephen Prutsman piano
     Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 7:30PM New York - 4:30PM Pacific Time
     Rose Studio at CMS - Rose Building - New York, NY
     Johann Sebastian Bach: Selected sonatas for violin and keyboard
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfRecital-PamelaFrank

11. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concerts
     Quatuor Danel
           Marc Danel and Gilles Millet violins,
           Vlad Bogdanas viola, Yovan Markovitch cello
     Monday, April 29, 2024 - 7:30PM London - 11:30AM Pacific
     The livestream starts at 12:00 noon Pacific
     Wigmore Hall - London, UK
     Selections by Mieczyslaw Weinberg and Dmitry Shostakovich
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202404291930

12. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
     Sonic Spectrum IV
- New Music Program
     Miró Quartet
     Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 7:30PM New York - 4:30PM Pacific Time
     Rose Studio at CMS - Rose Building - New York, NY
     Selections by Jörg Widmann, Dai Fujikura, Eleanor Alberga,
     and Jake Heggie
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://bit.ly/CMS-SonicSpectrum4Livestream

13. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents
     David L. Abell Piano Masters Series

     Featuring HieYon Choi
     Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 6:00PM Pacific Time
     Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building - UCLA
     
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://bit.ly/UCLA-HieYonChoi

14. Classical Crossroads “First Fridays at First! ~ fff”
         ~ presents ~
     Violinist Ezra Shcolnik
           Winner of the 2024 Peninsula Symphony
           Edith Knox Performance Competition
     Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:15PM
     First Lutheran Church & School - Torrance CA
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680

15. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concerts
     Cédric Tiberghien piano
     Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 7:30PM London - 11:30AM Pacific
     The livestream starts at 12:00 noon Pacific
     Wigmore Hall - London, UK
     Selections by György Ligeti, Beethoven, György Kurtág
     Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
     
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202405051930




N E W S L E T T E R B E G I N S
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados


Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
for Chamber Music Aficionados

Here, I give some concerts I’ve watched or would like to watch or attend. I promise not to overwhelm you with too many. Mostly local.

“ . . . live-streamed events have generated moments of startling power. . . . One could instead sample archived professional-quality videos that opera houses, orchestras, and other organizations have placed online. For me, though, the live or freshly recorded happenings matter more. They document, with the oblique power that the arts possess, an extraordinary human phase in history. Their mere existence is bracing. . . .” ~ Alex Ross, The New Yorker


Recommended:


1. Reprise of Classical Crossroads’ March 2024
     “First Fridays at First! ~ fff” Concert
     From Belgium
     De Maeyer-Kende Duo

     Jolente De Maeyer
violin and Nikolaas Kende piano

     Recorded at & livestreamed from
     First Lutheran Church and School in Torrance CA
     on Friday, April 5, 2024 at 12:15PM

Stream from Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase for one month by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads

The Program

Arvo Pärt (b.1935): Fratres

The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is often dubbed a “holy minimalist” due to his large output of sparely scored and contemplative choral works. But he has also written much orchestral and instrumental music. Fratres, a repeating set of three-voiced chord sequences with percussive interjections, has no specified instrumentation and thus exists in many combinations. The violin/piano version we will hear dates from 1980.

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

Beethoven’s penultimate “Sonata for Piano and Violin” is his longest and by far most dramatic — one of the prime fruits of his “second period” when he expanded the scale and expressive scope of many genres. After falling out with his companion, noted Black violinist George Bridgetower, who premiered the sonata in 1805, Beethoven re-dedicated it to the virtuoso Rodolphe Kreutzer, who never played it. The outer movements are both sonata designs, the first expansively laid out after a slow introduction, and the finale a furious tarantella. Between them comes a movement of five highly contrasted and extensive variations on a long and gently contemplative melody.

The Artists

One of Belgium’s leading violinists, Jolente De Maeyer has brought her virtuosity and passionate interpretations to diverse global audiences. She is recognized as an exceptionally gifted artist, reflected in the numerous awards and effusive reviews she has received for both her live performances and recordings. After an invitation from Yehudi Menuhin when she was 14 years old, Jolente studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School near London. She continued her studies in London, Berlin, and Waterloo, where she graduated in the class of Augustin Dumay in 2013. Since 2018, Jolente has been Professor of Violin at the Conservatory of Tilburg, the Netherlands. Read about Jolente De Maeyer by clicking:
https://www.jolentedemaeyer.com/

Pianist Nikolaas Kende has been praised for his poetic playing and passionate musicality. A winner of several competitions, Nikolaas regularly performs in leading halls in Belgium and the Netherlands, including performances of the Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Bartók concertos with the Brussels Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, and also with the National Radio Orchestra Romania. Nikolaas studied in Antwerp with his parents, in Amsterdam with Jan Wijn, in Munich and Fiesole with Elisso Virsaladze, and with such noted artists as Murray Perahia, and Radu Lupu. In 2015, Nikolaas was appointed Professor of Piano at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. Read about Nikolaas Kende by clicking:
https://www.nikolaaskende.com/

Stream from Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase for one month by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads

For concert series information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/FirstFridays.htm




2. Reprise of Classical Crossroads’ March 2024
     “Second Sundays at Two” Concert

     The Gregory-Kaplan Duo
     Catherine Gregory
flute and David Kaplan piano

     Recorded at & livestreamed from
     Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
     in Rolling Hills Estates CA
     on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 2:00PM

Stream from Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase for one month by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads

The Program

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
   Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP164 (1956-57)
   I. Allegro malinconico
   II. Cantilena: Assez lent
   III. Presto giocoso

Of this late addition to his large roster of chamber works, Poulenc wrote: “In working on this Flute Sonata I have the feeling of going back a long way, but with a more settled technique. It’s a sonata of Debussyan dimensions. It’s the French sense of balance [la mesure française]. Finding the form for your language is the most difficult thing.”

Gabriela Lena Frank (b.1972): Five Andean Improvisations (2019)

The American composer Gabriela Lena Frank is of mixed Lithuanian/Jewish and Peruvian/Chinese ancestry, and the Five Andean Improvisations reflect her multicultural identity. I. Quena, is for flute alone, while II. Ritmo del altiplano uses a simple one-two rhythm decorated with florid ornamentation. III. Pinkillo is inspired by the small silvery flute of the same name. IV. Chuta presents the characteristic chuta motif of the Andes, with its proliferation of repeated notes. V. Sombras depicts brilliant starlight and eerie night shadows on the islands of Lake Titicaca.

César Franck (1822-1890): Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV8 (1886)
   arranged for flute
   I. Allegretto ben moderato
   II. Allegro
   III. Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato
   IV. Allegretto poco mosso

César Franck wrote only three mature chamber works, but each is a masterpiece of its genre. After Franck’s death, the violin sonata’s original publisher issued a version for flute and piano, which formed the basis for a recent Urtext edition, though the great French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal also edited the work. As you will hear, the sonata transfers well to the flute, from the limpid melody that opens and permeates the first movement to the soaring elegance and agility of the finale.

The Artists

Australian flutist Catherine Gregory performs in some of the world’s foremost venues - from Alice Tully Hall in New York to London’s Milton Court, Hamburg’s new Elbphilharmonie, and the Sydney Opera House. The New York Times has called her playing “magically mysterious,” also writing that “Ms. Gregory left a deep impression, her sound rich and fully present.” Read about Catherine Gregory by clicking:
http://www.catherinegregory.com/

A member of the UCLA piano faculty and a Yamaha/Bösendorfer Artist, David Kaplan has been called “excellent and adventurous” by The New York Times, and praised by the Boston Globe for “grace and fire” at the keyboard. Kaplan’s New Dances of the League of David, a recital he performed at RHUMC, infused Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze with 16 short commissioned works and was cited among the “Best Classical Music Performances of 2015" by The New York Times.
Read about David Kaplan by clicking:
http://www.davidkaplanpiano.com/

Stream from Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase for one month by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads

For concert series information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm




3. Music in the Mansion Festival 2024
     Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion & Gardens
         ~ presents ~
     Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners

     Video Reprise of the 2024 Festival - Part II
     (Part III will be reprised in the following newsletter)

Part II of III - Performed Sunday, February 11, 2024
From Mozart to Stravinsky

Duo Syncopa
Tomomi Sato piano, Yue Qian violin
https://www.tomomisato-piano.com/about
https://www.colburnschool.edu/faculty-listing/yue-qian/
Watch the Reprise:
https://vimeo.com/917328316

Simon Tetzlaff cello
with Tomomi Sato piano
https://youtu.be/3YfzNCXGNPU
Watch the Reprise:
https://vimeo.com/916896759

Live-Audience & Streamed Concert
Videotaped for later broadcast on Beverly Hills Television
and for streaming on the Beverly Hills website.
For information about Music in the Mansion, click:
https://bit.ly/MusicInTheMansion




4. The Colburn School Livestreams

     The Colburn School
     200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
     For a Google map, click:
     
http://goo.gl/IwB59X

Friday, April 19, 2024 - 2:00PM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
     Chamber Forum - Free
     Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music selections

Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 3:00PM Pacific Time - Zipper Hall
     Academy Virtuosi - Free to livestream
     This elite conductorless chamber orchestra comprises
     talented young musicians. This concert includes performances
     by winners of the Music Academy Concerto Competition.

Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 8:00PM Pacific Time - Zipper Hall
     Colburn Orchestra: Concerto Forum
     Under the baton of conductor Aleksandra Melaniuk,
     soloists from the Conservatory perform concerto movements
     with the Colburn Orchestra with selections by Sibelius,
     Ibert, Lundquist, Mozart, and Brahms for violin, flute,
     piano, and tuba.
     
https://bit.ly/ColburnOrchestra-ConcertoForum

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/

See the Colburn School Events Calendar and purchase tickets by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/




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

Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     Jelena Horvat violin, Kumi Matsuo piano
     Enescu: Violin Sonata No.3 in A Minor, Op.25
     Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.2 in A Major, Op.12 No.2
     Jeno Hubay: Carmen Fantasie Brillante
     
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-04-21.shtml

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
     Magdalene Ho piano
     Beethoven: Sonata in F-sharp Major, Op.78
     Fauré:
         Nocturne No.6 in D-flat Major, Op.63
         Nocturne No.11 in F-sharp Minor, Op.104 No.1
         Nocturne No.13 in B Minor, Op.119
     Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op.116

Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
     The Matyas Gayer Jazz Trio
     Matyas Gayer piano, Dave Green bass, Steve Brown drums

Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     The Astatine Piano Trio
     Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, Op.87
     Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
     Ignas Maknickas piano
     Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15
     Carl Vine: Five Bagatelles
     Bortkiewicz: Preludes, Op.33 (selections)
     Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasy, Op.61

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 6:00AM Pacific Time
     José Navarro-Silberstein piano
     Beethoven: Piano sonata in A-flat Major, Op.110
     Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op.40
     Chopin: Three Mazurkas, Op.50
     Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.9 S244/9, “Pesther Karneval”

Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     The Cygnus Piano Trio -
     Javier Montañana violin, Hannah Lewis cello, Cesar Saura piano
     Mozart: Piano Trio in G Major, K564
     Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op.8

Find full artist and program information for these and other upcoming concerts by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.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 top-drawer classical artists appear in typically three in-person & livestreamed concerts a week. Since 2006, the ancient venue has been transformed into a high-quality broadcasting center. Explore and discover concert gems by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream-on-demand
Watch the livestreamed concerts by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams




6. Organ Prelude Concert - Every Sunday at 10:30AM
     UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull

     on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles

     Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00AM Pacific Time
     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 21, 2024
Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne in C Major
Flor Peeters: Two Pieces
     Cantique and Aria
Jean Langlais: Suite Médiévale
     Prélude
     Tiento
     Improvisation
     Méditation
     Acclamations
Postlude
Henry Purcell: Trumpet Tune in C Major

The programs are posted a few days ahead. Check by clicking:
https://www.fccla.org/live

Organist Christoph Bull’s half-hour, live-audience & live-stream Prelude Concerts on Sunday mornings, beginning at 10:30AM on the Great Organs of First Church, are an inspiring way to begin your week of amazing musical offerings, both locally and from around the world. Attend in person or stay tuned-in for the live stream of the First Church Sunday Service, with its superb professional chamber choir Laude and Cathedral Choir, directed by David Harris, and for the organ Postlude. Donations appreciated. Read about organist Christoph Bull by clicking:
https://www.christophbull.com/

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
The technical quality of the livestream is among the finest on the internet. Watch the livestream and see the full program:
https://www.fccla.org/live




7. Phillips Music

     The Phillips Collection
     1600 21st Street NW, Washington DC
     For a Google map, click:
     
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7


Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
     USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi

     USC students Sarah Beth Overcash violin, Nico Valencia viola,
     and Cameron Akioka piano, performing alongside faculty members
     Lina Bahn
violin and Seth Parker Woods cello
     The Program

     Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643):
           L’Orfeo, SV318, Act II: Possente Spirto
     Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020): Ciaccona for violin and viola
     Jeffrey Mumford (b.1955): Four dances for Boris for solo piano
     Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Duo for violin and cello
     Errollyn Wallen (b.1958): Five Postcards for violin and viola
     Florence Price (1887-1953): Piano Quintet in A Minor
     
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/Apr21USC


Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
     Pianist Imogen Cooper
     The Program

     J.S. Bach(1685-1750), arr Kempff:
           Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein
     J.S. Bach, arr Busoni:
           Nun komm den Heiden Heiland
     Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
           Piano Sonata in C Major D840, “Relique”
     Thomas Adès (b.1971): Darknesse Visible
     Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
           Piano Sonata No.31 in A-flat Major, Op.110
     
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/April28ImogenCooper


Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person Tickets: Sold Out
Livestream: $15 / $10 for members
   Available to stream-on-demand for 48 hours following the concert.
For concert series information, click:
https://www.phillipscollection.org/music




8. Classeek presents

     Trio Pantoum

         Hugo Meder
violin, Bo-Geun Park cello, and Virgile Roche piano
     with
     Anna Egholm
violin, Miguel da Silva and Karolina Errera viola
     Ari Evan
cello

     Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 8:00PM Swiss - 11:00PM Pacific Time
     Livestreams from Lausanne, Switzerland
     (No other on-demand streaming)

The Program
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
   Piano Trio No.1 in B Major, Op.8
Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Major, Op.36

Founded in 2016 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, Trio Pantoum are winners of numerous major international awards. Read about Sào Soulez Larivière by clicking:
https://www.saosoulezlariviere.com/

Classeek was founded in 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland, as an alliance of passion for the classical music world and the desire to provide technological solutions to artists and musicians globally. Read about Classeek by clicking:
https://classeek.com/about

Private Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Read about the program and watch at concert time only by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Classeek-TrioPantoum




9. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents

     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


Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Isidore String Quartet
Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon violins,
Devin Moore viola, Joshua McClendon cello
Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and last summer’s Banff International String Quartet Competition, the quartet makes its highly anticipated New York City mainstage debut.
The Program
J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from Art of Fugue
Billy Childs: String Quartet No.2, “Awakening”
Beethoven, String Quartet in A Minor, Op.132
https://www.92ny.org/event/isidore-string-quartet


Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano and Myra Huang piano
British-Singaporean mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron returns to 92NY with HOME(land) – her personal reflection on the idea of home and homeland, juxtaposing works by Eastern and Western creators
The Program
Selections by Brahms, Chen Yi, Berg, Ives, Takemitsu, Mussorgsky, Huang Ruo, Alex Ho, and Charles Trenet
https://www.92ny.org/event/fleur-barron


Friday, May 3, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
Imogen Cooper piano
A pianist of extraordinary refinement and intelligence, the British pianist is celebrated as one of the leading interpreters of Schubert and Beethoven
The Program
Schubert: Sonata in C Major, D840, “Reliquie”
Schubert: Impromptus Nos.1 and 2, D899
J.S. Bach, arr. Kempff:
     Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, BWV734
J.S. Bach: arr. Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV659
Thomas Adès: Darknesse Visible
Beethoven: Sonata No.31 in A-flat Major, Op.110
https://www.92ny.org/event/imogen-cooper-piano


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Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: from $30
Online tickets: $25. Concerts are available for viewing online for 72 hours from the time of broadcast.

Find information for these and other concert offerings by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts




10. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
     Art of the Recital

     Pamela Frank
violin and Stephen Prutsman piano

     Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 7:30PM New York - 4:30PM Pacific Time
     Stream on-demand until April 28, 2024 at 4:30PM Pacific Time
     Rose Studio at CMS
     165 W. 65th Street on the 10th floor of the Rose Building
     New York, NY 10023
     For a Google map, click:
     
https://goo.gl/maps/A1jkCgmqsPVrvN6K9

The Program
Johann Sebastian Bach:
     Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard
     in A Major, BWV1015
     in B Minor, BWV1014
     in E Major, BWV1016
     in C Minor, BWV1017
     in F Minor, BWV1018
     in G Major, BWV1019

The Artists

Violinist Pamela Frank has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Among numerous albums, she recorded a Schubert album and the Beethoven sonata cycle with her father, noted pianist Claude Frank. A 1989 Curtis graduate, she joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1996. Read about Pamela Frank by clicking:
https://www.curtis.edu/person/pamela-frank/

Born in Los Angeles, Stephen Prutsman trained at UCLA and the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He now lives in San Francisco and is on the faculty of Stanford University. Read about Stephen Prutsman by clicking:
https://music.stanford.edu/people/stephen-prutsman

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Livestream: Free
For artist information and the livestream link, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfRecital-PamelaFrank




11. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concerts
     Quatuor Danel
     Marc Danel and Gilles Millet violins,
     Vlad Bogdanas viola, Yovan Markovitch cello

     Monday, April 29, 2024 - 7:30PM London - 11:30AM Pacific
     The livestream starts at 8:00PM London - 12:00 noon Pacific
     Wigmore Hall
     36 Wigmore St, London, UK
     
https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8

The Program
Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996): String Quartet No.5, Op.27
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975):
     String Quartet No.6 in G Major, Op.101
Mieczyslaw Weinberg:
     String Quartet No.6, Op.35

The Artists

The QUATUOR DANEL was founded in 1991 and has been at the forefront of the international music scene ever since. It is a quartet-in-residence at the University of Manchester, Great Britain. Read about Quatuor Danel by clicking:
http://www.quatuordanel.eu/

Some of the world’s finest chamber music and recitals happen at Wigmore Hall. See the line-up of livestream offerings by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/forthcoming-live-streams

Recent past concerts are available to stream on demand by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/video-library

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free to Livestream and Stream-on-Demand after the broadcast date.
Watch the livestreams or order live-audience tickets by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202404291930




12. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
     Sonic Spectrum IV
- New Music Program

     Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 7:30PM New York - 4:30PM Pacific Time
     Stream on-demand until Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 4:30PM Pacific Time
     Rose Studio at CMS
     165 W. 65th Street on the 10th floor of the Rose Building
     New York, NY 10023
     For a Google map, click:
     
https://goo.gl/maps/A1jkCgmqsPVrvN6K9

The Program
Jörg Widmann: Air for Horn (2005)
Dai Fujikura: Yurayura for Horn and String Quartet (2017)
Eleanor Alberga:
     Shining Gate of Morpheus for Horn and String Quartet (2012)
Jake Heggie: New Work for String Quartet (New York Premiere)

The Artists

Miró Quartet
     Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer violins
     John Largess viola, Joshua Gindele cello
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/

David Byrd-Marrow
horn
Atlanta native David Byrd-Marrow is the solo hornist of the International Contemporary Ensemble, and he is a member of The Knights. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School and Master of Music from Stony Brook University. He is the Assistant Professor of Horn at the Lamont School of Music of The University of Denver. Read about David Byrd-Marrow by clicking:
https://davidbyrdmarrow.com/

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person Tickets: $35
Livestream: Free
For the livestream link and artist information, click:
https://bit.ly/CMS-SonicSpectrum4Livestream




13. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents - Free
     David L. Abell Piano Masters Series

     Featuring HieYon Choi

     Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 6:00PM Pacific Time
     Lani Hall, Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA
     For directions and parking, click:
     
https://map.ucla.edu/?k=false&id=83901

Distinguished South Korean pianist HieYon Choi has garnered international acclaim by winning top prizes at prestigious competitions such as Kapell, Epinal, Busoni, and Viotti. She has since performed with eminent orchestras like das Rundfunkorchester Berlin, the National Symphony (Washington DC), the Northern Sinfonia, the Seoul Philharmonic, and the KBS Symphony. She performed across Europe, the U.S., and Korea. In 2023, she joined the faculty of the Peabody Institute as Professor of Piano. Read about HieYon Choi by clicking:
https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/hieyon-choi-2/

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/UCLAlivestreams-LaniHall

Free admission. For information and links with background about the music, click:
https://bit.ly/UCLA-HieYonChoi




14. Classical Crossroads
     “First Fridays at First! ~ fff”

         ~ presents ~
     Winner of the 2024 Peninsula Symphony
     Edith Knox Performance Competition
     Violinist Ezra Shcolnik

     Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:15PM
     First Lutheran Church & School - Torrance
     2900 W. Carson Street, Torrance CA
     For a Google map, click:
     
http://goo.gl/maps/QaZ4s

The Artist

Violinist Ezra Shcolnik is pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory, where he studies with Robert Lipsett. This season, Ezra appears as a soloist with several orchestras in Southern California, including the Colburn Orchestra, the Pasadena Community Orchestra as the top prizewinner of the 2024 Young Artist Competition, the Peninsula Symphony as the top prizewinner of the 2024 Knox Competition, and the San Fernando Valley Symphony. Previously, he appeared with the New Mexico Philharmonic. Ezra is also a composer whose music has been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, USC Thornton Edge, and Colburn Academy Virtuosi. At age twelve, he performed a composition of his own as a soloist with the Performance Santa Fe Orchestra.

An active orchestral musician, Ezra serves as concertmaster of the California Young Artists Symphony and in various principal positions with the Colburn Orchestra. He has also served as associate concertmaster of the Aspen Chamber Symphony and the Performance Santa Fe Orchestra. Summers have found Ezra studying chamber, solo, and orchestral repertoire under the guidance of esteemed artist faculty at the Aspen Music Festival as the recipient of several fellowships, as well as at the Perlman Music Program.

Advance Reservations Requested to Attend in Person
Email: ClassicalCrossroads@Earthlink.net by a day ahead and request to be included on the check-in list with the names of your guests. (Season contributors and their guests are automatically placed on the check-in lists for all the season concerts and may bypass the check-in line.)

Watch the Livestream
The concert will be simultaneously livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person. Watch at concert time by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/FirstFridays.htm




15. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concerts - Free
     Cédric Tiberghien piano

     Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 7:30PM London - 11:30AM Pacific
     The livestream starts at 12:00 noon Pacific
     Wigmore Hall
     36 Wigmore St, London, UK
     
https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8

The Program
György Ligeti (1923-2006): Musica ricercata No.1
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):
     Six Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO.64
György Ligeti (1923-2006): Musica ricercata No.2
Ludwig Van Beethoven:
     Twelve Variations on the Russian Dance
     from Wranitzky’s ballet Das Waldmädchen, WoO. 71
György Kurtág (b.1926): Játékok - Fleurs nous sommes
György Ligeti: Musica ricercata, Nos. 3, 4, and 5
Ludwig Van Beethoven:
   Eight Variations on the Romance “Un fièvre brûlante”
   from Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-lion, WoO.72

The Artists

Appearances by French pianist Cédric Tiberghien include his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestras as well as re-invitations to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Orchestre National de Lyon. His solo and chamber appearances, the latter with Alina Ibragimova and the Chiaroscuro Quartet, include performances in London, Brussels, and Berlin. Cédric has a long association with the Wigmore Hall in London, where he is currently performing a complete Beethoven variation cycle, juxtaposed with works by other composers, illustrating the evolution of the genre. Read about Cédric Tiberghien by clicking:
https://www.cedrictiberghien.com/

Some of the world’s finest chamber music and recitals happen at Wigmore Hall. See the line-up of livestream offerings by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/forthcoming-live-streams

Recent past concerts are available to stream on demand by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/video-library

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free to Livestream and Stream-on-Demand after the broadcast date.
Watch the livestreams or order live-audience tickets by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202405051930




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