This page lists all our concerts of the 2020-2021 season. Listings from previous seasons are at the bottom of this page.
For concerts near you, click on the nearest city:
Appleton, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Taiwan, Tallahassee, Washington, D.C.
2020 - 2021 Season
Friday, July 17, 2020 . 7:00pm EDT
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiMAdvAftK8
Paul Biss, Michael Casimir, Central Conservatory of Music: Pipa Ensemble, Nick Cords, Beth Guterman Chu, Jonathan Chu, Miriam Fried, Ian Krause, Laurence Lesser, Ben Lim, Haesun Paik, Anoush Pogossian, Cara Pogossian, Eddy Pogossian, Movses Pogossian, Varty Pogossian, Larry Tyrell, Don Weilerstein, Vivian Weilerstein
Music for Food is proud to announce a second online concert to be released July 17th at 7pm. We are elated to offer you more beautiful music, sharing in an evening of community to help withstand these troubling times. Featuring both seasoned MFF friends and debut performances, we look forward to enjoying these performances with you.
All proceeds will go to the benefit of four food pantries honoring our performers: St Louis, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Portland, Oregon.
View on YouTube
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Calgary
Jesse Morrison, Maxwell Stein
Works by Hindemith, Bach, Mancini, John Williams and James Naigus
We were able to raise close to 400$ for the Calgary Food Bank as a part of Music for Food!!! ❤️❤️”What a privilege to be able to do what I love performing and also give back to the community in this way.” — Maxwell Stein
August 17, 2020
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdz2oCcyC7A
Claudia Do Minh Ramos, Andrew Hughes, Kim Kashkashian, Yuchen Lu, Haneul Park, Jing Peng, Karlie Roberts, Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez, Julian Seney, Samuel Zacharia, Zhanbo Zheng
Hymnus Op. 57 by Julius Klengel, arranged for 12 violas by Jean-Loup Lecomte
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdz2oCcyC7A
Aug 30, 2020
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAS1FKmLrhw
Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Varty Manouelian and Movses Pogossian, violins; Cara Pogossian, viola; Edvard Pogossian, cello
Timo Andres – House Work (2020) – World Premiere*
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 2 (1917)
1. Moderato
2. Allegro molto capriccioso
3. Lento
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Larghetto affettuoso, from Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 (1895)
*Commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting
Our family believes in using the power of music to make a difference for those in need. For years, we’ve been supporting a wonderful organization, Music for Food. If you enjoyed this concert and wish to contribute towards the Food Services of the Midnight Mission (Skid Row, LA), you have our gratitude!
October 8th, 2020
Livestream
The Aizuri Quartet
Miho Saegusa and Emma Frucht, violins
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Eleanor Alberga (1949-) String Quartet No. 1 (1993)
I. Détaché et Martellato e zehr lebaft und Swing It Man
II. Espressivo with Wonder and Yearning
III. Frantically Driven Yet Playful
L van Beethoven (1770-1827) Quartet in E flat Major, Opus 127
I. Maestoso – Allegro
II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Andante con moto – Adagio molto espressivo – Tempo I
III. Scherzando vivace
IV Allegro
The Aizuri Quartet will perform the first MFF/NYC livestream concert on Thursday October 8th at 7:30. The concert will be broadcast live from Broadway Presbyterian Church and benefits Broadway Community. To listen, copy and paste the link below!
https://www.facebook.com/musicforfoodnyc/
In their own words, “Within each of these works is a feeling of expanse, an opening up of the music, as if the composer were standing on the edge of a cliff looking out over a broad new terrain. Alberga and Beethoven tackle life’s greatest existential questions – they zoom out of the personal, the local, and the quotidian, and instead wrestle with the laws of nature, astrophysics, and with the meaning of life. Though there is much existential angst in these works, there is also profound beauty and wisdom.” – The Aizuri Quartet
October 25, 2020
Boston
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robert Levin, piano
Merz trio:
Lee Dionne, piano
Brigid Coleridge, violin
Julia Yang, cello
Maurice Ravel; Songs
Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques
Chanson de la mariée
Là – bas, vers l’église
Quel galant m’est comparable
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Tout gai !
Deux Mélodies Hébraïques
Kaddisch
L’ Enigme Eternelle
Tripatos
Maurice Ravel: Piano trio in a minor
Modéré
Pantoum (Assez vif)
Passacaille: Trés large
Final: Animé
All proceeds will go to our rotating chapter of the month, Cleveland, benefitting the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.
8 November, 2020
Philadelphia
Jonathan Biss, piano
Burchard Tang, viola
Priscilla Lee, cello
Amy Yang, piano
Rachel Ku, viola
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Nancy Goeres, bassoon
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330 2nd movement: Andante cantabile
Mozart La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni, arranged for Viola and Cello by Osmo Vanska
Beethoven “Eyeglasses” Duo, woo 32. 2nd movement: Menuetto
Dvorak Humoresque op. 101 no. 7
Delibes-Dohnanyi Waltz from Coppélia
Brahms Sonata in F, Op. 120, No. 1
Alan Fletcher Romance for clarinet bassoon and piano
15 November, 2020 at 3pm
Flutistry Boston
Susan Kang, flute
Balourdet String Quartet:
Angela Bae, violin
Justin DeFilippis, violin
Ben Zannoni, viola
Russell Houston, cello
W.A. Mozart – “Voi che sapete” and “Non so più cosa son” from “The Marriage of Figaro” K. 492 (arr. for Flute and String Quartet by Nicholas Kitchen and Paula Robison)
W.A. Mozart – String Quartet no. 19 in C Major, K 465 “Dissonance”
Claude Debussy – Syrinx for solo flute
Yuko Úebayashi – Misericordia for Flute and String Quartet__
The Balourdet Quartet and Susan are alumni of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. The Balourdet Quartet also first met and formed in Houston. Houston has a special place in our hearts, and so we wanted to help the community that means so much to us.
Previous Seasons
Concerts Season 1
Concerts Season 2
Concerts Season 3
Concerts Season 4
Concerts Season 5
Concerts Season 6
Concerts Season 7
Concerts Season 8
Concerts Season 9
Concerts Season 10
