1983-1984

 

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

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September 23, 1983 — Long Beach Symphony Chamber Players

Brian Dembow, Andrea Byers, violins; Kazi Pitelka, viola; John Walz, cello; Delores Stevens, piano; Kathryn Underwood, vocalist

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K493 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Two songs for alto voice, viola, and piano — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

  1. Gestille Sehnsucht (Longing at Rest)
  2. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Cradle Song of the Virgin)

Quintet in A major, Op. 81 — Antonin Dvorák (1841 – 1904)


October 14, 1983 — Da Camera Players

Delores Stevens, piano; Brian Dembow, violin; Michael Nowak, viola; David Speltz, cello

Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, “Archduke” — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Quartet in A major, Op. 26 — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)


November 11, 1983 — Marchand Ensemble

Candice Burrows, mezzo-soprano; Patricia West Harpole, Susan Fritz, pianos; Patricia Evans, flute

Recitatif et Ariette Gracieuse — Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)

Air de Sapho — Jean-Philippe Rameau

Chansons de Bilitis — Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Jeux — Jacques Ibert (1890 – 1962)

Three Songs of the Auvergne — Marie-Joseph Canteloube (1879 – )

Shéhérazade — Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

En Blanc et Noir — Claude Debussy


December 9, 1983 — Musick’s Recreation

Frank Traficante, viola da gamba; Genette Foster, baroque violin; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord and organ

Sonata III in A minor – Dietrich Buxtehude (ca. 1637 – 1707)

Suite II in A major — Johann Jakob Walther (1650 – 1717)

Concert Royal IV in E minor — François Couperin (c. 1631 – c. 1701)

Violin Sonata in G major, BWV1021 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Pièce de Clavecin en Concert IV in B-flat major — Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)

Trio X in D major — Georg Philippe Telemann (1681 – 1767)


January 13, 1984 — The Modern Brass Quintet

William Booth, trombone; Mario Guarneri, Roy Poper, trumpets; Calvin Smith, horn; Donald Waldrop, tuba and bass trombone

Candide Overture (arr. David Sabourin) — Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)

Fancies, Toyes, and Dreames (arr. Elgar Howarth) — Giles Farnaby (1560 – ca. 1600)

Mirabile Mysterium (arr. D. Waldrop) — Jacob Handl (1550 – 1591)

Three Motets (arr. David Jolley) — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Quintet No. 3 in D-flat major — Victor Ewald (1860 – 1935)

Three Pieces from Richard III (arr. Keith Snell) — William Walton (1902 – 1983)

Sonata for horn, trumpet, and trombone — Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)

Le Cinéma Muet (The Silent Movie) — Pierre-Max Dubois (1930 – )

Three Preludes (1926) (arr. D. Waldorp) — George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)

Quintet (1961) — Malcolm Arnold (1921 – )


February 24, 1984 — Armadillo Quartet

Barry Socher, Steven Scharf, violins; Raymond Tischer, viola; Armen Ksajikian, cello

Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2 — Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

Three Pieces (1914) — Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)

Double Canon for string quartet, “Raoul Dufy in Memoriam” (1959) — Igor Stravinsky

Concertino (1920) — Igor Stravinsky


March 2, 1984 — Members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Susan Greenberg, flute; Ralph Morrison, violin; Janet Lakatos, Joel Soultanian, violas; Margaret Moores, cello; JoAnn Turovsky, harp; Greg Moore, piano

String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Le Soleil Multicolore — Jacques Bondon (1927 – )

Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 50 No. 1 for flute and strings — Franz Danzi (1763 – 1826)

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87 — Antonin Dvorák (1841 – 1904)


April 13, 1984 — Santa Barbara Woodwind Quintet

Gary Woodward, flute; John Winter, oboe; James Kanter, clarinet; James Atkinson, horn; John Steinmetz, bassoon

Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 56 No. 1 — Franz Danzi (1763 – 1826)

Variations sur un Thème Libre, Op. 42 — Eugène Bozza (1905 – )

Pastorale, Op. 21 — Vincent Persichetti (1915 – 1987)

Quintet, Op. 43 — Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931)


May 18, 1984 — Abramson Ensemble

Rochelle Abramson, Michael Nutt, violins; Lynn Loescher, viola; Armen Ksajikian,cello;

Zita Carno, piano

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 — Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)

Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 — Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Quintet in E minor — Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959)

Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 — Johannes Brahms


June 8, 1984 — The Manya Trio

Neal Brostoff , piano; Mark Kashper , violin; Armen Ksajikian, cello; with Joel Soultanian, viola

Piano Trio No. 3 in B-flat major, K502 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish Theme (1929) — Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)

Quartet No. 1 — Bohuslav Martinu (1890 – 1959)