The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter
from Southern California
No.1081 — Friday, June 26, 2026 — Sunday, July 19, 2026
Next issue: Friday, July 17, 2026
Note: We are now on summer schedule. This issue covers three weeks.
An aficionado’s guide to upcoming livestreamed concerts on the world’s
chamber music scene — with a few select reprises of previously
livestreamed concerts. If you’re not already a subscriber, subscribe (it’s
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“
. . . live-streamed events have generated
moments of startling power. . . . One could instead
sample archived professional-quality videos that opera houses,
orchestras, and other organizations have placed online. For me,
though, the live or freshly recorded happenings matter more. They
document, with the oblique power that the arts possess, an
extraordinary human phase in history. Their mere existence is
bracing. . . .”
~ Alex Ross, The New Yorker
For a comprehensive listing of all chamber music concerts in Southern
California — live-audience and streamed — visit Mike Napoli’s website, PerformingArtsLIVE.com. (Performing
artists and concert presenters: Upload your concert announcements.)
http://bit.ly/PerformingArtsLIVE-ChamberMusic
Classical guitar aficionados, see George Gutman’s invaluable “Classical
Guitar Events in Southern California” and subscribe to his email alerts
by clicking:
https://cgevents.org/SoCalEvents.htm
In This Issue
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The Condensed Section (Part I) serves
as a guide to The Full-Information
Section (Part II), which follows and includes biographies of
performing artists, complete concert programs and program notes, venue
addresses and map links, and additional information on each concert.
[Tip: Note the number of the item you’re interested in in Part I and
scroll down to find it in Part II for complete information.] Each
section concludes with “Concert Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene.”
Part I. THE CONDENSED SECTION
HIGHLIGHTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
Select Streamed Concerts on the World’s Chamber Music Scene
1. Reprise
of Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two” Season Finale
I, too, sing America*
In celebration of America250 on Flag Day
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los
Angeles
under the baton of Charles Dickerson
with concerto soloist Steven
Vanhauwaert playing
Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
* poem by Langston Hughes, 1926
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47558/i-too
Livestreamed from Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates CA on Sunday, June 14, 2026
The Concert e-Flyer with program
notes:
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroadsPresentsICYOLA
Founded in 2009 by its Executive Director and
Conductor Charles Dickerson III,
the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los
Angeles (ICYOLA) is the largest majority African American
orchestra in the country. With a focus on transforming the lives and
minds of young people in Inner City Los Angeles through high-quality
music education, the organization teaches inner-city youth the great
music of the world. It provides opportunities to perform in the most
magnificent settings of our community, including annual summer concerts
at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read about ICYOLA by clicking:
https://icyola.org/
The concert links at the bottom of this announcement reprise only the
music. Watch the entire livestream [JE: Highly recommended] including
Charles Dickerson’s inspiring remarks to the audience about ICYOLA, the
program selections, and ICYOLA’s upcoming nationwide tour, by clicking:
https://bit.ly/ICYOLAwithRemarksToTheAudience
The Program
John Stafford Smith (1750–1836): The Star Spangled Banner
J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), arr. Charles Dickerson:
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Bakhari Nokuri (2005– ): Afrospire
Arturo Marquez (1950– ): Danzon No.2
George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue
Steven
Vanhauwaert concerto soloist
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932): Stars and Stripes Forever
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestream is available on
demand for a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1201664875
2. 2026
Ojai Music Festival Livestream Replays
Livestreamed June 11 through June 14, 2026
Libbey Bowl, Ojai CA
See this year’s Ojai Music Festival Artists and Composers by clicking:
https://www.ojaifestival.org/2026-artists-composers/
From its founding in 1947, a healthy spirit of eclecticism and musical
daring produced Ojai Music Festival concerts that were fun and
inspiring. 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.
Watch the 2026 Ojai Music Festival
Livestream Replays
https://www.ojaifestival.org/ojailive-2026/
3. The
Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts Replays
Livestream originally scheduled for June
1, 2026 — Thayer Hall
Sounding Point Academy Opening
Night Recital
Colburn’s summer program for advanced violinists
Violinist Ray Ushikubo and
Pianist Hsin-I Huang
https://www.rayushikubo.com/
https://www.hsinihuangpiano.com/
The Program
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.7 in C Minor
Tomaso Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen Verlernt
Waxman/Bizet: Carmen Fantasie
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RayUshikubo20260601
[JE: This recital did not livestream as scheduled,
but is now available to stream on demand. Aficionados
will note that Ray Ushikubo was concertmaster of the
Colburn orchestra at the Ojai Festival (see above).]
Watch
https://youtu.be/dVutg3LEPF8?t=136
Livestreamed Saturday, June 20, 2026
— Thayer Hall
Colburn-tonebase Piano Seminar:
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 for Eight Hands
Colburn’s distinguished faculty:
Fabio Bidini, Régulo
Martínez-Antón,
Rodolfo Leone, Micah
Yui
https://bit.ly/Colburn-TchaikovskySymphonyNo5ForEightHands
[JE: This recital was announced subsequent to the previous newsletter.]
Watch
https://youtu.be/5y9wkxoMks4?t=565
4. St
James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church — 197 Piccadilly — London UK
Top emerging artists typically from leading London music colleges
perform in St James’s historic venue, renowned for its superb acoustics.
JIM’S PICK OF A RECENT GEM AT ST JAMES’S
PICCADILLY
Livestreamed Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Mengzi Zhang fortepiano
https://www.mengzizhang.com/about
studying at the Royal Academy of Music
The Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob.XVI:37
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837):
Piano Sonata No.5 in F-sharp Minor, Op.8
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791):
Fantasia No.4 in C Minor, K475
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) / Franz Liszt (1811–1886):
Der Erlkönig, S558/4
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/mengzi-zhang-piano/
Watch
https://youtu.be/N8eT-pDdR0Q&t=512
UPCOMING
Friday, June 26, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
The Purcell School — Chamber and
Solo Recital
Pre-College Music School on London’s outskirts
https://www.purcell-school.org/
The Program
Barrière: Sonata No.10 in G Major for two cellos
Ysaÿe: Sonata in D Minor, Op.27 No.3, “Ballade”
Oskar Böhme: Trumpet Concerto in F Minor
I Allegro Moderato
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat Major, Op.47
Three songs
Mozart: Deh Vieni
Tosti: A vucchella
Puccini: O mio babbino caro
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8
I Largo & II Allegro molto
https://bit.ly/SyJamesPiccadilly-ThePurcellSchool
Monday, June 29, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Morgan Manifacier tenor &
https://morganmanifaciertenor.com/
Corinne Penner piano
https://www.corinnepenner.com/
The Program — Le monde de
Verlaine
Song settings of poems from Paul Verlaine’s
collection, Romances sans paroles (1874)
by Claude Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn, Gabriel Fauré,
Régine Poldowsky, Paolo Tosti, and Camille Saint-Saëns.
Gabriel Fauré: Nine-song cycle, La bonne Chanson, Op.61
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260629
Friday, July 3, 2026 — 1:10 PM UK
— 5:10 AM Pacific
Alexander Dakin piano & Georgia Tolson voice
Studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Program
Songs by Rebecca Clarke, Schubert: Frühlingsglaube,
Richard Strauss, Roger Quilter, and Rachmaninoff
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260703
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Inverno String Quartet with
pianist Sabina Suciu
Formed at the Royal College of Music in 2022
The Program
Dvorák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major, Op.81, B155
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260708
Friday, July 10, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Sophia Kannathasan violin &
https://www.sophiakannathasan.co.uk/
Ziteng Fan piano
https://www.zitengfan.com/
The Program
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Sonata in D Minor Op.28
Vinthya Perinpanathan: Caprice in Raga Kharaharapriya
Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major,
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260710
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 — 1:10
PM UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Jinah Shim piano
https://www.jinahshim.com/
The Program
To be announced
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/jinah-shim-piano-2/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission — Free to livestream
Find links to the livestreams by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stjamesschurchpiccadilly/streams
Select Lunchtime Recitals are posted for on-demand re-streaming. Find
them by clicking:
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-PastConcerts
5. Music
at St Mary’s Perivale
Perivale Lane, Perivale — West London UK
JIM’S PICKS OF TWO RECENT GEMS AT ST
MARY’S PERIVALE
Livestreamed Sunday, June 7, 2026
The Cygnus Piano Trio
https://cygnustrio.com/
Javier Montañana violin, Hannah
Lewis cello,
Cesar Saura piano
The Program
Suk: Elegie, Op.23
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op.50
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-07.shtml
Watch
https://youtu.be/Vp9G7LOel6o?t=1091
Livestreamed Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Mariamna Sherling piano
https://keyboardtrust.org/artists/mariamna-sherling/
The Program
J.S. Bach: Partita No.1 in B-flat Major, BWV825
Beethoven: 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO80
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B-flat Minor, Op.31
Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E Major, Op.54
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C-sharp Minor, S244
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-23.shtml
Watch
https://youtu.be/GMQemXiIFxE?t=972
UPCOMING
Sunday, June 28, 2026 — 3:00 PM
UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Madeline Grambow violin, John
Lenehan piano
The Program
Mozart: Rondo from Serenade No.7 in D Major, “Haffner”
J.S. Bach: Largo from Sonata No.3 in C Major, BWV1005
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.47, “Kreutzer”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-28.shtml
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Yuanfan Yang piano
https://www.yuanfanyang.com/
The Program
Brahms: 3 Intermezzi Op.117
Rachmaninoff: Corelli Variations Op.42
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B-flat Minor, Op.31
Yuanfan Yang: Improvisations on themes and styles
suggested by the audience
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-30.shtml
Sunday, July 5, 2026 — 3:00 PM UK
— 7:00 AM Pacific
Daniel Lebhardt piano
https://www.daniel-lebhardt.com/
The Program
Beethoven: Piano sonata in D Minor, Op.31 No.2 “Tempest”
Liszt: Piano sonata in B Minor
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-05.shtml
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Paul Mnatsakanov piano
https://accademiadelloperaitaliana.com/paul-mnatsakanov
The Program
Mozart: Piano Sonata in F Major, K332
Schubert: Six Moments Musicaux, D780
Beethoven: Sonata in F Minor Op.57, “Appassionata”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-07.shtml
Sunday, July 12, 2026 — 3:00 PM
UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Charles Economou piano
The Program
Carter: Piano Sonata
Fauré: Ballade Op.19
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-12.shtml
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Dida Condria piano
https://oxfordsong.org/artist/dida-condria
The Program
Bach/Busoni/Condria: Three Choral Preludes
Sylvestrov: Bagatellen für Klavier II & VI
Rachmaninoff: Six Études-Tableaux from Op.39
Rameau: Les Tendres Plaintes & Les Tourbillons
Beethoven: Sonata No.31 in A-flat Major, Op.110
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-14.shtml
Friday, July 17, 2026 — 7:30 PM
UK — 11:30 AM Pacific
Simon Mulligan piano
http://www.simonmulligan.com/about
The Program
To be announced
Sunday, July 19, 2026 — 4:00 PM
UK — 8:00 AM Pacific
Fenella Humphreys violin
https://www.fenellahumphreys.com/
Viv McLean piano
https://www.vivmclean.com/about
Jessica Duchen narrator
https://www.jessicaduchen.co.uk/01_bio.htm
The Program
“Ghost Variations: The Strange History of Jelly d’Arányi”
Works to include selections by Schumann, Bartók, Gluck,
Frederick Septimus Kelly, Brahms, Ravel, and Elgar
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-19.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. Explore and discover concert gems by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by
clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
6. First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ Prelude Concert
UCLA Professor & First Church
Organist Christoph Bull
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday — 10:30–11:00 AM
Pacific — Free
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available to stream on demand at the link below.
Click at concert time to watch the livestream and find the program:
https://www.fccla.org/live
7. Bowdoin
International Music Festival
Monday, June 29 — Sunday, August 9, 2026
Studzinski Recital Hall — Bowdoin
College — S Brunswick ME
Founded in 1964, the mission of Bowdoin
International Music Festival at Bowdoin College in Brunswick,
Maine, is to provide gifted young musicians from around the globe with
an opportunity to study with world-class artists and to provide
audiences with classical music performed to the highest artistic
standards. Read about the Festival by clicking:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/about/
LIVESTREAMS BY INVITED ENSEMBLES
Monday, June 29, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Ying Quartet
https://www.ying4.com/the-quartet
The Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
String Quartet in G Minor, Op.20 No.3,
Hob.III:33
Billy Childs (1957– ): String Quartet No.2, “Awakening”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827):
String Quartet No.8 in E Minor, Op.59 No.2
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/ying-quartet-2026/
Monday, July 6, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Lysander Piano Trio
https://www.lysandertrio.com/
The Program
Enrique Granados (1867–1916), arr. Cassado:
Intermezzo from “Goyescas”
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
Piano Trio in G Major, Op.82 No.2,
Hob.XV:25
Jennifer Higdon (1962– ): Color Through
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), arr. Steuermann:
Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/lysander-piano-trio/
Sunday, July 12, 2026 — 2:00 PM
Eastern — 11:00 AM Pacific
Ensemble Dal Niente
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett soprano, Emma Hospelhorn, flute,
Chris Wild cello, Mabel
Kwan piano
https://www.dalniente.com/artists
The Program
Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023): Cendres
for flute, cello, and piano
Hilda Paredes (1957– ):
Canciones Sobre Poemas De Eduardo Hurtado
for soprano and piano
Andile Khumalo (1978– ): Iso[r]
for flute, cello, and piano
Rebecca Saunders (1967– ): O Yes & I
For soprano and bass flute
Salvatore Sciarrino (1947– ): Ultime Rose (Da Vanitas)
For soprano, cello, and piano
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/ensemble-dal-niente/
Monday, July 13, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Brentano String Quartet
https://www.brentanoquartet.com/
The Program
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827):
String Quartet No.1 in F Major, Op.18 No.1
Ludwig Van Beethoven:
String Quartet No.7 in F Major, Op.59 No.
1
https://bit.ly/BowdoinFestival-BrentanoStringQuartet
Monday, July 20, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Jupiter String Quartet &
https://www.jupiterquartet.com/
Ying Quartet
https://www.ying4.com/the-quartet
The Program
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897):
String Sextet No.1 in B-flat Major, Op.18
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847):
Octet in E-flat Major, Op.20
https://bit.ly/BowdoinFestival-JupiterAndYingQuartets-1
Monday, July 27, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Shanghai Quartet
https://www.shanghaiquartet.com/
The Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
String Quartet in G Minor, Op.74 No.3,
Hob.III:74
Zhou Long (1953– ): Chinese Folk Songs
Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904):
String Quartet No.12 in F Major, Op.96,
“American”
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/shanghai-quartet/
Monday, August 3, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Jupiter String Quartet &
https://www.jupiterquartet.com/
The Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
String Quartet in C Major, Op.33, No.3,
Hob. III:39
Clarice Assad (1978– ): Canções Da America
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897):
String Quartet No.2 in A Minor, Op.51 No.2
https://bit.ly/BowdoinFestival-JupiterStringQuartet
In addition to livestreamed concerts by invited chamber music ensembles,
the Bowdoin Festival livestreams numerous other concerts and events,
including masterclasses, ad hoc concerts by its distinguished faculty,
concerts by young artists, and meet-the-composer events. See the
livestream concerts and events by clicking:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/events/category/livestream/
Watch via Vimeo on the Bowdoin
FestivalLive page:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/festivalive/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
For Bowdoin Festival information, click:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/
8. 92NY
Center for Culture & Arts
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — 7:30 PM ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Concert I
Thursday, July 9, 2026 — 7:30 PM
ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Concert II
The 92nd Street Y — New York NY
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
Midsummer MusicFest
Bell-Isserlis-Denk Trio & Friends
– Concerts I & II
Joshua Bell violin, Steven
Isserlis cello, and
Jeremy Denk piano and friends
The Programs
Concert I — Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Minor, Op.105
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.63
Robert Schumann:
Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano,
Op.70
Robert Schumann:
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44
with Irène Duval violin and Blythe Teh Engstroem viola
https://bit.ly/92NY-BellIsserlisDenkTrio-I
Concert II — Thursday, July 9,
2026
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Piano Trio, Op.88
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.3 in G Minor, Op.110
Robert Schumann: Romances for Violin and Piano, Op.94
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47
with Blythe Teh Engstroem viola
https://bit.ly/92NY-BellIsserlisDenkTrio-II
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka 92NY) is a world-class cultural and
community center where people worldwide connect through culture, arts,
entertainment, and conversation. For over 150 years, it has harnessed
the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten, and change lives, and
the power of community to repair the world. For information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $50 — Single online ticket: $30
For the 92NY livestreamed concert schedule, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
9. The
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Yale School of Music
Thursday, July 9 — Saturday, August 22,
2026
The Music Shed — Norfolk CT
Music in Norfolk dates back to the late 1890s. Today, the Yale School of
Music selects music students from around the world to come to Norfolk
for mentorship from today’s top string quartets and esteemed pianists,
as well as from individual string, brass, and woodwind musicians.
Twenty-five concerts are presented over nine weeks in the historic 1906
Music Shed. Read about the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, its unique,
now air-conditioned concert hall, the Music Shed, and its history by
clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/about/
The Brentano Quartet, in
residence at Yale University, will perform on Saturday, July 11, and
Saturday, July 18. The Shanghai Quartet
will perform on Friday, July 24. Superstar violinist Augustin
Hadelich will perform on Saturday, July 25. The Horszowski
Trio, based in New York City, will perform on Friday, August 7.
The Ying Quartet will perform on
Friday, August 14. These are among the 25 concerts comprising the 2026
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. See the full concert lineup and programs
by clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/calendar/
Click to read about the 2026 performing artists and ensembles:
https://norfolkmusic.org/2026-artists/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Not able to attend in person? Watch on concert days to livestream
Festival performances by clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/livestream/
See the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival website and join the mailing list
by clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/
10. London’s
Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concert
Anja Mittermüller mezzo-soprano
https://bit.ly/AnjaMittermuller
Richard Fu piano
https://www.richardyufupiano.com/
Sunday, July 12, 2026 — 3:00 PM
UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Wigmore Hall — London, UK
The Program
Songs by Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Fryderyk
Chopin, and Franz Schubert
The Artists
The young Austrian mezzo-soprano Anja
Mittermüller, accompanied by her regular duo partner, Richard
Fu, became the youngest-ever winner of the Wigmore
Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition in 2024.
Some of the world’s finest chamber music and recitals happen at London’s
Wigmore Hall stretching back to 1901. Today, select Wigmore concerts are
livestreamed and available afterwards on demand for varying periods. See
the line-up of upcoming livestream offerings by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/forthcoming-live-streams
Watch reprises of livestreams you’ve missed by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/video-library
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person: £18 — Free to Livestream
The video will be available on demand for 90 days.
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202607121500
11. Music@Menlo
Chamber Music Festival
Friday, July 17 — Saturday, August 8,
2026
Spieker Center for the Arts, Stent Family Hall,
and Martin Family Hall at the Menlo School — Atherton CA
Based at Menlo School in California’s Bay Area city of Atherton, Music@Menlo’s twenty-fourth Festival
comprises 39 renowned Festival Artists, many of whom you’ll recognize
from the roster of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Read about
the Festival Artists by clicking:
https://musicatmenlo.org/artists/festival-artists/
Seven featured Concert Programs
are the core of the Festival, providing inspired performances in
intimate settings. The seven featured concerts will be livestreamed and
are available for purchase for $25 each or $150 for a seven-concert
subscription. See the line-up of the featured livestreamed Concert
Programs, for which there’s too much concert information for the
newsletter, by clicking:
https://bit.ly/MusicMenlo-UpcomingLivestreams
In-Person & Simultaneous Livestreams
Livestream tickets: $25 per concert
Livestream subscription: $150 for seven concerts
Purchase all seven Concert Program
livestreams.
Concert Programs are available to stream for one week.
https://musicatmenlo.org/event/2026-bundles/
For full festival information, click:
https://musicatmenlo.org/
CONCERT REVIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HIGH
INTEREST
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic JOHN STODDER’s review on
LA Opus
“Mendelssohn and Fauré Masterworks in the Dome”
Piano & Strings” at Mount Wilson Observatory
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-JohnStodder20260608
John Stodder begins, “On the penultimate Sunday in May, in the 100-inch
Telescope Dome at the Mount Wilson Observatory—5,713 ft. above sea level
and 50 miles away from Walt Disney Concert Hall—two sold-out programs of
classical music showcased a contrasting pair of masterpieces of 19th
century chamber music, Felix Mendelssohn’s outgoing and melodic Piano
Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839), and Gabriel Fauré’s brooding and
unpredictable Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
(1876). . . .”
B. Music critic Barbara Glazer’s review
on LA Opus
“An Eclectic Program from USC Thornton’s Young Stars”
USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi, Second Sundays at Two, Rolling
Hills United Methodist Church
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-BarbaraGlazer20260613
Barbara Glazer begins, “This Classical
Crossroads’ concert featured USC Thornton faculty members Lina Bahn
(violin) and Seth Parker Woods (cello), and their premier students—Louis
Milne (clarinet), Abigail Park (violin), Solomon Leonard (viola), Andrew
Edwards (piano), and Abigail Koehler (bass)—in a diverse program of
European masterworks and ethnologically-imprinted American classical
compositions. Bahn and Woods in supportive ensemble playing gave center
stage to the students for solos in which they excelled, as well as
poised and articulate context. . . .”
Watch a reprise of the concert’s livestream:
https://vimeo.com/1192155208
C. Music critic Mark Swed’s review in
the Los Angeles Times
“Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Ojai Music Festival for extraordinary
80th anniversary”
https://aol.it/44wL6YK
Mark Swed begins, “For 80 years the most
magical music festival in America has taken place over a long early June
weekend in a town that got its name from the Chumash word for moon, that
likens itself to Shangri-la and that lets time stop for those sudden
moments when the setting sun pinkens the Topatopa
mountains. . . .”
D. Music critic Richard S. Ginell’s
review on SFCV
“With Salonen, Ojai Festival’s 80th Run Is a Standout”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-RichardSGinell20260616
E. The Art of
Listening
The Art of Listening is a bimonthly offering from the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, created to enhance your appreciation and
enjoyment of classical music. Subscribe on Substack and have it
delivered to your inbox or read it online:
https://chambermusicsociety.substack.com/
The latest posts:
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Borodin’s Second String Quartet: Scenes
From a Marriage
by Simon Morrison
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfListening20260611
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Do Opposites Attract? The Story of
Beethoven and Schubert
by Christopher H. Gibbs
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfListening20260625
Part II. THE FULL-INFORMATION SECTION
************************************************
Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados,
HIGHLIGHTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
Select Streamed Concerts on the World’s Chamber Music Scene
1. Reprise
of Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two” Season Finale
I, too,
sing America*
In celebration of America250 on Flag Day
The Inner
City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
under the baton of
Charles
Dickerson
with concerto soloist
Steven
Vanhauwaert playing
Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
Livestreamed from Rolling Hills United
Methodist Church
in Rolling Hills Estates CA on Sunday,
June 14, 2026
The
Concert e-Flyer
https://bit.ly/ClassicalCrossroadsPresentsICYOLA
* poem by Langston Hughes, 1926
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47558/i-too
Founded in 2009 by its Executive Director and Conductor Charles
Dickerson III, the Inner City
Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) is the largest majority
African American orchestra in the country. With a focus on transforming
the lives and minds of young people in Inner City Los Angeles through
high-quality music education, the organization teaches inner-city youth
the great music of the world. It provides opportunities to perform in
the most magnificent settings of our community, including annual summer
concerts at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read about ICYOLA by clicking:
https://icyola.org/
The concert links at the bottom of this announcement reprise only the
music. Watch the entire livestream [JE: Highly recommended] including
Charles Dickerson’s inspiring remarks to the audience about ICYOLA, the
program selections, and ICYOLA’s upcoming nationwide tour, by clicking:
https://bit.ly/ICYOLAwithRemarksToTheAudience
The Program
John Stafford Smith (1750–1836): The Star Spangled Banner
J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), arr. Charles Dickerson:
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Bakhari Nokuri (2005– ): Afrospire
Arturo Marquez (1950– ): Danzon No.2
George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue
Steven
Vanhauwaert concerto soloist
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932): Stars and Stripes Forever
Program Notes
Today’s Flag Day program opens appropriately with the USA National
Anthem, but neither its words nor its music were originally conceived in
the form we know today. The American lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key
(1779–1843) wrote Defence
of Fort M’Henry in 1814 after seeing the American flag
still flying over the Baltimore fort following its assault by the
British. It was soon published as a song, set to a popular tune Key had
used previously. That tune derived from The
Anacreontic Song, written in the early 1770s by English
composer and organist John Stafford Smith (1750–1836) for an eponymous
London society of amateur musicians. The Key/Smith song soon became
known as The
Star-Spangled Banner, though it was not officially
adopted as the National Anthem by Congress until 1931.
Following this is the well-known anthem, written around 1900 by
African-American brothers, lyricist James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938),
and composer James Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Widely known as the
Black National Anthem, Lift
Every Voice and Sing reflects the civil rights struggles
of the time, using imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery
to the freedom of the promised land.
Jumping several generations, we come to a work for wind band by the
young LA-based African-American composer, producer, and drummer Bakhari
Nokuri, who writes about his Afrospire:
“… When I started the work, I was going through a particularly
challenging time in school, lacking motivation and drive. … I found
that the sounds of African drums resonated within my soul the most,
making me feel connected to my African roots, and pushing me to go
on. Afrospire encapsulates this feeling of being transcended from
reality and being left in a trance or dream that tells you to keep
going ...”
The second of Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s nine-strong Danzón
series (1994–2017) is by far the most familiar and frequently
performed, and it’s regrettable that its popularity has masked what the
other eight may offer. That said, Danzón
No.2 — commissioned by the National Autonomous University
of Mexico’s Department of Musical Activities — is instantly beguiling
and memorable, opening with a clarinet solo over a light
claves+piano+strings accompaniment that rapidly spreads through the rest
of the orchestra and then twists, turns, and evolves over the next nine
minutes or so through many changes of pace, dynamics, texture, and
rhythm.
Though still only 25, George Gershwin was already celebrated for his
piano works, songs, successful Broadway musicals, and experimental jazz
works when in November 1923 the bandleader Paul Whiteman commissioned
him to write a concerto-like piece for an all-jazz concert in honor of
Lincoln’s Birthday to be given at Aeolian Hall in midtown Manhattan.
Whiteman became fixated on performing such an extended composition by
Gershwin after they collaborated on the Broadway review The
Scandals of 1922.
For various reasons Gershwin didn’t begin work until five weeks
before the scheduled premiere, and later claimed that it was born in his mind during a
train journey to Boston: “It
was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang ...
there I suddenly heard — and even saw on paper — the complete
construction of the rhapsody, from beginning to end. …. I heard it
as a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting
pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our metropolitan madness.
By the time I reached Boston I had a definite plot of the piece, as
distinguished from its actual substance.”
We end with what could be called another, “unofficial” national anthem;
indeed in 1987 the US Congress made The
Stars and Stripes Forever the country’s official National
March. Amongst his huge output of “light” music in many forms, including
15 operettas, his no fewer than 136 marches stand out. In his 1928
memoir Marching
Along,
Sousa recorded that he composed The
Stars and Stripes Forever
on Christmas Day, 1896, at sea aboard the SS
Teutonic while returning from a European vacation.
The Concerto Soloist
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 Arts in 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. A Steinway Artist,
Steven is Artistic Director of Classical Crossroads’ Second Sundays at
Two series and serves as Assistant Professor on the faculty at the
University of Utah’s School of Music. Read about Steven Vanhauwaert by
clicking:
https://stevenvanhauwaert.com/
Watch a Reprise of the Livestream
With the artists’ approval, a reprise of the livestream is available on
demand for a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Alternatively, link directly to the video by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/1201664875
2. 2026
Ojai Music Festival Livestream Replays
Esa-Pekka
Salonen 2026 Music Director
Ara
Guzelimian Executive Director
Livestreamed June 11 through June 14, 2026
Libbey Bowl, Ojai CA
“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 Artists and Composers by clicking:
https://www.ojaifestival.org/2026-artists-composers/
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’s 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.
Watch the 2026 Ojai Music Festival
Livestream Replays
https://www.ojaifestival.org/ojailive-2026/
3. The
Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts Replays
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/IwB59X
Livestream originally scheduled for June
1, 2026 — Thayer Hall
Sounding
Point Academy Opening Night Recital
Colburn’s summer program for advanced
violinists
Violinist Ray
Ushikubo and Pianist Hsin-I
Huang
https://www.rayushikubo.com/
https://www.hsinihuangpiano.com/
The
Program
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.7 in C Minor
Tomaso Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen Verlernt
Waxman/Bizet: Carmen Fantasie
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RayUshikubo20260601
[JE: This recital did not livestream as
scheduled,
but is now available to stream on demand.
Aficionados
will note that Ray Ushikubo was
concertmaster of the
Colburn orchestra at the Ojai Festival
(see above).]
Watch
https://youtu.be/dVutg3LEPF8?t=136
Livestreamed Saturday, June 20, 2026
— Thayer Hall
Colburn-tonebase
Piano Seminar:
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 for Eight
Hands
Colburn’s distinguished faculty:
Fabio
Bidini, Régulo Martínez-Antón,
Rodolfo
Leone, Micah Yui
https://bit.ly/Colburn-TchaikovskySymphonyNo5ForEightHands
[JE: This recital was announced subsequent
to the previous newsletter.]
Watch
https://youtu.be/5y9wkxoMks4?t=565
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find upcoming and numerous past livestreamed performances by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@ColburnSchoolLosAngeles/streams
4. St
James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Recitals
St James’s Church
197 Piccadilly, London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gneCNNdKciMfNEdBA
Top emerging artists from leading London music colleges perform in
St James’s historic venue, renowned for its superb acoustics. Read
about the artists and find the livestreaming links by clicking the links
below each announcement. See “What’s On” at St. James Piccadilly for
last-minute additions to the Lunchtime Recitals, as well as other
upcoming musical offerings by clicking:
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/?_filter=music
JIM’S PICK OF A RECENT GEM AT ST JAMES’S
PICCADILLY
Livestreamed
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Mengzi
Zhang fortepiano
https://www.mengzizhang.com/about
studying at the Royal Academy of Music
The
Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
Piano
Sonata in D Major, Hob.XVI:37
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837):
Piano
Sonata No.5 in F-sharp Minor, Op.8
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791):
Fantasia
No.4 in C Minor, K475
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) / Franz Liszt
(1811–1886):
Der
Erlkönig, S558/4
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/mengzi-zhang-piano/
Watch
https://youtu.be/N8eT-pDdR0Q&t=512
UPCOMING
Friday, June 26, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
The
Purcell School — Chamber and Solo Recital
Pre-College Music School on London’s
outskirts
https://www.purcell-school.org/
The
Program
Barrière: Sonata No.10 in G Major for two
cellos
Ysaÿe: Sonata in D Minor, Op.27 No.3,
“Ballade”
Oskar Böhme: Trumpet Concerto in F Minor
I
Allegro Moderato
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat Major,
Op.47
Three songs
Mozart:
Deh Vieni
Tosti:
A vucchella
Puccini:
O mio babbino caro
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8
I
Largo & II Allegro molto
https://bit.ly/SyJamesPiccadilly-ThePurcellSchool
Monday, June 29, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Morgan
Manifacier tenor &
https://morganmanifaciertenor.com/
Corinne
Penner piano
https://www.corinnepenner.com/
The
Program — Le monde de Verlaine
Song settings of poems from Paul
Verlaine’s
collection, Romances sans paroles (1874)
by Claude Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn, Gabriel
Fauré,
Régine Poldowsky, Paolo Tosti, and Camille
Saint-Saëns.
Gabriel Fauré: Nine-song cycle, La bonne
Chanson, Op.61
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260629
Friday, July 3, 2026 — 1:10 PM UK
— 5:10 AM Pacific
Alexander
Dakin piano & Georgia
Tolson voice
Studying at the Guildhall School of Music
and Drama
The
Program
Songs by Rebecca Clarke, Schubert:
Frühlingsglaube,
Richard Strauss, Roger Quilter, and
Rachmaninoff
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260703
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Inverno
String Quartet with pianist Sabina
Suciu
Formed at the Royal College of Music in
2022
The
Program
Dvorák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major,
Op.81, B155
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260708
Friday, July 10, 2026 — 1:10 PM
UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Sophia
Kannathasan violin &
https://www.sophiakannathasan.co.uk/
Ziteng Fan
piano
https://www.zitengfan.com/
The
Program
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Sonata in
D Minor Op.28
Vinthya Perinpanathan: Caprice in Raga
Kharaharapriya
Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A
Major,
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-20260710
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 — 1:10
PM UK — 5:10 AM Pacific
Jinah Shim
piano
https://www.jinahshim.com/
The
Program
To be announced
https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/jinah-shim-piano-2/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Free admission — Free to livestream
Find links to the livestreams by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stjamesschurchpiccadilly/streams
Select Lunchtime Recitals are posted for on-demand re-streaming. Find
them by clicking:
https://bit.ly/StJamesPiccadilly-PastConcerts
5. Music
at St Mary’s Perivale
Chamber
Music and Recitals
Perivale Lane, Perivale, West London UK
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/KdaP2qduGyv8ccYV7
JIM’S PICKS OF TWO RECENT GEMS AT ST
MARY’S PERIVALE
Livestreamed Sunday, June 7, 2026
The Cygnus
Piano Trio
https://cygnustrio.com/
Javier
Montañana violin, Hannah Lewis
cello,
Cesar
Saura piano
The
Program
Suk: Elegie, Op.23
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op.50
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-07.shtml
Watch
https://youtu.be/Vp9G7LOel6o?t=1091
Livestreamed Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Mariamna
Sherling piano
https://keyboardtrust.org/artists/mariamna-sherling/
The
Program
J.S. Bach: Partita No.1 in B-flat Major,
BWV825
Beethoven: 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO80
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B-flat Minor,
Op.31
Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E Major, Op.54
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C-sharp
Minor, S244
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-23.shtml
Watch
https://youtu.be/GMQemXiIFxE?t=972
UPCOMING
Sunday, June 28, 2026 — 3:00 PM
UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Madeline
Grambow violin, John Lenehan
piano
The
Program
Mozart: Rondo from Serenade No.7 in D
Major, “Haffner”
J.S. Bach: Largo from Sonata No.3 in C
Major, BWV1005
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A Major,
Op.47, “Kreutzer”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-28.shtml
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Yuanfan
Yang piano
https://www.yuanfanyang.com/
The
Program
Brahms: 3 Intermezzi Op.117
Rachmaninoff: Corelli Variations Op.42
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B-flat Minor,
Op.31
Yuanfan Yang: Improvisations on themes and
styles
suggested by the audience
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-06-30.shtml
Sunday, July 5, 2026 — 3:00 PM UK
— 7:00 AM Pacific
Daniel
Lebhardt piano
https://www.daniel-lebhardt.com/
The
Program
Beethoven: Piano sonata in D Minor, Op.31
No.2 “Tempest”
Liszt: Piano sonata in B Minor
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-05.shtml
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Paul
Mnatsakanov piano
https://accademiadelloperaitaliana.com/paul-mnatsakanov
The
Program
Mozart: Piano Sonata in F Major, K332
Schubert: Six Moments Musicaux, D780
Beethoven: Sonata in F Minor Op.57,
“Appassionata”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-07.shtml
Sunday, July 12, 2026 — 3:00 PM
UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Charles
Economou piano
The
Program
Carter: Piano Sonata
Fauré: Ballade Op.19
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-12.shtml
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 — 2:00 PM
UK — 6:00 AM Pacific
Dida
Condria piano
https://oxfordsong.org/artist/dida-condria
The
Program
Bach/Busoni/Condria: Three Choral Preludes
Sylvestrov: Bagatellen für Klavier II
& VI
Rachmaninoff: Six Études-Tableaux from
Op.39
Rameau: Les Tendres Plaintes & Les
Tourbillons
Beethoven: Sonata No.31 in A-flat Major,
Op.110
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-14.shtml
Friday, July 17, 2026 — 7:30 PM
UK — 11:30 AM Pacific
Simon
Mulligan piano
http://www.simonmulligan.com/about
The
Program
To be announced
Sunday, July 19, 2026 — 4:00 PM
UK — 8:00 AM Pacific
Fenella
Humphreys violin
https://www.fenellahumphreys.com/
Viv McLean
piano
https://www.vivmclean.com/about
Jessica
Duchen narrator
https://www.jessicaduchen.co.uk/01_bio.htm
The
Program
“Ghost Variations: The Strange History of
Jelly d’Arányi”
Works to include selections by Schumann,
Bartók, Gluck,
Frederick Septimus Kelly, Brahms, Ravel,
and Elgar
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-07-19.shtml
St Mary’s Perivale is a small church dating back to the 12th century,
which was active until being declared redundant in 1972. Since then, it
has been operated by Friends of St Mary’s Perivale as a concert venue
and arts center. The UK and Europe’s classical artists typically appear
in three in-person and livestreamed concerts a week. Since 2006, the
ancient venue has been transformed into a high-quality broadcasting
center. Explore and discover concert gems by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/
Find upcoming artists and ensembles through July 2027 by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
Find the links to the upcoming and past livestreamed concerts by
clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
6. First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ
Prelude Concert
UCLA Professor & First Church
Organist Christoph Bull
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
on the Great Organs of First
Congregational Church
of Los Angeles
Every
Sunday — 10:30-11:00 AM Pacific — Free
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
The Organ Prelude Concert programs are posted a few days ahead in the
Order of Worship. Check and download by clicking:
https://www.fccla.org/live
Organist Christoph Bull’s free,
half-hour, in-person & live-streamed Prelude Concerts on Sunday
mornings, beginning at 10:30 AM on the Great Organs of First Church, are
an inspiring way to start your week of amazing musical offerings. Attend
in person or stay tuned in for the live stream of the First Church
Sunday Service, featuring the superb professional chamber choir Laude
and Cathedral Choir, directed by David
Harris, as well as the organ Postlude. Donations appreciated.
Read about organist Christoph Bull by clicking:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/christoph-bull/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available to stream on demand at the link below.
Click at concert time to watch the livestream and find the program:
https://www.fccla.org/live
7. Bowdoin
International Music Festival
Monday,
June 29 — Sunday, August 9, 2026
Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College
12 Campus Road, S Brunswick ME
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YFzxDWGg9oQviba68
Founded in 1964, the mission of Bowdoin
International Music Festival at Bowdoin College in Brunswick,
Maine, is to provide gifted young musicians from around the globe with
an opportunity to study with world-class artists and to provide
audiences with classical music performed to the highest artistic
standards. It engages exceptional students and enthusiastic audiences
through world-class education and performances. With over $650,000 in
scholarships, 250 students from more than 20 countries and nearly every
state attend the Festival to study with 80 distinguished faculty and
guest artists in 200 concerts and events, many livestreamed. Read about
the Festival by clicking:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/about/
Livestreams by Invited Ensembles
Monday, June 29, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Ying Quartet
https://www.ying4.com/the-quartet
The Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
String
Quartet in G Minor, Op.20 No.3, Hob.III:33
Billy Childs (1957– ): String Quartet
No.2, “Awakening”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827):
String
Quartet No.8 in E Minor, Op.59 No.2
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/ying-quartet-2026/
Monday, July 6, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Lysander
Piano Trio
https://www.lysandertrio.com/
The Program
Enrique Granados (1867–1916), arr.
Cassado:
Intermezzo
from “Goyescas”
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809):
Piano
Trio in G Major, Op.82 No.2, Hob.XV:25
Jennifer Higdon (1962– ): Color Through
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), arr.
Steuermann:
Verklärte
Nacht, Op.4
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/lysander-piano-trio/
Sunday, July 12, 2026 — 2:00 PM
Eastern — 11:00 AM Pacific
Ensemble
Dal Niente
Amanda
DeBoer Bartlett soprano, Emma
Hospelhorn, flute,
Chris Wild
cello, Mabel Kwan piano
https://www.dalniente.com/artists
The Program
Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023): Cendres
for
flute, cello, and piano
Hilda Paredes (1957– ):
Canciones
Sobre Poemas De Eduardo Hurtado
for
soprano and piano
Andile Khumalo (1978– ): Iso[r]
for
flute, cello, and piano
Rebecca Saunders (1967– ): O Yes & I
For
soprano and bass flute
Salvatore Sciarrino (1947– ): Ultime Rose
(Da Vanitas)
For
soprano, cello, and piano
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/ensemble-dal-niente/
Monday, July 13, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Brentano
String Quartet
https://www.brentanoquartet.com/
The Program
Ludwig Van
Beethoven (1770–1827):
String
Quartet No.1 in F Major, Op.18 No.1
Ludwig Van Beethoven:
String
Quartet No.7 in F Major, Op.59 No. 1
https://bit.ly/BowdoinFestival-BrentanoStringQuartet
Monday, July 20, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Jupiter
String Quartet &
https://www.jupiterquartet.com/
Ying Quartet
https://www.ying4.com/the-quartet
The Program
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897):
String
Sextet No.1 in B-flat Major, Op.18
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847):
Octet
in E-flat Major, Op.20
https://bit.ly/BowdoinFestival-JupiterAndYingQuartets-1
Monday, July 27, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Shanghai
Quartet
https://www.shanghaiquartet.com/
The Program
Joseph Haydn
(1732–1809):
String
Quartet in G Minor, Op.74 No.3, Hob.III:74
Zhou Long (1953– ): Chinese Folk Songs
Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904):
String
Quartet No.12 in F Major, Op.96, “American”
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/shanghai-quartet/
Monday, August 3, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Eastern — 4:30 PM Pacific
Jupiter
String Quartet &
https://www.jupiterquartet.com/
The Program
Joseph Haydn
(1732–1809):
String
Quartet in C Major, Op.33, No.3, Hob. III:39
Clarice Assad (1978– ): Canções Da America
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897):
String
Quartet No.2 in A Minor, Op.51 No.2
https://bit.ly/BowdoinFestival-JupiterStringQuartet
In addition to livestreamed concerts by invited chamber music ensembles,
the Bowdoin Festival livestreams numerous other concerts and events,
including masterclasses, ad hoc concerts by its distinguished faculty,
concerts by young artists, and meet-the-composer events. See the
livestream concerts and events by clicking:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/events/category/livestream/
Watch via Vimeo on the Bowdoin
FestivalLive page:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/festivalive/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
For Bowdoin Festival information, click:
https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/
8. 92NY
Center for Culture & Arts
Tuesday,
July 7, 2026 — 7:30 PM ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Concert I
Thursday,
July 9, 2026 — 7:30 PM ET — 4:30 PM Pacific
Concert II
The 92nd Street Y, New York
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
1395 Lexington Avenue, New York NY
(between 91st & 92nd street)
For a Google map, click:
https://bit.ly/GoogleMap-92NY
Midsummer
MusicFest
Bell-Isserlis-Denk
Trio & Friends – Concerts I & II
Joshua
Bell violin, Steven Isserlis
cello, and
Jeremy
Denk piano and friends
The
Programs
Concert I
— Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No.1 in A
Minor, Op.105
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D
Minor, Op.63
Robert Schumann:
Adagio
and Allegro for Cello and Piano, Op.70
Robert Schumann:
Piano
Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44
with Irène
Duval violin and Blythe Teh
Engstroem viola
https://bit.ly/92NY-BellIsserlisDenkTrio-I
Concert II
— Thursday, July 9, 2026
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Piano
Trio, Op.88
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.3 in G
Minor, Op.110
Robert Schumann: Romances for Violin and
Piano, Op.94
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat
Major, Op.47
with Blythe
Teh Engstroem viola
https://bit.ly/92NY-BellIsserlisDenkTrio-II
The 92nd Street Y, New York (aka 92NY) is a world-class cultural and
community center where people worldwide connect through culture, arts,
entertainment, and conversation. For over 150 years, it has harnessed
the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten, and change lives, and
the power of community to repair the world. For information, click:
https://www.92ny.org/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available for viewing 72 hours following the performance
In-person: starting at $50 — Single online ticket: $30
For the 92NY livestreamed concert schedule, click:
https://bit.ly/92NY-LivestreamedClassicalConcerts
9. The
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Yale School of Music
Thursday,
July 9 — Saturday, August 22, 2026
The Music Shed
49 Battell Rd, Norfolk CT
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uDMf1CJvFqqBb5xFA
Music in Norfolk dates back to the late 1890s. Today, the Yale School of
Music selects music students from around the world to come to Norfolk
for mentorship from today’s top string quartets and esteemed pianists,
as well as from individual string, brass, and woodwind musicians.
Twenty-five concerts are presented over nine weeks in the historic 1906
Music Shed. Read about the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, its unique,
now air-conditioned concert hall, the Music Shed, and its history by
clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/about/
The Brentano Quartet, in
residence at Yale University, will perform on Saturday, July 11, and
Saturday, July 18. The Shanghai Quartet
will perform on Friday, July 24. Superstar violinist Augustin
Hadelich will perform on Saturday, July 25. The Horszowski
Trio, based in New York City, will perform on Friday, August 7.
The Ying Quartet will perform on
Friday, August 14. These are among the 25 concerts comprising the 2026
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. See the full concert lineup and programs
by clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/calendar/
Click to read about the 2026 performing artists and ensembles:
https://norfolkmusic.org/2026-artists/
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Not able to attend in person? Watch on concert days to livestream
Festival performances by clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/livestream/
See the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival website and join the mailing list
by clicking:
https://norfolkmusic.org/
10. London’s
Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concert
Anja
Mittermüller mezzo-soprano
https://bit.ly/AnjaMittermuller
Richard Fu
piano
https://www.richardyufupiano.com/
Sunday,
July 12, 2026 — 3:00 PM UK — 7:00 AM Pacific
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St, London, UK
https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8
The Program
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847):
Neue
Liebe, Op.19a No.4
Der
Mond, Op.86 No.5
Allnächtlich
im Traume, Op.86 No.4
Die
Liebende schreibt, Op.86 No.3
Auf
Flügeln des Gesanges, Op.34 No.2
Scheidend,
Op.9 No.6
Robert Schumann (1810–1856):
Aufträge,
Op.77 No.5
Six
Gedichte von N Lenau und Requiem, Op.90:
Meine
Rose and Requiem
Myrthen,
Op.25:
Der
Nussbaum and Widmung
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897):
Sapphische
Ode, Op.94 No.4
Meine
Liebe ist grün, Op.63 No.5
Wie
bist du, meine Königin, Op.32 No.9
Zigeunerlieder,
Op.103:
Hochgetürmte
Rimaflut
In
stiller Nacht, WoO.33 No.42
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849):
Zyczenie,
Op.74 No.1
Handsome
Lad (Sliczny chlopiec), Op.74 No.8
Melodya,
Op.74 No.9
The
Warrior (Wojak), Op.74 No.10
Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Wiegenlied,
D867
The Artists
The young Austrian mezzo-soprano Anja
Mittermüller, accompanied by her regular duo partner, Richard
Fu, became the youngest-ever winner of the Wigmore
Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition in 2024.
Some of the world’s finest chamber music and recitals happen at London’s
Wigmore Hall stretching back to 1901. Today, select Wigmore concerts are
livestreamed and available afterwards on demand for varying periods. See
the line-up of upcoming livestream offerings by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/forthcoming-live-streams
Watch reprises of livestreams you’ve missed by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/video-library
You’ll need a free account to stream video from Wigmore Hall. If you
don’t yet have one, click:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/register
In-Person & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person: £18 — Free to Livestream
The video will be available on demand for 90 days.
Watch the livestream by clicking:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202607121500
11. Music@Menlo
Chamber Music Festival
Friday, July 17 — Saturday, August 8,
2026
Spieker Center for the Arts, Stent Family
Hall,
and Martin Family Hall at the Menlo School
Atherton CA
Based at Menlo School in California’s Bay Area city of Atherton, Music@Menlo’s twenty-fourth Festival
comprises 39 renowned Festival Artists, many of whom you’ll recognize
from the roster of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Read about
the Festival Artists by clicking:
https://musicatmenlo.org/artists/festival-artists/
Seven featured Concert Programs
are the core of the Festival, providing inspired performances in
intimate settings. The seven featured concerts will be livestreamed and
are available for purchase for $25 each or $150 for a seven-concert
subscription. See the line-up of the featured livestreamed Concert
Programs, for which there’s too much concert information for the
newsletter, by clicking:
https://bit.ly/MusicMenlo-UpcomingLivestreams
In-Person & Simultaneous Livestreams
Livestream tickets: $25 per concert
Livestream subscription: $150 for seven concerts
Purchase all seven Concert Program
livestreams.
Concert Programs are available to stream for one week.
https://musicatmenlo.org/event/2026-bundles/
For full festival information, click:
https://musicatmenlo.org/
CONCERT REVIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HIGH
INTEREST
on Southern California’s Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic JOHN STODDER’s review on
LA Opus
“Mendelssohn and Fauré Masterworks in the Dome”
Piano & Strings” at Mount Wilson Observatory
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-JohnStodder20260608
John Stodder begins, “On the penultimate Sunday in May, in the 100-inch
Telescope Dome at the Mount Wilson Observatory—5,713 ft. above sea level
and 50 miles away from Walt Disney Concert Hall—two sold-out programs of
classical music showcased a contrasting pair of masterpieces of 19th
century chamber music, Felix Mendelssohn’s outgoing and melodic Piano
Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839), and Gabriel Fauré’s brooding and
unpredictable Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
(1876). . . .”
B. Music critic Barbara Glazer’s review
on LA Opus
“An Eclectic Program from USC Thornton’s Young Stars”
USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi, Second Sundays at Two, Rolling
Hills United Methodist Church
https://bit.ly/LAOpus-BarbaraGlazer20260613
Barbara Glazer begins, “This Classical
Crossroads’ concert featured USC Thornton faculty members Lina Bahn
(violin) and Seth Parker Woods (cello), and their premier students—Louis
Milne (clarinet), Abigail Park (violin), Solomon Leonard (viola), Andrew
Edwards (piano), and Abigail Koehler (bass)—in a diverse program of
European masterworks and ethnologically-imprinted American classical
compositions. Bahn and Woods in supportive ensemble playing gave center
stage to the students for solos in which they excelled, as well as
poised and articulate context. . . .”
Watch a reprise of the concert’s livestream:
https://vimeo.com/1192155208
C. Music critic Mark Swed’s review in the Los Angeles Times
“Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Ojai Music Festival for extraordinary 80th
anniversary”
https://aol.it/44wL6YK
Mark Swed begins, “For 80 years the most magical music festival in
America has taken place over a long early June weekend in a town that
got its name from the Chumash word for moon, that likens itself to
Shangri-la and that lets time stop for those sudden moments when the
setting sun pinkens the Topatopa mountains. . . .”
D. Music critic Richard S. Ginell’s review on SFCV
“With Salonen, Ojai Festival’s 80th Run Is a Standout”
https://bit.ly/SFCV-RichardSGinell20260616
E. The Art of Listening
The Art of Listening is a bimonthly offering from the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, created to enhance your appreciation and
enjoyment of classical music. Subscribe on Substack and have it
delivered to your inbox or read it online:
https://chambermusicsociety.substack.com/
The latest posts:
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Borodin’s Second String Quartet: Scenes
From a Marriage
by Simon Morrison
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfListening20260611
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Do Opposites Attract? The Story of
Beethoven and Schubert
by Christopher H. Gibbs
https://bit.ly/CMS-ArtOfListening20260625
Best wishes and take care,
Jim Eninger, Editor-in-Chief
Edna R.S. Alvarez, Copyeditor
Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
“... invaluable
...”
~ Mark Swed, The
Los Angeles Times
Available on Substack at
https://jimeninger.substack.com/