51st Year

CONCERT SERIES

2009 - 2010

BACH'S CIRCLE

October 4, 2009

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Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Cello

Allan Vogel, Oboe

Julie Feves, Bassoon

Patricia Mabee, Harpsichord

Elizabeth Baker, Violin

Janice Tipton, Flute

Three hundred years ago, Bach’s circle of family, friends, students, and colleagues created the glory that is Baroque music. Bach’s Circle Baroque Ensemble serves the music of Johann Sebastian, his sons, and contemporaries, so as to give audiences further opportunity to be enriched by some of the world’s greatest music. The group is made up of premiere chamber-music performers who are members of some of Los Angeles’ finest musical institutions, including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Long Beach Symphony, and the California Institute of the Arts.

" Mr. Vogel and co. play baroque music in a far more musically engaging manner than any of the so-called "period instrument" or "historically informed" chamber ensembles. "

Amazon.com Customer Review on Bach's Circle Delos Recording

J.S. BACH

Trio Sonata from “The Musical Offering”

Selections from “The Art of the Fugue”

Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038

HANDEL

Concerto A Quattro

Sonata for Flute and Continuo In A Minor, Op. 1, No. 4

VIVALDI

Concerto In D Major,  P. 201

CAVATINA DUO (Flute and Guitar)

December 6, 2009

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Eugenia Moliner, Flute
Denis Azabagic, Guitar

Since winning the “Young Musicians of the Doelen” competition in the Netherlands in 1996, the Cavatina Duo has captivate hundreds of audiences with electrifying performances in over 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia in such prestigious venues an festivals as Ravinia, Aix-en-Provence Summer Festival, and the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China. A high point of their concerts is pieces based on their native lands, Spain and Bosnia.

"Style, sympathy, and technical aplomb…it’s doubtful that the Cavatina’s sophisticated and artistic playing could be surpassed."

Fanfare

BARTOK

Romanian Folk Dances

J.S. BACH

Sonata in E Minor for Flute & Continuo

PIAZZOLLA

Revirado, Oblivion, Introduction al angel, Libertango

MOZART

Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (arranged for Flute & Guitar)

BORNE

Fantasia brillante from "Carmen"

BIAVA STRING QUARTET

January 17, 2010

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Jason Calloway
Hyunsu Ko
Mary Persin
Austin Hartman

The Biava Quartet is recognized as one of the today’s most exciting young American quartets. Winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and top prizes at the Premio Borciani and London International Competitions, the Quartet has established an enthusiastic following in the United States and abroad. They have performed to acclaim in major concert halls, including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, London's Wigmore Hall and the Baroque Art Hall in Seoul.

“A performance of authority and amazing virtuosity, a storing quartet to be reckoned with…”

The Herald Times, Bloomington, Indiana

SCHUBERT

String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 (Quartettsatz)

SHOSTAKOVICH

String Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83

BARBER

Adagio from the String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 11

GRIEG

String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27

TILDEN PIANO TRIO

February 28, 2010

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Peter Wyrick, cello
June Choi Oh, piano
Sarn Oliver, violin

Tilden Trio was formed in 2004 by Julliard classmates. They had collaborated for many years in various ensembles, starting in pre-college days. Just in the past season, the trio’s concerts have included performances at the Berkeley and Noe Valley Chamber Series, Sonoma Classical Society, the Chancellor’s Series at University of California, San Francisco, Dominican University Guest Concert Series, and San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Series at Davis Symphony Hall where they have been invited to return.

“The Tilden Trio is now one of the Bay Area’s most sought after ensembles, and rightfully so.
It was a concert one won’t soon forget. …future concerts by the trio shouldn’t be missed.”

The North Bay Classical Music

BEETHOVEN

Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2

SARN OLIVER

Piano Trio, "Kazan" (Mainland Premiere)

SCHUMANN

Piano Trio on D Minor, Op. 63

TRIO JEAN PAUL

April 25, 2010

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Eckart Heiligers, piano
Ulf Schneider, violin
Martin Löhr, cello

After First Prizes at the international competitions in Osaka (1993) and Melbourne (1995), and at the German Music Competition (the First Prize at the latter being awarded to a piano trio for the first time in ten years), an extensive concert career has developed for the Trio Jean Paul which has led the ensemble on a regular basis to major musical centers such as London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, and Brussels, as well as on tours to Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South America.

"Whatever the young Trio Jean Paul tackles, its interpretations are infused with an intelligent joy of playing and exuberant curiosity; dramatically gripping, yet always with delicate clarity…”

Berlin Tagesspiegel

CLARA SCHUMANN

Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17

BRAHMS

Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101

MENDELSSOHN

Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66