Past Performances
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Past Concert Series
2019-2020 Series, "It's a Score!"
2018-2019 Series, "Series Title"
2017-2018 Series, "Sound Waves"
2016-2017 Series, "Sound Escape"
2015-2016 Series, "Glistening Gems"
2014-2015 Series, "Sound Images", and... A Surprise Summer Concert!!
2013-2014 Series, "It's Not Baroque", A Benefit Concert and... A Surprise Summer Concert!!
2012-2013 Series, "Inspired by Shakespeare", and... A Benefit Concert!!
2011-2012 Series, "Creation of the World", plus "Concert a la Carte" a Benefit Concert
2010-2011 Series, "Winds Alive"
2009-2010 Series, "Our Tenth Year"
2008-2009 Series, "Some Enchanted Evenings"
2007-2008 Series, "Connoisseurs", plus "Pianissimo!" a Benefit Concert
2006-2007 Series, "The Masters", plus "Pianissimo!" a Benefit Concert
2005-2006 Series, "Sound Investment"
All concerts took place at Christ Episcopal Church in Bellport unless otherwise noted
2025 Series
Sunday, March 9, 2025
La creation du monde, Darius Milhaud, Performance Video
Quintet in A for Piano & Strings, Op. 81, Antonín Dvorák, Performance Video
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Quintet No. 1 in B-flat for Strings, K. 174, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Performance Video
Sextet in B-flat for Strings, Op. 18, Johannes Brahms, Performance Video
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Trio in G for Piano & Strings, K496, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Performance Video
Roots II for Piano Trio, David Baker, Performance Video
Quintet in c minor for Piano & Strings, Op. 1, Ernst von Dohnányi, Performance Video
2025 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Bass: Martin Wind
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2025 Donor Appreciation Concert
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Sonata Cello & Piano, Claude Debussy, Performance Video
Spanish Sketchbook, Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76, Joaquin Turina, Performance Video
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Sonata Cello & Piano, Claude Debussy, Performance Video
Spanish Sketchbook, Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76, Joaquin Turina, Performance Video
Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
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2024 Series
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Quartet No. 4 in C major K. 157, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Performance Video
“Crisantemi” for String Quartet, Giocomo Puccini, Performance Video
Quartet in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 for Strings, Felix Mendelssohn, Performance Video
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Piano Trio in e minor, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Performance Video
Seven Short Pieces for Piano Trio, Elexey Shor, Performance Video
Quartet No. 1 in C minor for Piano & Strings, Gabriel Fauré, Performance Video
Sunday, October 20, 2024
“Looking Back” for Piano & Strings, Martin Wind, Performance Video
Appalachia Waltz for Violin Cello & Bass, Mark O’Connor, Performance Video
Quintet in A Major “Trout” for Piano & Strings, Franz Schubert, Performance Video
2024 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Bass: Martin Wind
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2023 Series
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Chaconne in g minor for Violin & Continuo, Tomaso Antonio Vitale, Performance Video
Fratres for Cello & Piano, Arvo Pärt,Performance Video
Trio in c minor, Op. 66 for Piano, Violin & Cello, Felix Mendelssohn, Performance Video
Saturday, August 19 & Sunday, August 20, 2023
Sonata for Cell & Piano, Op. 5 #1, Ludwig van Beethoven, Performance Video
Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Sergei Rachmaninoff, August 19th Performance Video
Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Sergei Rachmaninoff, August 20th Performance Video
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Trio in D Minor for Violin, Anton Arensky, Performance Video
Summer Evening: Bellport, Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
To the Earth for Flowerpots, Frederic Rzewski, Performance Video
L’Estate (Summer) Concerto for Violin & Continuo, Antonio Vivaldi, Performance Video
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Quartet in c minor, Op. 18/4 for Strings, Ludwig v. Beethoven, Performance Video
Quartet no. 2 in D Major for Strings, Alexander Borodin, Performance Video
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Quartet Op. 67 for Piano & Strings, Joaquín Turina, Performance Video
Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op.60 for Piano & Strings, Johannes Brahms, Performance Video
2023 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2022 Series
Sunday, March 27, 2022 (78 Bellhaven Road, Bellport, NY)
Sonata in G for Cello & Piano, J. B. Bréval, Performance Video
Suite for Violin & Piano, William Grant Still,Performance Video
Piano Trio #2 in C, Op. 87, Johannes Brahms, Performance Video
Sundays, May 15, 2022 (78 Bellhaven Road, Bellport, NY)
Art of the Fugue, Contrapuntal, J. S. Bach, Performance Video
String Quartet #8, Op. 110, Dmitri Shostakovich, Performance Video
Quintet in A for Clarinet & Strings, W. A. Mozart, Performance Video
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Piano Quartet #1 in g minor, K. 478, W. A. Mozart, Performance Video
Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 47, R. Schumann, Performance Video
2022 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Clarinet: Meryl Abt-Greenfield
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2021 Series
Sundays, July 11, and 18, 2021 (78 Bellhaven Road, Bellport, NY)
Passacaglia for Violin solo, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Performance Video
Requiem for Cello Alone, Peter Sculthorpe, Performance Video
Recitative and Scherzo for Violin, Fritz Kreisler, Performance Video
Three Improvisations for Cello, Laurinel Owen, Performance Video
They Were Dancing for Violin and Cello, Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
Sunday, August 1 and 15, 2021 (78 Bellhaven Road, Bellport, NY)
Partita in d minor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Performance Video
Requiem for Cello Alone, Peter Sculthorpe, Performance Video
Four Improvisations for Cello, Laurinal Owen, Performance Video
Sonate fὒr Violoncello solo, György Ligeti, Performance Video
Suite for Cello, Benjamin Britten, Performance Video
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Sonata No. 3 in c minor, Op. 45 for Violin and Piano, Edvard Greig, Performance Video
Five Preludes for Violincello and Piano, Lera Auerbach, Performance Video
Trio in d minor, Op. 49, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Performance Video
Sunday, December 12, 2021
String quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise", Franz Joseph Haydn, Performance Video
"Floating the Canyon" Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
Quintet in E-Flat for Piano and Strings. Op. 44, Robert Schumann, Performance Video
2021 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Clarinet: Meryl Abt-Greenfield
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2019-2020 Series, “It’s a Score!”
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Trio in g minor, Op. 17, Clara Schumann, Performance Video
Sonata in B Flat for Piano & Cello, Op. 46, Helene Liebmann
Quintet in f# for Piano & String Quartet, Op. 67, Amy Beach, Performance Video
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Prelude & Fugue for String Trio, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two of the Four Seasons for Piano Trio, Astor Piazzola
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, Johannes Brahms, Performance Video
Sunday, April 26, 2020
This concert was not performed because of Covid-19 restrictions.
String Quartet in B Flat. Op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise", Joseph Haydn
"Floating The Canyon" Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano, Richard Pearson Thomas
Quintet in E Flat for Piano & Strings, Op. 44, Robert Schumann
Five boutique concerts were performed in July and August.
Each with a limited audience of fifteen subscribers.
The program for solo cello was
Partita III BWV 1006, J.S. Bach
Suite for Cello, Op 72, Benjamin Britten
Performed by Laurinel Owen
2019-20 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Clarinet: Meryl Abt-Greenfield
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2018-2019 Series, “Series Title”
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Nocturno for Horn & Piano, Johan Strauss
Huit Morceaux for Violin & Cello, Reinhold Glière
Dido Abbandonata – Sonata in G minor for Violin and Continuo, Giuseppe Tartini
Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano, Eric Ewazen
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Trio in G KV 564, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Performance Video
Three Waltzes for Trio, Peter Winkler, Performance Video
Trio in B-flat, Op. 21,Antonin Dvorák, Performance Video
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Three Preludes and Fugues arr. for Quartet, Shostakovich, Performance Video
String Quintet in C Major, FranzSchubert
2018-19 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Clarinet: Meryl Abt-Greenfield
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2017-2018 Series, “Sound Waves”
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Sonata #6 in B-flat for Cello & Piano, Antonio Vivaldi, Performance Video
Tango Song & Dance for Violin & Piano, Andre Previn, Performance Video
Quartet in E-flat for Piano & Strings, Op. 87, Antonin Dvorák, Performance Video
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Trio in c minor for Strings, Op. 9 #3, Ludwig van Beethoven, Performance Video
Piano Solo (to be composed!), Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
Quartet in c minor for Piano & Strings, JohannesBrahms, Performance Video
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Passacaglia for Violin & Viola, George Frideric Handel / Johan Halvorsen, Performance Video
Sonata #2 in D for Cello & Piano, Op. 58, Felix Mendelssohn, Performance Video
Quintet in g for Piano & Strings, Op. 57, DmitriShostakovich, Performance Video
2017-18 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Arthur Moeller
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Clarinet: Meryl Abt-Greenfield
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2016-2017 Series, “Sound Escape”
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Sonata in e minor, BWV 1034 for Flute, Cello and Piano,Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantabile et Presto for Flute and Piano, GeorgeEnescu
Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano, RobertSchumann
Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Carl Maria von Weber
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Variations on a Theme by Rossini for Cello and Piano, Bohuslav Martinů
Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, Antonin Dvorak
Trio in g minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, Bedřich Smetana
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Trio in G major HBV25 #39 “Gypsy”, Joseph Haydn, Performance Video
Danse de la Frayeur (Dance of Terror), Manuel de Falla, Performance Video
Tibetan Dance, Bright Sheng, Performance Video
Hungarian Dances No. 1, 2 and 5, Johannes Brahms, Performance Video
“Dirty Music” Concerto for Violin and Jazz Trio, Richard Pearson Thomas , Performance Video
2016-17 Season Performers:
Flute: Tia Roper
Violins: Naho Parrini
Viola: Aundrey Mitchell
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Clarinet: Meryl Abt-Greenfield
Piano: Marilyn Lehman, Richard Pearson Thomas
Percussion: Dylan Benson
Contrabass: Steven Fayette
2015-2016 Series, “Glistening Gems”
Sunday, November 8, 2015
SoLI Singers of Long Island. A special choral concert.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6, 1936, Samuel Barber
Porgy and Bess for violin and piano, George Gershwin
Trio in A minor, Op. 150, 1939, Amy Beach
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Sonata for Cello and Piano, 1948, Francis Poulenc, Performance Video
Terzetto in C for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74, Antonín Dvořák, Performance Video
Quintet in C minor for Piano & Strings, Gabriel Faure, Performance Video
2015-16 Season Performers:
Choir: SoLI Singers of Long Island
Violins: Naho Parrini, Song-A Cho
Viola: Christopher Shaughnessy
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2014-2015 Series, “Sound Images”
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Trio, Op. 11 for Clarinet & Piano, Ludwig van Beethoven
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets, Francis Poulenc
Sonata in E minor for Cello & Piano, Johannes Brahms
Concert Piece No. 1 & 2 for Two Clarinets, Felix Mendelssohn
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Sonata in D minor for Cello & Piano, Claude Debussy
Poème for Violin & Piano, Ernest Chausson
Quintet in F minor for Strings & Piano, César Franck
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Italian Serenade in G for String Quartet, Christian Wolff
Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2014-15 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Song-A Cho
Viola: Aundrey Mitchel, Christopher Shaughnessy
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Marilyn Lehman, Richard Pearson Thomas
Clarinet: Naomi Drucker, Stanley Drucker
2013-2014 Series, “It’s Not Baroque”
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Quartet #3 for Strings, Alfred Schnittke
Quartet #19 in C, K. 465 "Dissonance", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Grosse Fugue in B-flat, Op. 133, Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Dream with Me, Glitter and Be Gay, Leonard Bernstein, Performance Video
Fantasy on Carmen, Op. 25 for Violin and Piano, Pablo de Sarasate, Performance Video
"Usual Suspects" based on arias by Verdi and Puccini, Richard Pearson Thomas, Performance Video
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Robert Schumann, Performance Video
Vocal Music, George Frideric Handel, Performance Video
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Quartet #2 in D for Strings, Alexander Borodin
Two Pieces for Cello and Piano, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Quintet in D, Op. 55 for Piano & Strings, Anton Arensky
Benefit Concert
Sunday, March 30, 2014
A special EARLY Benefit Concert in MARCH!!
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Surprise Summer Concert
Saturday, August 23, 2014
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2013-14 Season Performers:
Choir: Bryant Park Quartet
Violins: Naho Parrini, Evangeline Liu
Viola: Ofir Tomer
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Soprano: Karen DiMartino
2012-2013 Series, “Inspired by Shakespeare”
Sunday, October 14, 2012
“Shakespeare and Friends”
Choral works, based on Shakespeare texts, by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Orban, Harris and other favorites.
Performed by the Singers of Long Island (SoLI)
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sonata in C, Op. 105/1 for Cello & Piano, Ludwig van Beethoven
Scherzo Tarantella, Op. 16, Henryk Weiniawski
Trio No. 2, Op/ 67,Dmitri Shostakovich
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Sonata for Two Violins, Cello and Bass, Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Sonata for Violin and Cello, Maurice Ravel
Quintet for Strings, Op. 77sky, Antonín Dvořák,
2012-13 Season Performers:
Choir: SoLI Singers of Long Island
Violins: Naho Parrini, Evangeline Liu
Viola: Ofir Tomer
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Soprano: Karen DiMartino
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2011-2012 Series, “Creation of the World”
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Quartet in B-flat, Op. 76 #4 “Sunrise”, Joseph Haydn
Quartet Op. 59 #3 in C Major, Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Trio No. 1, Op. 35 for Violin, Cello & Piano, Joaquín Turina, Performance Video
Trio in B-flat, Op. 97 “Archduke”, Ludwig van Beethoven, Performance Video
Sunday, March 25, 2012
La Création du Monde for Piano & String Quartet, Darius Milhaud
Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 for Piano & Strings, Johannes Brahms
2012-13 Season Performers:
Bryant Park Quartet
Violins: Naho Parrini, Cyrus Beroukhim, Laura Klugherz
Viola: Thomas Rosenthal
Cello: Laurinel Owen, Alberto Parrini
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
2010-2011 Series, “Winds Alive”
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Carmen Fantasy, Georges Bizet
Afternoon of a Faun, Claude Debussy
Tarantella Trios, Camille Saint-Saëns
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sonata No. 2, Op. 81 for Cello and Piano, Nikolai Miaskovsky
Adagietto/Presto for Violin and Piano, Richard Pearson Thomas
Trio in B-flat. Op. 99 for Violin, Cello and Piano, Franz Schubert
Sunday, April 30, 2011
Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Gustav Holst
Chanson Perpétuelle for Soprano and Piano Quintet, Ernest Chausson, Performance Video
Quintet in A for Piano and Strings, Antonín Dvořák, Performance Video
2010-11 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Parrini, Laura Klugherz
Viola, Thomas Rosenthal
Cello: Laurinel Owen, Alberto Parrini
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Christine Diwyk
Clarinet, Andrew Lamy
Soprano, Patricia Prunty
2009-2010 Series, “Our Tenth Year”
Sunday, November 8, 2009, "Ensemble Milano Classico"
Sonata in D minor for violin and continuo op 1. n. 12 “La Follia”, Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata VI in E minor for violin and continuo, Francesco Maria Veracini
Sonata in E minor for violoncello continuo, Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata “Didone abbandonata” in G minor, Giuseppe Tartini
Trio Sonata for violin, violoncello and continuo, Alessandro Stradella
Joining us from Italy is one of the most important ensembles of the early music movement—Ensemble Milano Classico. Recognized by the world-renowned magazine Le Monde de la Musique, and enthusiastic reviews and prizes from Diapason, Amadeus, Musica, Fanfare magazine and Musicweb we are proud to present this world-class group.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Trio in D for Piano and Cello, "Ghost", Ludwig Van Beethoven
Trio in B for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 8., Johannes Brahms
Sunday, March 21, 2010, “Tenth Anniversary Concert”
Sextet for Strings, Op. 18, Johannes Brahms
Octet in E-flat for strings, Felix Mendelssohn
2009-10 Season Performers:
Ensemble Milano Classico
Enrico Casazza, Violin
Marcello Scandelli, Cello
Giorgio Fabbri, Harpsichord
Violins: Naho Parrini, Song-A Cho
Viola: Thomas Rosenthal
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Christine Diwyk
2009-2010 Series, “Our Tenth Year”
Sunday, November 8, 2009, "Ensemble Milano Classico"
Sonata in D minor for violin and continuo op 1. n. 12 “La Follia”, Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata VI in E minor for violin and continuo, Francesco Maria Veracini
Sonata in E minor for violoncello continuo, Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata “Didone abbandonata” in G minor, Giuseppe Tartini
Trio Sonata for violin, violoncello and continuo, Alessandro Stradella
Joining us from Italy is one of the most important ensembles of the early music movement. Recognized by the world-renowned magazine Le Monde de la Musique, and enthusiastic reviews and prizes from Diapason, Amadeus, Musica, Fanfare magazine and Musicweb we are proud to present this world-class group.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Trio in D for Piano and Cello, "Ghost", Ludwig Van Beethoven
Trio in B for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 8., Johannes Brahms
Sunday, March 21, 2010, "Tenth Anniversary Concert"
Sextet for Strings, Op. 18, Johannes Brahms
Octet in E-flat for strings, Felix Mendelssohn
2009-10 Season Performers:
Ensemble Milano Classico:
Enrico Casazza, Violin
Marcello Scandelli, Cello
Giorgio Fabbri, Harpsichord
Violins: Naho Parrini, Song-A Cho
Viola, Thomas Rosenthal
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Christine Diwyk
2008-2009 Series, “Some Enchanted Evenings”
Sunday, October 26, 2008, "Bryant Park Quartet"
String Quartet in D, Op. 18 No.3, Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60, Johannes Brahms
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sonata in C for Cello & Piano, Op. 102 No.1, Ludwig van Beethoven
"Driving at Night" for Piano Trio, Richard Pearson Thomas, World Premier
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Trio in G for Strings, Op. 9 No.1, Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Pieces for Viola & Cello, Rebecca Clarke
Piano Quintet, Op. 44, Robert Schumann
2008-09 Season Performers:
Bryant Park Quartet
Violins: Naho Tsutsui, Song-A Cho, Benjamin Russell, Miho Saegusa
Viola, Thomas Rosenthal, Adam Meyer
Cello: Laurinel Owen, Tomoko Fujita
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Yi-Fang Huang
2007-2008 Series, “Connoisseurs”
Sunday, October 28, 2007, “Down to Basses”
Komm, süsses Kreuz, BWV 244, Johann Sebastian Bach
The Shadow of the Blues, John Musto
Sonata in G Major, Cello & Double Bass, Jean-Baptiste Barriére
Per questa bella mano, K.V. 612, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D Minor for Cello & Piano, Claude Debussy
Diamonds; The Spinster of Chelsea Embankment; It Could Have Been You, Richard Pearson Thomas
Three American Duets, Aaron Minsky
The rich sonorous bass voice of internationally acclaimed Bellport Resident Michael Douglas Jones and returning double-bass virtuoso Steven Fayette join forces to perform the greatest repertoire of the genre.
Sunday, January 20, 2008, “As the World Turns”
Two Tangos from "Las cuatro estaciones poteñas", [The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires], Astor Piazzolla
A Child's Reliquary (1999), Richard Danielpour
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Samba, Maxixe, Choro & Baião, Scarlatti, Bach, Piazzola
João Luiz & Douglas Lora, classical guitarists, met in high school in Sao Paulo. They have performed together for ten years. creating what one critic called "a sublime synchronicity and effortless performance style".
Sunday, April 13, 2008, Dan Franklin Smith, Solo Piano, “Pianissimo!” a Benefit Concert
Apparition Nr. 1, Feux Follets, Widmung, Franz Liszt
Ballade Nr. 4 in F Minor, Frederic Chopin
Blue Rondo a la Turk, Dave Brubeck
Three Preludes, George Gershwin
El Vito Variations, Manuel Infante
Dan Franklin Smith is a resident of New York City but performs in colleges, universities, museums and concert halls throughout the US and Europe. He has been described as "an incredibly sensitive player" and "a master pianist." Accolades such as "breathtakingly beautiful," "technical wizardry," "brilliant technique and emotional fervor" appear in every review.
2007-08 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Tsutsui,
Cello: Laurinel Owen, Tomoko Fujita
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Dan Franklin Smith
Classical Guitar: João Luiz & Douglas Lora
2006-2007 Series, “The Masters”
Sunday, October 15, 2006, "Germanic Giants"
Andantino from Trio in A minor, Johannes Brahms
Concert Rondo for Clarinet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Three Bagatelles, Gerald Finzi
Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Ludwig van Beethoven
Mozart composed extensively for the clarinet, a tradition continued by Beethoven and Brahms in their chamber music with cello and piano. Naomi Drucker, often guests with the New York Philharmonic.
Sunday, January 21, 2007, "Music of Angels"
Fantasie for Violin & Harp, Camille Saint-Saëns
Prelude, Beau Soir, Arabesque, Claude Debussy
Three Songs for Violin & Harp, Amy Beach
Rumanian Dances, Béla Bartok
Violinist Renée Jolles, from New York's Orpheus Ensemble, and Susan Jolles harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Naumberg Prize winner will dazzle us with audience favorites.
Sunday, March 18, 2007, "Gypsy, Magic and Blues"
Variations on Mozart's "Magic Flute", Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Violin & Piano, Maurice Ravel
Quartet No. 1 for Piano & Strings, Johannes Brahms
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 5:00pm, "Pianissimo!" a Benefit Concert.
Piano Sonata in E Minor, Joseph Haydn
Ballade in F Minor, Frédéric Chopin
Two Etude Tablaeux, SergeiRachmaninoff
Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
Tatjana Rankovich, Solo Piano. Voted "Best of the Year" by Fanfare Magazine.
2006-07 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Tsutsui, Réne Jolles
Viola, Laura Mole
Cello: Laurinel Owen, Tomoko Fujita
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Tatjana Rankovich
Clarinet: Naomi Drucker
Harp: Susan Jolles
2005-2006 Series, “Sound Investment”
Sunday, March 12, 2006, “Gone Fishin”
Sonata for Trumpet & Strings, George Frideric Handel
"Trout" Quintet, Franz Schubert
Septet for Trumpet, Strings & Piano, Camille Saint-Saëns
Sunday, February 6, 2006, “Winter Tropics”
Remembering the Call from the Mountain, for Bass Flute, Richard Pearson Thomas
Arias for Counter–Tenor, George Frideric Handel
Jet Whistle for Flute & Cello, HeitorVilla-Lobos
Chansons Medécasses for Baritone, Flute, Cello & Piano, Maurice Ravel
Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano, Carl Maria von Weber
Sunday, November 6, 2005, "Phoenix Rising"
Old American Songs, Aaron Copland
Four Negro Spirituals
A Hand of Bridge, a one-act chamber opera, Samuel Barber
Ascension, Richard Pearson Thomas
The spectacular singers of the Phoenix Quartet use their incomparable voices and distinctive staging to charm their audiences who experience first-hand how song, with its melding of poetry and music, creates community and celebrates life.
2005-06 Season Performers:
Violins: Naho Tsutsui, Andrew Perea
Viola, Christopher Shaughnessy
Cello: Laurinel Owen, Tomoko Fujita
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Tatjana Rankovich
Trumpet: Doug Mendocha
Flute: Linda Weatherill-Smith
Baritone: Bruce Rameker
Contrabass: Steven Fayette
Choral: Phoenix Vocal Quartet
2004-2005 Series
Sunday, March 13, 2005, “Some Like it Hot”
Duo for Cello and Contrabass, Gioachino Rossini
Failing for Contrabass & Monologue, Tom Johnson
To the Earth for Four Flower Pots and Speaking Percussionist, Frederic Rzewski
Suite for Cello and Jazz Trio, Claude Bolling
Sunday, January 30, 2005, “Inspired by Masters”
Passacaglia, George Frideric Handel
Piano Trio “The Ghost”, Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano, César Frank
Serenade for String Trio, Ernő Dohnanyi
Quartet for Piano and Strings, Robert Schumann
Sunday, November 14, 2004, “Baroque to Broadway”
Songs and Duets by:
Henry Purcell, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern,
Gabriele Fauré, and Richard Pearson Thomas
2004-05 Season Performers:
Violin: Andrew Perea
Viola: Christopher Shaughnessy
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas, Tatjana Rankovich
Percussion: Dylan Benson
Mezzo-soprano: Karie Brown
Baritone: Bruce Rameker
Contrabass: Steven Fayette
2003-2004 Series
Sunday, May 2, 2004, “American Echoes”
“Voices of 9/11”, Richard Pearson Thomas
Songs, Steven Foster
“Dumky Trio” for Piano, Violin and Cello, Antonin Dvorak
Sunday, March 21, 2004, "Gypsy Folklore"
Three Hungarian Dances, Johannes Brahms
"Ningun: Improvisation", Ernest Bloch
Gypsy Songs, Antonin Dvorak
Sunday, October 19, 2003, "Lovers and Other Ties"
Movements from String Quartets, Wolfgang AmadeusMozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Songs, Kurt Weill
Quintet for Piano and Strings, RobertSchumann
2003-04 Season Performers:
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Soprano, Deborah Birnbaum
New York Klezmer Band
2002-2003 Series
Sunday, May 4, 2003, “Mostly American”
I get a Kick Out of You, So in Love, Anything Goes, Cole Porter
Melody, Op. 44 for Violin and Piano, Arthur Foote
Hoe-Down from “Rodeo”, Aaron Copeland
Capriccio for Cello and Piano, Lukas Foss
What’ll I Do?, Irving Berlin
The Road to Avrillé, Richard Pearson Thomas
Dream With Me, Leonard Bernstein
Trio in D minor. Op. 49, Felix Mendelssohn
2002-03 Season Performers:
Violin: Naho Tsutsui
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Soprano, Deborah Birnbaum
2001-2002 Series
Sunday, May 17, 2003, "St. Patrick’s Day"
Music of The British Isles:
Romeo & Juliet, traditional, "Brigadoon", George Frideric Handel, Vaughn Williams
2002-03 Season Performers:
Cello: Laurinel Owen
Piano: Richard Pearson Thomas
Soprano, Deborah Birnbaum
Tenor, James Hoback