This weekend: Chamber Music San Juan
Posted June 24, 2011 at 6:29 am by Ian Byington
Chamber music comes alive when Pat Kostek directs the evening, and that’s a great way to celebrate twenty years of the program at the Community Theatre – here’s more from Jan Bollwinkel-Smith:
Pianist Françoise Régnat comes from The University of California-Northbridge to perform with Chamber Music San Juan on Saturday.
Music from the Romantic Period starts off Chamber Music San Juans’ 20th season of presenting superb concerts of classical music for string, winds and piano at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Returning to the Whittier stage will be Artistic Director and clarinetist Patricia Kostek, violinists Ron Patterson and Karin Choo, violist Roxanna Patterson, and cellists Rowena Hammill-Davis and Douglas Davis. Joining the ensemble for the concert is pianist Françoise Régnat, a professor of music at California State University, Northridge and a graduate of the Paris Conservatory with first prizes in both piano and chamber music.
The concert program includes Brahms’ “Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 114,” “String Trio in G major” by Josef Haydn, Schumann’s “Piano Quintet in E-flat Major” and Respighi’s “Two Arias for clarinet, violin, viola and cello.”
“The music from the Romantic Period appeals more to the heart than to the head,” said Kostek. “It is music of deep personal expression which can be joy, love, passion, patriotism, longing or melancholy.”
Chamber Music San Juans was founded in 1990 by renowned violinist Andor Toth, whose dream was to bring world-class musicians to the San Juan Islands and create concerts in an intimate setting.
The Business Partner for this performance is Managed Reliability. Tickets are $26 for adults and $13 for student reserved. $5 Student RUSH will be available at the door. A private donor has made provision for free tickets to anyone needing financial assistance to attend a Theatre event.
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