Upcoming Events
Event: SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT
Venue: Santa Barbara Public Library - Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Street
Date & Time: Saturday, 11 February 2012, 3pm
Admission: Free
On Saturday, February 11 at 3 p.m. the SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful Classical music at Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library.
The program begins with the sparkling and intriguing Sonata, Op. 14 (1961) of the American composer Robert Muczynski, performed by flutist Linda Holland and pianist Lynne Garrett.
Next, cellist Katelyn Mendenhall and pianist Allen Bishop will present one of the most lyrical and eloquent works of Ludwig van Beethoven: his Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2.
Soprano Deborah Bertling and pianist Richard Weiss will conclude the program with four offerings: the seldom heard but fascinating Psyche, by the French impressionistic composer Émile Paladilhe; "Vilia," from the ever-popular Viennese operetta The Merry Widow, by Franz Lehar; "Belle nuit," from the lavishly imaginative opera The Tales of Hoffmann, by Jacques Offenbach; and the exhilarating "Je veux vivre," from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod.
Event: SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT
Venue: Santa Barbara Public Library - Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Street
Date & Time: Saturday, 25 February, 3pm
Admission: Free
On Saturday, February 25 at 3 p.m. the SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful Classical music at Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library.
Violinist Philip Ficsor will open the program with the Adagio and Fuga from one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most innovative and complex creations: his Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001, for solo violin.
Four Songs(2011) by Santa Barbara composer William Ramsay will follow, performed by Sloane Artis, soprano, and Egle Januleviciute, piano.
Concluding the afternoon will be the Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One of the earliest and best known of all chamber works featuring the clarinet, it will be interpreted by Per Elmfors, clarinet, David Stone and Elaine Schott, violins, Laury Woods, viola, and Carol Roe, cello.
Event: SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT
Venue: Santa Barbara Public Library - Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Street
Date & Time: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 3 p.m.
Admission: Free
On Saturday, March 10 at 3 p.m. the SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful Classical music at Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library.
The program opens with pianist Marian Gilbert presenting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281, one of the most beautiful and virtuosic but seldom performed works of the Classical period.
Next, Adelle Rodkey, oboist, and Mary Patterson, pianist, will perform the poignant Rondo pastorale from the Concerto in A minor (1944) by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Concluding the afternoon will be a group of attractive and diverse choral compositions, entitled "Festival Music," featuring the San Marcos High School Madrigal Singers, Carolyn Teroaka-Brady, Music Director.
Event: SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT
Venue:Santa Barbara Public Library - Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Street
Date & Time: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 3 p.m.
Admission: Free
On Saturday, March 24 at 3 p.m. the SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful Classical music at Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library.
The Music Club is noted for including rarely performed and unusual works in its programming, and this concert is no exception. An intriguing neoclassical composition by Viennese composer Alfred Uhl will open the concert: his Kleines Konzert (Little Concerto), to be be performed by Clarinetist Per Elmsfors, violist Laury Woods, and pianist Steven Schneider.
Next, soprano Deborah Bertling will present a representative and handsome selection of romantic operatic arias, all written by American composers.
Two ever-popular virtuosic works for violin will conclude the program: The Adagio from the Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, of Max Bruch and the Slavonic Fantasie of Fritz Kreisler. These melodic gems will be performed by scholarship winner Joshelle Conley, violin, accompanied by Michael Sikich, piano.
For a complete listing of concerts for the 2011-2012 season, please see our Concert Schedule.
Items of Interest
SBMC February 2012 NewsletterNephtalí Solís Obituary