Washington Musica Viva

Reynaldo Hahn Piano Quartet #3; Brahms Piano Quartet #1 in Gm, Op. 25 Celaya Kirchner, violin, Ivan Mendoza, viola, Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Carl Banner, piano View on the WMV YouTube Channel

Program: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Duets, and Songs of Johannes Brahms, on the occasion of his 172nd birthday. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Jason Rylander, tenor, Gary Poster, bass, Ruth Rose and Carl Banner, duo-pianists. Plus poetry of Polly Craft, read by her daughters Helen and Sarah.

Musicians: John Kamman, guitar, Sally McLain and June Huang, violins, Kim Buschek, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Robert Lemon, oboe, Carl Banner, piano, Alan Lewine, bass, Masa Mitsumoto, conductor. Program: Chamber Jazz Sextet by John Kamman, "La Creation du Monde" by Darius Milhaud, "Fantaisie" for electric guitar, oboe, string quartet, and piano by Bohuslav Martinu, "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen.

Program: Sonata #7 by Victor Ullmann. Strathmore Hall, Café Muse.

Mozart Quartet in Eb, K. 493; Brahms Piano Quartet #3, Op. 60 Celaya Kirchner, violin, Ivan Mendoza, viola, Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Carl Banner, piano View on the WMV YouTube Channel

Music of Bach, Chopin & Joplin, featuring saxophone and piano, with a poet and/or artist to be announced.

Benefit for the Millennium Arts Salon Music for Saxophone and Piano Cinq Danses Exotiques by Jean Francaix Hot Sonata by Erwin Schulhoff Danse by Darius Milhaud From the Southland by Harry T. Burleigh Ballade #3 in Ab by Frédéric Chopin Sonata in F# Op. 78 by Ludwig van Beethoven Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, alto saxophone & Carl Banner, piano. Post-concert discussion with Mel Hardy of the Millennium Arts Salon [$1480 raised for the Millennium Arts Salon] Flower Avenue House Concert Benefit for the DC

Program: "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen; Sonata for alto saxophone and piano by Paul Creston; "Clapping Music" by Steve Reich; piano works of Brahms.

Program: Schubert: The "Trout" Quintet; Figures in a Landscape, by Elizabeth Brown. Prints by Bill Harris.

Program: Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60.

Musicians: Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Chris Royal, trumpet, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Ben Greanya, bassoon, Hasse Borup, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano, and Masatoshi Mitsumoto, conductor. Program: "La Revue de Cuisine" by Bohuslav Martinu, "Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen" by Gustav Mahler, Trio in g minor Op. 26 by Antonin Dvorak, Duo for violin and cello by Erwin Schulhoff.

Musicians: National Symphony Orchestra members Natasha Bogachek, violin, Mahoki Eguchi, viola, and Janet Frank, cello, along with Zino Bogachek, violin, of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and Carl Banner, pianist. Program: Leos Janacek's String Quartet #1 ("Kreutzer Sonata"), Bohuslav Martinu's Madrigals for violin and viola, and Viteszlav Novak's Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 12.

Domenic Salerni: Piano Trio #Noam Faingold: “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin (world premiere); Franz Schubert: Piano Trio #1 in Bb, Op. 99 Friday May 27. 2022: World premiere of the Cello Sonata by Sri Lankan composer Natasha Senanayake, commissioned by WMV for her friend Emma Hays Johnson. Plus the Rachmaninoff Sonata Op. 19; and Sonata (1919) by Rebecca Clarke. Performers: Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano.

Performers: Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo, and Joel Herskowitz. Program: "Gymnopédie for John Lennon" and Four Rosicrucian Preludes by Arthur Jarvinen, Brahms Two Songs op. 91 for mezzo, viola, and piano, Schumann Marchenbilder #3, music by Joel and Ira Herskowitz.

Musicians: Linda Bahn and Sasha Margolis, violins, Mahoko Eguchi, viola, Lori Barnet, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Piano Quintets of Martinu, Hanus Barton & Dvorak.

Musicians: Teri Lazar, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; Martinu: Bergerettes for Piano Trio; Suk: Elegie for Piano Trio; Dvorak: Sonata in F Major Op. 57 for violin and piano.

Sonata in F, K. 332 Fantasie in D minor, K. 397 Rondo in F, K. 494 Rondo in D, K. 485 Adagio in B minor, K. 540

Performers: Keith Wright, flute, Sally McLain, violin, Heather LeDoux Green, violin, Tsuna Sakamoto, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Premiere of Divertimento for flute, viola, and piano, by Masatoshi Mitsumoto (commissioned by WMV). Quintet for flute, strings, and piano by David Diamond (1937). Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op. 34. Reviewed by Cecelia Porter in the Washington Post.

Program: Beethoven: Sonata Op. 47 ("Kreutzer"), Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; César Franck: Sonata in A Major.

Jelly Roll Morton - "Black Bottom Stomp" Three Duke Ellington songs arranged by Charley Gerard: "All Too Soon"; "I've Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)": and "In My Solitude" Two Rilke Songs by Mary Howe: Herbsttag, and Liebeslied. "Tango Afligido" by Michael Strand Six Short Pieces for alto saxophone and piano by Lawrence Moss "Memphis TN " by Charlie Barnett "Song of the Exile" by Ysaye Barnwell (instrumental arrangement by Charley Gerard). Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Rhonda Buckley, saxopho

Performance of Beethoven's Sonata #5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 and Brahms' Sonata #1 in E minor, Op. 38.

Musicians: Sasha Margolis, violin, Mahoko Eguchi, viola (NSO), David Teie, cello (NSO), Carl Banner, piano. Program: Trio in C Op. 87 by Brahms, Piano Quartet in Eb by Schumann, Hebrew Melody by Achron. Reviewed by Joe Banno in the Washington Post.

Trio in Bb, Op. 11 by Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in D minor, Op. 120 by Gabriel Fauré Trio (2017) by Blair Goins (world premiere, WMV commission) Fred Jacobowitz, clarinet, Bonnie Thron, cello, & Carl Banner, piano Download/ listen to the recording of the Goins premiere here. Sharon Burton, Carol Brown, & Blair Goins (photo Marilyn Banner)