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Upcoming:
Tuesday February 16 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: "Mozart and More". Program includes Mozart's Sonata in A, K. 526 (a major work, though rarely heard; in honor of his 254th birthday); the brilliant and romantic Adagio & Allegro for viola and piano by Robert Schumann; the autumnal Trio Op. 115 for violin, viola, and piano by Robert Fuchs; and the "Doo-Wop Variations", an improbably beautiful piece of doo-wop chamber music for the same ensemble by jazz composer Charley Gerard. Regino Madrid, violin, Performers: Derek Smith, viola, and Carl Banner, piano. $20 at the door, $15 students, seniors, and advance sales; children 12 and under free with parents. (This concert is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County).
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The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet's new CD is now available, featuring WMV pianist Carl Banner! It's called “The Sound of a Broken Reed” -- light, jazzy music for saxophone quartet (and piano) in a variety of styles: 1920s jazz, tango, Led Zeppelin, Debussy, Vivaldi, and Cuban popular music by Dick Hyman, Charley Gerard, Jimmy Page/Robert Plant, Astor Piazzolla and Debussy. (Included on the album is “Quintet for Carl and Saxes” by Charley Gerard, which received its premiere last year at the Ratner Museum).
Listen to excerpts, and maybe buy a copy for yourself and for holiday presents! Just click on this link: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brokenreed3
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We're on YouTube! Here is the first movement of Smetana's piano trio No. 1.