RECITAL FRENCH FLAVOR IN RARE FOUR-HAND RECITAL Sunday, January 15, 2023 As part of their Roses Signature Concert Series Santa Rosa’s Church of the Roses presented Jan. 15 a piano four-hands recital performed by Marilyn Thompson and Nance Hayashibara. The program consisted of a familiar combination of primarily French works plus a selection from the lively Brahms Hungarian dances. Approximately seventy attended. The piano duet is a somewhat unique art form and probably the most intimate version of chamber music. Two musicians must navigate the physical and... more

CHAMBER CHAMBER GEMS OF BRAHMS IN TRIO NAVARRO'S SCHROEDER CONCERT Sunday, May 1, 2022 The Navarro Trio, comprising regular members cellist Jill Brindel and pianist Marilyn Thompson, presented a concert May 1 in Schroeder Hall devoted to the music of Brahms, and were joined by violinist Jeremy Constant, William Klingerhoffer (horn) and violist Jenny Douglass. A small audience received an afternoon of exemplary chamber music. The program opened with the iconic E Flat Trio, Op. 40, for horn, violin and piano. From the first phrases, mysterious but not murky, one had the se... more

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