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Four hands piano duo and woodwind quintet. Sextets by Strauss and Blümer, and four hand works by Rossini and Dvorak.

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Piano Night

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

The USC Polish Music Center presents works by pioneering Polish composer and polymath, Grażyna Bacewicz, performed by pianist and USC Thornton faculty member Bernadene Blaha and the Verona String Quartet.

The USC Polish Music Center presents the Verona String Quartet with Bernadene Blaha

University of Southern California

For its final concert of the 2021-2022 season, Chamber Music Palisades (CMP) offers four-hand piano works, a World Premiere by an Emmy Nominee, and two sextets for woodwind quintet and piano, with players from Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.  The concert will take place on April 20, 2022, at 8:00 pm, in the sanctuary of St. Matthew’s Parish in Pacific Palisades.  

Opening the concert will be the Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet by Ludwig Thuille (sounds like Brahms!), performed by Kevin Fitz-Gerald, piano, Susan Greenberg, CMP Artistic Director and flute, Jonathan Davis, oboe, Sergio Coelho, clarinet, Judith Farmer, bassoon, and Amy Jo Rhine, horn.

Two pieces for piano four hands, a sonata by Francis Poulenc and Slavonic Dances by Antonin Dvorak, will be performed by Bernadene Blaha and Kevin Fitz-Gerald, husband-and-wife duo who have appeared at prestigious festivals and concert venues throughout the world and also are professors on the keyboard faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music.

Kathryn Bostic, an Emmy-nominated and award-winning composer and artist known for her work on films, TV, and theater, will present the World Premiere of her composition Good Morning Kayla Four, featuring Ms. Greenberg, Mr. Coelho, and Ms. Blaha.  Ms. Bostic will offer a brief commentary on her new work.

The concert will close with the Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet, by Poulenc. 

Bernadene Blaha

Pianist

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