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Chamber Music at the Clark, 2007–08

 
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Chamber Music at the Clark in Its Thirteenth Season

The Center and the Clark are deeply grateful to all whose steadfast generosity has made the continuation of our music series possible. Our key supporters in this endeavor have been the Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles, Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Caron and Steven Broidy, Henry J. Bruman, and the Edmund D. Edelman Foundation for Music and the Performing Arts.




Concerts are offered in the series
Chamber Music at the Clark,
2007-08 :

Sun. Jan. 13 - Ying Quartet
Sun. Jan. 27 - St. Lawrence Quartet
Sun. Mar. 2 - Ensō Quartet
Sun. Mar. 9 - Parisii Quartet
Sun. Apr. 6 - Borealis Quartet
Sun. Apr. 13 - American String Quartet
Sun. May 18 - Gryphon Trio

Sun. Mar. 16 - Concert Recital - Steve Gibbs (Classical Guitar)

Henry J. Bruman Concerts - Summer 08

Links to the ensembles' own home pages are provided below,
with the concert announcements.

All concerts take place at the Clark Library. 

The Clark is located at 2520 Cimarron Street,
in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.

Click here to view directions to the Clark. 

Reservations by Lottery:

Extremely high demand and limited seating at the Clark require that reservations to concerts be made on the basis of prepaid, mail-in lotteries.

Deadlines for submissions to the reservations lotteries are posted on this page along with the descriptions of the concerts, and links to printable reservation-by-lottery forms for the individual concerts are provided as they become available. The forms will also be sent to subscribers, and made available at the Center, at least eight weeks before each concert. Reservations will be confirmed, or forms and checks returned by mail, in accordance with the schedules announced on the reservation forms.

Requests for additional information and for reservation forms should be addressed to the Center by e-mail ( c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu ) or by phone (310-206-8552).

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January 13, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

Ying Quartet

Timothy Ying, violin
Janey Ying, violin
Philip Ying, viola
David Ying, cello

The Ying siblings began their career as an ensemble in 1992 in the small farming community of Jesup, Iowa (population 2000), as one of the first ensembles involved in the Chamber Music America (then NEA) Rural Residency Program. The Quartet performed for audiences of six to 600 in a residency so successful that it was widely chronicled in the national and international media, including features in The New York Times and on CBS News Sunday Morning.

The Ying Quartet won recognition for its exceptional musical qualities when it was honored with the 1993 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. In the years since, the Yings have established an international reputation for excellence in performance with appearances in virtually every major American city. Its numerous festival appearances include Tanglewood, Aspen, Skaneateles, and San Miguel. International touring has taken the Quartet to Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, and Taiwan. The Yings' enthusiasm for performing in diverse settings has led to concerts in Carnegie Hall, the White House, hospitals, and juvenile prisons.

The EMI Classics recording of works by Osvaldo Golijov on which the Ying Quartet appears with the St. Lawrence Quartet was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award. 4 + Four, a Ying/Turtle Island recording, was released in the spring of 2005 on the Telarc label, and received a 2006 Grammy Award in the Best Classical Crossover Category.

As Quartet in Residence at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, the Ying Quartet plans and directs a rigorous, sequential chamber music curriculum that integrates intensive musical instruction with training in creative presentation and communication skills. The Quartet has also taught at Northwestern University and at the Interlochen and Brevard Music Festivals, and since 2001, the members of the Ying Quartet have been the Blodgett Artists in Residence at Harvard University.

  P R O G R A M  

Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3

Igor Stravinsky
Double Canon: Raoul Dufy In Memoriam
Three Pieces for String Quartet
Concertino

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: December 3rd, 2007
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of The Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.



January 27, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Geoff Nuttall, violin
Scott St. John, violin
Lesley Robertson, viola
Christopher Costanza, cello

Having performed together for more than 18 years now, the St. Lawrence String Quartet has long established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. In 1992, they won both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions, launching them on a performing career that has brought them across North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Having benefited from studying with the Emerson, Tokyo, and Julliard String Quartets, the St. Lawrence are themselves committed educators. Since 1998 they have held the position of Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University where they have worked with students and collaborated extensively with other faculty and departments using music to explore a myriad of topics. Recent collaborations have included the School of Medicine, School of Education, and Center for Jewish Studies. In addition to their appointment at Stanford, the Quartet has served as visiting artists to the University of Toronto since 1995, and this past year helped establish a new visiting chamber music residency at Arizona State University.

The Quartet’s long awaited initial recording, Schumann’s First and Third Quartets, was released in May 1999 to much critical acclaim. The disc received the coveted German critics award, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as well as Canada’s annual Juno Award. In October 2001, EMI released their recording of Tchaikovsky’s string quartets. In 2002, their recording of Yiddishbbuk, featuring chamber music of the Argentinean-American composer Osvaldo Golijov, received two Grammy nominations. Their most recent recording of Shostakovich quartets was released in July 2006.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet records exclusively for EMI/ANGEL and is represented by David Rowe Artists.

  P R O G R A M  

Joseph Haydn
Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8

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Antonin Dvořák
Cypresses, B. 152

Joseph Haydn
Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: December 28th, 2007
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of Catherine and Ralph Benkaim.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.



March 2, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

Ensō String Quartet

Maureen Nelson, violin
John Marcus, violin
Melissa Reardon, viola
Richard Belcher, cello

Formed in 1999 at Yale University, the Ensō Quartet derives its name from the Japanese Zen painting of the circle which represents many things: perfection and imperfection, the moment of chaos that is creation, the emptiness of the void, the endless circle of life, and the fullness of the spirit.

The Quartet has earned its place in the ensemble world with high profile engagements, residencies, and critically acclaimed recordings, all underscored by impressive competition successes. The ensemble received multiple honors at the 2004 Banff International String Quartet Competition and claimed victories at the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Fischoff National Competition and Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition. Their 2005 debut on Naxos Records featured a 2-CD set of Ignaz Pleyel’s six string quartets, Op. 2.

Ensō’s members are already sought after as teachers and chamber music coaches, having served as lecturers at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, artists-in-residence at the 2007 Interlochen Adult Amateur Chamber Music Camp and faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. The quartet has worked closely with the Rice University Composition Department in the creation and recording of many new works, and they have also been resident with the Houston-based new music organization Musiqa. They have given first performances of many new works, including by composers Karim Al-Zand, Anthony Brandt, and Kurt Stallman.

  P R O G R A M  

Franz Joseph Haydn
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1

Pierre Jalbert
Icefield Sonnets

  I N T E R M I S S I O N 

Maurice Ravel
Quartet in F Major


  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: February 4th, 2008
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of Edmund D. Edelman Foundation for Music and the Performing Arts.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

 



March 9, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

Parisii Quartet with Jérôme Corréas and Emmanuel Strosser

Arnaud Vallin, violin
Jean-Michel Berrette, violin
Dominique Lobet, viola
Jean-Philippe Martignoni, cello
with
Jérôme Corréas, baritone
and
Emmanuel Strosser, piano

Formed in l984 by four prize-winning graduates of the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris, the Parisii Quartet won early acclaim with triumphs at major international competitions including Banff in 1986 and Munich in 1987. The Quartet has since toured regularly throughout Europe. In 1995 they made an extraordinarily successful 17-concert debut tour of the United States, and have since appeared in Los Angeles, San Diego, Toronto, Miami, Washington, and New York.

Noted for its performances of distinctive and unusual repertoire of the l8th, l9th and 20th centuries, the Parisii has distinguished itself with award-winning recordings of intriguing works by such French composers as Menu and Tailleferre, as well as the complete works for string quartet by Anton Webern. In 2003 Decca released its recordings of the complete works for string quartet by William Sheller.

Joining the Parisii Quartet for this concert are two special guests:

Jérôme Corréas has established a reputation as one of the finest French bass-baritones, with wide-ranging musical abilities and interests. He has had major roles in operas of the 18th through 20th centuries including Handel’s Admetto with the Sydney and Montpellier Operas, Dallapiccola’s Volo di Notte in Paris, and Verdi’s La Traviata in Toulouse.

Pianist Emmanuel Strosser began his musical studies with Hélène Boschi in Strasbourg, France at age six. He later enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire and studied the piano with Jean-Claude Pennetier and chamber music with Christian Ivaldi. He appears regularly as a soloist in recitals and with many French and Spanish orchestras.

  P R O G R A M  

Germaine Tailleferre
String Quartet

Maurice Ravel
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor

  I N T E R M I S S I O N 

Gabriel Fauré
La Bonne Chanson for Baritone, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 61

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: February 11th, 2008
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of Joyce Perry.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

 



March 16, 2008 2.00pm

Clark Recital Series 

Steve Gibbs
Seven-String Classical Guitar

Born in Chicago in 1959 and settled in Belgium since 1994, Steve Gibbs is a specialist of the seven-string classical guitar. His work ranges across solo recitals, analysis and transcription, composition, improvisation and multidisciplinary creation. He has performed in concerts, festivals, radio and television in Europe, Asia and the United States, including such venues as Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art.

Mr. Gibbs received his professional training as a guitarist under Stuart Fox at California Institute of the Arts, with Brian Whitehouse of the Birmingham Conservatory, and finally with Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester, where he also performed in John Williams’ master classes. He also studied Carnatic classical music in India, where he lived from 1972-77, and in 1990 made a research visit to Korea, studying shamanist percussion at the National Institute for Performing Arts in Seoul and Buddhist chant in a Korean Zen monastery.

His ritual theater collaboration Le pont de pierres et la peau d’images, with director Barbara Rufin, received the Best Discovery prize for Dance and Theatre 2006 from the Communauté Française of Belgium. Recent creations include the Berlin premiere of A Story of Murder 2nd Version with Israeli choreographer Loulou Omer, integrating onstage performance of Bach solo lute works into the choreographic action.

  P R O G R A M  

Luis de Narváez
Guardame las vacas
Otra parte
Conde claros
Baxa de contrapunto

Manuel Ponce
Thème varié et Finale

Luis de Narváez
La bella mal maridada
El rey ramiro
El rey moro
Con que la lavare

  I N T E R M I S S I O N 

Ernst Krenek
Suite 1957

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite BWV 997

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: February 19th, 2008
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

The Clark Recital Series is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

 



April 6, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

Borealis String Quartet

Patricia Shih, violin
Yuel Yawney, violin
Nikita Pogrebnoy, viola
Shih-Lin Chen, cello

Formed at the University of British Columbia in the fall of 2000, the Borealis String Quartet established a stellar reputation so quickly that its debut concert, at the Chan Centre in Vancouver, was attended by more than a thousand people. Building quickly on that initial success, in 2003-2004 the Borealis played more than 70 concerts, traveling coast to coast on an extensive national tour supported by the Canada Council. Highlights included performances of the Schubert Quintet with Sadao Harada, founding cellist of the Tokyo String Quartet, and the Mendelssohn Octet with the St. Lawrence String Quartet. The Borealis made its New York City debut for Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music in 2003. In 2004-2005, the Quartet returned to New York to perform for Schneider Concerts, traveled to London for its British debut, and made its first appearance for Music Toronto.

Already a favorite at Canadian festivals, the Quartet’s summer venues have included the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, the Festival of the Sound in Ontario, the Indian River Festival on Prince Edward Island, and the Baies des Chaleurs Festival in New Brunswick. In 2005, the Borealis made its first U.S. festival appearance at the Mendocino Music Festival in California. The 2006-2007 season saw the Quartet’s first nationwide touring inside the U.S., including performances in such acclaimed series as the National Academy of Sciences and the Tuscon Friends of Music.

  P R O G R A M  

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95

Ottorino Respighi
“Doric” Quartet

  I N T E R M I S S I O N 

Edvard Grieg
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: March 10th, 2008
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of donors who wish to remain anonymous.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

 



April 13, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

American String Quartet

Peter Winograd, violin
Laurie Carney, violin
Daniel Avsholomov, viola
Wolfram Koessel, cello

Formed in 1974, while still students at the Juilliard School, the American String Quartet was launched to critical prominence by winning both the Coleman Competition and the Naumburg Award that same year. Now internationally recognized as one of the world's finest quartets, the American String Quartet recently celebrated its 30th anniversary during the 2005-2006 season. Highlighting the anniversary was the Quartet’s debut in a new series of recordings on the Arabesque label, including quartets of celebrated composer Richard Danielpour, and the launch of the Complete Brahms String Chamber Music featuring a stellar list of collaborative artists.

In three decades of touring, the American has performed in all fifty states and appeared in virtually every important concert hall throughout the world. Their presentations of the complete quartets of Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartók, and Mozart have won widespread critical acclaim. The 1998 MusicMasters Complete Mozart String Quartets, performed on a matched set of Stradivarius instruments, are widely considered to have set the standard for this repertoire.

Their extensive discography can be heard on the Albany, CRI, MusicMasters, Musical Heritage Society, Nonesuch and RCA labels. The Quartet is popular with national radio audiences and has been featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s St. Paul Sunday Morning, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and live broadcasts on WFMT.

  P R O G R A M  

Franz Joseph Haydn
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 6

Alban Berg
String Quartet, Op. 3

  I N T E R M I S S I O N 

Franz Schubert
String Quartet in G Major, D. 887

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: March 17th, 2008
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Ahmanson Foundation.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.



May 18, 2008 2.00pm

Chamber Music at the Clark 

The Gryphon Trio

Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Jamie Parker, piano

Celebrating their 15th anniversary this year, the Gryphon Trio continues to enchant audiences everywhere they play. While regularly touring throughout Canada and the United States, they have also performed in Mexico, Germany, France, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Greece, and Egypt. Their celebrated recordings include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Lalo, and Shostakovich. Strongly committed to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the trio has commissioned and premiered over 40 works. Their 2004 recording, Canadian Premieres, featured the work of leading Canadian composers and received the prestigious Juno Award. The trio has recorded nine CDs, all for the Analekta label, including Haydn: Four Piano Trios, Mozart: Complete Piano Trios, and their most recent, Schubert: Complete Piano Trios.

As one of Canada’s preeminent ensembles, the Gryphon Trio has always been actively involved in teaching and cultivating future generations of both classical musicians and audiences. The trio is the ensemble in residence at Music Toronto, and all three members teach at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music.

The trio’s namesake, the gryphon, is a mythical creature that is half lion and half eagle. Known as a guardian of treasures, the gryphon is representative of the connection between psychic energy and cosmic force.

  P R O G R A M  

Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27

Christos Hatzis
Odd World
Old Photographs

  I N T E R M I S S I O N 

Felix Mendelssohn
Trio in C Minor, Op. 66

  R E C E P T  I O N 

Reservation lottery submission deadline: April 21st, 2008
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

 

 



The Henry J. Bruman
Summer Chamber Music Festival

July 7, 10, 17, 21, & 24, 2008
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Korn Convocation Hall, the Anderson School of Management at UCLA

————    admission is free   •   no tickets are required    ————

Monday, July 7

Mládí

Pamela Vliek Martchev, flute
Rong-Huey Liu, oboe
Teag Reaves, horn
Maria Casale, harp
Timothy Loo, cello
Alyssa Park, violin
Phil O’Connor, clarinet
Lisa Dondliner, violin
Alma Fernandez, viola
Katherine Oliver, bassoon

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wind Quintet in C Minor
Andre Jolivet, Chant de Linos for Flute, Harp and String Trio
Joan Tower, Night Fields for String Quartet

Thursday, July 10

La Camerata

Philip Vaiman, violin
Andrew Duckles, viola
Maksim Velichkin, cello

Franz Schubert, Trio for Strings in B Flat, D. 471
Sergey Taneyev, Trio in D Major
Ernest von Dohnanyi, “Serenede,” Op. 10

Thursday, July 17

Armadillo String Quartet

Barry Socher & Steve Scharf, violins
Raymond Tischer, viola
Armen Ksajikian, cello

Featuring an early quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, String Quartet No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 30
Movements from Peter Schickele, “Brass Calendar,” arranged by Barry Socher

Monday, July 21

iPalpiti Soloists
Presented by Young Artists International

Aisha Dossumova, Robert Kowalski, Nora Hapca, Mari-Liis Pakk, & Daniel Turcina, violins
Rumen Cvetkov, Vladimir Dyo & Thomas Weilbach, violas
Yves Dharamraj, cello

Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for Two Violins in C, Op. 56
Bohuslav Martinü, Serenade No. 2, for two violins and viola, H. 216
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quintet No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 87

Thursday, July 24

iPalpiti Soloists
Presented by Young Artists International

Marie Radauer-Plank & Peter Rainer, violins
Ivan Palovic, viola Evgeny Sakakuschev, cello
Tibi Cziger, clarinet

Osvaldo Golijov, Lullaby and Doina
Johannes Brahms, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B Minor, Op. 115

This festival is made possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust, by a gift from Wendell E. Jeffrey and Bernice M. Wenzel, by a gift in memory of Raymond E. Johnson, and with the support of the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies.

Please Note: All concerts in the 2008 Festival will begin at 12:30 p.m.




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