The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter from Southern California
No.1063 - Friday, September 26, 2025 - Sunday, October 12, 2025
Next issue: Friday, October 10, 2025
An Aficionado’s guide to upcoming livestreamed concerts from Southern California and worldwide — with
a few reprises of previously livestreamed concerts. If you’re not already a subscriber, subscribe (it’s free)
and have the newsletter delivered via Mailchimp to your email inbox by clicking:
https://mailchi.mp/8009648a48f8/clickable-chamber-music-newsletter
A condensed version is now available on Substack. Regularly updated, it has a link to the full version
hosted online by Mailchimp. Subscribe and have the condensed version delivered free to your inbox, or
view it online (Tip: Bookmark the link below in your smart TV’s internet browser):
https://jimeninger.substack.com/
The latest issue is always posted on the website of Classical Crossroads:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/CCMN.html
“ . . . 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
****************************************
This top section serves as a condensed guide to the full version that follows. The full version includes
biographies of performing artists, complete concert programs, venue addresses and map links, as well as
additional information on each concert. (Tip: Note the number of the item you’re interested in this section
and scroll down to find it in the full version of the newsletter for complete information.)
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise from Classical Crossroads’ Pandemic Archive
“First Fridays at First! ~ fff “
Pianist Rufus Choi plays Pictures at an Exhibition
with images of the six existing Viktor Hartmann paintings that inspired it.
Watch the reprise by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/767988130
2. Salastina Music Society - Main Series No.1
Ben and HyeJin Recital
Benjamin Smolen Resident Flutist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Friday, September 26, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios - West Los Angeles CA
Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Charlie & Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall - Concordia University Irvine
Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Music Academy of the West
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Pasadena location to be announced
The Program
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Five Pieces for flute and piano
Igor Stravinsky, arr. Benjamin Smolen: Suite Italienne
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Selected preludes for Solo Piano
Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D Major, Op.94
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed (September 27)
In-person: $45 / $10 students - Livestream for non-members: $10
available to stream for three days for non-members
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
3. Oberlin College & Conservatory
Faculty Recital: Evan Hines & Friends
Sibbi Bernhardsson violin, Francesca dePasquale violin,
Alexa Still flute, Thomas Bandy piano, Evan Hines piano
Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 2:30 EDT - 11:30 AM Pacific
Oberlin College & Conservatory - Warner Concert Hall - Oberlin OH
The Program
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11
Valerie Coleman: Fanmi Imèn (Human Family) (2018)
Igor Stravinsky: Duo concertant
William Hirtz: Wizard of Oz Fantasy
The Artists
Sibbi Bernhardsson violin
https://www.oberlin.edu/sibbi-bernhardsson
Francesca dePasquale violin
https://www.oberlin.edu/francesca-depasquale
Alexa Still flute
https://www.oberlin.edu/alexa-still
Thomas Bandy piano
https://www.oberlin.edu/thomas-bandy
Evan Hines piano
https://www.oberlin.edu/evan-hines
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: Free - Livestream: Free
Livestream only available online during the performance
https://bit.ly/Oberlin-EvanHinesAndFriends
4. Music at St Mary’s Perivale
St Mary’s Perivale - West London UK
Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Victor Braojos piano
Selections by Debussy, de Larrocha, Chopin, and Granados
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-09-28.shtml
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Enoch Wong piano
Selections by Mozart, Scarlatti, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schubert,
and Debussy
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-09-30.shtml
Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Geirthrudur Gudmundsdottir cello, Antoine Préat piano
Selections by Schumann, Jón Nordal, Sibelius, and Grieg
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-02.shtml
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Odysseus Piano Trio
Sara Trickey violin, Rosie Biss cello, Domonkos Csabay piano
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.1 in C Minor, Op.8
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1, “Ghost”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-05.shtml
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Susanna Braun piano
Selections by Holliger, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff,
Schubert/Liszt, and Liszt
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-07.shtml
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Sofía Gómez Alberto violin/viola, Svitlana Kosenko piano
Selections by Sarasate; Enescu, Frolov, Novacek, Schumann,
Rebecca Clarke, and Enescu
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-09.shtml
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Mark Viner piano
Selections by Liszt, Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), Godowsky,
and Chaminade
Liszt: Hymne à Sainte Cécile de Charles Gounod, S491
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-12.shtml
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available afterward to stream on demand
https://www.youtube.com/@stmarysperivale2842/streams
5. First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ Prelude Concert
UCLA Professor & First Church Organist Christoph Bull
on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Every Sunday - 10:30-11:00 AM Pacific - Free
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Available to stream on demand at the link below.
https://www.fccla.org/live
6. Phillips Music
American Brass Quintet
https://www.americanbrassquintet.org/
Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 4:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection - Washington, D.C.
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: $50 - Sold Out - Rush Tickets Available
Livestream: Complimentary
Register ahead of time to access the livestream link.
For concert information and registration, click:
https://bit.ly/Phillips-AmericanBrassQuintet
7. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concert
Pavel Haas Quartet
Veronika Jarůšková and Marek Zwiebel violin
Šimon Truszka viola, Peter Jarůšek cello
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 7:30 PM London (in-person)
The livestream starts at 8:00 PM London - 12:00 PM Pacific
Wigmore Hall - London, UK
The Program
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): String Quartet No.3
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
String Quartet No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.26
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904):
String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op.105
Get a free account to stream from Wigmore Hall:
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/register
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person: £18 - £40 - Free to Livestream
The video will be available on demand for 90 days.
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202510011930
8. The Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School - Downtown - Los Angeles CA
Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recitals and
chamber music selections.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-87
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-88
Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Zipper Hall
Remembering Roberto Cani (1967-2025) - Free
Soloist, Chamber Musician, Concertmaster
https://robertocani.net/
The Program
Puccini: Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No.3
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
The Artists
James Conlon conductor
Gabrielle Turgeon soprano
Meagan Martin mezzo-soprano
Colleagues and friends of Roberto Cani
Concert information, livestream link,
and RSVP for in-person attendance:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RememberingRobertoCani
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Musical Dialogues: Bach and Beyond - Free to livestream
Featuring Violists Jonathan Brown and Tatjana Masurenko
and Violinist Margaret Batjer
The Program
Selections by J.S. Bach, György Kurtág, Shulamit Ran,
Gubaidulina, Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann,
György Kurtág, and Beethoven
Couple with an optional 2:30 PM Afternoon Tea - $40
https://bit.ly/Colburn-AfternoonTea
In-Person 4:00 PM concert: $25 & $40 - Livestream: Free
https://bit.ly/Colburn-MusicalDialogues
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
9. CSUN Department of Music hosts
ChamberFest@CSUN2025 - Lorenz Gamma Director
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall - Cypress Hall - CSUN
Friday, October 3, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Serge Prokofiev: Flute Sonata, Op.94
Andrew Norman: “Gran Turismo” for eight violins
Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet, Op.20
Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Dmitry Shostakovich:
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145
Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Antonín Dvorák: String Sextet, Op.48
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 4:00 PM Pacific
Grazyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No.4
Miguel del Aguila:
Pacific Serenade for clarinet and string quartet
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet, Op.34
Receptions follow each concert
ChamberFest@CSUN information:
https://news.csun.edu/event/chamberfest-oct-3-2025/
ChamberFest@CSUN Flyer includes information
on a Masterclass and Lecture/Demo:
https://bit.ly/ChamberFest-CSUN2025
In-Person Concert Tickets: $16 - $22 (+$2 fee)
https://bit.ly/CSUNMusicTickets
Concert Livestream Tickets
One-Month Pass: $25, Two-Day Pass: $15
https://matadormusicvideos.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed Concerts
10. Classical Crossroads’
“Classical Interludes”
~ presents ~
Trio Sol ~ newly formed at the USC Thornton School
Veronika Manchur violin, Joseph Kim cello,
Colin Mcdearman piano
Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 3:00 PM
First Lutheran Church & School - Torrance CA
The Program
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904):
Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, B166, “Dumky” (1891)
Colin McDearman (1990): Prelude No.1 in G-sharp Minor
Volodymyr Vynnytsky (b.1955): Lost Tango
First-time attendees: Request a reservations by emailing
[email protected].
Watch the Livestream at concert time:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available
to stream-on-demand for about a month
on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Free. For concert series information, click:
https://palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/ClassicalInterludes.htm
11. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
Pianist Robert Thies is joined by
Long Beach Symphony Concertmaster Roger Wilkie
in a performance of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church - Rolling Hills Estates CA
The Program
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904): Romance in F Minor, Op.11
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47, “Kreutzer”
First-time attendees: Request a reservations by emailing
[email protected].
Watch the Livestream at concert time:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available
to stream-on-demand for about a month
on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Free. For concert series information, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic Henry Schlinger’s review on CultureSpotLA
“The New Hollywood String Quartet performs
at Mount Wilson Observatory”
https://bit.ly/CultureSpotLA-HenrySchlinger017
Full Version of the Newsletter Begins
************************************************
Greetings, Chamber Music Aficionados
I. Highlights and Hidden Gems
Select Live-Audience & Streamed Concerts
1. Reprise from Classical Crossroads’ Pandemic Archive
“First Fridays at First! ~ fff “
Pianist Rufus Choi plays Pictures at an Exhibition
with images of the six existing Viktor Hartmann
paintings that inspired it.
Streamed Live from First Lutheran Church & School
in Torrance CA on Friday, November 4, 2022
The Program
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures At An Exhibition (1874)
Promenade I
1. The Gnome
Promenade II
2. The Old Castle
Promenade III
3. Tuileries (Children’s Quarrel after Games)
4. Cattle
Promenade IV
5. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
6. Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuÿle
Promenade V
7. The Marketplace at Limoges
8. Catacombs / With the Dead in a Dead Language
9. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
10. The Great Gate of Kyiv
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
October (Autumn Song) from The Seasons, Op.37a
A Steinway Artist, Rufus Choi won First Prize and the People’s Choice Award in the Jose Iturbi
International Music Competition, which offers one of the world’s largest monetary prizes for piano
competitions. He has performed recitals in such premier venues as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and
Lincoln Center in New York City, Zipper Hall of the Colburn School and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los
Angeles, Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, and the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Internationally,
Rufus Choi has appeared in recital at leading festivals including the Salzburg Festival in Austria, the
Philomusica Festival in Oxford, England, and at festivals in Puigcerda, Spain, and Locarno, Switzerland, to
name a few. Highlights of his numerous concerto appearances include Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto
with the Göttinger Symphonie Orchester at the world-famous Herrenhäuser Gärten and Rachmaninoff’s
2nd Piano Concerto with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic. Mr. Choi trained at The Juilliard
School, where he earned both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees studying with Oxana Yablonskaya.
Read about Rufus Choi by clicking:
https://rufuschoi.com/bio/
Watch the reprise by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/767988130
2. Salastina Music Society - Main Series No.1
Ben and HyeJin Recital
Benjamin Smolen Resident Flutist
HyeJin Kim Resident Pianist
Friday, September 26, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Moroccan Room at The Village Studios
1616 Butler Ave, West Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/rzmj1BH8WFaucMPv7
Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Charlie & Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall
Concordia University Irvine
1530 Concordia West, Irvine CA
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HLh7J4WHoYH5NKJs5
Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Music Academy of the West
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5Lz5Z3KcNCBvuAt77
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Pasadena location to be announced
The Program
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Five Pieces for flute and piano
1. Landschaft (Landscape)
2. Erster Tanz (First Dance)
3. Zweiter Tanz (Second Dance)
4. Melodie (Melody)
5. Dritter Tanz (Third Dance)
Igor Stravinsky, arr. Benjamin Smolen: Suite Italienne
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Preludes for Solo Piano - Op.23 Nos.4&5, Op.32 Nos.5&10
Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D Major, Op.94
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 (September 27)
Tickets: $45 / $10 students
Complimentary wine reception with the artists to follow.
Livestream $10 / free for members
available to stream for three days for non-members
For concert and artist information and tickets, click:
https://www.salastina.org/concerts
3. Oberlin College & Conservatory
Faculty Recital: Evan Hines & Friends
Sibbi Bernhardsson violin, Francesca dePasquale violin,
Alexa Still flute, Thomas Bandy piano, Evan Hines piano
Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 2:30 EDT - 11:30 AM Pacific
Oberlin College & Conservatory
Warner Concert Hall
77 West College Street, Oberlin OH
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ca28tQcEzAUrsDoe6
The Program
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11
Valerie Coleman: Fanmi Imèn (Human Family) (2018)
Igor Stravinsky: Duo concertant
William Hirtz: Wizard of Oz Fantasy
The Artists
Sibbi Bernhardsson violin
https://www.oberlin.edu/sibbi-bernhardsson
Francesca dePasquale violin
https://www.oberlin.edu/francesca-depasquale
Alexa Still flute
https://www.oberlin.edu/alexa-still
Thomas Bandy piano
https://www.oberlin.edu/thomas-bandy
Evan Hines piano
https://www.oberlin.edu/evan-hines
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-person: Free
Livestream: Free
Most concerts are only available online during the performance time and are not archived for later viewing.
Find concert information and the link to the livestream by clicking:
https://bit.ly/Oberlin-EvanHinesAndFriends
4. 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
Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Victor Braojos piano
Debussy: Estampes
de Larrocha: Primaveral (Springsong)
Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op.49
Granados: Escenas Románticas (Romantic Scenes)
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-09-28.shtml
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Enoch Wong piano
Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor, K475
Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major, K159
Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op.49
Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op.39 No.2
Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat Major, D899 No.4
Debussy: Pour le Piano
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-09-30.shtml
Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Geirthrudur Gudmundsdottir cello, Antoine Préat piano
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Jón Nordal: Pictures on a Panel Wall
Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op.78
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op.36
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-02.shtml
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
The Odysseus Piano Trio
Sara Trickey violin, Rosie Biss cello, Domonkos Csabay piano
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.1 in C Minor, Op.8
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1, “Ghost”
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-05.shtml
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Susanna Braun piano
Holliger: Praeludium from Partita No.1
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Minor, WTC Book 1
Beethoven: Sonata No.13 in E-flat Major, Op.27 No.1
Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op.39 No.1
Schubert/Liszt: Das Sterbeglöcklein
Liszt: Transcendental Etude No.10 in F Minor
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.19
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-07.shtml
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 2:00 PM London - 6:00 AM Pacific
Sofía Gómez Alberto violin/viola, Svitlana Kosenko piano
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Enescu: Impromptu Concertant
Frolov: Concert Fantasy on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Op.19
Novacek: Four Rags for violin and piano
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus
Enescu: Konzertstück
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-09.shtml
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 3:00 PM London - 7:00 AM Pacific
Mark Viner piano
Liszt: “Les Adieux” - Rêverie sur un motif
de l’opéra Roméo et Juliette de Gounod, S409
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
12 Etudes in all the Major Keys, Op.35 Nos.10 & 11
Godowsky: Java Suite - Phonoramas No.2 Wayang-Purwa
Chaminade: Marine, Op.38 / L’Ondine, Op.10
Liszt: Hymne à Sainte Cécile de Charles Gounod, S491
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2025-10-12.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 2026 by clicking:
https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Live-Audience & 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
5. First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Organ Prelude Concert
UCLA Professor & First Church Organist 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 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, live-audience & 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/
Live-Audience & 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
6. Phillips Music
American Brass Quintet
Brandon Ridenour and Tiago Linck trumpets
Eric Reed horn, Hillary Simms trombone
John D. Rojak bass trombone
Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 4:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM Pacific
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C.
For a Google map, click:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4jG75nfBbnDmLTE7
The Program
Music of the Early Republic (Edited by David Fetter)
Philip Phile (c.1734-1793): The President’s March (1793)
Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809): Minuet and Gavotte
Anonymous: General Burgoyne’s March
from the Bellamy Band, 1799
Anthony Barfield (b.1983): Samsara (2022)
David Biedenbender (b.1984): Sacred Geometry (2022)
Ripples, Gaudí, Nautilus, Helix
David Snow (b.1954): Dance Movements (1980)
Philip Lasser (b.1963): Common Heroes, Uncommon Land (2017)
City Hero, Hero of the Land, Joy, Hold Fast to Dreams,
Epilogue
Joan Tower (b.1938): Copperwave (2006)
Read about the American Brass Quintet by clicking:
https://www.americanbrassquintet.org/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
(available only during the performance)
In-Person Tickets: $50 - Sold Out - Rush Tickets Available
Livestream: Complimentary
Register ahead of time to access the livestream link.
For concert information and registration, click:
https://bit.ly/Phillips-AmericanBrassQuintet
7. London’s Wigmore Hall Livestreamed Concert
Pavel Haas Quartet
Veronika Jarůšková and Marek Zwiebel violin
Šimon Truszka viola, Peter Jarůšek cello
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 7:30 PM London (in-person)
The livestream starts at 8:00 PM London - 12:00 PM Pacific
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St, London, UK
https://goo.gl/maps/yWjtaiJfc3MCJk4m8
The Program
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): String Quartet No.3
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
String Quartet No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.26
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904):
String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op.105
The Ensemble
Founded in 2002, the Czech Pavel Haas Quartet regularly appears at leading venues including London’s
Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonie, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Amsterdam’s
Concertgebouw, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Tonhalle Zürich, Philharmonie de Paris, Accademia di
Santa Cecilia, Brussels’ BOZAR, NCPA Beijing, Seoul’s LG Arts Centre and Seoul Arts Center, and New
York’s Carnegie Hall. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Quartet appeared on the cover of The
Strad and was the featured interview in BBC Music Magazine.
Some of the world’s finest chamber music and recitals happen at Wigmore Hall. Many prior Wigmore
concerts are available 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
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
In-Person: £18 - £40
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/202510011930
8. The Colburn School Livestreamed Concerts
The Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/IwB59X
Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 11:30 AM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Performance Forum - Free
Colburn Conservatory students perform solo recitals and
chamber music selections.
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-87
https://bit.ly/Colburn-PerformanceForum-88
Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM Pacific - Zipper Hall
Remembering Roberto Cani (1967-2025) - Free
Soloist, Chamber Musician, Concertmaster
https://robertocani.net/
The Program
Puccini: Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No.3
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
The Artists
James Conlon conductor
Gabrielle Turgeon soprano
Meagan Martin mezzo-soprano
Colleagues and friends of Roberto Cani
Concert information, livestream link,
and RSVP for in-person attendance:
https://bit.ly/Colburn-RememberingRobertoCani
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PM Pacific - Thayer Hall
Musical Dialogues: Bach and Beyond - Free to livestream
Featuring Violists Jonathan Brown and Tatjana Masurenko
and Violinist Margaret Batjer
The Program
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.1
György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne III
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.7
Shulamit Ran: Bach-Shards
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.10
Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue, No.14
Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio for violin, cello, and piano
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)
for clarinet, viola, and piano
György Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch.
for clarinet, viola, and piano
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge for String Quartet
Couple with an optional 2:30 PM Afternoon Tea - $40
https://bit.ly/Colburn-AfternoonTea
In-Person 4:00 PM concert: $25 & $40 - Livestream: Free
https://bit.ly/Colburn-MusicalDialogues
See the Colburn School Events Calendar by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/calendar/
Find upcoming (some available only during the performance) and numerous past livestreamed
performances by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/@ColburnSchoolLosAngeles/streams
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://www.colburnschool.edu/livestream/
9. CSUN Department of Music hosts
ChamberFest@CSUN2025 - Lorenz Gamma Director
Friday, October 3, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 4:00 PM Pacific
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
For the fourth time, the CSUN Department of Music hosts world-renowned chamber musicians for
ChamberFest@CSUN, a three-day festival with three large-scale performances in the Shigemi Matsumoto
Recital Hall in Cypress Hall.
The Concerts
Friday, October 3, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Serge Prokofiev: Flute Sonata, Op.94
Andrew Norman: “Gran Turismo” for eight violins
Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet, Op.20
Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 7:30 PM Pacific
Dmitry Shostakovich:
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145
Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Antonín Dvorák: String Sextet, Op.48
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 4:00 PM Pacific
Grazyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No.4
Miguel del Aguila:
Pacific Serenade for clarinet and string quartet
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet, Op.34
The Performing Artists
Violins
Niv Ashkenazi, Lorenz Gamma, Tomasz Golka, Nelly Guevara, Alisa Gukasian, Er-Gene Kahng, Enosh
Kofler, Anna Kostyuchek, Alisa Luera, Pedram Pourghazi, Ruzanna Sargsyan
Violas
Gina Coletti, Patrick Marsh, Andrew McIntosh
Cellos
Benz Marston, Yoshika Masuda, Diane Roscetti, Erica Wise
Piano
Irina Kataeva, Laurence Oldak, Dmitry Rachmanov, Steven Vanhauwaert
Voice
Franck Lunion, baritone
Winds
Julia Heinen, clarinet
Larry Kaplan, flute
Quartet Aido
Anna Renton and Ariana O’Connell, violins
Gloria Choi, viola; Dany O’Connell, cello
Receptions follow each concert
Find full ChamberFest@CSUN information by clicking:
https://news.csun.edu/event/chamberfest-oct-3-2025/
See the ChamberFest@CSUN Flyer, which includes information on a Masterclass and Lecture/Demo by
clicking:
https://bit.ly/ChamberFest-CSUN2025
In-Person Concert Tickets: $16 - $22 (+$2 fee)
https://bit.ly/CSUNMusicTickets
Concert Livestream Tickets
One-Month Pass: $25, Two-Day Pass: $15
https://matadormusicvideos.com/
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed Concerts
10. Classical Crossroads’
“Classical Interludes”
~ presents ~
Trio Sol
Veronika Manchur violin, Joseph Kim cello,
Colin Mcdearman piano
Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 3:00 PM
First Lutheran Church & School - Torrance
2900 W. Carson Street, Torrance CA
For a Google map, click:
http://goo.gl/maps/QaZ4s
The Program
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904):
Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, B166, “Dumky” (1891)
I. Lento maestoso — Allegro quasi doppio movimento
II. Poco adagio
III. Andante
IV. Andante moderato
V. Allegro VI. Lento maestoso
Colin McDearman (1990): Prelude No.1 in G-sharp Minor
Volodymyr Vynnytsky (b.1955): Lost Tango
The Artists
Trio Sol discovered early on how much joy they found in creating music together. Formed at the
University of Southern California, the trio quickly expanded beyond the classroom, seeking professional
opportunities to share their artistry with wider audiences.
Ukrainian violinist Veronika Manchur made her solo debut with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra at the
age of nine and has since performed at renowned festivals such as the Verbier Festival, Pacific Music
Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and Music Academy of the West. A top prizewinner at
competitions in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Canada, she studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music
in Toronto, The Glenn Gould School, and earned her Master’s degree at USC under Glenn Dicterow,
renowned past concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. Now based in Los Angeles, Veronika
performs with ensembles including the LA Opera, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Pasadena Symphony.
She served as concertmaster of the American Youth Symphony and won USC’s Ofiesh Chamber Music
Competition with her Marzipan Quartet. Read about Veronika Manchur by clicking:
https://www.veronikamanchur.com/
Korean-American cellist Joseph Kim is currently a second-year Graduate Certificate student at USC
Thornton School of Music, studying with Professor Andrew Shulman, Principal Cellist of the Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra. Joseph received his Master of Music degree from the USC Thornton School of Music
and his Bachelor of Music degree from the UCLA School of Music. Joseph has attended summer festivals
such as the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, the Heifetz International Music Institute in
Staunton, Virginia, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine. Joseph participated in the 2024
Rencontres Franco-Américaines de Musique de Chambre in Loire-Atlantique, France, and he received
2nd prize in the 2025 USC Bach Competition for Strings.
Hailed by WQXR radio as a “pianist of dazzling color”, Colin McDearman is an award-winning soloist
featured in leading venues across the United States, Europe, and South America, including the Petit
Palais and Salle Cortot in Paris, the Chiesa di San Maggiore in Maiori, Italy, and the Franz Liszt concert
hall in Vienna. Colin won First Prize at several competitions, including the Mary O. Fearing Competition
and the Zimmerli Solo Piano Competition. In 2015, he attended the Conservatoire Américain de
Fontainebleau in France, a historic program traditionally headed by Nadia Boulanger, which has featured
notable alumni such as Aaron Copland, Elliot Carter, and Philip Glass. Recently, he was an artistic fellow
at the Sarasota Music Festival. In 2023, Colin was given the distinction of being a Steinway & Sons
Educational Partner and Teaching Artist.
If this is your first time attending a Classical Crossroads concert, please request a reservation for
yourself and your guests by emailing ClassicalCrossroads@gmail.
With the artist’s approval, a reprise of the livestream will be available a day or two after the concert to
stream-on-demand for about a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online donations, click:
https://palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/ClassicalInterludes.htm
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for those unable to attend in person.
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
11. Classical Crossroads’
“Second Sundays at Two”
Pianist Robert Thies is joined by
Long Beach Symphony Concertmaster Roger Wilkie
in a performance of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM Pacific
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates CA
For a Google map, click:
https://goo.gl/maps/EMqwtwiN3mGozzX3A
The Program
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904): Romance in F Minor, Op.11
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47, “Kreutzer”
I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
II. Andante con variazioni
III. Presto
The Artists
Growing up in Palos Verdes, Robert Thies first gained international recognition when he won the Gold
Medal at the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Los Angeles
Times praised him as a pianist of “unerring, warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of
power.” Aficionados highly regard Robert’s recitals not only for his consummate musicianship and
sensitive artistic interpretations, but for his illuminating observations about the composers and the
selections. Read about Robert Thies by clicking:
http://www.robertthies.org/
A Southern California native, violinist Roger Wilkie’s professional career began with a six-year tenure in
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Currently, Mr. Wilkie serves as concertmaster of the Long Beach
Symphony, a position he has held since 1990. He is also a member of the much-loved Pacific Trio with
cellist John Walz and pianist Edith Orloff. This renowned ensemble performed and recorded Beethoven’s
Triple Concerto with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Read about Robert Thies by clicking:
https://longbeachsymphony.org/musicians/roger-wilkie-violin/
If this is your first time attending a Classical Crossroads concert, please request a reservation for
yourself and your guests by emailing [email protected].
Watch the Livestream
Classical Crossroads simultaneously livestreams all its concerts for those unable to attend in person.
Watch the livestreams at concert time by clicking:
https://vimeo.com/event/4030680
Live-Audience & Simultaneously Livestreamed
With the artists’ approval, a reprise will be available a day or two after the concert to stream-on-demand
for about a month on Classical Crossroads’ Vimeo Showcase:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/classicalcrossroads
Free. Donations appreciated. For concert series information and online donations, click: For concert series
information and online donations, click:
http://www.palosverdes.com/ClassicalCrossroads/SecondSundays.htm
II. Reviews and Other Items of High Interest
on the Southland Chamber Music Scene
A. Music critic Henry Schlinger’s review on CultureSpotLA
“The New Hollywood String Quartet performs
at Mount Wilson Observatory”
https://bit.ly/CultureSpotLA-HenrySchlinger017
Henry Schlinger begins, “On Sunday, a beautiful fall-like afternoon, the New Hollywood String Quartet
performed a program of all Schubert chamber music in the 100-inch telescope dome at Mount Wilson
Observatory as part of the Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome series.”
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