2023-2024 Concerts

September 10, 2023 Program

 

Élégie for Viola and Piano, Op. 30 (1862)

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Daniel Sweaney, viola; Lynn Kompass, piano

Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 (1891)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Joseph Eller, clarinet; Claire Bryant, violoncello; Lynn Kompass, piano

Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (1906)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
USC Chamber Players, directed by Cormac Cannon

Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute; Hassan Anderson, oboe; Katie Eaton, English horn; Joe Eller & Andrew Kevic, clarinets; Alejandra Vega Roque, bass clarinet; Michael Harley, bassoon; Edward Senn, contrabassoon; Hunter Poe & Wenyu Hsu, French horns; Ari Streisfeld & Bill Terwilliger, violins; Daniel Sweaney, viola; Claire Bryant, violoncello; Craig Butterfield, bass

 

December 3, 2023 Program

(tentative)

Trois Mélodies (1930)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Serena LaRoche, soprano; Nicholas Susi, piano

Toward the Sea (1981)

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute; Mak Grgic, guitar

At the Marion Opera House (2012)

Tayloe Harding
Claire Bryant, violoncello; Phillip Bush, piano

Our Journey Forward for String Sextet, piano, bass, drums

Bert Ligon (1954)
Bert Ligon Chamber Group

Kristen Harris, violin; Dan Sweaney, viola; Claire Bryant, violoncello; Bert Ligon, piano; Craig Butterfield, bass; Colleen Clark, drums

 

February 11, 2024 Program

(tentative)

Choros by Brazilian Women Composers

Gaúcho (Corta-Jaca) (1895), by Chiquinha Gonzaga (Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga) (1847-1935)

Cananéa (1901), by Gonzaga

Gratidão (Gratitude) (1909), by Tia Amélia (Amélia Brandão Nery) (1897-1983)

Chuvisco (Drizzle) (1953) by Amélia

Yatra-Tá (1981), Tania Maria (b.1948)

Muita Bobeira (Lots of nonsense) (2006), by Luciana Souza (b. 1966)

Não Se Impressione/Forrobodó de Massada (Don’t be impressed) (1911) by Gonzaga

Lauren Meccia, vocals; Bruno Alcalde, guitar

Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87 (1889)

Antonin Dvořák  (1841-1904)
Ari Streisfeld, violin; Daniel Sweaney, viola; Claire Bryant, violoncello; Phillip Bush, piano

 

March 17, 2024 Program

(tentative)

Fauré duets: Puisqu'ici-bas tout âme, Pleurs d'or, Tarantelle (1896) 

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Serena Hill LaRoche, soprano; Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano; Lynn Kompass, piano

From Yiddish Folk Poetry, op 79 (1948)

Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Ashley Emerson, soprano; Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano; Dominic Armstrong, tenor; Lynn Kompass, piano