PAST CONCERTS’ POSTERS, PROGRAMS and VIDEOS:

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), String Duo No. 1 in G major, K. 423 (1783)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Duet No. 1 in C Major (1790-92)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Sonata for Violin and Cello

Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) Passacaglia (composed 1894), on a theme by
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross Hob.III: 50-56, Op. 51

This masterpiece by Joseph Haydn epitomizes our mission to make chamber music more accessible. We plan on repeating its performance next year, and every year… Click on one of the pictures below to see videos of the 2026 performances and read about “The Seven Last Words Project“

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Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), Three Romances, Op. 22 (1853)
Gustav Ernst Schreck (1849-1918), Sonata op. 13 for oboe and piano (1889)
Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty (1879-1941), Three miniatures (1911)
Miguel DelAguila (born 1957), Summer Song, Op. 26 for oboe and piano (1988)

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Jiří Družecký (Georg Druschetzky) (1745-1819), Oboe Quartet in G minor (1808)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio, Op.2 (1932)
Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950), Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings (1946)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 (1781)

Musicians (click on name for bio): Rong-Huey Liu, Limor Toren, Nick Yee, Alicja Blanquart. Emcee: Hervé Blanquart

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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809), Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2,”Quinten”
Igor Stravinsky (1889 – 1971) Concertino for String Quartet (composed 1920)
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Quartet No. 13 in A minor D. 804, “Rosamunde”

Musicians (click on name for bio): Limor Toren, Sakura Tsai, Nick Yee, Alicja Blanquart. Emcee: Hervé Blanquart

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Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Clarinet quintet in A Major K.581 (1789)
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Clarinet quintet in B minor, op. 115 (1891)

Musicians (click on name for bio): Peter Nevin, Limor Toren, Sakura Tsai, Nick Yee, Alicja Blanquart. Emcee: Hervé Blanquart

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UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL is a Long Beach, CA based fiscally-sponsored affiliate of InterMusic SF, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to small-ensemble music. (EIN 94-3298643)

UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL ALSO COOPERATES WITH LOCAL LIBRARIES TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CHAMBER MUSIC. MOST RECENT ON MAY 11TH:

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String quartet #19 in C Major K.465 (1785)
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) String quartet #1 in E minor “From my life” (1876)

Musicians (click on name for bio): Limor Toren, Sakura Tsai, Nick Yee, Alicja Blanquart. Emcee: Hervé Blanquart

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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Trio for clarinet, violin and cello in B flat major Hob.IV B1
Hans Gál (1890-1987) Serenade for clarinet, violin and cello, Op.93
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (1891 – 1952) German Dances in F Major, Op. 26 No. 3
Ingolf Dahl (1912 – 1970) Concerto a Tre

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Musicians: Limor Toren, Peter Nevin and Alicja Blanquart.

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San Pedro (November 30th, 2024) – Long Beach (December 1st, 2024)

Program:

Joāo Guilherme Ripper (born 1959) Duo Sonatina for oboe and cello
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1853) Studies in a canonic form opus 56
Johannes Brahms (1833-1896) Three songs (cello and piano)
Alyssa Morris (born 1985) Four personalities (oboe and piano)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Trio for Oboe, Cello, and Piano FP 43

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San Pedro (September 14th, 2024) – Long Beach (September 15th, 2024)

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827) String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) excerpts from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904) String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96,

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San Pedro on June 29th and Long Beach on June 30th, 2024

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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Divertimento in B flat major for string trio Hob V:8 (1765)
L. Boccherini (1743-1805) String trio op 47 no 6 (1793)
Rebecca Clarke (1886- 1979) Lullaby and Grotesque violin or viola and cello (1918)
Mozart (1756- 1791) Divertimento in E flat major for string trio K 563 (excerpts,1788).
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827) String Trio Op. 3 in E- flat (excerpts,1797)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Trio D 471 Composed in 1816.
Ernst Dohnanyi (1877-1960) Serenade Composed in 1903.

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San Pedro on April 13th and Long Beach on April 14th, 2024

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San Pedro on February 24th and Long Beach on February 25th, 2024

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San Pedro on December 2nd and Long Beach on December 3rd, 2023

Before UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL, since 2017, there was CELLOFEST, an annual concert mixing students of the cello and professional musicians.