La Jolla Music Society – Past Concerts

One of the most beloved musicians of our day and a dear friend of La Jolla Music Society, Yo-Yo Ma brings his unparalleled virtuosity, pass…

Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Claude Debussy — Études, L. 136, Book I
Igor Stravinsky — Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka ("Three Movements from Petrushka") for piano

Dmitri Shostakovich — Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 "Prelude and Scherzo"
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
George Enescu — Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7

Program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Conrad Tao, Arnold Schoenberg, Ray Noble, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Caleb Teicher, George Gershwin, and Maurice Ravel.

Johann Sebastian Bach — French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
Maurice Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68
Frédéric Chopin — 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola, & orchestra, K. 364 / 320d
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21

Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Caroline Shaw – Plan and Elevation
Gabriela Lena Frank – Contested Eden (west coast premiere)
John Williams – Air and Simple Gifts
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring

Robert Schumann – Andante and Variations for 2 pianos, 2 cellos, & French horn, Op. 46
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 "Agathe"

Maurice Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Gunther Schuller – Suite for Wind Quintet
Darius Milhaud – La création du monde, Op. 81a
Mary Lou Williams – Selections from Zodiac Suite
Leonard Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola, & orchestra, K. 364 / 320d
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21

Selections of film music from Star Wars, The Red Violin, Psycho, & others, plus a world premiere from composer Aaron Zigman.

William Arms Fisher, arr. Inon Barnatan – Goin’ Home
Florence Price – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Antonín Dvořák – "II. Lento" from String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American"
Harry Burleigh – "An Ante-Bellum Sermon" from Plantation Melodies Old and New
Wynton Marsalis – "Many Gone" from String Quartet No. 1 “At The Octoroon Balls”
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180

Violinist Philippe Quint’s critically acclaimed multimedia show featuring arrangements of music & video clips from Charlie Chaplin’s most celebrated films – scored by Chaplin himself.

Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801 (arr. for Violin and Double Bass)
Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, Op. 114 “Trout”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304
Zoltan Kodály – Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Josef Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1

Gabriel Fauré – Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 13
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-Flat major, Op. 47

Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (arr. for piano trio)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Inon Barnatan (for piano solo) – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163