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Chamber Musicians of the Redwoods, an association of North Coast chamber music players, will present its 7th concert on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. in the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka. The concert will feature two groups which are making repeat appearances, two new groups, and the premiere performance of a new work by John Carr, a resident of Bayside.
The concert will open with the Sequoia Wind Quintet, a new group to the series. They will perform Adrien Barthe's “Passacaille” and Paul Taffanel's “Quintet in G minor.” Barthe is a pseudonym for Grat-Norbert Barthe, a late 19th century French composer, who like Taffanel, made significant contributions to chamber music literature.
Taffanel, a leading composer of the 19th century, established the French school of flute performance so beautifully exemplified by his 20th century countryman, Jean Pierre Rampal. Members of the quintet are April Sousa-flute, Susan Sisk-oboe, Melissa Gussin-clarinet, Aaron Lopez-bassoon, and Val Phillips playing French horn. The Taffanel work was composed in 1876.
The second ensemble on the program will be PianoVoce, and they will be making a return appearance. Annette Hull and Nancy Corell will present Franz Schubert's seldom-heard “Lebensturme,” published after Schubert's death in 1828. The work is scored for four-hands piano, a type of music which is the specialty of PianoVoce.
The German Romanticist Max Bruch, famous for his choral works and concertos, also wrote chamber music noted for its beautiful lyricism. A Fortuna-based trio called Trillium, will present excerpts from his “Eight Pieces,” opus 83 for clarinet, viola, and piano. The trio features Karen Sack-clarinet, Sherry Hanson-viola, and Dana Christen on piano.
Next up on the program is brass ensemble, Trombones@4. The four trombonists have appeared on the series twice before. This time around, they will premiere “Ragtime Annie,” a traditional American tune in a new arrangement by composer/arranger John Carr, a former HSU faculty member and resident of Bayside. The quartet will also play works selected from the Renaissance and 20th century classical and popular quartet repertoire. The trombonists are George Epperson, Doug Beckstead, Dick LaForge, and Doug Hendricks.
The chamber music concert on Sunday, Jan. 24 is free. A chance to meet the musicians at a reception will follow the concert. Go to the The Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St. Eureka. Free admission. Call Val Philips at 8391452 for details.
submitted photos 1. Trombones@4 features four intrepid trombonists.
2. The group, Trillium purveys music for clarinet, viola and piano.
3. The Sequoia Quintet is Humboldt County's own woodwind quintet.
4. PianoVoce is a four-hand piano duo that plays at the same instrument works specially written for the combination.
