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Works by Bach, Handel and Scarlatti. After hearing a performance of Mozart’s piano sonatas on a fortepiano as a graduate student, Trevor Stephenson began an exhaustive exploration of the different expressive and tonal possibilities of historical keyboard instruments. Working with Norman Sheppard, he began building and customizing his own historical instruments, ranging from Italian Renaissance […]
Continue readingObserve the result of almost supernatural musical aptitude combined with thousands of hours training in some of the worlds most esoteric and demanding musical methods including absolute breath manipulation, non-linear resonance tunings and expanded, intuitive song structuring. Two different performers will each perform solo sets of music and sounds that are beyond yet parallel to […]
Continue readingPianist Daniel Glover celebrates the 100th Birthday of Samuel Barber and 200th Birthday of Frederic Chopin with an innovative program that alternates works in similar genres by the two great composers. These include Nocturnes, Ballades, as well as works inspired by nationalism, such as Barber’s Excursions and Chopin’s Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise. Rounding out […]
Continue reading(images above, from the left: Jupiter Chamber Players, Iosif Andriasov, Arshak Andriasov)String Quartet in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 by Georgy Catoire; Piece for String Quartet, Op. 7 by Arshak Andriasov; ‘Spring for String Quartet, Op. 32 and String Quartet in D major, Op. 1 by Iosif Andriasov; String Quartet in F major, Op. 22 by […]
Continue readingAdagio and allegrio; Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47 and others by Robert SchumannSarah Hong is well known in the Bay Area for her seemingly effortless performances of the most demanding repertoire; for this concert she is joined by violinist with the Oregon Symphony Fumino Ando, Japanese pianist Makiko Ooka and Bay Area violist […]
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