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Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, and Beth Graham, french horn. We are performing a program together that includes the famous Schubert "Auf dem Strom", as well as lesser known works for soprano, horn, and piano, like Arnold Cooke's "Nocturnes". It is very good that we have managed to schedule four (!) performances of this concert. Upcoming: Monday March 10 at 10:30 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center, and Sunday March 16 at 7:30 at Galilee Church in Pasadena MD. MP3s of the Schubert and Cooke are posted from the February 24 concert at Rock Spring Church.

I also perform the Brahms f minor Sonata on this program, at least the half of it with which the 20 year old Johannes introduced himself to the Schumanns in 1853. I am pleased with this: I finally feel like I know what I am doing with this piece. Maybe I will play the whole thing on a later program, but it is more than 45 minutes long altogether. On the other hand, it is all good music, so why not?

Allegro maestoso, and Andante espressivo, from Feb. 24.

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