THE CLICKABLE CHAMBER MUSIC NEWSLETTER FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

No.1012 - Friday, May 19, 2023 - Sunday, June 4, 2023
Next issue: Friday, June 2, 2023

The latest issue is always posted on the website of Classical Crossroads:
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For a comprehensive listing of ALL chamber music concerts in Southern California — both live-audience and streamed — please consult Mike Napoli's website PerformingArtsLIVE.com:
http://bit.ly/PerformingArtsLIVE-ChamberMusic

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https://www.kusc.org/events-calendar/




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HIGHLIGHTS and HIDDEN GEMS
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
(links to the performances given in the body of the newsletter)

1. Classical Crossroads' - Free
   "First Fridays at First! ~ fff"
     ~ presents ~
   CANTILENA TRIO
     SUSAN GREENBERG flute, JON LEE KEENAN tenor,
     KENTON YOUNGSTROM guitar
   ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED TO ATTEND IN PERSON
   Friday, June 2, 2023 at 12:15PM Pacific Time
   First Lutheran Church & School - Torrance
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

2. Reprise from Classical Crossroads' Pandemic Archive
   "Second Sundays at Two" Livestream
   TRIO CÉLESTE plays Beethoven’s Archduke Trio
     KEVIN KWAN LOUCKS piano, IRYNA KRECHKOVSKY violin,
     ROSS GASWORTH cello
   Recorded at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church and
   streamed on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 2:00PM Pacific Time

3. Omni Foundation' Live from St. Mark's - Free
     ~ presents ~
   ZORAN DUKIC guitar - Part II
   Streamed as a You Tube Premiere on Sunday, May 28, 2023
   Recorded in front of a live audience on January 28, 2023
   at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco CA
   Streamed Concert - No Live-Audience

4. Music at St Mary's Perivale - Free
   Chamber Music and Recitals
   St Mary's Perivale West London UK
   For Google Map, click:
   Sunday, June 4, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     PETER DONOHOE piano
     Selections by Rachmaninov, Chopin, Busoni, and Albeniz
   Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     NIKITA LUKINOV piano
     Selections by Beethoven and Mussorgsky
   Thursday, June 8, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     STEPHANIE TANG piano
     Selections by Mozart, Missy Mazzoli, and Robert Schumann
   Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     TRIO PRIMO
     KUMI SHIMIZU violin, TAMAKI SUGIMOTO cello, ERI YAMAMOTO piano
     Selections by Mozart and Brahms
   Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     SALOME JORDANIA piano
     Selections by Beethoven, Debussy, and Chopin
   Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     JIAFENG CHEN violin, JIANING KONG piano
     Brahms: The three violin sonatas
   Sunday, June 18, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
     NATALIA LOMEIKO violin, YURI ZHISLIN viola and Friends
     Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op.20
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

5. 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
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

6. Salastina Music Society - Happy Hour No.114
   NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET
     TEREZA STANISLAV violin, RAFAEL RISHIK violin,
     ROBERT BROPHY viola, ANDREW SHULMAN cello
   Sunday, June 4, 2023 - 11:00AM
   Barrett Hall - Pasadena Conservatory of Music
   Live-Audience & Live-Streamed Concert

7. London's Wigmore Hall 2023 Livestreamed Concerts - Free
   Wigmore Hall - London UK
   Monday, June 5, 2023 - 1:00PM London - 5:00AM Pacific
     ORSINO ENSEMBLE
     ADAM WALKER flute, NICHOLAS DANIEL oboe, MATTHEW HUNT clarinet,
     AMY HARMAN bassoon, ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL horn,
     PETER SPARKS bass clarinet
     Selections by Benjamin Britten, Anton Reicha, and Leos Janácek
   Monday, June 12, 2023 - 1:00PM London - 5:00AM Pacific
     PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
     VERONIKA JARUSKOVÁ and MAREK ZWIEBEL violins,
     SIMON TRUSZKA viola, Peter Jarusek cello
     Selections by Josef Suk, Bohuslav Martinu,
     and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

8. 77th OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
   Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 11, 2023
   Libbey Bowl - Ojai CA
   2023 LIVESTREAM CONCERTS AT LIBBEY BOWL
   Thursday, June 8, 2023 - 8:00PM - Liquid Borders
     RHIANNON GIDDENS vocals, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh,
     ATTACCA QUARTET, STEVEN SCHICK percussion/director,
     red fish blue fish percussion
   Friday, June 9, 2023 - 10:00AM - Vis-A-Vis
     GLORIA CHENG piano, EMI FERGUSON flute, MARIO GOTOH viola,
     LEONARD HAYES piano, KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello,
     JOSHUA RUBIN clarinet, STEVEN SCHICK percussion,
     MICHI WIANCKO violin, WU MAN pipa
   Friday, June 9, 2023 - 8:00PM
     An Evening with RHIANNON GIDDENS and FRANCESCO TURRISI
   Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 10:00AM - The Willows Are New
     GLORIA CHENG piano, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh,
     KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello, NATHAN SCHRAM viola, WU MAN pipa
   Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 8:00PM - Omar's Journey (World Premiere)
     An Ojai-commissioned work for voices and chamber ensemble drawn
     from the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
   Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 10:00AM - Early Music
     FRANCESCO TURRISI curator and keyboards, ATTACCA QUARTET,
     RHIANNON GIDDENS vocals, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh,
     KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello, WU MAN pipa, JOSHUA STAUFFER theorbo
   Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 5:30PM - Strings Attached
     AMY SCHROEDER violin, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh, SECKOU KEITA kora,
     RHIANNON GIDDENS vocals/multi-instrumentalist WU MAN pipa,
     FRANCESCO TURRISI multi-instrumentalist,
     MAZZ SWIFT and MICHI WIANCKO violins, MARIO GOTOH viola,
     KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello, SHAWN CONLEY bass, JOSHUA STAUFFER theorbo
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

9. Colburn School Sounding Point Academy - Free
   Colburn's Summer Program for Advanced Violinists
   Thayer Hall at The Colburn School
   200 South Grand Avenue - Downtown
   Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 7:30PM Pacific Time
     Violinist FABIOLA KIM
   Friday, June 16, 2023 - 7:30PM Pacific Time
     Violinist AUBREE OLIVERSON
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

10. Classical Crossroads' "Second Sundays at Two" - Free
     ~ presents ~
   NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET
     TEREZA STANISLAV violin, RAFAEL RISHIK violin,
     ROBERT BROPHY viola, ANDREW SHULMAN cello
   ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED TO ATTEND IN PERSON
   Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 2:00PM Pacific Time
   Rolling Hills United Methodist Church - Rolling Hills Estates CA
   Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed

11. Pacific Symphony presents - Free
   SYMPHONY ON THE GO! from the Mobile Stage
   Live Outdoor Chamber Music Concerts
   at various Orange County locations
   Sunday, June 18, 2023 - 7:00PM
   City of Costa Mesa - Balearic Community Center
   Live-Audience Outdoor Concerts - No Streaming




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. Classical Crossroads' - Free
   "First Fridays at First! ~ fff"
     ~ presents ~
   CANTILENA TRIO
     SUSAN GREENBERG flute, JON LEE KEENAN tenor,
     KENTON YOUNGSTROM guitar

   ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED TO ATTEND IN PERSON (see below)*

   Friday, June 2, 2023 at 12:15PM Pacific Time
   First Lutheran Church & School - Torrance
   2900 W. Carson Street, Torrance CA
   (Park in the Church lot, or along surface streets)
   [SouthBay][Free]
   For a Google map, click:
   http://goo.gl/maps/QaZ4s

THE PROGRAM
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791): Alleluia from Exsultate Jubilate*
  for tenor, flute, and guitar
J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Sheep May Safely Graze*
  for tenor, flute, and guitar
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Asturias
  for  solo guitar
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962): Entr'acte
  for flute and guitar or harp
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Vaga luna che inargenti*
  for tenor, flute, and guitar
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Pavane*
  for tenor, alto flute, and guitar
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Three Songs*
  1) El Paño Moruno ~ 2) Asturiana ~ 3) Jota
  for tenor, alto flute, and guitar
Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
  I Bought Me a Cat* from Old American Songs
  for tenor, flute, and guitar
Fred Ahlert (1892-1953):
  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter (1935)*
  for tenor, piccolo, and guitar

* arranged by Kenton Youngstrom

Flutist SUSAN GREENBERG was a member of the LA Chamber Orchestra for 36 years, where she was a frequent soloist on both flute and piccolo. She has also appeared as guest soloist with the San Francisco and Oakland Symphonies, the Santa Monica Symphony, the Napa Valley Symphony, and at the Hollywood Bowl. She is presently the flute professor at Pepperdine University and principal flute with the Santa Monica Symphony and the Vicente Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Greenberg is the Artistic Director of Chamber Music Palisades, now celebrating its 26th season. Read about Susan Greenberg by clicking:
https://goo.gl/4KaLuN

About JON LEE KEENAN's solo role with the Los Angeles Master Chorale's "St. Matthew" Passion, Los Angeles Times' Mark Swed wrote, "As the Evangelist, Jon Lee Keenan offered a clarion tenor and commanding narrative style." After graduating in his home town from UNLV, Jon earned a doctorate in Vocal Arts from USC. In 2007, Jon was selected to join the LA Master Chorale and has been featured as a soloist at Walt Disney Concert Hall in each season since. Read about Jon Lee Keenan by clicking:
https://jonleekeenan.com/

Guitarist, composer, and educator KENTON YOUNGSTROM is the first in a long line of prize-winning students of the late Jim Smith at USC, where, while earning his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, he studied composition with Donald Crockett, arranging with Darniell Pershing, and film scoring with David Raksin. Kenton joined the faculty of the Colburn School of Performing Arts in 1979. Read about Kenton Youngstrom by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/faculty-listing/kenton-youngstrom/

*ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED 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.

WATCH THE LIVESTREAM
The concert will be simultaneously live-streamed for those who cannot attend in person. Watch, at concert time only, by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/3431520

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




2. Reprise from Classical Crossroads' Pandemic Archive
   "Second Sundays at Two" Livestream
   TRIO CÉLESTE
     KEVIN KWAN LOUCKS piano, IRYNA KRECHKOVSKY violin,
     ROSS GASWORTH cello

   Recorded at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church and
   streamed on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 2:00PM Pacific Time
   Watch by clicking:
   https://youtu.be/PM32z02wwP0

THE PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
  Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op.97, "Archduke"

Hailed as "a first-class ensemble" (Orange County Register), "unfailingly stylish" (The Strad), "technically dazzling" (Long Beach Gazette), "flawless" (New York Concert Review), and "the epitome of what chamber musicians should be" (Palm Beach Daily News), TRIO CÉLESTE has firmly established itself as one of the leading ensembles on the classical music scene today. Recent highlights include recital debuts at the Chicago Cultural Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York's Carnegie Hall, and Seoul Art Center in South Korea. Read about Trio Céleste by clicking:
https://www.trioceleste.com/




3. Omni Foundation' Live from St. Mark's - Free
  ~ presents ~
ZORAN DUKIC guitar - Part II

Streamed as a You Tube Premiere on Sunday, May 28, 2023
Recorded in front of a live audience on January 28, 2023
at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco CA

THE PROGRAM
Dusan Bogdanovic (b.1953): Lament
Agustïn Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944): Choro da Saudade
Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944): Caazapá
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) arr. Roland Dyens: Oblivion
Stephen Goss (b.1964): Cinema Paradiso
  Paris, Texas ~ Modern Times ~ Noir
  Mandalay ~ 451 ~ Tarantino
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) arr. Zoran Dukic: Melancholia by

Croatian guitarist ZORAN DUKIC has performed in leading concert halls worldwide, including Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Carnegie Hall in New York, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow. Read about ZORAN DUKIC by clicking:
https://www.daddario.com/artists/guitar/Zoran-Dukic/

The OMNI FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is in its 41st season of bringing the world's finest acoustic guitarists to the San Francisco Bay Area. Read about the Omni Foundation by clicking:
https://omniconcerts.com/

Streamed Concert - No Live-Audience
Free to view. Watch by clicking:
https://youtu.be/cKp9ugv-_5I

Watch Part I by clicking:
https://youtu.be/L6GBc7BEPIw




4. Music at St Mary's Perivale - Free
   Chamber Music and Recitals

   St Mary's Perivale
   Perivale Lane, Perivale, Greenford UB6 8SS
   West London, United Kingdom
   For Google Map, click:
   https://goo.gl/maps/KdaP2qduGyv8ccYV7

Sunday, June 4, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  PETER DONOHOE piano
  Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Chopin
  Chopin: Waltz No.5 in A-flat Major, Op.42
  Busoni: Variations on a theme of Chopin
  Albeniz: Three pieces from Iberia

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  NIKITA LUKINOV piano
  Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op.2 No.3
  Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Thursday, June 8, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  STEPHANIE TANG piano
  Mozart: Sonata in E-flat Major, K282
  Missy Mazzoli: A Map of Laughter,
  Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6

Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  TRIO PRIMO
  KUMI SHIMIZU violin, TAMAKI SUGIMOTO cello, ERI YAMAMOTO piano
  Mozart: Piano Trio in G Major, K496
  Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op.8

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  SALOME JORDANIA piano
  Beethoven: Sonata in G Major, Op.31 No.1
  Debussy: Estampes
  Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58

Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  JIAFENG CHEN violin, JIANING KONG piano
  Brahms: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op.78
  Brahms: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.100
  Brahms: Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op.108

Sunday, June 18, 2023 - 3:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
  NATALIA LOMEIKO violin, YURI ZHISLIN viola and Friends
  Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op.20

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 afterwards to stream on-demand
Watch the livestreamed concerts by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/stmarysperivale




5. 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
   [midWilshireLA][Free]
   For a Google map, click:
   http://goo.gl/7g1N2f

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

Dr. 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 Dr. 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




6. Salastina Music Society - Happy Hour No.114
   NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET
     TEREZA STANISLAV violin, RAFAEL RISHIK violin,
     ROBERT BROPHY viola, ANDREW SHULMAN cello

   Sunday, June 4, 2023 - 11:00AM
   Barrett Hall
   Pasadena Conservatory of Music
   100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA
   [Pasadena/Glendale]
   For a Google map, click:
   https://goo.gl/maps/rW8FTxix47mHTh7H9

THE PROGRAM

Get a sneak peek of the NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET's 2023 Summer Festival. This year's focus: Early 20th Century French music. After a little conversation and a performance of some of their festival repertoire, NHSQ and Salastina artists will sightread some octet music together.

Read about NHSQ and its Summer of Paris Chamber Music Festival (July 6-9 in the Pompeian Room of the Doheny Mansion) by clicking:
https://www.newhollywoodstringquartet.com/festival-1

Salastina invites listeners to join with composers, musicians, and artists to celebrate the beauty of the past and present,
and to carry it into the future with a spirit of inclusiveness. Read about the SALASTINA MUSIC SOCIETY by clicking:
https://www.salastina.org/about-salastina

Live-Audience & Live-Streamed Concert
In-Person Tickets: $20 / $10 students
  Enjoy mingling, mimosas, and munchies.
Livestream: $10 / free for Salastina members.
  Livestreaming is available for three days after the concert.

For information and for in-person and livestream tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Salastina-NHSQ




7. London's Wigmore Hall 2023 Livestreamed Concerts - Free

   Wigmore Hall
   36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP, UK
   https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8

Monday, June 5, 2023 - 1:00PM London - 5:00AM Pacific
  ORSINO ENSEMBLE
    ADAM WALKER flute, NICHOLAS DANIEL oboe, MATTHEW HUNT clarinet,
    AMY HARMAN bassoon, ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL horn,
    PETER SPARKS bass clarinet
  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Movement for wind sextet
  Anton Reicha (1770-1836): Wind Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.88 No.2
  Leos Janácek (1854-1928): Mládí

Monday, June 12, 2023 - 1:00PM London - 5:00AM Pacific
  PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
  VERONIKA JARUSKOVÁ and MAREK ZWIEBEL violins,
  SIMON TRUSZKA viola, Peter Jarusek cello
  Josef Suk (1874-1935):
    Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale (St Wenceslas) Op.35a
  Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): String Quartet No.2
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
    String Quartet No.3 in D Major, Op.34

Some of the world's finest chamber music and recitals happen at Wigmore Hall. Live audiences have returned and select concerts are being livestreamed. See the line-up of concerts and read about the artists and ensembles by clicking:
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/forthcoming-live-streams

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

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person Tickets: £16 and up
Free to Livestream and Stream-on-Demand
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/live-stream




8. 77th OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
   RHIANNON GIDDENS 2023 Music Director
   ARA GUZELIMIAN Artistic & Executive Director

   Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 11, 2023
   Libbey Bowl, Ojai CA
   [Ventura/SantaBarbara]
   For a Google map, click:
   https://goo.gl/6MRukB

"The Ojai Music Festival has been raising a finely calibrated ruckus each spring since 1947"
- ALEX ROSS, The New Yorker

See this year's OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL artist and composers by clicking:
https://www.ojaifestival.org/topic/artists/2023-artists-composers/

And see the Schedule of Concerts by clicking:
https://www.ojaifestival.org/2023-festival-schedule/


2023 LIVESTREAM CONCERTS AT LIBBEY BOWL
https://www.ojaifestival.org/2023-live-stream-concerts/

Thursday, June 8, 2023 - 8:00PM - Liquid Borders
  RHIANNON GIDDENS vocals, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh, ATTACCA QUARTET,
  STEVEN SCHICK percussion/director, red fish blue fish percussion
Gabriela Ortiz: Liquid Borders
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Op.77 No.2, Hob.III:82
Zakir Hussain, arr. Reena Esmail: Pallavi
Philip Glass: First Movement from String Quartet No.3, "Mishima"
Colin Jacobsen: Beloved do not let me be discouraged
Geeshie Wiley: Last Kind Words
Rhiannon Giddens: Lullaby
David Crosby/Nathan Schram: Where We Are Not
Caroline Shaw: Stem and Root from The Evergreen
John ADAMS: Judah to Ocean, Rag the Bone
  from John's Book of Alleged Dances
Squarepusher: Xetaka 1

Friday, June 9, 2023 - 10:00AM - Vis-A-Vis
  GLORIA CHENG piano, EMI FERGUSON flute, MARIO GOTOH viola,
  LEONARD HAYES piano, KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello, JOSHUA RUBIN clarinet,
  STEVEN SCHICK percussion, MICHI WIANCKO violin, WU MAN pipa
Shawn OKPEBHOLO mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Tyson Gholston DAVIS American Tableau (Tableau XI)
Margaret BONDS Troubled Water (Wade in the Water)
Michael ABELS  Iconoclasm
Jessie MONTGOMERY Rhapsody No. 2
Nasim KHORASSANI Growth
Nina BARZEGAR  Inexorable Passage
Lei LIANG vis-à-vis

Friday, June 9, 2023 - 8:00PM
Evening with RHIANNON GIDDENS and FRANCESCO TURRISI
An intimate concert with Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi with music ranging from the Baroque to Appalachian ballads and traditional Black American songs.

Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 10:00AM - The Willows Are New
  GLORIA CHENG piano, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh, KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello,
  NATHAN SCHRAM viola, WU MAN pipa
Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Veiled
Lei Liang: Mother's Songs
GE: Gan-Ru Gong (from Gu Yue)
Chou: Wen-Chung The Willows are New
Kayhan Kalhor: Solo Improvisation

Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 8:00PM - Omar's Journey (World Premiere)
  LIMMIE PULLIAM tenor (Omar), RHIANNON GIDDENS soprano (Julie),
  CHERYSE MCLEOD LEWIS mezzo-soprano (Fatima),
  MICHAEL PREACELY bass-baritone (Abdul/Abe),
  ANDY PAPAS bass-baritone (Owen/Johnson), EMI FERGUSON flute ,
  JOSHUA RUBIN clarinet , MAZZ SWIFT and MICHI WIANCKO violins ,
  MARIO GOTOH viola, KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello , SHAWN CONLEY bass ,
  LEONARD HAYES piano, ROSS KARRE and FRANCESCO TURRISI percussion,    JUSTIN ROBINSON fiddle, SECKOU KEITA kora
An Ojai-commissioned work for voices and chamber ensemble drawn from the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, framed by traditional music that traces the journey of the real-life Omar Ibn Said from Senegal to the Carolinas.

Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 10:00AM - Early Music
  FRANCESCO TURRISI curator and keyboards, ATTACCA QUARTET,
  RHIANNON GIDDENS vocals, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh,
  KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello, WU MAN pipa, JOSHUA STAUFFER theorbo
This concert challenges the idea of late Renaissance and early Baroque music and reinterprets it as a universal language that can connect the 17th century to today through an imagined historical and geographical journey.

Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 5:30PM - Strings Attached
  AMY SCHROEDER violin, KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh, SECKOU KEITA kora,
  RHIANNON GIDDENS vocals/multi-instrumentalist WU MAN pipa,
  FRANCESCO TURRISI multi-instrumentalist,
  MAZZ SWIFT and MICHI WIANCKO violins, MARIO GOTOH viola,
  KAREN OUZOUNIAN cello, SHAWN CONLEY bass, JOSHUA STAUFFER theorbo
A musical summit of Festival artists and a jam session featuring solos and collaborations bringing together bowed and plucked string instruments from the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.


From its founding in 1947, a healthy spirit of eclecticism and musical daring produced OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL concerts that were fun and inspiring. That spirit was reinforced in 1954 with the appointment of LAWRENCE MORTON as the Festival artistic director, who was also the director of the historic Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles. Under his leadership, the Ojai Music Festival developed an enduring concept whereby the artistic director engages a different music director each year, around whose musical ideas that year's Festival is built.

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
For 2023 Ojai Music Festival information and tickets, click:
https://www.ojaifestival.org/




9. Colburn School Sounding Point Academy - Free
   Colburn's Summer Program for Advanced Violinists

   Thayer Hall at The Colburn School
   200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
   [DowntownLA][Free]
   For a Google map, click:
   http://goo.gl/IwB59X

Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 7:30PM Pacific Time
  Violinist FABIOLA KIM
Violinist FABIOLA KIM is a Colburn Conservatory alum and Sounding Point Co-Director. Watch the livestream at concert time by clicking:
https://youtu.be/xaV4PazZZmg

Friday, June 16, 2023 - 7:30PM Pacific Time
  Violinist AUBREE OLIVERSON
Since her orchestral debut with the Utah Symphony at age 11, violinist AUBREE OLIVERSON has been featured on NPR's From The Top, won numerous awards, and performed with orchestras across the county. Aubree is a Colburn Music Academy alum, Conservatory of Music graduate, and past Colburn Artist. Watch the livestream at concert time by clicking:
https://youtu.be/WlaYRCWwnqY

Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free - no tickets required.
Watch upcoming Colburn School livestreams by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/




10. Classical Crossroads' "Second Sundays at Two" - Free
     ~ presents ~
   NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET
     TEREZA STANISLAV violin, RAFAEL RISHIK violin,
     ROBERT BROPHY viola, ANDREW SHULMAN cello

   ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED TO ATTEND IN PERSON (see below)*

   Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 2:00PM Pacific Time
   Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
   26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates CA
   [SouthBay][Free]
   For a Google map, click:
   https://goo.gl/maps/EMqwtwiN3mGozzX3A

THE PROGRAM
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949):
  La Oración del Torero (The Toreador's Prayer), Op.34
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
  String Quartet in G Minor, Op.10
  1. Animé et très décidé
  2. Assez vif et bien rythmé
  3. Andantino, doucement expressif
  4.Très modéré

The NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET comprises three Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra string players: TEREZA STANISLAV (Assistant Concertmaster), violist ROBERT BROPHY, and Principal Cellist ANDREW SHULMAN, and founding violinist RAFAEL RISHIK. Read about the Quartet and its members by clicking:
https://www.newhollywoodstringquartet.com/about

*ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED 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.

WATCH THE LIVESTREAM
The concert will be simultaneously live-streamed for those who cannot attend in person. Watch, at concert time only, by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/3431531

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




11. Pacific Symphony presents - Free
   SYMPHONY ON THE GO! from the Mobile Stage
   Live Outdoor Chamber Music Concerts
   at various Orange County locations

   Sunday, June 18, 2023 - 7:00PM
   City of Costa Mesa
   Balearic Community Center
   1975 Balearic Dr., Costa Mesa CA
   [OrangeCounty][Free]
   For a Google Map, click:
   https://goo.gl/maps/M5mDGvdpAite4utQA

THE PROGRAM
Paul Dukas: La Peri
Giovani Gabrieli: Canzona No.2
C. Luckyth Roberts/Arr. by Frakenpohl: Junk Man Rag
George Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm
Aaron Copland/Traditional: Simple Gifts
Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No.1, Movement 3
Paul Nagle: Jive for Five
Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story
Hans Zimmer: Music from Pirates of the Caribbean
John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis

THE ARTISTS
BRASS QUINTET led by KEITH POPEJOY
TIM HALL and MILES McALLISTER trumpets
KEITH POPEJOY, French horn
DAVID STETSON trombone
GARY HICKMAN tuba

Pacific Symphony performs free outdoor chamber music concerts across Orange County with the Symphony-on-the-Go! brightly-wrapped traveling stage on wheels, with colorful images of Pacific Symphony musicians and Music Director Carl St.Clair. You are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to the free outdoor concerts.

Live-Audience Outdoor Concerts - No Streaming
Free admission. For information, click:
https://www.pacificsymphony.org/sotg




Best wishes and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
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