LIST OF EVENTS – 2017/2018 SCHEDULE
(see CONCERTS tab for details on each event)
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“FRENCH REBELLIONS: MUSIC OF LES SIX” – flute, oboe, English horn and piano
Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 7:30pm – Ivy Hall
Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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Our FINE ART PIANO DUO in a special performance of music for two pianos, including The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky
with pianists Katarzyna Salwinski and Rollin Wilber
Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 7:00 PM – VENICE ISLAND PERFORMING ARTS & RECREATION CENTER (Manayunk/Philadelphia)
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“THE MIGHTY HANDFUL – MUSIC OF THE RUSSIAN FIVE” – mezzo-soprano and piano
Saturday, January 27, 2018 – Ivy Hall
Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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“MUSICAL FANTASIES – TWO PIANISTS IN RECITAL”
Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 7:30pm – Ivy hall
Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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“BEETHOVEN TO BRAHMS … & ETA HOFFMAN”- a literary and visual concert experience
piano, violin, cello
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7:30pm – Ivy Hall
Sunday May 20, 2018 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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LIST OF EVENTS – 2016/2017 SCHEDULE
(see CONCERTS tab for details on each event)
“AMERICAN CLASSICAL SPIRIT” – Copland, Barber, Ives & Still… then Bowles & Gershwin!
flute, piano, violin
NOVEMBER 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm – Ivy Hall
NOVEMBER 6, 2016 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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“A RUSSIAN SOIREE of Poetic Love, Struggle, and Musical Fantasy”
mezzo-soprano, cello, piano
January 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm – Ivy Hall
January 22, 2017 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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“JOHANNES BRAHMS AND THE SCHUMANNS … A Story of Music and Love”
violin, viola, cello, piano
March 25, 2017 at 7:30pm – Ivy Hall
March 26, 2017 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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DUO-PIANO CONCERT – music by Brahms, Prokofiev, Barber and Rachmaninoff
Katarzyna Salwinski & Rollin Wilber, pianists
Sneak preview of concert, Friday, May 5, 2017 7:30pm (Opus Piano, 6066 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 3pm – Ethical Society
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LIST OF EVENTS – 2015/2016 SCHEDULE
(see CONCERTS tab for details on each event)
(2015)
Saturday, September 12, 2015 – Ivy Hall
Saturday, September 19, 2015 – Ethical Society
AN ARGENTINE MUSICALE – Intimate and exceptional classical music from Argentina
Classical guitar, piano, tenor, violin, viola
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Saturday, November 28, 2015 – Ivy Hall
Sunday, November 29, 2015 – Ethical Society
MUSICAL MIGRATIONS – Classical expansions and rescued folk traditions
Violin, viola, cello, clarinet, piano
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Sunday, December 6, 2015 – Ivy Hall
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 – Ethical Society
IN RECITAL: #1 – SCANDINAVIAN ACCENTS with FLUTE and PIANO
Scandinavian composers and themes (featuring Variations on a Theme by Grieg, by Walter Gieseking)
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Saturday, February 6, 2016 – Ivy Hall
Sunday, February 7, 2016 Ethical Society
A RUSSIAN MUSIC SALON – plus the voice of Alexander Pushkin in music and idea…
Powerful piano works and vocal music, by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Medtner…
Piano and voice
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Sunday, February 21, 2016 – Ivy Hall
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 – Ethical Society
IN RECITAL: #2 – VIOLIN, PIANO and SAXOPHONE – A delightful mixture of solo and small ensemble
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Saturday, March 12, 2016 – Ivy Hall
Sunday, March 13, 2016 – Ethical Society
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A MUSICAL ODE TO EARTH – (inspired by a famous photograph of Earth, Carl Sagan, and great earthly music)
Pale Blue Dot, written for string quartet by Philadelphia composer, David Ludwig
Vox Balaenae by Philadelphia composer George Crumb, for flute, cello, and piano
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 – Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church
Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Ethical Society
ARMENIA’S ARK OF MUSIC – (a special event) – Step into this captivating world of hidden musical treasure, and discover its very human story… music by KOMITAS, HOVHANESS, ARUTIUNIAN, BABAJANIAN
Bass-baritone, soprano, ensemble and piano
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Saturday, May 21, 2016 – Ethical Society
IN RECITAL #3: Guest Artist PAWEL CHECINSKI – PIANIST – performing sweeping works by Granados, Chopin, Liszt
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Friday, June 3, 2016 – Ivy Hall
Saturday June 4, 2016 – Ethical Society
MUSIC ACROSS LATITUDES – Juxtaposing musical hemispheres, North & South
violin, viola, piano
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2015-2016 season concert times:
FRIDAY CONCERTS: 8pm-10pm
SATURDAY CONCERTS: 8pm-10pm
SUNDAY CONCERTS: 3pm-5pm
WEDNESDAY RECITALS 7:30pm-9pm
SUNDAY RECITALS: 3pm-4:30pm
LIST OF EVENTS – 2014/2015 SCHEDULE
(see CONCERTS tab for details on each event)
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NOVEMBER 30, 2014 at 3pm – Ethical Society
“SOUNDS OF OUR CULTURAL CROSSROADS” – A classical thanks-giving of music
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JANUARY 24, 2015 at 7:30 pm – Ivy Hall
JANUARY 25, 2015 at 3pm – Ethical Society
“HARMONY ACROSS BARRIERS” – The equalizing spirit of music
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FEBRUARY 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm – Ivy Hall
MARCH 1, 2015 at 3pm – Ethical Society
“OPPRESSION AND TRANSCENDENCE: SOUNDS OF REACTION” – Music speaks for the marginalized
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APRIL 18, 2015 at 7:30 pm – Ivy Hall
APRIL 19, 2015 at 3pm – Ethical Society
“OF WAR AND IMPRISONMENT” – Composers reflect for mankind
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JUNE 13, 2015 at 7:30 pm – Ivy Hall
JUNE 14, 2015 AT 3PM – Ethical Society
“IN CONCERT WITH NATURE” – Musical inspirations from our natural world
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