Up Close And Classical

PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEKEND’S CONCERTS

SATURDAY JUNE 13TH at 4:00PM in LONG BEACH SUNDAY JUNE 14TH at 2:00PM in YORBA LINDA Click on image below for link to directions, musicians' bios: CONCERT PROGRAM: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Venitian (Italian)Sonata No. 3 in A minor for violoncello and basso continuo, RV 43 (1725) Arr. Brian HeadI-Largo (Broadly), II-Allegro (Lively), III-Largo, IV- Allegro Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Brasilian…...

PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEKEND’S CONCERTS SATURDAY JUNE 13TH at 4:00PM in LONG BEACH SUNDAY JUNE 14TH at 2:00PM in YORBA LINDA Click on image below for link to directions, musicians’ bios: CONCERT PROGRAM: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)…

This weekend: Antonio Vivaldi and Manuel de Falla

THIS Weekend join us for our third sonata series concerts with Classical Guitar and Cello. Antonio Vivaldi and Manuel de Falla are two of the featuted composers. Click on the card below for more information. Although Antonio Vivaldi (c. 1678-1741) was well known and highly esteemed during his lifetime, and a fair proportion of his enormous musical output was published, he became little more than a name in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries....

This weekend: Antonio Vivaldi and Manuel de Falla THIS Weekend join us for our third sonata series concerts with Classical Guitar and Cello. Antonio Vivaldi and Manuel de Falla are two of the featuted composers. Click on the card below for more in…

JUNE 7TH STRING QUARTET & JUNE 13-14-20 CLASSICAL GUITAR/CELLO

Thank you to those of you attended our first two concerts of the Beethoven/Paciorkiewicz string quartets this past weekend. These were great concerts!! ONE MORE CONCERT will take place on June 7th in LONG BEACH. Below are excerpts from Saturday's concert: details and directions for the june 7th string quartet concert and then, on JUNE 13th, 14th and 20th we will have three concerts with CLASSICAL GUITAR & CELLO.

JUNE 7TH STRING QUARTET & JUNE 13-14-20 CLASSICAL GUITAR/CELLO Thank you to those of you attended our first two concerts of the Beethoven/Paciorkiewicz string quartets this past weekend. These were great concerts!! ONE MORE CONCERT will take place on June 7th …

What are “Theme and Variations”?….And why did so many classical composers write so many of them? Answering the first question can be done with an example, the "12 variations" on the French song "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman", written by Mozart in his twenties, better known in the US as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". This simple and well-known tune, played in the first 33 seconds of the video below, is the "theme"....

What are “Theme and Variations”?… …And why did so many classical composers write so many of them? Answering the first question can be done with an example, the “12 variations” on the French song “Ah, vous di…

Introducing Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz

When planning a performance of Beethoven's Razumovsky string quartet, a question soon appears: what composer and music to pair it with? Beethoven's opus 59 marked the history of music like few other works. Click on image for details on the May 30, 31 and June 7th concerts Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz's theme and variations will both help understand Beethoven and provide a healthy contrast:...

Introducing Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz When planning a performance of Beethoven’s Razumovsky string quartet, a question soon appears: what composer and music to pair it with? Beethoven’s opus 59 marked the history of music l…

Another great FREE workshop by InterMusic SF which now has 108 small music ensembles as fiscally sponsored affiliates in California!

2026 Workshop Series: Publicity for Independent Musicians With Lisa Mezzacappa How do you connect with writers, critics, editors, and radio produc...

A closer look at Beethoven’s 7th string quartet (Op.59 #1)

Last week, we posted about Beethoven's experience of time, to give some context to the musical information we now present as succinctly as possible. First, let us clarify the numbers: why is a single quartet identified by three different numbers? In short, Opus 59 refers to the order of publication of the work. The sequence of "Opus" numbers includes very different works: chamber music (played by 2 to 8 instruments), symphonies (for up to 100+ instruments), but also vocal compositions like the opera "Fidelio" (opus 72)....

A closer look at Beethoven’s 7th string quartet (Op.59 #1) Last week, we posted about Beethoven’s experience of time, to give some context to the musical information we now present as succinctly as possible. First, let us clarify the numbers: why is …

Beethoven’s experience of time

The breakthroughs attributed to Beethoven made new demands on both audiences and musicians. We will post about these paths next week. First, underlying these innovations is the composer's musical experience of time, available to 21st century's audiences in live performance of Beethoven's music. Let us take a deeper dive by first separating the musical experience and the experience of time....

Beethoven’s experience of time The breakthroughs attributed to Beethoven made new demands on both audiences and musicians. We will post about these paths next week. First, underlying these innovations is the composer’s mus…