Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends) – Past Concerts

Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto in A major for harpsichord, strings, and continuo, BWV 1055
Tomaso Albinoni – Sonata in G minor for two violins, two violas, and continuo, Op. 2 No. 6
Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerto in G major for viola, strings, and continuo, TWV 51:G9
Robert de Viseé – Prelude in A minor for theorbo
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Sonata No. 5 in A minor for violin and continuo
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in F minor for violin, strings, and continuo, Op. 8 No. 4 “Winter”
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Chaconne in A major for strings and continuo

Festive live music in the Glasshouse.

Luxuriate in the ravishing voice of Reginald Mobley singing George Frideric Handel’s Vedendo Amor (“Seeing Love”) and Mi palpita il cor (“My heart trembles”), juxtaposed with joyful sonatas by Handel, Anna Bon, and Domenico Scarlatti.

Piano quintets by Boccherini, a soulful string trio by Sirmen, and four keyboard sonatas by Scarlatti.

An evening of virtuoso sonatas and concertos by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Anna Bon, George Frideric Handel, and Vivaldi.

Mikhail Shmidt and Byron Schenkman join together for the first time for two of Beethoven’s most celebrated sonatas and the ebullient Sonata in G major, Op. 30, No. 3.

Chamber cantatas for bass voice full of youthful passion, gorgeous melodies, and even a bit of humor.

Prepare for the new year with fabulous chamber music by the four masters of Viennese Classicism: Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert.

Schumann's Kinderszenen, Träumerei (“Dreams”) and Der Dichter Spricht (“The poet speaks”), and Dichterliebe (“Poet’s Love”).

Two of Bach’s brilliant and rarely-performed double concertos, plus works by Telemann, Frescobaldi, and Rusca.

Baroque meets Classical as we juxtapose great chamber music by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D and transcriptions of fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A rare opportunity to hear one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time.

Music of Glinka (Sonata for viola and piano), Prokofiev (“Overture on Hebrew Themes”), and composers associated with the Russian Society for Jewish Folk Music.

Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman lead us through some of the most brilliant sonatas for violin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arcangelo Corelli.

Glorious music of the French Baroque, including works by Couperin, Jacquet de la Guerre, Lully, Marais, and Rebel (“Le Tombeau de Lully”), featuring two of North America’s greatest baroque violinists with opulent continuo accompaniment.

J.S. Bach – Keyboard Concerto in F minor
J.S. Bach – "Gamba Sonata” in G major
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel – Fantasy for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in C minor

Beethoven – Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"
Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte ("To the distant beloved")
Schubert – Trio in E-flat, Op. 100

Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major (K. 493)
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor (K. 478)
Hélène Liebmann née Riese – Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 11 (with variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni)

J.S. Bach – Cello Suite in C major, BWV 1009
Christian Petzold – Minuets in G major and G minor
François Couperin – Rondeau Les Bergeries
J.S. Bach – Recitative "Ich Habe Genug and Aria Schlummmert ein"
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Aria "Bist du bei mir"
J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Suite in G major, BWV 816 ("French Suite No. 5")

A cornucopia of early delights from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a sprinkling of music composed especially for Advent and Christmas.