HAPPY SPRING Bright HOLIDAYS

Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Sretan Uskrs,  Joyeuses Paques !!

My favorite Easter inspired music:

J S Bach: St Matthew Passion with  J Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi's Choir

N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture

G. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

F. Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence

I just read an article by Simon Callow, "Portrait of the Artists as a Young Pianist," in the April 21, 2022 issue of The New York Review of Books https://www.nybooks.com/issues/2022/04/21/

I strongly recommend reading Jeremy Denk's book EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE (e g b d f). You will also find details about Denk's recorded catalog, including piano pieces that are composed anywhere between c. 1300 to c. 2000. You will recognize many pieces and composers' names that we covered in our Music in Cultural Contexts section. Will talk more at our next zoom meeting -- APRIL 20th.

The blooms, colors, "sounds," and the Jasmin scent from my garden. Let the Healthy Season Begin !

Spring is in the air: new blooms, fresh colors

A subset of our Music Section joined the celebration of the LACO performance of Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), and Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) on March 19th 2022, at the UCLA's Royce Hall. The group gathered at the West Terrace Lounge to meet, greet, sip, and chat. Wonderful beginning of in-person socializing while supporting LACO's young generation of brilliant musicians.

From left: Anne-Marie, Ross, Rochelle, and Milos
Photo credits: Zorana Ercegovac

The performers included the LACO chamber orchestra musicians, in addition to Guest conductor Roderick Cox, and American violinist Randall Goosby, both of whom will be performing with the LA Philharmonic.

From left: Margaret Batjer, Violin I, Concertmaster & Director of Chamber Music;
Randall Goosby, Violinist; Roderick Cox, guest conductor
Photo credits: Zorana Ercegovac

See you at the April 24th LACO concert, with another great program and soloist, Nemanja Radulovic.

The program includes works by: 

Scott Joplin (1868-1917) -- a father of RAGTIME. Treemonisha Overture (1911)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) -- MaMere l'Oye (Mother Goose, 1910) 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)  -- Violin Concerto in D, 1878 

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April 20th will be our regular MUSIC SECTION IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS gathering.

The zoom venue for the 20th of April will be provided by our hosts Rochelle and Ross Caballero.

One of the features of the music program will be the life and works by medieval woman composer

The presenter is our music section member Lorraine

Debby Kennel will be providing a brief historical overview of that time in Europe.

Enjoy the spring (2022) sounds, colors, reads, hikes, trips, spring festivities, and friendships.

Our April and May Music Section events are rich, and we have started to attend in-person concerts. 

Let us know what you have been up to, and which trips you've taken. 

                                                            STAY IN TOUCH :-) 

                                                   Here are the marzipans from my kitchen