The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1030 - Friday, March 8, 2024 - Sunday, March 24, 2024
Next issue: Friday, March 22, 2024
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Special Announcement (full information below the Table of Contents)
April 13 Announced for the 2024 Beverly Hills National Auditions
The City of Beverly Hills has announced that the Beverly Hills National Auditions for the 2024-2025
concert season will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2024. An option is provided to audition virtually.
https://bit.ly/2024BeverlyHillsNationalAuditionsAnnounced
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Table of Contents
Quickly Scan Newsletter Contents in This Section
Scroll down to the body of the newsletter
for full information and links to the items
A. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
(links to the performances given in the body of the newsletter)
1. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents
Castalian String Quartet with Stephen Hough piano
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
The 92nd Street Y, New York NY
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
2. Salastina Music Society presents
Main Series No.3
Sounds Genius Brahms’ Piano Quintet
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 8:00PM
Edye Second Space at the Broad Stage - Santa Monica CA
Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 8:00PM
Barrett Hall - Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (Pasadena)
3. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 7:30PM London - 11:30AM Pacific Time
Ealing Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Ensembles
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Roman Kosyakov piano
Selections by Scarlatti, Mozart, and Ravel
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 8:00AM Pacific Time
Songha Choi violin, Alison Rhind piano
Selections by Szymanowski, Paganini, Ysaÿe, Poulenc, Boulanger,
and Vladigerov: “Vardar” Bulgarian Rhapsody
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Jacky Zhang piano
Beethoven: Diabelli variations
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Viv McLean piano
Selections by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, and Piazzolla
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 8:00AM Pacific Time
The Continuum Chamber Choir conducted by Harry Guthrie
A program of English choral music
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
4. 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
5. The Phillips Collection presents
Castalian String Quartet with Stephen Hough piano
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
The Phillips Collection - Washington DC
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
6. Classical Crossroads
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
Flutist Jocelyn Aubrun, Violinist Ambroise Aubrun,
Pianist Steven Vanhauwaert
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 2:00PM Pacific Time
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church - Rolling Hills Estates CA
Advance Reservations Requested to Attend in Person
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
7. Music in the Mansion Festival 2024
Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion & Gardens
~ presents ~
Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners
Greystone Mansion - Beverly Hills CA
The Final Concerts
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - Lower Voices
2:00PM - Daniel Miles viola with Cameron Akioka piano
4:00PM - Boyle/Williams Duo
Andrew Boyle piano, Keith Williams cello
Live-Audience & Streamed Concert
8. CSUF presents
The Virtuoso Piano Series
Enrico Elisi & Mengyang Pan duo piano
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 3:00PM Pacific Time
Meng Concert Hall - CSUF Clayes Performing Arts Center
California State University, Fullerton
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
9. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents
Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre violin, Harumi Rhodes violin,
Richard O’Neill viola, András Fejér cello
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
The 92nd Street Y, New York - NY
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
10. Livestreams from the Colburn School
The Colburn School - Downtown
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 11:30AM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 11:30AM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform
solo-recital and chamber-music selections
Friday, March 15, 2024 - 2:00PM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music selections
Friday, March 15, 2024 - 7:00PM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Recovered Voices:
The Music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Walter Arlen
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
11. CSUN Department of Music
Faculty Artist Recital
Jason Stoll piano
Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 7:30PM Pacific Time
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall - Cal State University Northridge
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
12. The Phillips Collection presents
Cellist Khari Joyner and Pianist Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
The Phillips Collection - Washington DC
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
13. Great Music At St. James
Classical Sundays at Six
International Laureates Organ Series
Organist Nicole Keller
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 6:00PM Pacific Time
St. James’ In-The-City Episcopal Church
Wilshire Blvd (near Western) - Los Angeles CA
14. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Aizuri Quartet with Kim Kashkashian viola and Marcy Rosen cello
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 3:00PM Eastern - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
B. Items of High Interest on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
(article links are given below in the body of the newsletter)
1. Music Critic Jim Farber’s review on SFCV
“Leila Josefowicz Shreds While Being Soulful”
Colburn Celebrity Recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall
by violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber011
2. Music Critic Jim Farber writes on SFCV
“Old-World Culture Meets Hollywood: Monday Evening Concerts
and the Development of L.A.’s New-Music Scene”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber012
3. Music Critic Richard S. Ginell’s review on SFCV
“Jacaranda Goes Out on Its Own Terms
with Exciting Schoenberg Celebration”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-RichardSGinell008
4. Music Critic Josef Woodard’s review on SFCV
“Vicki Ray Journeys Through ‘Night and Dreams’” on Piano Spheres
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JosefWoodard003
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Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
Special Announcement
April 13 Announced for the 2024 Beverly Hills National Auditions
The City of Beverly Hills has announced that the Beverly Hills National Auditions for the 2024-2025
concert season will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2024. An option is provided to audition virtually.
Talented artists and ensembles selected at the Beverly Hills National Auditions will be presented in the
2025 season by the City of Beverly Hills’ on the 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, which includes: Classical Sundays at Six at St. James in the City
(formerly Sundays Live! at LACMA), Laguna Beach Live!, Classical Crossroads’ “First Fridays at First! ~
fff” & “Second Sundays at Two”, and more than 40 other Southland concert series. For information and a
link to the online auditions application, click:
https://bit.ly/2024BeverlyHillsNationalAuditionsAnnounced
A. 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. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents
Castalian String Quartet
Sini Simonen and Daniel Roberts violins,
Ruth Gibson viola, Steffan Morris cello
with Stephen Hough piano
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
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
The Program
Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, Op.20 No.6
Stephen Hough: String Quartet No.1, “Les Six rencontres”
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34
Read the program notes by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/030824
The Artists
Read about the Castalian String Quartet, Royal Philharmonic Society prizewinners and resident
ensemble at Oxford University, by clicking:
https://www.castalianstringquartet.com/
Read about famed pianist Stephen Hough by clicking:
https://stephenhough.com/
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka. 92NY) is a world-class cultural and community center where people all
over the world 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
In-person: from $35
Online tickets: $25. Concerts are available for viewing online for 72 hours from the time of broadcast. For
concert information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/event/castalian-string-quartet-with-stephen-hough
Find concert information for this and other offerings by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts
2. Salastina Music Society presents
Main Series No.3
Sounds Genius Brahms’ Piano Quintet
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 8:00PM
Edye Second Space at the Broad Stage
SMC Performing Arts Center
1310 11th St., Santa Monica CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/maps/q4dqE
Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 8:00PM
Barrett Hall
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/4vBPGm
The Program
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34
The Artists
Maia Jasper White & Kevin Kumar Co-Artistic Directors & violinists
Meredith Crawford resident violist
Yoshika Masuda resident cellist
HyeJin Kim resident pianist
Brian Lauritzen resident host
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 (Pasadena)
Tickets: $40 / $10 students
Livestreams from the Barrett Hall on Sunday: $10 / free for members
available to stream for 3 days
For full concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/Salastina-MainSeriesConcertNo3-BrahmsQuintet
3. 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
Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 7:30PM London - 11:30AM Pacific Time
Ealing Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Ensembles
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Roman Kosyakov piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K433
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K9
Mozart: Sonata in F Major, K332
Ravel: Miroirs
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-03-12.shtml
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 8:00AM Pacific Time
Songha Choi violin, Alison Rhind piano
Szymanowski: Mythes No.3 for violin and piano
Paganini: Caprices Nos.1,4,19 for solo violin
Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No.3, “Ballade”
Poulenc: Sonata for violin and piano
Boulanger: Nocturne for violin and piano
Vladigerov: “Vardar” Bulgarian Rhapsody
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-03-17.shtml
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Jacky Zhang piano
Beethoven: Diabelli variations, Op.120
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-03-19.shtml
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 2:00PM London - 7:00AM Pacific Time
Viv McLean piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K213
Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2, “Moonlight”
Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op.34 No.2
Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp Minor Op.64 No.2
Chopin: Mazurkas Nos.1-3, Op.7
Piazzolla: Oblivion
Piazzolla: Libertango
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-03-19.shtml
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 3:00PM London - 8:00AM Pacific Time
The Continuum Chamber Choir conducted by Harry Guthrie
A program of English choral music
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2024-03-24.shtml
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
4. 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, March 10, 2024
Florence Price: Adoration
Martha Sobaje: Let Us Break Bread Together
Roberta Bitgood: Children’s Prayer
Elizabeth Stirling: Largo
Fanny Mendelssohn: Andante espressivo
Clara Schumann: Prelude and Fugue in D minor and Improvisation
Postlude
Luca Moscardi: Lady Gaga Fugue
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
5. The Phillips Collection presents
Castalian String Quartet
Sini Simonen and Daniel Roberts violins,
Ruth Gibson viola, Steffan Morris cello
with Stephen Hough piano
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington DC
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op.20 No.5
Stephen Hough: String Quartet No.1, “Les Six rencontres”
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34
The Artists
Read about the Castalian String Quartet, Royal Philharmonic Society prizewinners and resident
ensemble at Oxford University, by clicking:
https://www.castalianstringquartet.com/
Read about famed pianist Stephen Hough by clicking:
https://stephenhough.com/
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 information and livestream tickets, click:
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/Mar10HoughCastalian
6. Classical Crossroads
“Second Sundays at Two”
~ presents ~
Flutist Jocelyn Aubrun
Violinist Ambroise Aubrun
Pianist Steven Vanhauwaert
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 2:00PM Pacific Time
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/EMqwtwiN3mGozzX3A
The Program
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959):
Sonata for flute, violin, and piano H.254 (1937)
I. Allegro poco moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
IV. Moderato (poco Allegro)
Amongst Martinů’s enormous total of nearly 400 compositions, chamber music looms large, with works for
every combination from duo to nonet. The first of his two sonatas for flute, violin, and piano, composed in
Paris, follows an abbreviated classical four-movement form: a brisk opening movement, a warmly
expressive adagio, a scherzo-and-trio, and a lively finale, whose expressive range is extended by a
haunting quasi-cadenza flute passage near the end.
Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Duo for Flute and Piano
I. Flowing
II. Poetic, somewhat mournful
III. Lively, with bounce
In contrast to Martinů, Copland wrote relatively little chamber music, and this Duo, composed in memory
of the flutist William Kincaid, was his last extended work, completed in 1971. The three movements
encompass a wide range of expressive styles and include quotes from two of Copland’s movie scores.
Bohuslav Martinů: Madrigal-Sonata, H.291 (1942)
for flute violin, and piano
I. Poco Allegro
II. Moderato — Allegro — Tempo I — Allegro
Martinů’s longtime interest in the madrigal found expression not only in vocal music but also in several
chamber works. The two movements of this “Madrigal-Sonata,” composed in exile in New York after the
fall of France to the Nazis, conform to no classical model but reflect both the Renaissance madrigal’s
contrapuntal character and its adaptability to many moods, from somber to skittish.
The Artists
Winner of three international competitions, French flutist Jocelyn Aubrun is the principal flute at the
Orchester National de Lyon. He has played concertos as a soloist with National d’Ile de France
(Reinecke), Krakow Orchestra (Penderecki), Cannes Orchestra (Mozart), and Lyon Orchestra (Bach,
Mozart). Jocelyn shares the stage in chamber music with noted artists such as Alasdair Beaston,
Guillaume Sutre, Vincent Warnier, Kyunghee Kim, Lise Berthaud, Nora Gubisch, Ton Koopman,
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Emmanuel Rossfelder, Lorenzo Gatto, Vardan Mamikomian. He studied at the Nice
Conservatory, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de danse de Lyon, and the Haute
Ecole de Musique de Genève, where he earned a Master’s degree. Read about Jocelyn Aubrun by
clicking:
https://jocelynaubrun.fr/en/
Hailed as a “marvelous violinist” (France Musique) with “sensitive tone” (Pizzicato Magazine) and
“tremendous ease, suppleness and beauty of sound” (Nice-Matin), French violinist Ambroise Aubrun has
performed extensively in Europe and North America in halls such as Salzburg Haus Für Mozart, Yerevan
Khachaturian Grand Hall, Los Angeles Broad Stage, Zipper Hall, Chicago Bradley Hall, and Paris Hotel
des Invalides. He has shared the stage with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Scott St. John, Martin Chalifour, Fred
Sherry, Clive Greensmith, Carrie Dennis, Richard O’Neill, Rohan de Saram, Steven Vanhauwaert, and the
Borroméo and Ebène string quartets, among others. Read about Ambroise Aubrun by clicking:
https://www.ambroiseaubrun.com/
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his “impressive clarity, sense of structure and monster technique,”
Steven Vanhauwaert has garnered a wide array of accolades, including the First Prize at the Los
Angeles International Liszt Competition. Mr. Vanhauwaert made his solo debut at Walt Disney Concert
Hall and has appeared in some of the world’s leading venues, including the National Center of the
Performing Artsin Beijing, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Concertgebouw in Brugge, the Great
Hall of the Budapest Liszt Conservatory, the Forbidden City Theatre in Beijing, Segerstrom Hall, and the
National Philharmonic Hall in Kyiv. Artistic Director of Classical Crossroads’ Second Sundays at Two
series, Mr. Vanhauwaert is a Steinway Artist. Read about Steven Vanhauwaert by clicking:
http://stevenvanhauwaert.com/
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 can bypass the check-in line if they wish.)
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 admission. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
7. Music in the Mansion Festival 2024
Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion & Gardens
~ presents ~
Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners
Sundays - January 14 - February 11 - March 10 - 2024
Greystone Mansion
905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kpazsTGnnSjfrgT66
The Final Concerts
III. Sunday, March 10, 2024 - Lower Voices
2:00PM - Daniel Miles viola
with Cameron Akioka piano
https://musicacademy.org/big-profiles/daniel-miles/
4:00PM - Boyle/Williams Duo
Andrew Boyle piano, Keith Williams cello
https://andrewboylepiano.wordpress.com/biography
https://www.metropolitanconcertartists.com/keithwilliams
Live-Audience & Streamed Concert
Tickets: $25 for Beverly Hills residents / $30 for non-residents
Videotaped for later broadcast on Beverly Hills Television
and streaming on the Beverly Hills website.
For information and tickets, click:
https://bit.ly/MusicInTheMansion
8. CSUF presents
The Virtuoso Piano Series
Enrico Elisi & Mengyang Pan duo piano
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 3:00PM Pacific Time
Meng Concert Hall
CSUF Clayes Performing Arts Center
California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WwreQTzmV4Uow1qm8
For a campus map, click:
http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
The Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos, K448
Robert Schumann:
Studien für den Pedal-Flügel (6 Pieces in Canonic Form) (1845)
Arrangement for two pianos by Claude Debussy (1891)
Johannes Brahms: From 21 Hungarian Dances, Book 1 (1868)
Gabriel Fauré: Dolly Suite (1894–6)
Astor Piazzolla: Liebertango (1974)
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Suite pour Deux Pianos (1937)
The Artists
Read about Italian pianist Enrico Elisi by clicking:
https://enricoelisipiano.com/about/
Read about Chinese-British pianist Mengyang Pan by clicking:
https://www.mengyangpan.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person Tickets: $10.
Livestream: Free
For information and the livestream link, click:
https://calendar.fullerton.edu/?eventid=1080773059
https://vimeo.com/event/3956808
9. 92NY Center for Culture & Arts presents
Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre violin, Harumi Rhodes violin,
Richard O’Neill viola, András Fejér cello
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 7:30PM ET - 4:30AM Pacific Time
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
The Program
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.76 No.4, “Sunrise”
Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Flow (NY premiere, 92NY co-commission)
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, Op.59 No.2, “Razumovsky”
Read the program notes by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/031324
The Artists
“Classical music doesn’t get much more life-enhancing than this.” ~ the Guardian
The Takács Quartet, now entering its 49th season, is renowned for the vitality of its interpretations. The
New York Times lauded the ensemble for “revealing the familiar as unfamiliar, making the most traditional
of works feel radical once more”, and the Financial Times described a recent concert at the Wigmore Hall,
“Even in the most fiendish repertoire these players show no fear, injecting the music with a heady sense of
freedom. At the same time, though, there is an uncompromising attention to detail: neither a note nor a
bow-hair is out of place.” The Takács Quartet continues its role as Associate Artists at London’s Wigmore
Hall, performing four concerts there this season. Read about the famed Takács Quartet, based at the
University of Colorado in Boulder, by clicking:
https://www.takacsquartet.com/
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka. 92NY) is a world-class cultural and community center where people all
over the world 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
In-person: from $35
Online tickets: $25. Concerts are available for viewing online for 72 hours from the time of broadcast. For
concert information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/event/takacs-quartet
Find concert information for this and other classical concert offerings by clicking:
https://www.92ny.org/events?100_Events=Concerts
10. Livestreams from the Colburn School
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/IwB59X
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 11:30AM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 11:30AM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform
solo-recital and chamber-music selections
Friday, March 15, 2024 - 2:00PM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Chamber Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform chamber music selections
Friday, March 15, 2024 - 7:00PM Pacific Time - Thayer Hall
Recovered Voices:
The Music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Walter Arlen
Dedicated to emigre, composer, and long-time
Los Angeles resident Walter Arlen, this program
features premieres of works by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
and Walter Arlen, who both fled fascism and artistic
repression in Europe and made their home in Los Angeles.
The Program
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Greeting Cards, Op.170, No.28,
“Ein Quartett-Satz” on the name of Walter Arlen
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No.2 in F Minor
Arlen: Die letzte Blau
Arlen: Monotypes
Arlen: Sonnet
In-person: $15 / Livestream: $10
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RecoveredVoices-CastelnuovoTedesco-Arlen
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/
11. CSUN Department of Music
Faculty Artist Recital
Jason Stoll piano
Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 7:30PM Pacific Time
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall
Cypress Hall (Music Building)
Cal State University Northridge
18236 Nordhoff St, Northridge CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FY5TajEsDdcTCRZ79
CSUN faculty pianist JASON STOLL holds degrees from CSUN, the Juilliard School, and the Glenn Gould
School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. A semi-finalist in the 2015 Dublin International
Piano Competition and finalist in the 2013 American Paderewski Piano Competition, he enjoys a
multifaceted career as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, educator, and collaborative artist
throughout his native California, across the United States, and internationally. Read about the Jason Stoll
by clicking:
http://jasonstollpiano.com/
In-Person Concert Tickets
Adult: $22, Faculty/Staff/Seniors: $18,
Non-CSUN Students: $15
CSUN Music Majors: Free
https://bit.ly/CSUNMusicTickets
Concert Livestream Tickets: $15
https://matadormusicvideos.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
12. The Phillips Collection presents
Cellist Khari Joyner and Pianist Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 4:00PM Eastern - 1:00PM Pacific Time
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington DC
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Cello Sonata No.5, Op.102 No.2
Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927):
Cello Sonata Op.17 - II. Andante
George Walker (1922-2018):
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
Fratres
Read about the Juilliard-trained artists by clicking:
Cellist Khari Joyner
https://www.kharijoyner.com/
Pianist Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner
https://llewellynsanchezwerner.com/
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 information and livestream tickets, click:
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/Mar17JoynerSanchezWerner
13. Great Music At St. James
Classical Sundays at Six
International Laureates Organ Series
Organist Nicole Keller
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 6:00PM Pacific Time
St. James’ In-The-City Episcopal Church
3903 Wilshire Blvd (near Western)
Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/8LVFMmdU65tsHA9a9
For parking directions, click:
https://stjla.org/parking/
The Program
J.S. Bach: Toccata in F Major, BWV540
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Mein junges leben hat ein end, SWV 324
César Franck: Choral No.3 in A Minor
George Shearing: Three Hymntunes
Florence Price: An American Suite
Organist Nicole Keller has concertized in venues such as St. Patrick Cathedral, New York; Cathédrale
Notre-Dame, Paris; Dom St. Stephan, Passau; St. Patrick Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland; and The
Kazakh National University for the Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan. She was recently appointed to the faculty of
the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the University of Michigan, and she is a Visiting Instructor of
Organ at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Ms. Keller received a Performer’s Certificate and Master of Music
degree in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music
degree in Piano Performance from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio.
Beginning in 1948 at Exposition Park and continuing at LACMA, Sundays Live is now presented at St.
James in-the-City as Classical Sundays at Six, part of the broader musical offerings of Great Music at
Saint James. It is the oldest broadcast chamber music series in Southern California and continues under
Bill Vestal’s leadership as Artistic Director. The in-person concerts and the audio of the livestreams carry
on the high artistic quality of the LACMA Sundays Live days. The video of the livestreams, however, suffer
from among other things, less-than-optimum venue lighting. This newsletter’s recommendation is to
attend the concerts in person or listen to the audio, but skip watching the video until the technical issues
are resolved.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission. Find artist information and the link to listen to the livestream by clicking:
https://stjla.org/greatmusic/
14. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Aizuri Quartet
Emma Frucht and Miho Saegusa violins
Brian Hong viola, Caleb van der Swaagh cello
with Kim Kashkashian viola and Marcy Rosen cello
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 3:00PM Eastern - 12:00 noon Pacific Time
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7iCzYkWv3TSkwDwj7
The Program
Sam Esmail (b.1977): Fantasie (Bihag) from Ragamala
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Capriccio from Quartet, Op.81
Shulamit Ran (b.1949): Lyre of Orpheus
Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Sextet from Capriccio, Op.85
Clara Schumann (1819-1896):
Die stille Lotosblume from Sechs Lieder, Op.13 No.6
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847): Quartet in E-flat Major
Praised by The Washington Post for “astounding” and “captivating” performances that draw from its
notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was named the recipient of the
2022 Cleveland Quartet Award by Chamber Music America. Its other honors include the Grand Prize at
the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition and top prizes at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber
Music Competition in Japan and the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in
London. Read about the Aizuri Quartet by clicking:
https://www.aizuriquartet.com/
The mission of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society is to engage its community in a life more
beautiful through the shared experience and transformative impact of chamber music, to make great
repertoire and today’s leading artists available to everyone wishing to participate, and to build audiences
and support for this incredible art form. See the upcoming livestreams for this season by clicking:
https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/livestreams/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Pay-what-you-wish to livestream.
Available to stream for three days.
For concert and artist information and to livestream, click
https://bit.ly/PCMS-AizuriQuartet
B. Items of High Interest on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
1. Music Critic Jim Farber’s review on SFCV
“Leila Josefowicz Shreds While Being Soulful”
Colburn Celebrity Recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall
by violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber011
Jim Farber writes, “The program — which the duo also presented at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre the
previous weekend — was skillfully varied: Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, Karol
Szymanowski’s Mythes “Trois Poèmes,” Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Conversio, and Igor Stravinsky’s Divertimento,
from his ballet The Fairy’s Kiss. . .”
2. Music Critic Jim Farber writes on SFCV
“Old-World Culture Meets Hollywood: Monday Evening Concerts
and the Development of L.A.’s New-Music Scene”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JimFarber012
3. Music Critic Richard S. Ginell’s review on SFCV
“Jacaranda Goes Out on Its Own Terms
with Exciting Schoenberg Celebration”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-RichardSGinell008
4. Music Critic Josef Woodard’s review on SFCV
“Vicki Ray Journeys Through ‘Night and Dreams’” on Piano Spheres
https://bit.ly/SFCV-JosefWoodard003
Best wishes and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
“... invaluable ...” ~ Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times