Chamber
SHAW'S MICROFICTIONS HIGHLIGHTS MIRO QUARTET'S SEBASTOPOL CONCERTby Peter Lert Friday, March 1, 2024 Chamber
FRY ST. SQ PLAYS A DEMANDING 222 GALLERY CONCERTby Terry McNeill Friday, March 1, 2024 Chamber
SPIRITUAL CHAMBER MUSIC MARIN TRIO CONCERTby Abby Wasserman Sunday, February 25, 2024 Chamber
SPIRITUAL STRING MUSIC IN BLACK OAK ENSEMBLE'S MARIN CONCERTby Abby Wasserman Sunday, January 28, 2024 Chamber
VIRTUOSIC HARP RECITAL AT SPRING LAKE VILLAGE SERIESby Terry McNeill Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Chamber
EMOTIONAL BLOCH PIECE HIGHLIGHTS PELED'S RAC RECITALby Peter Lert Sunday, January 21, 2024 Chamber
OYSTER TRIO AT THE ROSE SIGNATURE SERIESby Terry McNeill Sunday, January 14, 2024 Chamber
CANTABILE CHARMS IN MIXED 222 GALLERY CONCERTby Terry McNeill Saturday, January 13, 2024 Chamber
BACH'S SIX IN WEILL HALL LINCOLN CHAMBER CONCERTby Dan Solter Friday, December 8, 2023 Chamber
RARE SOLO VIOLIN MUSIC AT HEALDSBURG'S 222 GALLERYby Terry McNeill Friday, December 1, 2023 |
chamber Reviews
3/1/2024 - SHAW'S MICROFICTIONS HIGHLIGHTS MIRO QUARTET'S SEBASTOPOL CONCERT - Peter Lert
Redwood Arts Council / Miró Quartet As with cellist Amit Peled’s cello recital last month in the Sebastopol Community Church, a March 1 performance by the Miró Quartet in the same acoustically rewarding venue proved once again that heavy rain could not prevent a capacity audience from enjoying an excellent evening of chamber music. Fo...
3/1/2024 - FRY ST. SQ PLAYS A DEMANDING 222 GALLERY CONCERT - Terry McNeill
The 222 / Fry Street Quartet. Robert Waters and Rebecca McFoul, violin; Bradley Ottesen, viola; Anne Francis Bayless, cello Continuing a string of exemplary chamber music programs, Healdsburg’s 222 Gallery presented Utah-based Fry Street Quartet March 1 over two evenings that included a movie, two demanding quartets and a newly minted work by a local composer. Newly minted? Gabriela Lena Frank’s A Psalm of Disquiet wa...
2/25/2024 - SPIRITUAL CHAMBER MUSIC MARIN TRIO CONCERT - Abby Wasserman
Chamber Music Marin / Manasse-Nakamatsu-Frautschi Trio. Jennifer Frautschi, violin; John Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano It’s difficult to write without superlatives about Chamber Music Marin’s February 25 concert by the trio of Jon Nakamatsu, piano, clarinetist Jon Manasse and violinist Jennifer Frautschi. There aren’t a lot of compositions for this ensemble, and while Mr. Nakamatsu and Mr. Manasse have been a perfor...
1/28/2024 - SPIRITUAL STRING MUSIC IN BLACK OAK ENSEMBLE'S MARIN CONCERT - Abby Wasserman
Chamber Music Marin / Black Oak Ensemble Black Oak Ensemble’s Jan. 28 concert at Mill Valley’s Mt. Tamalpais Methodist Church, one day after Yom Ha Shoah, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, included two works by Jewish composers who met death in Nazi concentration camps: Gideon Klein and Sándor Kuti. Presented by Chamber Music Ma...
1/24/2024 - VIRTUOSIC HARP RECITAL AT SPRING LAKE VILLAGE SERIES - Terry McNeill
Spring Lake Village Classical Music Series / Anna Maria Mendieta, harp Not within memory has there been a formal North Coast harp recital, but Santa Rosa’s Spring Lake Village Concert Series produced one Jan. 24 with virtuoso harpist and consummate entertainer Anna Maria Mendieta. Before a full house Ms. Mendieta performed a catholic recital of works from mostly known...
1/21/2024 - EMOTIONAL BLOCH PIECE HIGHLIGHTS PELED'S RAC RECITAL - Peter Lert
Redwood Arts Council / Amit Peled, cello; Peter Miyamoto, piano Heavy rain Jan. 21 did not deter a capacity audience from enjoying the excellent acoustics of the Sebastopol Community Church and a recital by Israeli American cellist Amit Peled, with pianist Peter Miyamoto. The recital’s theme was “American Landscapes,” and Mr. Peled is known for augmenting his r...
1/14/2024 - OYSTER TRIO AT THE ROSE SIGNATURE SERIES - Terry McNeill
Roses Signature Concert Series / The Oyster Trio. Jennifer Cho, violin; Judiyaba, cello; Marilyn Thompson, piano There is surprisingly a new piano trio around, The Oyster, supplementing pianist Marilyn Thompson’s preeminent North Coast Trio Navarro. Wait, Ms. Thompson was also at the piano for the Oyster’s Jan. 14 concert in Santa Rosa’s Church of the Roses, playing two of her favorite Beethoven “Geister” and...
1/13/2024 - CANTABILE CHARMS IN MIXED 222 GALLERY CONCERT - Terry McNeill
Cantabile / Anna Combs-Johnson and Michelle Rivard, vocal; Joel Cohen, cello; Elena Casanova, piano Healdsburg’s 222 Art Gallery has become one of the North Coast’s most busy concert venues, fielding a large menu of multi theme events, some with cabaret seating, and longtime area violinist Gary McLaughlin produces attractive sporadic classical music programs. Ukiah based vocal instrumental ensemb... |