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Lois Jones, President

The Friday Morning Music Club, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

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CONCERT SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 2004

NOTE:
For archived information on past FMMC-sponsored concerts, beginning in October 2002, please click here.

Click on either of the following to download printable PDF versions of

  1. the FMMC Concert Schedule for October at the Sumner Museum
  2. the FMMC Concert Schedule for October at all venues.

Friday, October 1 at 12 noon, Richard L. Hurlbut Memorial Hall, Sumner School Museum. Opening Concert in honor of Mary Ann Stabile Cooper. President's reception after the concert

  • Copland: Piano Sonata. Scott Beard, piano.
  • Singer, TBA from the Young Artist Program of the Washington National Opera.)
  • Glinka: Trio Pathétique in D Minor. Jean-François Bescond, clarinet; Jan Timbers, cello; Diane Winter Pyles, piano.

Sunday, October 3, 2:30 p.m. at Bishop Ireton High School. Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra, Stephen Czarkowski, guest conductor; Seymour Lipkin, piano soloist.

  • Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio.
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37.
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43.
Thursday, October 7, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall.
  • Thomas Oboe Lee: Waltzes, Op. 101. Amy A. Thomas, flute and alto flute; James Pinkerton, harp.
  • Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8 in B flat major Op. 83. Han-yin Chen, piano.
  • J.S. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze; My Heart Ever Faithful. Rachmaninoff: The Little Island; O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair; Vocalise. Nancy Peery Marriott, soprano; David Chapman, piano.
  • Mozart: Quintet in D major K. 593. Jean Provine and Grace Boeringer, violins; Donald Maclean and Billie Anderton, violas; Brigitta Gruenther, cello.

Friday, October 8 at 12 noon, Richard L. Hurlbut Memorial Hall, Sumner School Museum.

  • Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt from Années de pèlerinage, Book I.  Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau from Images, Book I.  Ravel: Jeux d'eau. Ann Joseph, piano.
  • Wolf: Selections from Italienisches Liederbuch. Peggy McNulty, soprano; Gillian Cookson, piano.
  • Grieg: Sonata in A Minor, Op. 36.Valerie Matthews, cello. Enoch Gordis, piano.

Thursday, October 14, 11 AM at Collington.

  • Mahler and Brahms: Selected songs. Christianne King, mezzo-soprano; Margaret Patterson, piano
  • Grieg: Shepherd Boy, March of the Trolls, and Bells Ringing, from Six Lyric Pieces, Op. 54.
  • Liszt: Gnomen-Reigen (Dance of the Gnomes). Jeffery Beaudry, piano.
  • Poulenc: Sextet. Linda Bryant, flute; Betsy Reveal, clarinet; Eric Wagner, oboe; Mark Noble, bassoon; Alan Scanto, horn (guest artist); Bill Taylor, piano.
Thursday, October 14, 12 noon at The Ellipse Arts Center.
  • J.S. Bach: Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1030. Laura Benning, flute; Alfred Clark, piano.
  • Poldowski: Nocturnes. Eva Dell' Acqua: Villanelle. Ravel: Vocalise-Étude. Massenet: Sevillana. Denise Young, soprano; Victoria Gau, piano.
  • Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat Major, K. 563. Helen French, violin; Phillips Hinch, viola; Hyun Sun Kim, cello.

Friday, October 15 at 12 noon, Richard L. Hurlbut Memorial Hall, Sumner School Museum.

  • J.S. Bach: Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035.Cynthia Johnson-George, flute; Adelaide Edelson, piano.
  • David Burge: Lianašs Song. Mark Conrad and Barbara Wilkinson, piano duet.
  • Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11. Jean Provine, violin; Brigitta Czernik Gruenther, cello; Mary K. Traver, piano.

Tuesday, October 19, 12 noon at Dumbarton House.

  • Beethoven: Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1. Eleanor Woods, violin; Gail MacColl, viola; Jan Timbers, cello.
  • Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 135. Michael Casassa and Ramona Matthews, violins; Nicholas Fobe, viola; Allan Malmberg, cello.

Thursday, October 21, 11 a.m., Fairfax Old Town Hall.

  • Desiré Dondeyne: Suite. Eric Wagner, oboe; Betsy Reveal, clarinet; Mark Noble, bassoon.
  • Catalani: "Ebben? ne andrò lantano", from La Wally. Larsen: Cowboy Songs. Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Barbara Wilkinson, piano.
  • Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sophia Pallas and Julian Trail, piano duet.

Friday, October 22 at 12 noon, Richard L. Hurlbut Memorial Hall, Sumner School Museum.

  • Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26. Marilyn Mangold Garst, piano.
  • Handel: "Con tromba guerriera m'invita la fama" from Silla. Andrea Schewe, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Schewe, trumpet (guest artist); Victoria Gau, piano.
  • Emil Hartmann: Serenade in A Major, Op. 24. Jerome Schwarz, clarinet; Carol Hall, viola; Robert Rosen, piano.

Saturday October 23, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall. FMMC Composers Concert.

  • William Holroyd: Fugue. Susan Brockman, flute; Susan Findley, English horn; Nancy Genovese, bass clarinet; Robin Gelman, bassoon.
  • Ruth Norman: Golden Precepts; Of Divine Love; Levels in Higher Consciousness in Meditation; Antahkorona and Strotapatti. Vincent Pope, speaker; La Folia Brunt soprano; Ruth Norman, piano.
  • Masatoshi Mitsumoto: Songs of Experience. Susan Wheeler, soprano; pianist TBA.
  • Winifred Hyson: Wells of Salt, Knives of Song. Andrea Schewe, mezzo-soprano, Carolyn Deibel, piano.

Tuesday, October 26, 12 noon at the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase.

  • Dutilleux: Sonata. Sarah Weiner, oboe; Alma Rhodes, piano.
  • Chopin: Three Études. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Scherzo. Raymond Jackson, piano.
  • Schubert: Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 99. Lawrence Wallace, violin; Jan Timbers, piano; Adelaide Edelson, piano.

Friday, October 29 at 12 noon, Richard L. Hurlbut Memorial Hall, Sumner School Museum.

  • Hamilton Harty: In Ireland. Sarah Andrew Wilson, flute; Virginia Lum, piano.
  • Charles M. Loeffler: Two Movements from Partita. Helmut Braunlich, violin; Clair Rozier, piano.
  • Beethoven: Sonata in D Major, Op. 28. Margaret 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.
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.