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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. 

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25th Season Finale Concert

St. Matthew's Parish

This year’s MLK Tribute Concert beats with the spirit of compassion, courage, and community. We honor the revolutionary achievements of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Chicago trailblazer who in 1893 performed the first successful open-heart surgery—just months before Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” premiered. A pioneer and founder of the first Black-owned hospital in America, Dr. Dan’s legacy reminds us that opening hearts is both a medical miracle and a social mission.

Composer

Kathryn Bostic

Events

Upcoming events

18 - 19 Jan, 2026

Open Heart · Chicago Sinfonietta

Past events

Apr 20, 2022

25th Season Finale Concert · Chamber Music Palisades

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