1997-1998

Friday Evenings at Eight in the Recital Hall of Los Angeles Harbor College*

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September 28, 1997 — Weiss Duo (photo)

*This concert only was at the Pacific Unitarian Church, 5621 Montemalaga, Rancho Palos Verdes, Sunday at 4 p.m.

Sidney Weiss, violin; Jeanne Weiss, piano

Sonata in A major, D574 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Sonata No. 2, “Poème Mystique” — Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Suite Populaire Espagnole — Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946)


October 24, 1997

Allan Vogel, oboe; Connie Kupka, violin; Roland Kato, viola; David Speltz, cello

Trio in B-flat major, D471 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Quartet for oboe and strings — Maria Newman

Quartet in F major, K370 for oboe and strings — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 for cello — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)


November 21, 1997 — Tchaikovsky Trio

Alexandre Brussilovsky, violin; Anatole Liebermann, cello; Konstantin Bogino, piano

Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G minor — Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)

Trio in G minor, Op. 15 — Bedrich Smetana (1824 – 1884)

Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D929 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)


December 12, 1997 — XTET

Elizabeth Baker , violin; Kazi Pitelka, viola; Roger Lebow, cello; Emily Bernstein, clarinet; John Steinmetz, bassoon; Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano; Bruce Morgenthaler, double bass; Steven Becknell, horn

Septet — Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)

Grave for cello and piano (1981) — Witold Lutoslawski (1913 – 1994)

The Bagpiper’s String Trio — Judith Weir (1954 – )

Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20 — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)


January 9, 1998

Gilles Ragon, tenor; Jean-Louis Hagenauer, piano

Six Lieder from Winterreise — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Song cycle, La Bonne Chanson — Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Three Preludes for the piano — Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Ariettes Oubliées (Forgotten Melodies) — Claude Debussy

Deux Mélodies Hébraïques (Two Jewish Melodies) — Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

Song cycle, Tel Jour, Telle Nuit (As Night Follows Day) — Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)


February 13, 1998 — Los Angeles Piano Trio

Clayton Haslop, CD, violin; Timothy Landauer , cello; Joanne Pearce Martin, piano

Trio No. 5 in C major, K548 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Silhouettes at Sunrise — Tania Gabrielle French (1963 – )

Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)


March 6, 1998 — Quattro Celli

Timothy Landauer , David Speltz, Armen Ksajikian, Cécilia Tsan

Theme and Variations, Op. 28 — Julius Klengel (1859 – 1933)

Chaconne in D minor from Partita No. 2, BWV1004 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Suite for four celli, “Queen Anne’s Lace” — Peter Schickele (1935 – )

Tritonis (arr. E. Freisen) — Dave Brubeck (1920 – )


April 17, 1998 — Clayton Haslop and friends

Clayton Haslop, CD, Jacqueline Brand, Connie Kupka, Tamara Hatwan, violins; Victoria Miskolczy, Roland Kato, violas; Larry Corbett, Timothy Landauer , celli

Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Quartet No. 2 in D major — Alexander Borodin (1833 – 1887)

Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 — Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)


May 8, 1998

Lyndon Johnston Taylor , Isabella Lippi, violins; Ralph Fielding, Valerie Dimond, violas; Paul Cohen, cello

Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Duo in B-flat major, K424 for violin and viola — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 — Antonin Dvorák (1841 – 1904)


May 24, 1998 — Patrons’ Concert

Sunday afternoon at four, Pacific Unitarian Church, Rancho Palos Verdes

Linda Wang, violin; Ohad Ben-Ari, piano

Sonatensatz — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Sonata in A minor, D385 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Chaconne from Partita No. 2, BWV1004 for solo violin — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Sonata in G minor — Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Carmen Fantasy on motives from Bizet’s opera — Pablo de Sarasate (1844 – 1908) / Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)