Brahms' Horn Trio in E-flat major, featuring Cleveland Orchestra members Jessie McCormick, horn, and Amy Lee, violin.

Part of the Midday Music Mosaic series - free!

with Jessie McCormick, horn and Amy Lee, violin (both members of the Cleveland Orchestra) featuring:

Gyorgi Ligeti Horn Trio and Brahms' Horn Trio in E-flat.

A program for Tuesdays at Judson, featuring:

Medtner, Two Tales, op.20 (b flat minor and La Campanella)
Quentin Kim, Variations on an ancient Korean melody
Debussy, Masques, D'un cahier d'esquisses, and L'isle joyeuse
Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue.

This is a private event.

Solo piano recital featuring:

Variations on an Ancient Korean Melody - Quentin Kim

Masques
D'un cahier d'esquisses
L'isle joyeuse - Claude Debussy

Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue - Cesar Franck

This program is free and will last about 45 minutes.

A short piano recital for the Musical Art Society of Cleveland, featuring Brahms Rhapsodies, op.79; Debussy's L'isle joyeuse; and Quentin Kim's fantastic Sonata in g-sharp minor, composed in 2007.

With Bonnie Svetlik, flute. This 45 minute program features Frank Martin's masterpiece, Sonata da chiesa.

For more information call 216.991.3432

Chamber music with Marisela Sager, flute, and Daniel Pereira, cello, featuring Bach's Flute Sonata in e minor; Copland's Duo for Flute and Piano; and Martinu's Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano.

Tickets are $8 at the door.

Please RSVP to richjudy00@aol.com

I join with newlyweds Andria Brennan, oboe and Ian Hoy, bassoon to present a recital of chamber music featuring Poulenc's Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Pianoon the Midday Music Mosaic series.

Also on the program are Debussy Arabesques arranged for oboe, Elgar's Romance for bassoon and piano.

The concert is free.

Aha! series:

Medtner, Two Fairy Tales op.20 (featuring 'La Campanella')
Quentin Kim, Sonata in g# minor (composed in 2007)
Cesar Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue.

For more information visit http://www.shakerartscouncil.org/

Brownbag lunch concert featuring:
Nikolai Medtner, Two Fairy Tales op.20 (featuring "La Campanella")
Quentin Kim, Sonata in g# minor (composed in 2007)
and Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue.

Free.

http://www.trinitycleveland.org/arts/brownbag.html

Midday Music concert featuring the piano music of Brahms:

2 Rhapsodies, op.79

3 Intermezzi, op.117

Capriccio in b minor, op.76 no.2
Capriccio in C major, op.76 no.8

Wiegenlied - the famous lullaby, transcribed for solo piano by Alfred Cortot.

Free.

Mozart Concerto no.24 in c minor, KV491 (cadenzas by Hummel).

http://www.suburbansymphony.org/

Debut of the Second Sunday Series featuring myself and soprano Amy Christina Hall (with whom I collaborated on Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben and Mignon Lieder).

Admission is free; freewill donation will be taken.

A reception will follow on the lawn.

Solo performance for the Musical Arts Society featuring Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op.24, a piece that Brahms described as his "Lieblingswerk," (favorite work).

It was popularized in the nineteenth century by Clara Schumann, and when the progressive zealot Wagner heard this conservative but supremely creative music, he was said to remark, "One sees what still may be done in the old forms when someone comes along who knows how to use them."

This concert is for Musical Arts Society members.

Chamber recital with violinist Daisuke Yamamoto, featuring two works of Brahms: the Sonatensatz in c minor, originally written as a movement in a collaborative sonata to honor Joseph Joachim; and the second sonata in A major, op.100.

Also on the program are Spanish songs of Manuel de Falla arranged for violin, and William Kroll's Banjo and Fiddle.

Admission is free.

Chris Grundy returns to Shaker Heights again for a performance of three Bach cantatas: 56 Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen; 82 Ich habe genug and 158 Der Friede sei mit dir. Nathan Carterette conducts the Christ Church Choir and Friends, and orchestra.

Admission is free, and generous donations are modestly accepted.

Brownbag concert with violinist Andrew Sords, featuring among other things Brahms' third violin sonata in d minor.

Free!

Featuring Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42;
Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin and Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op.24

For more information, please visit http://www.dctv5.org/dccc.html

Solo piano recital on Midday Music Mosaic brownbag lunch series, featuring Brahms Variations on a Theme of Handel, among shorter works of Chopin. Duration: about 45 minutes.

Free!

Baritone Christopher Grundy returns to Cleveland to give a program of French song, featuring works of Ravel, Debussy (Villon Ballades), and Poulenc (Banalites.) Also on the program are two solo pieces, Forlaine and Toccata from Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin.

Admission is free with a donation accepted. The concert lasts about 45 minutes.

Performing both of Brahms' clarinet sonatas, op.120 (E-flat major and f minor) with Robert Davis on my Midday Music Mosaic series.

Admission is free and donations accepted!
For more information call 216.991.3432.

Concerts at the Crossroads presents its next ambitious undertaking, the complete song cycles of Robert Schumann. This series complements the Spring 2007 productions of the Schubert song cycles.

This hour-long program will feature Schumann's two "Liederkreis," op.24 to poems by Heinrich Heine, and op.39 to poems by Joseph von Eichendorff. The songs will be sung by soprano Amy Hall and tenor JR Fralick.

Tickets are $10, and tickets for the entire series can be purchased for $25. Receptions follow each concert.

For more information, call 216.991.3432.

Solo piano program featuring Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42; Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin; and Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op.24.

Admission is free!

Performance of Bach's timeless Goldberg Variations in the setting of Cleveland's treasured public library, on their "Music at Main" series. The performance will take place in the 3rd floor of Main Library (the lobby of the Fine Arts and Special Collections Department).

Free and open to all.

Joined by flautist Bonnie Svetlik, principal flautist of the Suburban Symphony, performing All-American music to celebrate the end of the long and tortuous election season. This program includes works of Ives, Foster, Griffes, Libby Larsen and others.

Free and please bring a lunch. The duration is 45 minutes!

For more information call 216.991.3432 or email music@cometochristchurch.org

Solo recital to dedicate a new piano at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. The program will feature three Busoni transcriptions of Bach organ chorale preludes in honor of Reformation Day, assorted works of Liszt, and Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op.24.

Tickets are $15 or $35 for families.
For more information, please call 440.871.5565

Concerts at the Crossroads presents its next ambitious undertaking, the complete song cycles of Robert Schumann. This series complements the Spring 2007 productions of the Schubert song cycles.

This hour-long program will feature Schumann's "Carnaval" and his hypnotic and romantic masterpiece, "Dichterliebe," with tenor JR Fralick.

Tickets are $10, and tickets for the entire series can be purchased for $25. Receptions follow each concert.

For more information, call 216.991.3432.

Performing both of Beethoven's cello sonatas, op.102 (C major and D major) with Ida Mercer on my Midday Music Mosaic series.

Admission is free and donations are accepted!
For more information call 216.991.3432.

Concerts at the Crossroads presents its next ambitious undertaking, the complete song cycles of Robert Schumann. This series complements the Spring 2007 productions of the Schubert song cycles.

This hour-long program will feature Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze" and his masterful narrative in song, "Frauenliebe und -leben," with soprano Amy Hall.

Tickets are $10, and tickets for the entire series can be purchased for $25. Receptions follow each concert.

For more information, call 216.991.3432.

Solo recital of works by Franz Schubert (two Impromptus from op.142) and his admirer and champion Franz Liszt (selected works including "St. Francis de Paole marchant sur les flots").

Admission is free and donations are accepted.

For more information, call 216.991.3432.

Chamber music performance featuring Brahms' sublime Horn Trio, op.40 with Dan Anderson, violin and Marty Layman, french horn.
The program also includes Dvorak's Romance, op.11, Mozart's Concert Rondo for horn, and solo pieces of Liszt.

More information coming soon.

Performance with baritone Christopher Grundy as a culmination concert of the bi-annual Art Song Festival.

For more information, visit http://www.bw.edu/academics/conservatory/artsong/.

All Tudor-music program, with Nathan Carterette on organ for Thomas Weelkes' Nunc dimittis, out of the Sixth Evening Service.

Free-will donation.

For more information, call 216.991.3432.

Chamber music with cellist Ida Mercer, featuring Beethoven's sonata in D major, op.102 no.2, and a selection of smaller works such as Saint-Saëns' "The Swan," and Villa-Lobos' "Song of the Black Swan."

Free and open to the public.

As a prelude to the Cleveland Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra's performance of Handel's Water Music, a performance of four Scarlatti sonatas on piano: K24 in A major, K25 in f-sharp minor, K87 in b minor, and K212 in A major.

Tickets $10; $5 under 18.

For more information call 216.991.3432.

Performing with violinist Sarah Whitney the Claude Bolling Suite for Violin and Piano, and transcriptions from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" by Jascha Heifetz.

Recital with clarinet faculty Mingzhe Wang, featuring Brahms Sonata in E-flat major, and the Schumann Fantasiestücke.

Concert Hall, Music and Mass Communication Building, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

Performance of Schoenberg's only piano concerto with the university orchestra, conducted by Robert Olson, as part of the Schoenberg Festival.

Performance of Schoenberg´s pieces op.23 as part of the university´s Schoenberg Festival.

Lunchtime concert with Cleveland flautist Bonnie Svetlik, featuring Reinecke's "Undine" Sonata, Weaver's Fantasy for Flute and Organ, and other works.

Admission is free!

Solo recital at the Hope Lodge featuring Schoenberg's Five pieces op.23, organ chorale preludes of Bach arranged by Feruccio Busoni, and Beethoven's sonata op.90.

Invitation only.

Portrait, Op. 33
'New York, in September'

Fredric Lissauer
(2000-01)
Admission Free

Piano Nathan Carterette
Clarinet/Alto Saxophone James Kalyn
Harp Hanna Lash
Violin Hanna Frey
Soprano Cassie Okenka
Conductor Harold Levin

A 45 free concert featuring sonatas of W.A. Mozart (K284 in D major), F.J. Haydn (Hob.XVI:49 in E-flat major), and L. van Beethoven (op.90 in e minor).

Christopher Grundy and Nathan Carterette return to present a program centered around the great song cycles of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (poems by Robert Louis Stevenson) and Five Mystical Songs (poems by George Herbert).

Grundy, baritone, will perform both cycles as well as the Five Popular Greek Songs of Maurice Ravel, and selections from Benjamin Britten's famous folk-song arrangements. Carterette will accompany on piano, and conducting a combined choir from Christ Church in Shaker Heights; Church of the Covenant in Cleveland; and Cleveland's Trinity Cathedral. Accompanying on organ is Canon for Music at Trinity, Daniel Hathaway.

Admission is free with a $10 suggested donation, and a reception will follow.

MegLouise Dance presents "Companions," an unforgettable evening with friends, lovers and the passions they share. Enjoy live performances of Art Song and dance that are subtle, delicious and divine.

Join tenor JR Fralick, soprano Amy Christina Hall and pianist Nathan Carterette as they offer musical selections by Ricky Ian Gordan, Francis Poulenc, Leonard Bernstein and David Ivor Davies. Dancers Emily Balf and Brittany DeSteven perform choreography by Megan Pitcher.

Be transported from Cleveland Public Theatre's Big Box Series to a 1920's parlor party and enjoy an evening of sensuous delight. Contact the box office for tickets, directions and venue details. For additional information, contact MegLouise Dance.

PERFORMANCES ON: Friday, January 11th at 7:30pm
Saturday, January 12th at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 13th at 3:00pm

Email: meglouisedance@yahoo.com
Website: www.meglouisedance.com
Blog: www.meglouisedance.blogspot.com

Trinity Cathedral's free lunchtime series.

http://www.mandpa.org/brownbag/brownbag.html

Performance at the 2005 IBLA Grand Prize Award Concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring piano pieces of Bela Bartók (Improvisations op.20, Allegro barbaro, Musiques nocturnes).

Performance of the Bach d minor concerto with the Cleveland Philharmonic's auxiliary chamber ensemble.

Performance of Beethoven's fourth piano concerto, with cadenzas by Leopold Godowsky.

Solo recital of all sonatas: Scarlatti (K24, K25, K87, K212), Alexander Scriabin (Sonata no.8, op.66), Nikolai Medtner (Sonata tragica, op.39 no.5), and Beethoven (Sonatas op.109 and op.110).

Solo recital of all sonatas: Scarlatti (K24, K25, K212), James MacMillan (Piano Sonata - Cleveland premiere), Alexander Scriabin (Sonata no.8, op.66) and Nikolai Medtner (Sonata tragica, op.39 no.5).

Solo recital of Beethoven (Sonata op.110), Rachmaninoff (Variations on a Theme of Corelli), Ravel (Jeux d'eau), and Dafydd Llywelyn (TimeQuake, part VII/no.2).

Solo recital of Bach (Toccata in g minor, BWV937), Beethoven (Sonata op.110), Ravel (Jeux d'eau and Une barque sur l'océan) and Rachmaninoff (Variations on a Theme of Corelli).

Solo recital of Bach (Toccata & Fugue in g minor, BWV937), Beethoven (Sonata op.110), and Dafydd Llywelyn (TimeQuake part VII/no.2 - World premiere).

Lecture and recital on the piano music of Bela Bartók for Berklee's Composer Seminars.

The 2005 Radford University Gala Concert featuring Nathan Carterette, winner of the 2004 Bartók-Prokofiev-Kabalevsky competition, playing music of Bela Bartók (Improvisations, op.20, Allegro barbaro).

Lectured and performed the music of Bela Bartók for a conglomeration of international piano teachers.