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Lois Jones, President

The Friday Morning Music Club, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

For classical musicians and music lovers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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CONCERT SCHEDULE FOR LATE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND EARLY DECEMBER 2003

Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, 11:00 am at the Strathmore Hall Arts Center, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD. Composers' Concert
  • WINIFRED HYSON: Three Love Songs from the Bengali. ANDREA SCHEWE, mezzo-soprano, CARRIE ROSE, flute, DOUG WOLTERS, cello
  • RUTH NORMAN: Ever Flows the Silent Stream; Rapture, composer and pianist
  • RUTH NORMAN: Of Dvine Love. ANNETTE POULARD, soprano, RUTH NORMAN, piano
  • RONALD DICUS: Angelica Hungarica and Leonids at Play. RAMONA MATTHEWS, violin, RON DICUS, piano
Tuesday, October 28, 12 noon at the Womanís Club of Chevy Chase
(reception to follow
  • Chopin: Scherzo in E Major, op. 54. CHEN-LI TZENG, piano
  • Selected opera duets: ELIZABETH K. VRENIOS, soprano; ARIANNE HADLEY LOWELL, mezzo-soprano; LINDA ELLINWOOD, piano.
  • Beethoven: Sonata in F Major, op. 24 no. 5. NAYIRI POOCHIKIAN, violin; KARINE MURADYAN, piano.
Friday, October 31, 12:00 noon at Sumner School Museum
  • Arnold Cooke: Clarinet Concerto (selected movements). NANCY GENOVESE, clarinet; AMY ROTHSTEIN, piano.
  • Leopold Godowsky: A transcription combining two Chopin Etudes. op. 10, no.11 and op. 25, no. 3. Charles-Valentin Alkan: Barcarolle in G Minor, op. 65. Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat Min, op. 31. TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV, piano.
  • Prokofiev: Sonata, op. 119. JONATHAN VELSEY, cello; VIRGINIA LUM, piano.
Thursday, November 6, 11:00 am at Strathmore Hall
  • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Notturno. Judith Lang Zaimont: Nocturne: La fin de siécle. BETTY ANN MILLER, piano.
  • Yoshinao Nakada: Kiri no Hana (Paulownia Flowers). Saburo Moroi: Shounen (A Boy). Junji Mitsuishi: "Yumemita monowa..." (What I dreamed...). Donizetti: "Regnava nel silenzio" from Lucia di Lammermoor. KIMIKO SHIMADA, soprano; YOSHINORI HOSAKA, piano.
  • Beethoven: Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe f¸hlen.. Villa-Lobos: Berceuse, op. 50. Dvorak: Waldesruhe(Klid). BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello; MARY KATHRYN TRAVER, piano.
Friday, November 7, 11:00 am at the Sumner School Museum
  • Haydn: Quartet in D Major, op. 20, no. 4. JEAN PROVINE and GRACE BOERINGER, violins; DONALD MACLEAN, viola; BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello.
  • Theobald Boehm: Grande polonaise, op. 16. LAURA BENNING, flute; ALFRED CLARK, piano.
  • Martinu: Trio No. 3 in C. HELMUT BRAUNLICH, violin; BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello; CLAIR PRICE ROZIER, piano.
THursday, November 13, 12:00 noon in the Gallery at the Ellipse
  • Mozart: Quartet in C Major, KV Anh. 171(285b). TOBY ROTMAN, flute; BARBARA GHOLZ, violin; BILLIE ANDERTON, viola; BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello.
  • Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011. JOHN KABOFF, cello.
  • Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Hob. II:11. TOBY ROTMAN, flute; BARBARA GHOLZ, violin; BILLIE ANDERTON, viola; BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello.
Friday, November 14, 12:00 noon at the Sumner School Museum
  • Stravinsky: Duo Concertant. CECILIE JONES, violin; MARYNELLE LOSIN, piano.
  • Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques. MARK CONRAD and BARBARA WILKINSON, piano duet.
  • Beethoven: Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3. HELEN FRENCH, violin; PHILLIPS HINCH, viola; HYUN SUN KIM, cello.
Sunday, November 16, 3:00 pm at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
FMMC Orchestra Concert, Sylvia Alimena, conductor
  • Auber: Overture to Fra Diavolo.
  • Debussy: Two Nocturnes (Nuages and Fétes).
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
Tuesday, November 18, 12:00 nooe Dumbarton House
  • Mozart: Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello, KV Anh.171 (285b). TOBY ROTMAN, flute; BARBARA GHOLZ, violin; BILLIE ANDERTON, viola; BRIGITTA CZERNIK GRUENTHER, cello.
  • Beethoven: String Quartet in A Minor, op. 132. JEAN PROVINE and ELEANOR WOODS, violins; DONALD MacLEAN, viola; VALERIE MATTHEWS, cello.
Thursday, November 20, 11:00 am at the Fairfax Old Town Hall
  • Schubert: Notturno in E-flat Major (D. 897). GRACE BOERINGER, violin; ANNE FRANKE cello; MARYNELLE LOSIN, piano.
  • Nasto: Falling into the Music (A Suite of Songs to the Poems of Rumi). HARLIE SPONAUGLE, soprano; BARBARA WILKINSON, piano.
Friday, November 21, 12:00 noon at the Sumner School Museum
  • Villa-Lobos: Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle). MIDGE CARLTON, flute; VALERIE MATTHEWS, cello.
  • Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale. De Falla: Serenata andaluza. Chavarri: The Old Moorish Castle. Lecuona: Danza Lucumi. SALLY WEST POTTER, piano.
  • Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet, Op. 130; Great Fugue, Op. 133. MICHAEL CASASSA and RAMONA MATTHEWS, violins; NICHOLAS FOBE, viola; ALLAN MALMBERG, cello.
Saturday, November 22, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Strathmore Hall.
  • The FMMC Johansen HIgh School Competition for Strings.
Friday, Nov. 28, 2 p.m. at Strathmore Hall.
  • Student Recital (One of the performers will be the winner of the FMMC Johansen High School Competition for Strings.)
Thursday, December 4, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall.
  • Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise. GEORGE PEACHEY, piano.
  • Berlioz: Les nuits d'été. ANITA HO, soprano; ELIZABETH WHITE piano.
  • Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, op. 76, no. 5. CECILIE JONES and PATRICIA COCHRAN, violins; ROBERT HUESMANN, viola; JAN TIMBERS, cello
Friday, December 5, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.
  • Frank Martin: Ballade. SARAH ANDREW WILSON, flute; NATASSJA LINZAU, piano (guest artist).
  • Poulenc: Les Soirées de Nazelles. MARILYN MANGOLD GARST, piano.
  • Ysaye: Obsession from Sonata No. 2. Other selections TBD. CHRISTINE KHARAZIAN, violin.
CONCERT VENUES:
 
Sumner School Museum and Archives, 17th & M Sts. NW, Washington, DC (Metro: Farragut North)
Strathmore Hall, 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD (Metro: Grosvenor)
Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW, Washington, DC
Old Town Hall in City of Fairfax, University Drive at Main St., (Rte. 236), Fairfax, VA
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, MD
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, 7931 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD
The Gallery at the Ellipse, 4350 North Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA (Metro: Ballston)
Collington Retirement Community, 10450 Lottsford Rd., Mitchellville, MD
Programs of the Friday Morning Music Club are open to the public free of charge, with no tickets needed. Programs are subject to change without notice. The Friday Morning Music Club is a member of the United Arts Organization. Please support our artistic and educational programs through the United Way or the Combined Federal Campaign by designating #8624.