Previous Concerts
Saturday February 27 at 7:30 pm at River Road Unitarian Church, 6301 River Road, Bethesda MD 20817: Benefit Concert for Minority Scholarships. Regino Madrid, violin, Carl Banner, piano. Sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart (K. 526), Brahms (G major, Op. 78), and Franck.
Tuesday February 16, 2010 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: "Mozart and More". Mozart Sonata in A, K. 526; Adagio & Allegro for viola and piano by Robert Schumann; Trio Op. 115 for violin, viola, and piano by Robert Fuchs; the "Doo-Wop Variations by Charley Gerard. Regino Madrid, violin, Derek Smith, viola, and Carl Banner, piano.
Monday February 1, 2010: "The Weary Blues" - Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009. In honor of Langston Hughes' 108th birthday, a re-creation of the famous Langston Hughes/Charles Mingus collaboration, by Charley Gerard. Holly Bass, reader, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Chris Royal, trumpet, Herman Burney, bass, Lenny Robinson, drums, Steve Herberman, guitar, Carl Banner, piano. (This performance was made possible in part by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Production of "The Weary Blues" was originally made possible by a grant from the Randy Hostetler Memorial Fund).
Sunday January 24, 2010 at 2:30 pm at the Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main Street, Wellfleet, MA 02667.
Betty Hauck, viola, Randy Hiller, violin, and Carl Banner, piano. Duo in A, Op. 162, D. 574 by Franz Schubert, Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 by Robert Schumann, Trio Op. 115 by Robert Fuchs.
Wednesday January 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: "Marilyn Goode's Choice":
The 1st Piano Trio, Op. 18 by Camille Saint-Saëns, Trio in G Hob XV/25 by Franz Joseph Haydn, Sonata in F minor, Op. 120#1 for clarinet & piano by Johannes Brahms, and Three Gnossiennes by Erik Satie. The BannerArts Trio (Judith Cho, violin, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano) with Ben Redwine, clarinet. (This concert was supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and
the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County).
Saturday December 12, 2009 at 7:30 pm at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, 131 Remsen Street Brooklyn NY 11201. Eva Gerard, viola, Charley Gerard, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano. Music of Paul Hindemith, Charley Gerard, Jerome Kern, and Jeffrey Levine.
Tuesday December 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: "The Eve Mandelstam Memorial Concert" Regino Madrid, violin, and Carl Banner, piano. Sonata in G Op. 78 by Johannes Brahms, Sonata in A for Violin and Piano by César Franck, Nocturne in Eb and Mazurka in Ab of Chopin, Brahms Ballade Op. 10 #4.
Sunday November 15 at 7:00 pm at Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Rd, Pasadena MD. Ben Redwine, clarinet, and Carl Banner, piano. Music of Brahms, Poulenc, Stravinsky, and Artie Shaw.
Sunday November 8, 2009 at 3:00 pm at The Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387. Duets for soprano and mezzo soprano, with piano accompaniment, by Antonin Dvorak and Johannes Brahms. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Carl Banner, piano.
Friday November 6, 2009 at Christ and St. Stephens Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York, NY. Eva Gerard, viola, Charley Gerard, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano. Paul Hindemith's Trio for Heckelphone, Viola, and Piano (unknown 20th century masterpiece), Sonata for Viola and Piano by Viktor Kalabis (suppressed Czech composer), Charley Gerard's jazzy "Ecumenical Suite" for saxophone, viola, and piano, plus a brand new trio, Introduction and Allegro, by Jeffrey Levine.
Wednesday October 28, 2009 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: "GBG" - Eva Gerard, viola, Charley Gerard, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano. Sonata for viola and piano by Rebecca Clarke, Paul Hindemith's Trio for Heckelphone, Viola, and Piano, Sonata for viola and piano by Viktor Kalabis, Charley Gerard's "Ecumenical Suite" for saxophone, viola, and piano, and Introduction and Allegro for viola, saxophone, and piano by Jeffrey Levine.
Tuesday October 27, 2009 at 7 pm at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 728 23rd St NW Washington DC: Holly Bass Performance Projects and Washington Musica Viva present Charley Gerard's "The Weary Blues". Holly Bass, narrator, Charley Gerard, saxophone, Chris Royal, trumpet, Donato Soviero, guitar, Herman Burney, bass, Carl Banner, piano, Lenny Robinson, drums.
Tuesday July 14, 2009 at 7:30 pm: The Jaime S. Porras Memorial Concert
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Piano Quintets of Dvorak (in A, Op. 81) and Brahms (in F minor, Op. 34)
Regino Madrid and Judith Cho, violins, Betty Hauck, viola, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano
Thursday May 28, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Embassy of Austria. "What a Life!", Hans Gál's music to the bilingual internment camp revue, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940. This was the first concert performance of this work world-wide since 1940.
The bilingual revue “What a Life!” by Hans Gál was a legendary cultural event of the 1940 internment camp for so called “Enemy Aliens” on the Isle of Man. It was to be “a sort of photo-montage of our life in the camp, a series of short, lively scenes taken from everyday life.” After the war, it was forgotten and never performed again. This prison revue and other works by Hans Gál were performed at the Austrian Embassy, hosted by the Austrian Cultural Forum. Bret Werb introduced the program and provided commentary based on Gál’s internment diary, "Music Behind Barbed Wire".
The program included the "Huyton Suite" for flute and two violins, the Trio Op. 97 for clarinet, violin, and piano, and the Suite Op. 102b for alto saxopohone and piano. The performers were Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, David Lonkevich, flute/piccolo, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Regino Madrid, violin, Judith Spokes, violin, Nina Falk, viola, David Cho, cello, and Carl Banner, piano.
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Austrian Cultural Forum, Bret Werb, Simon Fox, and Eva Fox-Gál for making this production possible.
Thursday May 14, 2009 at 7:30 pm: “The Weary Blues” The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum. "The Weary Blues", is a re-creation of the 1958 Langston Hughes/Charles Mingus collaboration, by Charley Gerard. Holly Bass, as Langston Hughes, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Tom Williams, trumpet, John Leonard, bass, Lenny Robinson, drums, Steve Herberman, guitar, Carl Banner, piano. (This program was made possible in part by funding from the Montgomery County Government, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and by the Randy Hostetler Memorial Fund).
Wednesday April 22, 2009 at 7:00 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum. "Jazz at the Ratner" featuring The RedwineJazz Band, as part of Jazz Appreciation Month.Ben Redwine, clarinet, John Previti, bass, Tom Mitchell, guitar.
Monday April 20, 2009 at 7:00 pm The Czech Center of New York. Music of Jaroslav Jezek (in arrangements by Maurice Saylor and Charley Gerard), Viktor Kalabis, and Bohuslav Martinu. Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York. Will Gartshore, tenor, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Ben Redwine, clarinet/baritone saxophone, Pam Fleming, trumpet, Curtis Fowlkes, trombone, Joseph Daley, tuba, Todd Isler, drums, Eva Gerard, violin/viola, Judith Spokes, violin, Matt Goeke, cello, and Carl Banner, piano. This concert was made possible in part by funding from the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Rusickova Foundation.
Friday April 3, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet plus pianist Carl Banner.
Music of Mozart, Tailleferre, Hyman, Olin, and Gerard.
Tuesday March 24, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: "Serenade". Ben Redwine, clarinet, Andrea Vercoe, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano.
Gian Carlo Menotti – Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano
Hans Gál – Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 97
Ben Redwine – Solo for Bass Clarinet
Blair Goins – “Warmly”, from the Trio for Viola, Clarinet, and Piano
Rebecca Clarke - Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale for viola and clarinet
Peter Schickele – Serenade for Three
(This program was made possible in part by funding from the Montgomery County Government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County).
Sunday February 22, 2009 at 7:00 pm at Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Road, Pasadena, Maryland, 21122. The BannerArts Trio: Judith Spokes, violin, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Music of Beethoven, Fauré, and Dvorak.
Thursday February 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm at St. Andrews United Methodist Church and Day School, 4 Wallace Manor Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. "Amor" - Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano. Music of Haydn, Mozart, Poulenc, and Kalabis.
Friday February 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm: "The Weary Blues" - Grace Church,1041 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC 20007. In honor of Langston Hughes' 107th birthday, a re-creation of the famous Langston Hughes/Charles Mingus collaboration, by Charley Gerard. Holly Bass, reader, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Chris Royal, trumpet, Pepe González, bass, Lenny Robinson, drums, Steve Herberman, guitar, Carl Banner, piano. (This performance was made possible in part by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Production of "The Weary Blues" was originally made possible by a grant from the Randy Hostetler Memorial Fund).
Sunday February 1, 2009 at 5:00 pm: "The Weary Blues" - Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009. In honor of Langston Hughes' 107th birthday, a re-creation of the famous Langston Hughes/Charles Mingus collaboration, by Charley Gerard. Holly Bass, reader, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Chris Royal, trumpet, Pepe González, bass, Lenny Robinson, drums, Steve Herberman, guitar, Carl Banner, piano. (This performance was made possible in part by a grant from the DC
Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Production of "The Weary Blues" was
originally made possible by a grant from the Randy Hostetler Memorial Fund).
Saturday January 10, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, 131 Remsen Street Brooklyn NY 11201. Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Elena McEntire, mezzo soprano, Charley Gerard, composer, arranger, alto saxophone, John Jensen, trombone, John O'Brien, banjo, and Carl Banner, piano. Cabaret songs from "The Blue Angel", and other songs by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Friedrich Hollaender, and Charley Gerard.
Friday December 5, 2008 at 7:00 pm at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), 545 7th Street, S.E. Washington DC, 20003 (the corner of 7th and G Streets, SE; Eastern Market Metro). The BannerArts Quartet: Music of Dvorak, Kalabis, Fauré, and Martinu.
Thursday November 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St NW, Washington DC. Music of Antonin Dvorak, Bohuslav Martinu, and Viktor Kalabis. Performers: Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, the BannerArts Quartet (Judith Spokes, violin, Andrea Vercoe, viola, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano). Program:
Viktor Kalabis - "Ludus /per 4/" (Quartet for piano and strings)
Antonin Dvorak - Moravian Duets, Op. 32 nos. 1-6
Viktor Kalabis - "Birds' Weddings"
Viktor Kalabis - Piano Trio, Op. 39
Bohuslav Martinu - Allegretto poco moderato (from the First Piano Quartet)
(This program was made possible by funding from the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Ruzickova Foundation).
Monday October 20, 2008 at 11:30 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. The BannerArts Trio, music of Dvorak and Fauré, plus art by Marilyn Banner.
Monday September 15, 2008 at 7:30 pm: The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet with Carl Banner
at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814. From Brooklyn NY: The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet, Jenny Hill, Chris Bacas, Alden Banta, and Charley Gerard, with Carl Banner, piano.:
Program:
WA Mozart - Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452 (arranged for piano and saxophone quartet by Charley Gerard)
Germaine Tailleferre – Serenade in A minor for saxophone quartet and piano
Alec Wilder – Saxophone Quartet
Paquito D'Rivera - Wapango
Charley Gerard – Quintet for Carl and Saxes (premiere)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum. "Summer Music": Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Judith Spokes, violin, Carl Banner, piano, plus Salt Lake City guest artist Amy Leung, cello.
Program:
Antonin Dvorak - The “Dumky" Trio
Robert Kahn - "Jungbrunnen"
Lawrence Heinen- "Variations for Sasha"
John Stephens - "Inventions for Solo Clarinet"
Johannes Brahms - Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Tuesday, July 15 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, The BannerArts Trio: Judith Spokes, violin, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Beethoven - Duo #1 in C Major for violin and cello (WoO 27)
Fauré - Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Brahms - Trio in B major, Op. 8
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 5:00 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814. Judith Spokes, violin, and Carl Banner, piano.
Schubert - Duo in A Major, Op. 162
Satie - Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)
Brahms - Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
Wednesday June 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. "In Memory of Irving Hurwitz". Carl Banner, piano. Music of Mozart, Joplin, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Charley Gerard, Brahms, and Bartok.
Wednesday June 18 2008 at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009.
"Sex Appeal"
Clea Nemetz, mezzo, Charley Gerard, composer, arranger, alto saxophone, John Jensen, trombone,John O'Brien, banjo, and Carl Banner, piano. Cabaret songs from "The Blue Angel", and other songs by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Friedrich Hollaender, and Charley Gerard.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814. Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Sally McLain, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano. "Mostly Brahms", in honor of his 175th birthday (he was born on May 7, 1833). plus music of Mozart and Dina Koston.
Program:
Mozart - Duet in G K.423 for violin and viola
Brahms - Three Songs from Op. 105
Brahms – Violin Sonata #2 in A, Op. 100
Dina Koston – "For Solo Violin (homage to Bela Bartok)" (premiere)
Brahms – Von ewiger Liebe Op. 43#1
Brahms - Two Songs with Viola, Op. 91
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814. The Redwine Jazz Band: Ben Redwine, clarinet/baritone saxophone, Tom Mitchell, guitar, John Previti, bass, plus special guest artists Craig Gildner, guitar and piano, Robbie Leebrick, drums, and Eric Shranek, bass.
Tuesday March 25, 2008 at 3:00 pm at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. Judith Spokes, violin/viola, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano. Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Poulenc.
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm at Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Road, Pasadena, Maryland, 21122. Music for soprano, french horn, and piano by Schubert, Strauss, Mitsumoto and Cooke. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Beth Graham, french horn (BSO), Carl Banner, piano.
Monday March 10, 2008 at 10:30 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. Music for soprano, french horn, and piano by Schubert, Strauss, Mitsumoto and Cooke. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Beth Graham, french horn (BSO), Carl Banner, piano. Free.
Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 4:30 pm at St. Andrews United Methodist Church and Day School, 4 Wallace Manor Road, Edgewater, Maryland 21037
Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano. Music of Poulenc, Brahms, Bernstein, Verdi, Mateu, and Arnold.
Sunday February 24, 2008 at 4:00 pm at Rock Spring Congregational Church, 5010 Little Falls Rd, Arlington VA.
Music for soprano, french horn, and piano by Schubert, Strauss, Mitsumoto and Cooke. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Beth Graham, french horn (BSO), Carl Banner, piano.
Sunday February 17, 2008 at 2:30 pm at The Donnell Library Center, 20 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019. "The witty music of composer and saxophonist Charley Gerard, with Washington Musica Viva"
Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Eva Gerard, viola, Whitney LaGrange, violin, Clea Nemetz, mezzo soprano, Nick Titakis, baritone, Carl Banner, piano.
Tuesday February 12, 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814.
Music for soprano, french horn, and piano by Schubert, Strauss, Mitsumoto, and Cooke. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Beth Graham, french horn (BSO), Carl Banner, piano. (This program was supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County).
Wednesday January 23, 2008, 9-11pm at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009. "The Weary Blues", a re-creation of the famous Langston Hughes/Charles Mingus collaboration, by Charley Gerard. With Holly Bass, reader, Pepe González, bass, John Kamman, guitar, Chris Royal, trumpet, Carl Banner, piano, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, and Harold Summey, drums.
This program was funded in part by a grant from the Randy Hostetler Memorial Fund.
Wednesday December 12, 2007 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814.
Carl Banner, piano solo
Bach - Partita in A minor
Brahms - Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op. 21#1
Stravinsky - Piano Sonata
Brahms - Intermezzo in A, Op. 118#2
Gerard - "Goldberg's in a Sentimental Mood," or the "Ellingberg Variations"
Bolcom - Graceful Ghost Rag
Joplin - Solace, A Mexican Serenade
(This program was supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County).
Wednesday November 14, 2007 at 11:00 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. Carl Banner, piano solo.
Saturday November 10, 2007 at 7:30 pm at BannerArts, 4233C Howard Avenue, Kensington MD.
"State of the Arts" - Panel discussion, moderated by Mike Hummel. Maritza Rivera, poet, Joy Jones, playwright, Carl Banner, pianist, Marilyn Banner, artist, Mike Hummel, singer/songwriter.
Sunday October 21 at 7:00 pm at Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Road, Pasadena, Maryland, 21122.
Carl Banner, piano solo.
Bach - Partita in A minor
Brahms - Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op. 21#1
Stravinsky - Piano Sonata
Gerard - Goldberg's in a Sentimental Mood, or the Ellingberg Variations
Bolcom - Graceful Ghost Rag
Joplin - Solace, A Mexican Serenade
Brahms - Intermezzo in A, Op. 118#2
Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 2:30 pm at St. Andrews United Methodist Church and Day School, 4 Wallace Manor Road, Edgewater, Maryland 21037
"The Mighty Saxophone of Charley Gerard" (Tango, pop, & serious jazz)
Music of Piazzolla, Schulhoff, Milhaud, Francaix, Carole King, & Charley Gerard
New York guest artist Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, and Carl Banner, piano. Review by Devin Hurd in HurdAudio.
Wednesday September 19, 2007 at 11:00 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. Carl Banner, piano solo.
Tuesday September 11, 2007 at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.“The Mighty Saxophone of Charley Gerard”. Tango-Etudes by Astor Piazzolla, Dance (Habanera) by Darius Milhaud, Jean Françaix’ “Cinq danses exotiques”, Erwin Schulhoff’s “Hot Sonate”, and Charley Gerard’s “Tatumesque” and “Will You Love My Earth Kiss Tomorrow, A medley of reinterpreted Carole King songs (with a little Stravinsky).” Review by Joe Banno in the Washington Post.
(This program was supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County).
Sunday September 9 at 2:30 pm at St. Andrews United Methodist Church and Day School, 4 Wallace Manor Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. Music of Jean Francaix, Bela Kovacs, and John Wesley Work III. Ben Redwine, clarinet and alto clarinet, Joel Borelli-Boudreau, trombone, Carl Banner, piano.
Wednesday August 15, 2007 at 11:00 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC. Carl Banner, piano solo. (free)
Thursday July 12, 2007 at 11:30 am at the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington DC.
Carl Banner, piano solo.
Sunday June 10, 2007 at 3:00 pm at The Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Music of Charlie Barnett, George Walker, Blair Goins, and "Chaise Lounge". Amadi Hummings, viola, Marilyn Older, voice, John Jensen, trombone, Ben Redwine, clarinet and saxophones, Charlie Barnett, guitar, Greg Watkins, bass, Carl Banner, piano, Mark Carson, drums.
Tuesday May 15, 2007 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
"I Rage, I Melt, I Burn!" A program from the operas of Mozart and Handel.
Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Ramón Tasat, tenor, Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano. (Available on YouTube!)
Sunday, April 22, 2007 12-5pm International Day of the Book
Kensington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave, Old Town Kensington
Carl Banner, classical and contemporary piano music
Marilyn Banner, artist, demonstrates the creation of mixed media collages, using drawing, paint,
handmade paper, inkjet prints, found images, and other materials.
Saturday March 31, 2007 at 7:30 pm at BannerArts, 4233C Howard Avenue, Kensington MD. Music of Dan Sonenberg, Walter S. Hartley, and the Redwine Jazz Trio. Ben Redwine, clarinet/baritone saxophone, Tom Mitchell, guitar, John Previti, bass, with Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, and Carl Banner, piano. (Available on YouTube!). Demonstration of encaustic painting by Marilyn Banner.
Tuesday February 27, 2007 at 7:30 pm at The Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St NW, Washington DC. Music of Smetana, Martinu, Nelhybel, Janacek and Brahms.
Petrklic (Primrose) Bohuslav Martinu
1. A New Hat; 2. Above the Farm; 3. A Plaint; 4. Good Timber; 5. At Noon
Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Natasha Bogachek, violin, Carl Banner, piano
Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15 Bedrich Smetana
Moderato assai; Allegro, ma non agitato; Finale: Presto
Natasha Bogachek, violin, David Teie, cello, Carl Banner, piano
(Available on YouTube!)
Concert Etude for clarinet & piano Vaclav Nelhybel
Concertino (2nd movement) Leos Janacek
Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano
Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Johannes Brahms
Allegro (Available on YouTube!); Adagio; Andante grazioso; Allegro
Ben Redwine, clarinet, David Teie, cello, Carl Banner, piano
Sunday February 11, 2007 at 3:00 pm at The Atlas Performing Arts Center.
"Love You Madly!"
Music of Edward "Duke" Ellington, Lawrence Moss,Chris Royal, Masatoshi Mitsumoto, Charley Gerard, and Jean Francaix (including five premieres). Jazz/chamber ensemble: Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Joel Borelli-Boudreau, trombone, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Chris Royal, trumpet, Linda Smith, violin, Greg Watkins, double bass, Carl Banner, piano. Funded in part through the Sprenger-Lang Foundation, the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and Meet The Composer's Creative Connections program.
Program:
“Cinq danses exotiques" by Jean Francaix
Pambiche; Baiao; Mambo; Samba lenta; Merengue
Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano
(Available on YouTube!)
“Goldberg’s in a Sentimental Mood” (premiere) by Charley Gerard
Carl Banner, piano
(Available on YouTube!)
Three “Duke” Ellington Songs (premiere) arr. by Charley Gerard
Satin Doll; Daydream; Love You Madly
Gary Poster, bass voice, Linda Smith, violin,
Ben Redwine, clarinet, Greg Watkins, double bass
“Emily’s Song” (premiere) by Lawrence Moss
Gary Poster, bass voice, Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, trombone
(Available on YouTube!)
“Had Us at Hello” by Charley Gerard
Gary Poster, bass voice, Carl Banner, piano
Sonatina for clarinet & piano (premiere) by I. Masatoshi Mitsumoto
Allegro inquietante; Largo triste: Allegro vivo
Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano
(Available on YouTube!)
Duke Medley 2007 (premiere) arr.by Chris Royal
Chris Royal, trumpet, Ben Redwine, clarinet/saxophone, Linda Smith, violin,
Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, trombone,
Carl Banner, piano, Greg Watkins, bass, Harold Summey, drums
(Available on YouTube!)
Royal Garden Blues by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams
Chris Royal, trumpet, Ben Redwine, clarinet/saxophone,
Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, trombone,
Carl Banner, piano, Greg Watkins, bass, Harold Summey, drums
Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814:
"My Favorite Things!" - Carl Banner, solo piano.
Sonata in Bb, K. 333 - W.A. Mozart
Kinderscenen, Op. 15 - Robert Schumann
Nocturne in Bb minor, Op. 9 #1 - Frédéric Chopin
Impromptu in Ab Op. 142#2 - Franz Schubert
Intermezzo Op. 116#6 - Johannes Brahms
Capriccio Op. 76#8 - Johannes Brahms
The Cascades - Scott Joplin
The Magnetic Rag - Scott Joplin
Sunday December 3, 2006 between 2 and 5 pm: Open House at Kensington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave, Kensington MD 20895.
Art by Marilyn Banner, poetry by Paul Grayson, music by Carl Banner, Ben Redwine, and guests Arthur Harrison (theremin) and Lee Greene (Sara Sennett's brother) on piano.
Sunday November 26, 2006 at 7:00 pm at Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Road, Pasadena, Maryland, 21122. Carl Banner, piano solo. Music of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, and Joplin.
Sunday November 19, 2006 at 3:00 pm at The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts:
"Scènes, Crows, & Rags"
Sidney Bailin – “Scènes” for soprano, vibraphone, cello, and piano (premiere)
Franz Schubert _ "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" for soprano, clarinet, & piano
Alexandra Gardner - “Crows” for clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Pam Helton - "Summer Music 2005" for alto saxophone and piano (premiere)
Jodi Beder - "The Which" for solo cello
Jaroslav Jezek - "V+W" cabaret music (arranged and adapted into English by Maurice Saylor),
Performers: Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Jeffery Peterson, tenor, Ben Redwine, clarinet/baritone/tenor saxophone, Linda Smith, violin, Davy DeArmond, trumpet, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, trombone, Blair Goins, tuba, Harold Summey, drums, Jodi Beder, cello, Chris DeChiara, vibraphone, Carl Banner, piano.
Sunday November 5, 2006
St. Andrews United Methodist Church and Day School, 4 Wallace Manor Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. With soprano Elizabeth Kluegel, clarinetist Ben Redwine, pianist Carl Banner. Music of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, and Martinu.
Thursday October 19, 2006 at the Embassy of the Czech Republic: Three Czech-Americans (plus Antonin Dvorak and "Jelly Roll" Morton):
"V+W" cabaret music from the 1930's Prague Liberated Theatre by the "father of Czech jazz" Jaroslav Jezek (arranged and adapted into English by Maurice Saylor), music for brass & piano by Vaclav Nelhybel, and Sonatina for clarinet & piano by Bohuslav Martinu. Plus music of Dvorak and "Jelly Roll" Morton. Performers: Jeffery Peterson, tenor, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Linda Smith, violin, Brian Strawley, trumpet, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, trombone, Anthony Valerio, french horn, Blair Goins, tuba, Harold Summey, drums, Carl Banner, piano. Reviewed by Stephen Neal Dennis.
Tuesday September 12, 2006 at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Op.115; Franz Schubert's "Trout" Quintet; plus the world premiere performance of Charley Gerard’s “The 44 Faces of Funk”, for clarinet, string quartet, bass, and piano. Performing: Ben Redwine, clarinet, Claudia Chudacoff, violin, June Huang, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Diana Fish, cello, Richard Barber, bass, and Carl Banner, piano. Reviewed by Mark J. Estren in the Washington Post.
Sunday July 16, 2006
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum. "In Memory of Thelma Stein." Mozart Sonata in Bb K. 378, Brahms Sonata in D minor, Op.108, Thelma Stein "Berceuse," choreographed and danced by Cynthia Word. Daniel Banner, violin, and Carl Banner, piano, with choreographer/dancer Cynthia Word.
Sunday June 25, 2006
The Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington DC
Jelly Roll Morton - "Black Bottom Stomp"
Three Duke Ellington songs arranged by Charley Gerard: "All Too Soon"; "I've Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)": and "In My Solitude"
Two Rilke Songs by Mary Howe: Herbsttag, and Liebeslied.
"Tango Afligido" by Michael Strand
Six Short Pieces for alto saxophone and piano by Lawrence Moss
"Memphis TN " by Charlie Barnett
"Song of the Exile" by Ysaye Barnwell (instrumental arrangement by Charley Gerard).
Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Ben Redwine, clarinet/baritone saxophone, Sonya Hayes, violin, Jodi Beder, cello, Steve Tomlinson, trombone, Blair Goins, tuba, Carl Banner, piano. With Brandon D. Johnson, poet.
May 23, 2006
Tuesday May 23 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum: The Piano Quintet #1 by Ernest Bloch, Gabriel Fauré's Bonne Chanson for mezzo, string quartet and piano, and Cantata #82 of JS Bach. Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Gary Poster, bass, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Sally McLain, violin, June Huang, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano. (Review by George Pieler at Ionarts, and review by Jon Morris at Jon's Show Log).
April 28, 2006
St. Martin's Lutheran Church, 1120 Spa Rd, Annapolis MD 21403. Ben Redwine and Carl Banner play Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens, Mozart, Weber, and Wakefield.
April 30, 2006
Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Rd, Pasadena MD 21122. Ben Redwine and Carl Banner play Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens, Mozart, Weber, and Wakefield.
April 22, 2006
BannerArts Studio, 4233C Howard Ave in Kensington MD. Gary Poster, bass, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano. "Schlummert' ein" by JS Bach, "Sweetness of the Evenings" by Darius Milhaud, Sonata in G by Giovanni Platti, "Hauntings" by Anthony Wakefield, and songs of Duke Ellington. With poet Barbara Crooker and artist Marilyn Banner.
March 26, 2006
Rock Spring Congregational Church in Arlington VA. Soprano Elizabeth Kluegel, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Jodi Beder, cello, and Carl Banner, piano. Works by Mozart, Janet Peachey, John Stephens, Thomas Beveridge, and Masatoshi Mitsumoto.
March 19 , 2006
"Jazz at our Roots", second in a new series of performances at the Atlas Performing Arts Center celebrating the diversity, history, and creativity of Washington DC area composers, artists, and poets. Music of Edward "Duke" Ellington, Alec Wilder, Blair Goins, Charlie Gerard, John Kamman, and Steve Reich. Performers: Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Blair Goins, tuba, Jodi Beder, cello, Linda Smith, violin, Heidi Littman, french horn, David Cheng, percussion, John Kamman, guitar, Carl Banner, piano, and celebrated performance poet Holly Bass.
Program:
The Godfather of Soul Charley Gerard
Linda Smith, violin, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano
Trio for french horn, tuba, & piano Alec Wilder
Heidi Littman, french horn, Blair Goins, tuba, Carl Banner, piano
Trio for french horn, tuba, & piano (premiere) Blair Goins
Heidi Littman, french horn, Blair Goins, tuba, Carl Banner, piano
Clapping Music Steve Reich
David Cheng and John Kamman, hands
Holly Bass, poet
with John Kamman, guitar
Three Songs Edward "Duke" Ellington
(Arranged by Warren Kellerhouse)
Caravan; Come Sunday; Take the A Train
Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano
February 21, 2006
The Embassy of the Czech Republic Dvorak Piano Quartet in D op. 23, the Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and piano by Bohuslav Martinu, and Six Minnelieder by Petr Eben. Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Hasse Borup, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Philippe Chao, viola, and Carl Banner, piano.
February 16, 2006
Danish Embassy. Hasse Borup, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Charity Sunshine, soprano. Ned Rorem - Nantucket Songs, Dietrich Buxtehude - Trio Sonata, Niels Gade - Piano Trio.
January 29 , 2006
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Carl Banner and members of the Gallery Quartet performed the Piano Quartet, Op. 21 by the English composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983).
January 13 , 2006
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. Music of David Teie, including his "Radio Songs" and Adagio and Allegro. Video
January 10 , 2006
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Performers: Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Yeong-Su Kim, oboe, Benjamin Redwine, clarinet, Beth Graham, french horn, Ben Greanya, bassoon, Carl Banner, piano.
All-Mozart program in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth. Quintet for piano and winds in Eb Major K.452, the Sonata for clarinet and piano (after the Quintet K. 581), and two arias from Mozart operas.
November 15, 2005
Location: The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Performers: Benjamin Redwine, clarinet, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Kegelstatt" Trio, Robert Schumann’s “Märchenerzählungen”, and four pieces from Max Bruch's Trios Op. 83 for clarinet, viola, and piano. With poet Paul Grayson.
October 23, 2005
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center
Performers: Kyi May Kaung, poet, Betty Hauck, viola, Ben Redwine,
clarinet, June Huang, violin, Gary Poster, bass, Scott Kenison, baritone,
Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Music of Scott Wheeler, Maurice Saylor, Michael Strand, John
Philip Sousa, Robert Schumann, George Walker, Thomas Kerr. This concert was supported in part by a grant from The Sprenger-Lang Foundation. Thank you!
Maurice Saylor, Michael Strand, and Scott Wheeler were present at this performance. This event was reviewed by Andrew Lindemann Malone in the Washington Post.
Program:
Märchenerzählungen Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
1. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell; 2. Lebhaft, und sehr markirt;
3. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck; 4. Lebhaft, sehr markirt
Benjamin Redwine, clarinet, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano
Riding to Town Thomas Kerr (1915-1988)
Lament George Walker (b. 1922)
Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano
Dragon Mountain Scott Wheeler (b. 1952)
1. Dragon Song
2. Dragon Flight
3. The Dragon and the Mirror
June Huang, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano
Kyi May Kaung, poet
"Tongues Don't Have Bones" video by Lisa DiLillo
"When some serious affliction..."
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Scott Kenison, baritone, Carl Banner, piano
My Soul is Dark (Tango Song; 2004) Michael Strand
Alta Quies (1994) Maurice Saylor (b. 1957)
The Mill-stream; Pleiads I; Alta Quies; Pleiads II; For My Funeral
Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano
October 1, 2005
Location: BannerArts
Performers: Holly Bass, poet, Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, June Huang, violin, Carl Banner, piano. Music of George Walker, Maurice Saylor ("Alta Quies"), Libby Larsen ("Slang"), Thomas Kerr, Charles Ives, John Work. This concert was supported in part by a grant from The Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund. Thank you!
July 18, 2005
Location: The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Performers: Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Jodi Beder, cello, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: "Views Through
a Window" by Janet Peachey, on poems by Beth Joselow, Trio for clarinet,
cello, and piano by John Stephens, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano by
Jay Vosk (premiere!), Trio in A minor, Op. 114 by Johannes Brahms. Reviewed
by Charles T. Downey in Ionarts.
Janet Peachey and John Stephens were present at this performance.
June 21, 2005
Location: The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Performers: Keith Wright, flute, Sally McLain, violin, Heather LeDoux Green, violin, Tsuna Sakamoto, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Premiere of Divertimento for flute, viola, and piano, by Masatoshi Mitsumoto (commissioned by WMV). Quintet for flute, strings, and piano by David Diamond (1937). Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op. 34.
Reviewed by Cecelia Porter in the Washington Post.
May 7, 2005
Location: BannerArts
Program: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Duets, and Songs of Johannes Brahms, on the occasion of his 172nd birthday. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Jason Rylander, tenor, Gary Poster, bass, Ruth Rose and Carl Banner, duo-pianists. Plus poetry of Polly Craft, read by her daughters Helen and Sarah.
March 22, 2005
Location: The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Performers: Sally McLain, violin, David Teie, cello, Rhonda Buckley,
alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Trio Op. 120 by Gabriel Faure, Trio in Bb Op. 18 (after the
sextet) by Johannes Brahms, Suite Op. 102b for saxophone and piano by Hans
Gal.
February 13,
2005
Location: Rock Spring Congregational Church
Performers: Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, and Carl Banner, piano.
Songs of Bohuslav Martinu, Libby Larsen, and Robert Schumann.
February 5, 2005
Location: BannerArts
Performers: Anders Lundegard,
saxophone, Kim Buschek,
viola, Carl Banner, piano, Kris
Carter, singer/songwriter, Edgar
Gabriel Silex, poet.
Program: Music of Ulf
Grahn, Astor Piazzolla, Michael
Strand, Stefan
Meylaers, Kris
Carter, and George
Walker.
This program was supported in part by a grant from the Randy
Hostetler Living Room Music Fund.
Ulf Grahn and Michael Strand were present at this performance.
December 9, 2004
Location: The Embassy of the Czech Republic
Performers: Hasse Borup and Sally McLain, violins, Betty Hauck, viola,
Amy Leung and Jodi Beder, cellos, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, and Carl
Banner, piano.
Program: Music of Czech composers: Antonin Dvorak's Piano Quintet in
A, Op. 81; Piano Trio Op. 2 by Josef Suk; songs by Bedrich Smetana and Bohuslav
Martinu, Suite for Cello Solo in the sixth-tone system, Op. 85b by Alois Haba.
Review
in the Washington Post.
November 13,
2004
Location: BannerArts
Performers: Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Kathleen Watson, soprano,
Gary Poster, bass, Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano. With
poet Christopher Conlon and novelist Louise Farmer Smith.
Program: "Still Worth Singing About!": Songs of Kurt Weill, Erich Korngold,
Marc Blitzstein, William Bolcom, Lori Laitman, and Masatoshi Mitsumoto.
October 5, 2004
Location: The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Performers: Sally McLain
and June Huang, violins, Kim Buschek, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Gary Poster,
bass, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Faure Piano Quintet #1 in d minor, Op. 89, Brahms 1st Piano
Quartet in g minor Op. 25, Aaron Copland's Piano Quartet, and "The Long Shadow
of Lincoln" for bass voice, violin, cello, and piano by Minneapolis composer
Stephen Paulus.
Reviewed
by the Washington Post.
September 20,
2004
Location: Embassy of Lithuania
Performers: Gary Poster,
bass, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Songs by African-American composers: George Walker, Thomas
Kerr, Howard Swanson, and Charles Brown.
September 11,
2004
Location: BannerArts
Performers: Sally McLain,
violin, Masatoshi Mitsumoto, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Piano Trio Op. 8 by Frédéric Chopin, Piano Trio in G Op. 36
(after the Sextet) by Johannes Brahms; poetry and reflections on September
11th by Michael S Glaser, new Poet Laureate of Maryland.
June 5, 2004
Location: BannerArts
Performers: Betty Hauck,
viola, Carl Banner, piano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo, and Joel Herskowitz.
Program: "Gymnopédie for John Lennon" and Four Rosicrucian Preludes
by Arthur Jarvinen, Brahms Two Songs op. 91 for mezzo, viola, and piano, Schumann
Marchenbilder #3, music by Joel and Ira Herskowitz.
May 24, 2004
Location: The Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: Karyn Friedman,
mezzo-soprano, Chris Royal, trumpet, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Ben Greanya,
bassoon, Hasse Borup, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano, and Masatoshi
Mitsumoto, conductor.
Program: "La Revue de Cuisine" by Bohuslav Martinu, "Lieder Eines Fahrenden
Gesellen" by Gustav Mahler, Trio in g minor Op. 26 by Antonin Dvorak, Duo
for violin and cello by Erwin Schulhoff.
May 8, 2004
Location: St. Columba's Church
Musicians: John Kamman, guitar, Sally McLain and June Huang, violins,
Kim Buschek, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Robert Lemon,
oboe, Carl Banner, piano, Alan Lewine, bass, Masa Mitsumoto, conductor.
Program: Chamber Jazz Sextet by John
Kamman, "La Creation du Monde" by Darius Milhaud, "Fantaisie" for electric
guitar, oboe, string quartet, and piano by Bohuslav Martinu, "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen.
April 24, 2004
Location: BannerArts
Musicians: Betty Hauck, viola, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner,
piano.
Program: Music of Mozart ("Kegelstatt" Trio in Eb), Eric Satie ("Sports
et Divertissements"), Andrew Stiller ("The Water is Wide, Daisy Bell"), Mike
Strand ("In Honor of Native Americans"), and JS Bach (Sonata in D for viola
and piano). Astronaut Rick Hauck spoke at this event.
March 20, 2004
Location: St. Columba's Church
Musicians: Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Chris Royal, trumpet, Rhonda
Buckley, saxophone, Ben Greanya, bassoon, Hasse Borup, violin, Amy Leung,
cello, Carl Banner, piano, Marty Knepp, percussion, and Masa Mitsumoto, conductor.
Program: Armand Ntep, Grace Chung, and the Afro Jazz Explosion plus
chamber music with a strong jazz influence, including "La Revue de Cuisine"
by Bohuslav Martinu, "Music for a Farce" by Paul Bowles, "Love After
1950" by Libby Larsen.
March 2, 2004
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Mahoko Eguchi, violin, David Teie, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Piano Trio in E-flat K.542 by W.A. Mozart, Piano Trio in B-flat
Op.99 by Franz Schubert, Piano Trio #1 in B major, Op. 8 by Johannes Brahms.
January 24, 2004
Location: St. Columba's Church
Musicians: Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, John Hughes, violin, Jodi
Beder, cello, Mark Stephenson, double-bass, Carl Banner, piano, and guitarist
John Kamman's Afro Jazz Explosion, featuring Cameroonian vocalist Armand Ntep.
Program: The Afro Jazz Explosion plus Libby Larsen's Four on the Floor,
Walter S. Hartley's Dance Suite, John Harbison's San Antonio, and Erwin Schulhoff's
Hot Sonata.
December 8, 2003
Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: Hasse Borup violin,
and Amy Leung, cello, Philippe Chao, viola, Carl Banner, piano, and Karyn
Friedman, mezzo soprano.
Program: All Martinu program, on the occasion of his 113th birthday:
Bohuslav Martinu's Sonata #3 for cello and piano (1952), songs from Moravian
folk poetry, and Quartet for piano and strings (1942).
November 22,
2003
Musicians: Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Mozart Sonata in Bb K.333, Schumann Papillons Op. 2, Chopin
Mazurkas. Poets Margaret Paris, Judi Tenhunen, David Cheng, and Lorene Sarne.
October 14, 2003
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Lina Bahn, violin, Mahoko Eguchi, viola, David Teie, cello,
Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb, Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor,
Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano by David Teie.
September 13,
2003
Musicians: Susan Wheeler, soprano, Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone,
Carl Banner, piano.
Program: "Songs of Eve" by Russell Woollen, on poems of Linda Pastan;
"Songs of Innocence" by
Masatoshi Mitsumoto, on poems of William Blake; Five Preludes for alto
saxophone and piano by
Robert Starer; Dance Suite by
Walter S. Hartley. With featured poet Linda Pastan (Poet Laureate of Maryland,
1991-1994).
August 3, 2003
(Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site 2003 Summer Concert Series, Cornish,
New Hampshire.)
Musicians: "Betty Hauck, Janet Frank, and Friends." Betty Hauck, viola,
Janet Frank, cello, Sasha Margolis, violin, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Mozart Piano Quartet #2 in Eb, Schumann Trio Op. 80 in F,
Hindemith Duo for viola and cello.
July 15, 2003
Musicians: Carl Banner, piano, and Pam Helton, clarinet.
Program: Brahms Variations Op. 21#1, Milhaud The Household Muse, Mitsumoto
Elegy (for Milton), and Dylan 4 songs. Poets Joyce Ellen Weinstein and Paul
Grayson.
Masatoshi Mitsumoto was present at this performance.
June 3, 2003
Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: National Symphony
Orchestra members Natasha Bogachek, violin, Mahoki Eguchi, viola, and Janet
Frank, cello, along with Zino Bogachek, violin, of the Kennedy Center Opera
House Orchestra, and Carl Banner, pianist.
Program: Leos Janacek's String Quartet #1 ("Kreutzer Sonata"), Bohuslav
Martinu's Madrigals for violin and viola, and Viteszlav Novak's Piano Quintet
in A minor, Op. 12.
March 15, 2003
BannerArts Studio
Musicians: Sally McLain, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Janet Frank, cello,
Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Gustav Mahler's Piano Quartet (unfinished), Alfred Schnittke's
own second movement to Mahler's quartet, and Robert Fuchs' Trio Op. 115 for
violin, viola, and piano (1926). With Michael S. Glaser, poet.
February 25, 2003
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: Thomas Perazzoli, flute, Natasha Bogachek, violin, Janet
Frank, cello, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Bohuslav Martinu's Trio in F for flute, cello and piano, Viktor
Kalabis' Piano Trio Op. 39, Dvorak's "Dumky" Trio in e minor Op. 90.
February 2, 2003
DACOR Bacon House
Claudia Chudacoff, Mahoko Eguchi, David Teie, Carl Banner.
Piano Quartets of Mozart, Brahms, and Dvorak
January 25, 2003
Musicians: Ira Herskowitz, singer/songwriter, Joel Herskowitz, piano/vocals,
Angela Uperti-Hite, flute, Chris Hite, clarinet, Mark Stephenson, double-bass,
Carl Banner, piano, John Stephens, conductor.
Program: "DRD4" by James Brody, Brahms Sonata in F minor for clarinet
and piano, and Bach sonata for flute and piano; Ira and Joel Herskowitz sing
about science and the blues.
James
Brody was present at this performance.
December 10, 2002
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Sasha Margolis, violin,
Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Trio in F by Schumann, Trio in d minor by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel,
Six Short Pieces by Lawrence Moss, Dance by Darius Milhaud, and "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen. Lawrence
Moss was present at this performance. Reviewed by Daniel Ginsberg in the Washington Post.
November 16,
2002
Musicians: Scott Williamson, tenor, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: "Dichterliebe" by Robert Schumann. Joy and Leslie by Blair
Goins. Three Emily Dickinson songs by Terry Vosbein. Poet Hiram Larew.
Blair Goins and
Terry Vosbein were
present at this performance.
October 19, 2002
Musicians: Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Schubert's Sonata in B-flat D. 958. Three Short Pieces by
Ulf Grahn. Shooting Star by Bob Dylan. Linda Joy Burke, performance poet with
bassist Harry J. Walker.
Ulf Grahn was present at this performance.
September 24,
2002
Musicians: Mahoko Eguchi, violin/viola, Jan Chong, violin, Janet Frank,
cello, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Sonata for viola and piano by Bohuslav Martinu, sonata for
violin and piano by Pavel Borkovec, and Quartet in Eb Op. 87 by Antonin Dvorak.
July 9, 2002
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Sasha Margolis, violin, Mahoko Eguchi, viola (NSO), David
Teie, cello (NSO), Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Trio in C Op. 87 by Brahms, Piano Quartet in Eb by Schumann,
Hebrew Melody by Achron.
Reviewed by Joe Banno in the Washington Post.
June 11, 2002
Musicians: Linda Bahn and Sasha Margolis, violins, Mahoko Eguchi, viola
(NSO), Lori Barnet, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Piano Quintets of Martinu, Hanus Barton & Dvorak.
May 18, 2002
Musicians: Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, David Cheng, percussion,
Carl Banner, piano.
Program: "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen; Sonata for alto saxophone and
piano by Paul Creston; "Clapping Music" by Steve Reich; piano works
of Brahms.
April 23, 2002
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Betty Hauck, viola, Sasha Margolis, violin, Rachel Young,
cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: "Kol Nidrei" by Joachim Stutschewsky, Piano Trio by Gabriel
Faure, "Musica Notturna" by John McCabe, and Piano Quartet #2 by Antonin Dvorak.
March 9, 2002
Musicians: Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Mahoko Eguchi, viola and
violin, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Brahms Ballade Op 10 #4, Schumann Romanze in F# and violin
sonata in a, Brahms Trio Op. 115 for violin, "Sex in the Suburbs" for viola
and alto saxophone by Jessica Krash.
February 16,
2002
Musicians: Sasha Margolis, violin, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Brahms violin sonata in A Op. 100; Mordecai Seter Sonata for
Piano (1982). Poet Hilary Tham.
January 15, 2002
Musicians: Lina Bahn, violin, Lori Barnet, cello, Lisa Ponton, viola,
and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Bedrich Smetana: Trio, Op. 15; Viteszlav Novak, cello sonata
Op. 68; Dvorak Piano Quartet Op. 23.
December 11, 2001
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Janet Frank, cello, Mahoko
Eguchi, viola, Sasha Margolis, violin, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Mendelssohn Piano Quartet #3 in B minor; Brahms Piano Quartet
in C minor; Bloch Suite for solo cello; Lori Laitman "Daughters" for mezzo
and piano trio.
Lori Laitman was present
at this performance.
November 17,
2001
Musicians: Lori Barnet, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Janacek Pohadka and Presto; piano music of Brahms and Schumann.
Brandon Johnson and Ori Soltes, poets.
November 6, 2001
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: Sasha Margolis, violin, Lori Barnet, cello, Rhonda Buckley,
alto saxophone, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Leos Janacek: "Pohadka"; Karel Husa: "Elegie" and "Postcard
from Home"; Dvorak Sonatina Op. 100; and Piano Trio by Hanus Barton.
October 16,
2001
The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum.
Musicians: Eugene Mondie, clarinet and Janet Frank, cello, Sasha Margolis,
violin, and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Brahms Clarinet Trio; Ernest Bloch's Nocturnes; Dvorak Sonatina;
Tanz und Maisele by Yehudi Wyner.
Yehudi Wyner was present at this performance.
September 8,
2001
Musicians: Sasha Margolis, violin, Lori Barnet, cello, Gail Wein, bassoon,
Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Music of Schumann, Hanus Barton, and Halsey Stevens. David
Cheng, poet. Marilyn Banner, artist.
June 24, 2001
Musicians: Daniel Banner, violin, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Beethoven: Sonata Op. 47 ("Kreutzer"), Petr Eben:
Sonata Semplice; César Franck: Sonata in A Major.
June 12, 2001
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: Teri Lazar, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; Martinu: Bergerettes for Piano
Trio; Suk: Elegie for Piano Trio; Dvorak: Sonata in F Major Op. 57 for violin
and piano.
May 20, 2001
Musicians: Sally McClain, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Janet Frank,
cello, Bill Vaughn, double bass, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Schubert: The "Trout" Quintet; Figures in a Landscape, by
Elizabeth Brown. Prints by Bill Harris.
April 21, 2001
Musicians: Betty Hauck, viola, Elizabeth Brown, flute, Carl Banner,
piano and percussion, David Cheng, percussion.
Program: Elizabeth Brown: Chronicle, Hermit Thrush, and Brown Party
of Two; Durufle: Prelude, Recitative and Variations; Reich: Clapping Music.
Quilts by Betty Hauck and Elizabeth Brown.
Elizabeth Brown was present at this performance.
March 10, 2001
Musicians: Glen Cherry, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Fauré Piano Trio, Brahms Piano Sonata #3. Sydney March, poet.
February 6, 2001
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Musicians: Glen Cherry, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano,
Marguerite Baker, clarinet, Chris Royal, trumpet, Linda Caro Reinisch, soprano.
Program: "La Revue de Cuisine" by Martinu, Trio #1 by Dvorak, Piano
Trio by Petr Eben, Ave Verum Corpus by Peter Graham.
January 14, 2001
Musicians: Glen Cherry, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Brahms Trio Op. 8, Petr Eben Trio.
November 14,
2000
Musicians: Claudia Chudacoff, violin, Virginia Nanzetta, flute, Diana
Fish, cello, Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: The "Dumky" Trio, Op.90 by Antonin Dvorak; Trio in F by Bohuslav
Martinu; "Melancholy Variations" by Hanus Barton; "Hot Sonata" by Ervin Schulhoff;
"The Last Word" by Miroslav Pudlak.
November 12,
2000
Musicians: Claudia Chudacoff, violin, Diana Fish, cello, Rhonda Buckley,
alto saxophone and Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Dvorak "Dumky" Trio, Ervin Schulhoff "Hot Sonata." Denise
Johnson, rap poet.
October 27, 2000
Musicians:Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Schulhoff Hot Sonata at Art-o-Matic.
October 7, 2000
Musicians: Percy Martin, artist; Chris Royal, trumpet, Marguerite Baker,
clarinet, Harold Summey, percussion, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Paul Bowles, Music for a Farce, David Baker, Sonata
for clarinet and piano, and Bach Prelude and Fugue in Eb from WTC II.
September 9,
2000
Musicians: Barbara DeCesare, poet; Claudia Chudacoff, Betty Hauck,
Lori Barnet, Linda Reinisch, Carl Banner.
Program: music of Harbison: November 19, 1828; Schumann: Frauenliebe
und Leben; and David Wolfson: A Woman's Life and Loves.
May 21, 2000
Musicians: Basil King, poet/painter, Martha King, writer; Sally McLain,
violin, Lisa Ponton, viola, Diana Fish, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60.
May 10, 2000
Musicians: Lori Tsang, poet, Marilyn Banner, artist, and Carl Banner,
piano.
Program: Sonata #7 by Victor Ullmann. Strathmore Hall, Café Muse.
April 16, 2000
Musicians: Virginia Nanzetta, flute, Osman Kivrak, viola, Carl Banner,
piano; Roberta Staat, painter; Lori Tsang, poet, Antonio Parker, saxophone.
Program: Martinu Trio in F, Barton Melancholy Variations.
March 19, 2000
Musicians: M. Baker, clarinet, O. Kivrak, viola, C. Banner, piano,
M. Bunday, alto. Karren Alenier, Michael Flack, poets;
Program: music of Robert Schumann, Adrian Anderson (premiere), Paul
Bowles, Lori Laitman, and William Banfield.
February 19,
2000
Musicians: Quique Aviles, performance poet, Margaret Paris, photographer/poet,
Linda Reinisch, soprano, Marjorie Bunday, alto, Laura Roelofs, violin/viola,
Carl Banner, piano
Program: music of Martinu, Brahms and Eben.
January 16, 2000
Musicians: Davi Walders & John Smith, poets, Robbie Robinson, saxophone/clarinet,
Linda Reinisch, soprano, Marge Bunday, alto, Brennan Tanner, tenor, Michael
Foster, bass, Carl Banner, piano, John Stephens and Chien-Tai Chen, composers
Program: music of Wilder, Stephens, Chen, and Barton.
January 10, 2000
Musicians: Linda Caro Reinisch, soprano, Marjorie Bunday, alto, Cezanne
Trio
Program: music of Martinu and Dvorak; Marilyn Banner, artist (Kensington
Library).
December 11,
1999
Community Art Share #2, 23 artist-participants.
November 13,
1999
Musicians: Elisabeth Murawski, poet, Tom Mandel, poet, Cezanne Trio.
Program:music of Gyorgy Kurtag, Ivana Loudova, and Chopin.
October 17, 1999
Musicians: Sibbie O'Sullivan, poet, Lauren Haywood, novelist, Cezanne
Trio, Osman Kivrak, viola, Chien-Tai Chen ("City Noah"), composer.
Program: music of Chen & Dvorak (Piano Quartet in Eb). Rockville
Arts Place.
August 14, 1999
Musicians: Maritza Rivera, poet, Michael Platt, artist, Maurice Saylor,
composer, Vladimir Ekzarkhov, bass.
Program: music of Chopin and Saylor.
July 17, 1999
Musicians: Howard and Mary McCoy, sculptors, Marguerite Beck-Rex, poet,
Virginia Nanzetta, flute, Osman Kivrak, viola, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: music of Maw and Shostakovich.
June 13, 1999
Musicians: E. Ethelbert Miller, poet, Ron Wray, poet, Jeffrey Mumford,
composer, Cezanne Trio.
Program: music of Mumford and K.B. Jirak.
May 16, 1999
Musicians: Barbara Crooker, poet, Byron Jones, baritone, Ros Manier,
soprano, Carl Banner, piano.
Program: music of Brahms and John Ware (setting of Crooker poem).
April 11, 1999
Musicians: Lori Tsang, poet, Pepe Gonzales, bass, Alice Sims, sculptor,
Carl Banner, piano.
Program: Music of Brahms.
March 14, 1999
Musicians: Miriam Nathan, poet, Carl Banner, piano, Osman Kivrak, viola.
Program: music of Brahms (Sonata in F minor, Op. 120#1) & Ullmann
(Piano Sonata #7).
February 21,
1999
Musicians: Cezanne Trio, Osman Kivrak, Kim Miller.
Program: Dvorak Quintet in A, Op. 81, Kivrak Uzun Hava, Monica
Hand, poet, Anne Benolken, photographer.
January 17, 1999
Musicians: Cezanne Trio.
Program: Smetana Trio in G minor Op. 15. Marilyn Banner, artist.
December 31,
1998
New Year's Eve "Community Art Share;" 30 artist-participants.
November 22,
1998
Musicians: Ellouise Schoettler, storyteller, Brandon Johnson, poet,
Alice Sims, sculpture, Virginia Nanzetta, flute, C. Banner, piano.
Program: music of Franck.
October 18, 1998
Musicians: Yvonne Carter, artist/poet; Cezanne Trio.
Program: Dvorak Trio #2; Joe McMahon, poet.
September 19, 1998
Musicians: Cezanne Trio, Byron Jones, baritone, Juli Staiano, Ben Costa,
poets.
Program: music of Beach (Piano Trio) & Haas (Four Chinese Songs).