June 13-20th : Sonata Series – Classical guitar & cello
Paula Fehrenbach, cello and Brian Head, guitar (click on pic for full bio)
PROGRAM: Pieces by John Dowland (1563-1626); Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Sonata III RV 43; Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Suite Populaire Espagnole; Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Aria from Bachanias Brasilieiras No.5 (Arr. Brian Head); Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955) Quatre pièces intimes
Saturday, June 13th – 4:00PM, St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 5306 E Arbor Rd # B, Long Beach, CA 90808
Sunday, June 14th – 2:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Saturday, June 20th – 2:00PM – Southeast branch of Torrance Public Library 23115 Arlington Ave. Torrance, CA 90501
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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):
Link to the bio of the concerts’ emcee :
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
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 – 2:00PM – Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church – 877 W 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Sunday, November 29th – 2:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
January 2027 – 2 concerts
SONATA SERIES – Cecilia Tsan, cello, TBD, piano
Fauré Elégie, Brahms E minor and Debussy Sonatas and some pieces by John Williams
Saturday, January 23rd – TBC – Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church – 877 W 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Sunday, January 24th – 2:00PM – Danish Lutheran Church and Cultural Center 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
MARCH 2027 – 4 concerts: Long Beach, SOUTH BAY, Yorba Linda. 8 MORE CONCERTS MAY BE ADDED in L.A. County (SEE “THE SEVEN LAST WORDS PROJECT” by clicking on this link)
Venues and exact 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