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42nd Year

CONCERT SERIES

2000 - 2001
ALL BACH!

Lucinda Carver, Conductor & Harpsicord Jonathan Mack, Tenor

October 22, 2000
Conductor and Harpsichordist, Lucinda Carver, directs members of the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra in a performance of Bach's Musical Offering for our opening concert on October 22, 2000. Tenor, Jonathan Mack, is featured in Bach's Cantata No. 189 (Meine Seele rumt und preist)

We inaugurate our forty-second season with a concert commemorating the Bach Year.

Tenor Jonathan Mack, renowned for his interpretation of Bach's works, performs one of the master's solo cantatas. He is accompanied by Lucinda Carver, distinguished conductor and harpsichordist, and members of her Mozart Orchestra. They also perform for us A Musical Offering, a gift to Frederick The Great based on a theme of the monarch's own invention.

"A sensitive actor, he is a musician of remarkable refinement and the owner of an extraordinarily pliant, sweet tenor voice."

The Los Angeles Times

J.S. BACH A Musical Offering
J.S. BACH Cantata #189 "Meine Seele rumt und preist" for Tenor, Flute, Oboe, Violin and Continuo
ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET December 3, 2000

In 1985, The Alexander String Quartet gained international attention by winning the highest award of the London International String Quartet competition. At the present time the Alexander is regarded by many as one of the finest American quartets. They have made a specialty of the Beethoven quartets. Last year they undertook a daunting project performing all sixteen Beethoven quartets in two days!

The Alexander Quartet is a favorite of Fullerton Friends audiences, and we are privileged to have them back.

"The group launched into the kind of passionate, hol-your-hats playing that invited comparisons to the great Budapest String Quartet. I haven't heard comparable electricity from anybody else in the intervening years. It was the most exciting experience."

San Jose Mercury News

Alexander String Quartet members return to perform quartets by Mozart, Bartok and Beethoven on December 3, 2000. The Alexander's recording project of the complete set of Beethoven Quartets on Arte Nova records is regarded by several music journalists as one of the finest complete recordings available.
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 In D Major, K. 575
BARTOK String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91
BEETHOVEN String Quartet In C# Minor, Op. 131
THE AMADEUS TRIO January 7, 2001
Amadeus Trio Members perform piano trios of Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Cassado on January 7, 2001 Ten years ago, three musicians with impressive solo careers joined to form The Amadeus Trio. They have won high praise for their warmth, virtuosic technique, and consummate playing. Their concerts, as many as forty a year, have been held in such major venues as Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center.

The Amadeus members played with a fine unanimity; precisely calibrated ensemble sound and a natural deference that gives a civilized polish to a chamber music at its best.

The Washington Post

HAYDN Piano Trio In E Minor Hob. XV. 12
CASSADO Piano Trio
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio In A Minor, Op. 50
THE CLAVINO TRIO February 11, 2001

Three splendid musicians from the Los Angeles area collaborate in a program that showcases the special qualities of their individual instruments.

Roland Kato, principal violinist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, has been described uin the Los Angeles Timesas as a "brilliant virtuoso, playing with the perfect combination of energy and eloquence." He is joined by Gary Gray, principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and pianist Ayke Agus, a frequent performer in Fullerton Friends of Music concerts.
Ayke Agus returns as pianist in performances of music by Mozart, Poulenc, Prokofiev and Schumann. Clarinetist, Gary Gray, performs as a member of the Clavino Trio on February11, 2001 in works by Mozart, Poulenc and Schumann. Roland Kato, plays the viola in works of Mozart, Hindemith and Schumann as a member of the Clavino Trio.

"Gary Gray may have the best sound of any clarinetist in the business. His trills and fast passagework are unsurpassed."

Fanfare Magazine

"...a justifiably admired California pianist... with abundant resources of plangent tone, effortless technique and collaborative skills, Agus is a wonderful pianist..."

Los Angeles Times
MOZART Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano In E-Flat Major, K. 498
POULENC Sonata For Clarinet And Piano
PROKOFIEV
(Arr. BORISOVSKY)		 Six Pieces From The Ballet, "Romeo And Juliet"
SCHUMANN Fairy Tales For Clarinet, Viola And Piano, Op. 132
THE CLEVELAND DUO and JAMES UMBLE April 8, 2001
Cleveland Duo members, Stephen and Carolyn Warner are pictured with saxophonist, James Umble. They will perform a diverse program of musical compositions by Brahms, Bruch, Dykstra, Villa-Lobos, Telemann, Bartok and Piazolla in a concert on April 8, 2001.

This unique ensemble includes violinists Stephen and Carolyn Warner, and virtuoso saxophonist James Umble. The Warners play in the Cleveland Orchestra where Carolyn is also staff pianist. The colorful concert consists of original works and special transcriptions made for the ensemble. Between performances on the piano, Carolyn picks up her violin to join her husband in a set of duos.

"Umble's artistry was nothing less than sensational in terms of tonal beauty, control, nuance, and agility. The Warners contributed elegant, forceful artistry. Stephen Warner's tasteful violin playing merged vividly with Carolyn's keenly articulate pianism."

The Plain Dealer

BRAHMS Sonatensatz, Scherzo For Violin And Piano
BRUCH Excerpts From "Stuck", Op. 83
DYKSTRA Two Rags And An Interlude
VILLA-LOBOS Fantasia For Soprano Saxophone And Piano
TELEMANN Canonic Sonata No. 2 In D Major
BARTOK Selected Duos From 44 Duos For Two Violins
PIAZZOLLA Le Grand Tango
BACHMANN-KLIBONOFF-FRIDMAN TRIO May 13, 2001

We are delighted to hear again this trio, which is acclaimed for its interpretive range and unparalleled virtuosity. Bachmann, Klibonoff, and Fridman are described in the Washington Post as a "force of nature," and by the Los Angeles Times as "stunning, even merciless in their ensemble and individual virtuosity." They have appeared at many prestigious venues here and abroad, and are artists-in-residence at station WQXR FM in New York. In 1999 they inaugurated a six-part concert series at the J.P. Morgan Library. Chamber Music America has recognized their work with two Music Performance Program Awards.

In a program of challenging contrasts they perform for us the aristocratic "Archduke" Trio, the frenetic Cafe` Music, and a lushly romantic Brahms Trio.

 The Bachmann-Klibonoff-Fridmann Trio members return to Orange County to perform works for Piano Trio by Beethoven, Brahms and Schoenfield.

 

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 6 In B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
SCHOENFIELD Cafe` Music
BRAHMS Piano Trio In C Minor, Op. 101

ALL CONCERTS START AT 3:30 P.M.