17th Season 2003Pacific Serenades
Mark Carlson, Artistic Director
Lyricism

To sing is human.

There was a time when lyricism was undeniably the soul of music. There was a time when spinning a good tune was as natural to a musician as… well, as singing. And though in some circles this gift has been discarded, lyricism remains at the heart and soul of Pacific Serenades.

Lyricism comes in all forms, whether virtuosic or simple, sacred or worldly, profound or light-hearted. But when a good melody begins its journey, it takes you with it, and its beauty resonates within you long after it has been sung.

Lyrical music is meant to carry you away to places beyond the cares of this world, as well as into the depths of those cares—to express the richness of your experience and of the unknown. To sing is, indeed, human—and divine.

— Mark Carlson, Artistic Director
Chamber Music As A Living Art

The splendor of virtuosity

Rorem:Trio for flute, cello, and piano
Chausson:Andante and Allegro for clarinet and piano
Beck:September Music for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and pianoWorld Premiere (Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
Smetana:Trio in G minor, Op. 15 for violin, cello, and piano
Mark Carlson, fluteGary Gray, clarinetDavid Speltz, celloAyke Agus, piano, violin
Sunday, February 2, 8:00PM
at Home of Paul & Martine Verhoeven in Pacific Palisades
Monday, February 3, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, February 5, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center

Enfolded in velvet

Beethoven:Duo in E flat major for viola and cello
Martinu:Three Madrigals for violin and viola
Shapiro:Current Events for 2 violins, 2 violas, celloWorld Premiere (Commissioned by Gerry Aster and by J. Christopher Kennedy for Pacific Serenades)
Brahms:String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Miwako Watanabe, violinConnie Kupka, viola, violinVictoria Miskolczy, violaDavid Walther, violaDavid Speltz, cello
Sunday, March 9, 8:00PM
at Home of Alice & Joe Coulombe in Pasadena
Monday, March 10, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, March 12, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center

From the lyric soul

Francoeur:Sonata in E major for cello and harpsichord
Bachlund:An Echo from the Shore for soprano, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichordWorld Premiere (Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)
Tartini:Sonata in G minor for violin and harpsichord
Bach:Three Arias for soprano, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord
Telemann:Quartet in G minor for oboe, violin, cello, and basso continuo
Juliana Gondek, sopranoAllan Vogel, oboeClayton Haslop, violinDavid Speltz, celloPatricia Mabee, harpsichord
Sunday, April 13, 8:00PM
at Home of John & Barbara McLoughlin in Brentwood
Sunday, April 13, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, April 23, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center

A glistening fountain of sounds

Beethoven:Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 for piano trio
Carlson:On the Coming of War for viola and pianoWorld Premiere (Commissioned by Natalie Limonick for Pacific Serenades)
Dvorak:Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 87 for piano quartet
Roger Wilkie, violinRoland Kato, violaDavid Speltz, celloJoanne Pearce Martin, piano
Sunday, May 18, 8:00PM
at Home of Elyse & Stanley Grinstein in Brentwood
Sunday, May 18, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, May 21, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center