Walter Braunfels String Quartet on the SFCMF, Tue 11/19 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published October 29, 2024 at 2:39 PM EDT

If, amongst the many composers banned by Hitler and subsequently shoved to one side following the Nazi defeat, there was one, who could guarantee immediate audience appeal today, it would have to be Walter Braunfels. ~ Forbiddenmusic.org

11/5 Ligeti: Piano Concerto Dvořák: String Quartet, American (Kirill Gerstein, p; Jessica Lee, Jennifer Frautschi, Alejandro Valdepeñas, L.P. How, Jennifer Best, Kathleen Brauer, v; Margaret Dyer Harris, Theresa Rudolph, Ashley Vandiver, vla; Kajsa William-Olsson, Joseph Johnson, c; Leigh Mesh, bs; Chelsea Knox, f; Liang Wang, ob; Todd Levy, cl; Julia Harguindey, bn; Stefan Dohr, hn; William Leathers, tr; Jonathan Randazzo, tn; Greg Zuber, per; Miami String Quartet; Alan Gilbert, cond)

11/12 Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) (Juho Pohjonen, p; Joel Link, Bryan Lee, v; Hezekiah Leung, Ida Kavafian, vla; Camden Shaw, Peter Stumpf, c)

11/19 Braunfels String Quintet Schubert: Moments musicaux Vivaldi: Concerto, Winter from The Four Seasons Braunfels: String Quintet (Inon Barnatan, p; Jennifer Gilbert, solo; Ida Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, Benny Kim, L.P. How, Daniel Jordan, Alejandro Valdepeñas, v; Steven Tenenbom, Toby Appel, Theresa Rudolph, vla; Peter Stumpf, Alastair En, c; Edgar Meyer, bs; Kathleen McIntosh, hc; Jennifer Frautschi, v; Choong-Jin Chang, vla; Eric Kim, Zlatomir Fung, c) Learn more about Walter Braunfels.

11/26 Biber: Passacaglia from Mystery Sonatas J. S. Bach: Cello Sonata Thuille: Sextet for Piano & Winds ( Rachel Barton Pine, v; Zlatomir Fung c; Zoltán Fejérvári, p; Nicolas Namoradze, p; Chelsea Knox, fl; Liang Wang, ob; Anthony McGill, cl; Julia Harguindey, bn; Mark Almond, h)