La Jolla Music Society – Past Concerts
American Perspectives III: Rhapsodies in Blues
Monday, September 6, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Maurice Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Gunther Schuller – Suite for Wind Quintet
Darius Milhaud – La création du monde, Op. 81a
Mary Lou Williams – Selections from Zodiac Suite
Leonard Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Gunther Schuller – Suite for Wind Quintet
Darius Milhaud – La création du monde, Op. 81a
Mary Lou Williams – Selections from Zodiac Suite
Leonard Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Free (Free (registration required))
American Perspectives II: Idealized Landscapes
Monday, September 6, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Caroline Shaw – Plan and Elevation
Gabriela Lena Frank – Contested Eden (west coast premiere)
John Williams – Air and Simple Gifts
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
Caroline Shaw – Plan and Elevation
Gabriela Lena Frank – Contested Eden (west coast premiere)
John Williams – Air and Simple Gifts
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
Free (Free (registration required))
La Jolla Music Society: Grand Duos
Monday, September 6, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola, & orchestra, K. 364 / 320d
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Free (Free (in-person tickets $45-$95))
La Jolla Music Society: Finale – A Love Composed
Monday, September 6, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Robert Schumann – Andante and Variations for 2 pianos, 2 cellos, & French horn, Op. 46
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 "Agathe"
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 "Agathe"
Free (Free (in-person tickets $45-$95))
La Jolla Music Society: Grand Duos
Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola, & orchestra, K. 364 / 320d
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Free (Free (in-person tickets $45-$95))
American Perspectives IV: The Silver Score
Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Selections of film music from Star Wars, The Red Violin, Psycho, & others, plus a world premiere from composer Aaron Zigman.
Free (Free (registration required))
American Perspectives I: Goin' Home
Saturday, July 31, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online event
William Arms Fisher, arr. Inon Barnatan – Goin’ Home
Florence Price – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Antonín Dvořák – "II. Lento" from String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American"
Harry Burleigh – "An Ante-Bellum Sermon" from Plantation Melodies Old and New
Wynton Marsalis – "Many Gone" from String Quartet No. 1 “At The Octoroon Balls”
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180
Florence Price – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Antonín Dvořák – "II. Lento" from String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American"
Harry Burleigh – "An Ante-Bellum Sermon" from Plantation Melodies Old and New
Wynton Marsalis – "Many Gone" from String Quartet No. 1 “At The Octoroon Balls”
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180
Free (Free (registration required))
Philippe Quint – Charlie Chaplin’s Smile [LIVE] (on-demand until 4/17/2021)
Saturday, April 10, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Violinist Philippe Quint’s critically acclaimed multimedia show featuring arrangements of music & video clips from Charlie Chaplin’s most celebrated films – scored by Chaplin himself.
$20
La Jolla Music Society Summerfest: Finale – The Trout
Saturday, August 29, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801 (arr. for Violin and Double Bass)
Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, Op. 114 “Trout”
Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, Op. 114 “Trout”
Free ($90 / $200)
La Jolla Music Society Summerfest: Mozart, Kodály, & Suk
Friday, August 28, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304
Zoltan Kodály – Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Josef Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Zoltan Kodály – Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Josef Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Free ($90 / $200)
La Jolla Music Society Summerfest: Fauré & Schumann
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Gabriel Fauré – Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 13
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-Flat major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-Flat major, Op. 47
Free ($90 / $200)
La Jolla Music Society Summerfest: Beethoven & Mendelssohn
Sunday, August 23, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Free ($90 / $200)
La Jolla Music Society Summerfest: A Night at the Symphony
Saturday, August 22, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (arr. for piano trio)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Inon Barnatan (for piano solo) – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Inon Barnatan (for piano solo) – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Free ($90 / $200)
La Jolla Music Society Summerfest: Opening Night – The Unanswered Question
Friday, August 21, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163
Free ($90 / $200)