CONCERT SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 2005

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

Friday, April 1, 12 noon at the Levine School. Annual two-piano recital.

• BRAHMS: Selection of Waltzes from Op. 39. Diane Winter Pyles and Amy Rothstein.
• GLINKA: The Lark. CHOPIN: Rondo, Op. 7. Teresita Coquia Sison and David Seager.
• PIERRE LUBOSCHUTZ: The Bat - a fantasy on themes from Die Fledermaus of Johann Strauss. Joan Hollander and Norma Connor.
• GERSHWIN: An American in Paris. Elizabeth Lane and Barbara Wing.
• OCTAVIO PINTO: Scenas Infantis (Memories of Childhood). WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Hsien-Ann Meng and Wei-Der Huang.

Thursday, April 7, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall Mansion.

• CHOPIN: Scherzo E Major, op. 54, no. 4. Margaret King Patterson, piano.
• LOEFFLER: Partita. Helmut Braunlich, violin; Clair Rozier, piano.
• BRAHMS: Quintet for clarinet and string quartet in B Minor, op. 115. Jean-François Bescond, clarinet, Ruth Albright and Marcia B.G. Rucker, violins, Billie P. Anderton, viola, Brigitta Czernik Gruenther, cello.

Friday, April 8, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• BEETHOVEN: Sonata in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2. ("Tempest"). Charles Timbrell, piano.
• DUPARC: Au pays ou se fait la guerre; Chanson triste; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Phidylé. JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Black Anemones (from Two songs of Aguerda Pizarro). Brenda K Witmer, soprano; James S. Hiatt, piano.
• CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, op. 23; Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52. Virginia Lum, piano.

Thursday, April 14, 11 a.m. at Collington Auditorium.

• REGER: Sonata for unaccompanied violin. VALENTINI/ECCLES: Sonata. Helmut Braunlich, violin; Clair Rozier, piano.
• PERSICHETTI: "Out of the morning"; The Grass. DOUGLAS MOORE: Old Song; "Under the greenwood tree"; MASSENET: "Que l'heure est donc brève"; Élégie; "Ouvre tes yeux bleus." Beverly Waidler, soprano; Lyle Asch, piano.
• BRAHMS: Sonata. Christine Pulliam, piano.

Friday, April 15, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum

• D. SCARLATTI: Selected sonatas. Georgiana Acchione, piano.
• BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Deborah Thurlow, soprano; Gillian Cookson, piano.
• SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, op. 15. Chen-Li Tzeng, piano.

Sunday, April 17, 2 p.m. at Fairfax Old Town Hall.
Student Recital, reception to follow.

This concert is part of the Fairfax bicentennial celebration. The performers will be Lana Bode, piano; Loralee Culbert, piano; Jack Cackler, french horn; Seo Joo Kim, piano; Jong-Hyun Kim, piano; and Vivian Horng, flute.

Tuesday, April 19, 12 noon at Dumbarton House

• TELEMANN: Sonatas from Vol. 1, Op. 2. Molly Moses and Jessica Feierman (guest artist), flutes.
• GIULIANI: Grand Sonata, op. 85. Toby Rotman, flute; David Rastall, guitar.
• HANDEL: Nel dolce dell' oblio. Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Toby Rotman, flute; David Rastall, guitar.
• HOFMEISTER: Soloquartett No. 2. Barbara Fitzgerald, solo double bass; Joyce Rizzolo, violin; Billie Anderton, viola; Jan Timbers, cello.

Wednesday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. at Strathmore Hall Mansion.
Recital by Rayann Gonzales, soprano, fourth prize winner in the 2004 Washington International Voice Competition.

• A recital of songs by STRAUSS, RODRIGO, GURIDI and HAHN.

Thursday, April 21, 12 noon at the Ellipse Arts Center.

• BOTTESINI: Capriccio di Bravura. Barbara Fitzgerald, double bass; Amy Rothstein, piano.
• HOFFMEISTER: Quartet No. 2. Barbara Fitzgerald, solo double bass; Joyce Rizzolo, violin; Billie Anderton, viola; Jan Timbers, cello.
• HANDEL: Nel dolce dell' oblio; Süsse Stille. Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Toby Rotman, flute; David Rastall, guitar (for Nel dolce); Beatrice Frank, piano (for Süsse Stille).
• GIULIANI: Grand Sonata, Op. 85. Toby Rotman, flute; David Rastall, guitar.

Friday, April 22, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• BRAHMS: Sonata in A Major, op. 100. Cecilie Jones, violin; Marynelle Losin, piano.
• VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Selections from Songs of Travel. James Harkless, baritone; Clyde Parker, piano (guest artist).
• SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 7, op. 108. Jean Provine and Miriam Goldberg, violins; Donald Maclean, viola; Jan Timbers, cello.

Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m. at Strathmore Hall Mansion. FMMC composers program.

• JO LOMBARD: The River of the Blue Pearl. Jo Lombard, piano.
• WINIFRED HYSON: Rokudan: Variations for clarinet and koto. Miyuki Yoshikami, koto; Patricia Nomina, clarinet.
• CRAIG SHOEMAKER: Trapezium. Electronic recording.
• ALAN FJELLHEIM: Sonata for Cello and Piano. Alicia Ward, cello; piano TBD.
• DAVID RUBENSTEIN: On a Sunday Afternoon (for clarinet quartet). David LeRoy, E-flat clarinet; Julie Pangelinan and George Lin, B-flat clarinets; David Spiegelthal, bass clarinet.

Sunday, April 24, 5 p.m. at the Phillips Collection. Recital by Andrew Garland, baritone, first prize winner in the 2004 Washington International Voice Competition.

Monday, April 25, 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. Concert is free; however, reservations are required; call 202-333-2075.

• FMMC Orchestra, Pablo Saelzer, conductor, with Melissa Reardon, 1st prize viola winner in the 2003 Washington International Competition, who will perform Walton's Viola Concerto. Ms. Reardon is a replacement for Mari-Yan Pringle, soprano, a winner of the 2004 Washington International Competition, who was originally scheduled to perform. Ms. Pringle is unable to perform due to throat problems.

Friday, April 29, 12 noon at the Sumner School Museum.

• KENNAN: Scherzo, Aria and Fugato. FIOCCO: Arioso. Sarah Weiner, oboe; Alma Kelsey Rhodes, piano.
• MAHLER: Selected songs. DE FALLA: Selections from Seven Spanish Folk Songs. Christianne King, mezzo-soprano; Margaret Patterson, piano.
• SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Minor, D. 784. Maryen Herrett, piano.

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