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CHAMBER CONCERTSParlance

Sunday, September 24 at 3Sunday, October 29 at 3

Sunday, November 19 at 3Sunday, December 17 at 3

Saturday, Feb. 17 at 8Sunday, March 11 at 3

Sunday, April 8 at 3Sunday, May 6 at 3

MICHAEL PARLOFF, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

2017 –2018 Season

2017–2018 SeASON

Dear friends,

Welcome to the second decade of Parlance Cham-ber Concerts! Our eleventh season will bringthirty-one outstanding artists to our communityin eight electrifying events.

On September 24, our gala opener will showcasenine dazzling artists in scintillating dances andsoulful romances by Beethoven, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Falla, and others. The afternoon will climaxwith their collaboration in Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet for strings, the16-year-old composer’s miraculous melding of youthful exuberance andsovereign musical command.

On October 29, pianist Peter Serkin will make his long-awaited Parlancedebut. Hailed worldwide as an artist of passion and integrity, Serkin isone of the most thoughtful and individualistic musicians appearingbefore the public today. His program will feature sublime works byMozart and Bach, culminating in the pinnacle of Bach’s keyboard art,The Goldberg Variations.

On November 19, the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles GuitarQuartet will offer a varied program of classical favorites, tracing a broaddramatic arc and emotional journey. For three decades, the LAGQ hasset the standard for expression and virtuosity among guitar ensembles.Their acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a freshlook at the music of the past while their interpretations from thecontemporary realm continually break new ground.

December 17’s concert will highlight the pianistic partnership of AlessioBax and Lucille Chung. Their musical marriage has been described asone “of wondrous colors and dextrous aplomb, subtly balanced tomake a musical performance sound as one.” Their virtuosity, passion,and artistic chemistry will be on display in glittering duets by Mozart,Shostakovich, Lutoslawski, and Rachmaninoff.

Haydn’s timeless masterpiece of spiritual music, The Seven Last Wordsof Christ, was conceived as a multimedia event combining speciallighting, spoken words, and music. On SaTurday, February 17 atEIGHT PM, the highly acclaimed Chiara String Quartet will recreate thecandlelit ambience of the 1787 premiere in Cádiz’s Oratorio de la SantaCueva. At SEVEN PM, I will introduce the work and its history in a half-hour multimedia preview.

Our March 11 event will spotlight two of today’s fastest-rising stars,violinist Benjamin Beilman and pianist Orion Weiss. Their deeplycommunicative performances go far beyond technical mastery andhave won them worldwide acclaim. Their far-flung musical journey willrange from the 18th to the 21st centuries, including music by Mozart,

Beethoven, Bartók, and a newly composed work by the renownedAmerican composer Frederic Rzewski.

On April 8, it will be a thrill to introduce the sizzling Danish StringQuartet to our community. The Danes’s rare combination of rock starcharisma, ensemble perfection, and consummate artistry have madethem one of the most in-demand quartets of our time. TheirAll-Beethoven concert will feature three masterpieces from his early,middle and late periods.

On May 6, the stellar Neubauer-McDermott Family will bring oureleventh season to an exhilarating conclusion. Violist Paul Neubauer (ofthe Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society), violinist Kerry McDermott(of the New York Philharmonic), and their children, violinists Oliver andClara Neubauer, will be joined by Kerry’s sister, CMS pianist Anne-MarieMcDermott, in music of Bach, Dvořák, Ravel, and Schumann.

The concert will include the World Premiere of Gilad Cohen’s* Quintetfor three violins, viola, and piano, commissioned by PCC especially forthis event. Inspired by the familial theme, Cohen’s work will focus onchildren’s songs from Israel and America.

Michael Parloff

*Gilad Cohen is a Ridgewood resident and a professor at Ramapo College.A Princeton Ph.D., he is the winner of the 2016 Barlow Prize and the 2010Israeli Prime Minister Award for Composers.

Partial funding is provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts through Grant Funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.

Programs and artists are subject to change.

Arnaud Sussmannviolin

Danbi Umviolin

Michael Brownpiano

Emily Daggett Smithviolin

Paul Neubauerviola

Mihai Maricacello

Rafael Figueroacello

Sean Leeviolin

Mark Hollowayviola

Frédéric Chopin Valse Brilliante in A flat, Op. 34, No. 1 for piano

Gabriel Fauré Romance in B flat, Op. 28 for violin and piano

Gaspar Cassadó Sardana and Jota from Suite for solo cello

Ludwig van Beethoven Romance in F, Op. 50 for violin and piano

Jenö Hubay Scenes de la Csarda, No. 3, Op. 18 for violin and piano

Félicien David La Nuit (arr. Vieuxtemps) for viola and piano

Manuel de Falla Danse Espagnole from La Vida Breve for violin and piano

Camille Saint-Saëns Romance, Op. 36 for cello and piano

Hermann Schulenburg Gypsy Romance and Csardas for viola and piano

Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat, Op. 20 for strings

Arnaud Sussmannviolin

Danbi Umviolin

Michael Brownpiano

Emily Daggett Smithviolin

Paul Neubauerviola

Mihai Maricacello

Rafael Figueroacello

Sean Leeviolin

Mark Hollowayviola

Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3 PM

Gala OpenerDances, Romances, andMendelssohn’s Octet

“Serkin is a great pianist because he is an original musical thinker…Serkin consistently provided an amazing andilluminating amount of subtle detail; every chord was

fascinatingly voiced, every phrase tenderly sculpted, the counterpoint limned a way a great Bach player does.”

— Boston Globe

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio in B minor, K. 540

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in B flat, K. 570

Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 3 PM

Peter Serkin, pianoMozart and Bach

Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 3 PM

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

“The world’s hottest classical ensemble or its tightest pop band?

However it helps you to think about the LAGQ, keep the

emphasis on superlatives for its unrivaled joy, technical

élan and questing spirits.”

— Los Angeles Times

Music from the Time of Cervantes (arr. W. Kanengiser)

Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto #6, BWV 1051

(arr. J. Smith)

Three Brazilian Pieces Music by Pascoal, Villa-Lobos, and Powell

Phillip Houghton Opals

Pat Metheny Road to the Sun (New Jersey Premiere)

Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3 PM

Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung A Pianistic Partnership

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C, K. 521 for piano 4-hands

Dmitri Shostakovich Concertino in A minor, Op. 94 for two pianos

Witold Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two pianos

Sergei Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos

"Bax and Chung are husband and wife, so it's not surprising that theirpiano duets work so well. They share a brilliant clarity in their playing.In this scintillating recital, it's hard to find even a fleeting momentwhere ensemble is less than meticulous.”

— The Sunday Times, London, November 2014

Joseph Haydn Seven Last Words of Christ for string quartet

A timeless masterpiece of spiritual music, Haydn’s musical meditation on

Christ’s last words was conceived as a multimedia event combining special

lighting, spoken words, and music. In Parlance Chamber Concert’s first

evening event, the acclaimed Chiara Quartet will recreate the candlelit

ambience of the 1787 premiere in Cádiz’s Oratorio de la Santa Cueva.

“The performances had shape and grace and ample room to breathe,but they never lacked mystery or intensity.” — The Boston Globe

“The Chiara’s deeply personalized performance felt so vital” — The New York Times

Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 8 PM

The Chiara String QuartetCandlelit Haydn

The Seven Last Words of Christ 7:00 – 7:30 PM: Preconcert multimedia preview by Michael Parloff

Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 3 PM

Benjamin Beilman and Orion WeissViolin & Piano Duos from Four Centuries

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in A, K. 526 (1787)

Béla Bartók Sonata No. 2, Sz 76 (1922)

Frederic Rzewski New Work (2017)

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96 (1812)

“When you’re named

after one of the biggest

constellations in the night sky,

the pressure is on to display

a little star power — and

the young pianist Orion Weiss

did exactly that…”

— The Washington Post

“He brought dark

chocolate sound and

lyricism to his

rhapsodic playing

and compellingly

dispatched the

breathless,

perpetual-motion

finale.”

— The New York Times

"I can't imagine a more involving performance."

— Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

“They could be grounded in theirtone or mystical. They allowed timeto stand still, and they could assumethe pose of excitingly aggressiverockers. They did it all.” — Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times

“They could be grounded in theirtone or mystical. They allowed timeto stand still, and they could assumethe pose of excitingly aggressiverockers. They did it all.” — Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op. 18, No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op. 59, No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131

Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 3 PM

The Danish String QuartetBeethoven

early, Middle, and Late Quartets

Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3 PM

Neubauer-McDermott Family The final event of the season will spotlight one of New

York City’s most stellar musical families. Included on the

program will be the World Premiere performance of PCC’s first

commissioned work by Ridgewood composer Gilad Cohen.

Paul Neubauer, violaLincoln Center Chamber

Music Society

Anne-Marie McDermott, pianoLC Chamber Music Society

Clara Neubauer, violin Oliver Neubauer, violin

Kerry McDermott, violinNew York Philharmonic

Paul Neubauer, violaLincoln Center Chamber

Music Society

Anne-Marie McDermott, pianoLC Chamber Music Society

Clara Neubauer, violin Oliver Neubauer, violin

Kerry McDermott, violinNew York Philharmonic

Gilad Cohencomposer

Gilad Cohencomposer

Johann Sebastian Bach Preludio from Partita No. 3 arrg. for 3 violins & viola

Antonín Dvořák Terzetto in C, Op. 74 for 2 violins and viola

Maurice Ravel Tzigane for violin and piano

Gilad Cohen World Premiere for 3 violins, viola and piano

Robert Schumann Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 for violin and piano

Mark O’Connor F.C.’s Jig for violin and viola

Charles Dancla Variations on Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman for three violins and viola

Y. Donbon Zowie! Goes the Weasel for 3 violins and viola

Emanuel Ax at Parlance Chamber Concerts, February 26, 2017

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You are invited to become a Friend or Patron of Parlance Chamber Concerts for the2017–18 season by making a gift at one of the levels below. The names of all Friendsand Patrons will be listed in all eight program booklets. Additional benefits at eachlevel are detailed below. The non-deductible benefits below are based on two people.If you choose to receive benefits for only one person or wish to make other changesto your benefits, the tax-deductible amount will be adjusted accordingly.

Friend: $100–$349

• Your name will be listed in all program booklets (100% tax-deductible)

Associate: $350–$699

• Six Patron tickets to concerts of your choice ($137 not tax-deductible)

• Seating in the Patrons section for concerts you select

Supporter: $700–$1,399

• Eight Patron tickets to concerts of your choice ($178 not tax-deductible)

• Seating in the Patrons section for concerts you select • Option to purchase tickets to post-concert dinners ($100/person)

Contributor $1,400–$2,499

• Seating in the Patrons section for all eight concerts ($556 not tax-deductible)

• Complimentary tickets for up to 4 people under the age of 21 to any concert• One post-concert dinner of your choice • Option to purchase additional tickets to post-concert dinners ($100/person)

Sustainer $2,500–$4,999

• Same benefits as Contributor with the following changes: ($934 not tax-deductible)

• Assigned Seats in the front rows of the Patron Section• Three post-concert dinners of your choice

Leader $5,000–$9,999

• Same benefits as Sustainer plus a total of ($1,284 not tax-deductible)

•Five post-concert dinners of your choice

Sponsor: $10,000–$19,999

• Same benefits as Leader plus a total of ($1,680 not tax-deductible)

• Seven* Post-Concert Dinners

Benefactor: $20,000–$39,999

• Same benefits as Sponsor plus: ($1,680 not tax-deductible)

• One Program named in your honor

Guarantor: $40,000 and above

• Same benefits as Benefactor plus: ($1,680 not tax-deductible)

• Two Programs named in your honor

*Although there are eight concerts, there are only seven post-concert dinners. There is nopost-concert dinner after the evening program on Saturday, February 17.

All gifts from Patrons and Friends are tax-deductible, except amounts indicated.

BY MAIL: Please send your check payable to:Parlance Chamber Concerts, Inc.

138 Phelps Road • Ridgewood, NJ 07450

For details and questions about becoming a Friend or Patron, please contactSally Jones at 201-546-6132 or sally.colegrove.jones@gmail.com

Parlance Chamber Concerts, Inc., is a fully-accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

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Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3 - Gala Opener: Dances, Romances, & Mendelssohn’s Octet

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Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 3 - Peter Serkin, piano: Mozart and Bach

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Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 3 - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

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Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3 - Alessio Bax, piano and Lucille Chung, piano

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SATURDAY, February 17, 2018 at EIGHT PM - Chiara String Quartet: Haydn’s 7 Last Words

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Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 3 - Benjamin Beilman, violin; Orion Weiss, piano

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Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 3 - Danish String Quartet: All Beethoven

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Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3 - Neubauer-McDermott Family Concert

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*Senior: 65+ Young Adult: 21–39 Student: Under 21 Total $______________

All concerts will take place at West Side Presbyterian Church6 South Monroe Street • Ridgewood, New Jersey

Free parking and complimentary child care at all concerts

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