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SEPTEMBER 2026 – 3 concerts

String Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn  (1809-1847 ) String Quartet No 2 in a minor op 13
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) – String Quartet in F Major

Friday, September 18th – 7:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886

Saturday, September 19th – 2:00PM – Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church – 877 W 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731

Sunday, September 20th – 4:00PM – St Cornelius Catholic Church 5500 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808

Musicians’ bios (click on a name below the picture):

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OCTOBER 2026 – 3 concerts

Sonata Series – Nicholaus Yee, viola, Junko Nojima, harpsichord/piano
JS Bach gamba Sonata TBD; Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) Viola Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 36

Saturday, October 17th – 4:00PM – St Peter’s Episcopal Church 1648 W 9th St, San Pedro, CA 90732

Sunday, October 18th – 3:00PM – Holy Innocents Parish Hall, 425 E 20th St, Long Beach, CA 90806

Sunday, October 25th – 2:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886

Musicians’ bios (click on a name below the picture):

NOVEMBER 2026 – 3 concerts:

String Quintet
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) String Quintet in A major, Op. 13, No. 5, G.281
Franz Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Friday, November 27th – 7:30PM – St Cornelius Catholic Church 5500 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808

Saturday, November 28th – 6:30PM – Holy Trinity Catholic Church 1292 W Santa Cruz St, San Pedro, CA 90732

Sunday, November 29th – 2:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886

Musicians’ bios (click on a name below the picture):

Quintet TBD

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January 2027 – 2 concerts

SONATA SERIES – Cecilia Tsan, cello, Tim Durkovic, piano

Fauré Elégie, Brahms E minor and Debussy Sonatas and some pieces by John Williams 

Saturday, January 30rd – St Gregory Episcopal Church, Long Beach, CA

Sunday, January 31st – 4:00PM – The Grand Annex, San Pedro, CA

NOTE: Aligning our co-presenter The Grand Annex’s long-standing and successful practices, we will align our suggestion of a donation, for the Saturday concert, with the Grand Annex Sunday ticket prices. Tickets will go on sale soon at the Grand Annex’ box office very soon! The other concerts of UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL this season will remain with our usual suggestion that attendees donate at least $20.

March 2027 – 12 concerts: Long Beach, SOUTH BAY, Yorba Linda,… (SEE “THE SEVEN LAST WORDS PROJECT” by clicking on this link)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2027 7:00PM – St Matthew Catholic Church 672 Temple Ave, Long Beach, CA 90814

Saturday, March 13th, 2027 7:00PM – St Pius V Catholic Church 7691 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90621

Date TBC – Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church – 877 W 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731

Date TBC – St Cornelius Catholic Church 5500 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808

Friday, March 26th, 2027 – 7:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886

…Seven (7) other venues and dates TBC

String Quartet
Joseph Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross”

April 2027 – 3 concerts: Long Beach, SOUTH BAY, Yorba Linda

Venues and exact dates TBC

String Quartet
Schubert – String Quartet No 14 in D minor “ Death and the Maiden”
Mozart – String quartet K421 in D minor 

MAY 2027 – 3 concerts: Long Beach, SOUTH BAY, Yorba Linda

Venues and exact dates TBC

Sakura Tsai, violin, and TBD, piano

Amy Beach’s passionate Sonata in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 34 
Baroque Sonatas TBD (harpsichord plan on study, piano back up)

JUNE 2027 – 3 concerts: Long Beach, SOUTH BAY, Yorba Linda

Venues and exact dates TBC

String Sextet
Brahms ( 1833-1897) – String Sextet no 2 in G Major
Tchaikovsky (1840-1893 )String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir the Florence” op 70