CONCERT SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2005

NOTE: This site contains archives of past FMMC-sponsored concerts beginning in October 2002.

Sunday, September 25, 2:00 p.m. in the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. Nagle Memorial Concert.

Piano recital featuring Jie Chen, first prize winner, 2005 Washington International Piano Competition.

• Mozart: 12 Variations in C major, K.179.
• SCHUBERT: Sonata in A major, D.959.
• SCHUMANN: Sonata No.2 in G minor.
• ALBÉNIZ: Evocacion and Triana (from Iberia).
• BALAKIREV: Islamey.

Tuesday, September 27, 7:30 p.m. at Dumbarton House.

• MONTEVERDI: “Se i languidi miei sguardi”; “Exulta filia”. LULLY: “Amour, voy quels maux tu nous fais”; “Toy qui dans ce tombeau”. Deborah Thurlow, soprano; Jan Timbers, violoncello; Sharon Ollison, harpsichord.
• J.S. BACH: Sonata II in A minor, BWV 1003. Barbara Gholz, violin.
• MAURO GIULIANI: Three ariettas, Op. 95. FERNANDO SOR: Selections for guitar; Three seguidillas. Debora Madsen, soprano; David Rastall, guitar.
• MOZART: Quartet in B-flat major, K.159. Helen French and Heather Rieff (guest), violins; Phillips Hinch, viola; Hyun Sun Kim, violoncello.

Sunday, October 2, 5:00 p.m. at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church. FMMC Orchestra, Pablo Saelzer, guest conductor.

• MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute.
• MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante, K.297b for wind quartet and orchestra.
• DVORÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88.

Thursday, October 6, 11:00 a.m. at Strathmore Hall Mansion.

• HUMMEL: Piano Trio No. 7 in E-flat major. Eleanor Woods, violin; Jan Timbers, cello; Barbara Wing, piano.
• JAKE HEGGIE: Selections from Eve-Song. Denise Young, Soprano; Victoria Gau, piano.
• SCHUMANN: Märchenerzählungen (“Folk tales”), op. 132. Steven Rosenthal, clarinet; Marion Richter, viola; Felicia Weiss, piano.
• CHOPIN: Scherzo in E major, op. 54. Margaret King Patterson, piano

Friday, October 7, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum. Opening Fall Concert and President's Reception

• J.S. BACH: Adagio. BRAHMS: Allegro from Sonata in E minor, op. 38; RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise. Neale Perl, cello; Ralitza Patcheva, piano.
• BARBER: "Must the winter come so soon?" (from Vanessa). VERDI: "Pace, pace" (from La Forza del destino); "Ernani involami" (from Ernani). Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Karen Davis, piano.
• SCHUBERT: Impromptu in G-flat major, op. 90, no. 3. BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor, op. 79, no. 2. HOWARD SWANSON: The Cuckoo. SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: The Bamboula, op. 59, no. 8. Raymond Jackson, piano.

Tuesday, October 11, 7:30 p.m. at Goodwin House. FMMC Student Recital

Friday, October 14, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• DOHNANYI: Serenade in C major, op. 10. Cecilie Jones, violin; Grace Boeringer, viola; Valerie Matthews, cello.
• J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations. Han-yin Chen, piano.

Sunday, October 16, 2:00 p.m. in the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. Ann Schein, pianist, in a benefit concert for the Ann and Betty Schein Endowment Fund.

• CHOPIN: Polonaise Fantasy.
• CARTER: Piano Sonata.
• CHOPIN: Sonata #3 in B minor

Tickets available at the Kennedy Center Box Office.

Tuesday, October 18, 12 noon at Dumbarton House.

J. C. BACH: Trio in C major. STAMITZ: Trio No. 1. Heidi Schuller and Teresa Meeks, flutes; Edwina Moldover, violoncello.
• DITTERSDORF: Duetto for Viola and Violone. Grace Boeringer, viola; Jonathan Nazdin (guest), double bass.
• BOCCHERINI: Quintet for guitar and string quartet: David Rastall, guitar; Ruth Albright and Marcia Rucker, violins; Billie Anderton, viola; Brigitta Czernik Gruenther, violoncello.

Thursday, October 20, 11:00 a.m. at the Old Town Hall, City of Fairfax.

• MONTEVERDI: Selected songs. Marjorie Coombs Wellman, soprano; David Rastall, lute.
• DEBUSSY: Five preludes. Victoria Wyatt, piano.
• FRANCK, CHOPIN or SCHUMANN John Kaboff, cello [I NEED MORE SPECIFICS]

Thursday, October 20, 12 noon at The Ellipse Arts Center.

• MARK BERGMAN: Narragansett Miniatures. Cynthia Johnson-George, flute; David George (guest), string bass.
• CHARLES KNOX: Rivers Run Through It. , flute; Natasha Dukan (guest), piano.
• THEOBALD BOEHM: Three Duos of Mendelssohn and Lachner. Laura Benning and Tim Friedlander (guest), flutes; Natasha Dukan, piano.
• String work TBA: Ann Elmquist, violin; Billie Anderton, viola.

Friday. October 21, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• SCHUBERT: Trio in E-flat major, op. 100, D.929. Michael Casassa, violin; Allan Malmberg, cello; Han-yin Chen, piano.
• CHOPIN: Nocturne in F-sharp minor, op. 48, no. 2; LISZT: Ballade No. 2 in B minor; SCRIABIN: Étude in D-sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12. Elias-Axel Pettersson, piano.

Tuesday, October 25, 12 noon at the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase. FMMC Concert and Reception. Program TBA

Thursday, October 27, 11:00 a.m. at Collington Auditorium.

• BEETHOVEN: Six Bagatelles, op. 126. Jeffery Beaudry, piano.
• BUTTERWORTH: Six selections from A Shropshire Lad. Karen Mercedes, contralto; Patrick O’Donnell (guest), piano.
• GENIN: Duo Concertant. BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance Suite. Phyllis Crossen-Richardson, clarinet; Gail Verislage (guest), flute; Shirley Yoo (guest), piano

Friday, October 28, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• BRAHMS: Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, op. 120. Steven Rosenthal, clarinet; David Wyner, piano
• BRITTEN: A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41. Bailey Whiteman, contralto; Timothy McReynolds (guest), piano.
• PISTON: Three Pieces; MUCZYNSKI: Fragments for Woodwind Trio. Nancy Genovese, clarinet; Susan Brockman, flute; Robin Gelman (guest), bassoon.
• BERGSMA: Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan. Sungah Min, Viola.

Thursday, November 3, 11:00 a.m. at Strathmore Hall Mansion.

• SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style, op. 102. John Kaboff, cello; Immanuela Gruenberg, piano.
• BRAHMS, Sonata for violin and piano, op. 108. Nayiri Poochilhian, violin; Karine Muradyan, piano.
• MARTINU: Sonata for flute and piano. Susan Brandt, flute; Adelaide Edelson, piano.

Thursday, November 3, 3:00 p.m. at Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home. FMMC Student Recital.

Friday, November 4, 12 noon at Sumner School Museum.

• LISZT: Sonnet 123 of Petrarch. CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 4. Margaret Patterson, piano.
• BRAHMS: Trio in C major, op. 87. Lawrence Wallace, violin; Marion Baker; cello; Virginia Lum; piano.

Sunday, November 6, 3:00 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church. Sunday Concert Series (New)

• ERWIN SCHULHOFF: Sonata. Pamela Broene, flute; Mikhail Safarian, piano.
• BETTY JACKSON KING: Art Songs and Spiritual arrangements. Sharon Guertin Shafer, soprano and piano.
• BEETHOVEN: Sonata in D major, op. 28. Margaret King Patterson, piano.

CONCERT VENUES:
 

Sumner School Museum and Archives, 17th & M Sts. NW, Washington, DC (Metro: Farragut North) Strathmore Hall, 10701 Rockville Pike, N. Bethesda, MD (Metro: Grosvenor). Ellipse Arts Center, 4350 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA (Metro: Ballston). Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW, Washington, DC Collington Retirement Commnity, 10450 Lottsford Road, Mitchellville, MD. OldTown Hall, City of Fairfax, Corner of Main St. (Rt. 236) & University Drive, Fairfax, VA. Woman;s Club of Chevt Chase, 7931 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD. Bradley Hills Bresbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, MD. First Baptist Church, 16th and O Sts. NW, Washington, DC (Metro: Dupont Circle).

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