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Tuesday May 20 at 7:30 pm
"Mostly Brahms" concert in honor of his 175th birthday!
Music for Mezzo Soprano, Violin, Viola, and Piano
Plus music of WA Mozart and Dina Koston
Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Sally Mclain, violin, Betty Hauck, viola (bios)
Tuesday, May 20 at 7:30 pm at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda MD 20814. Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Sally McLain, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano. "Mostly Brahms", in honor of his 175th birthday (he was born on May 7, 1833). plus music of Mozart and Dina Koston. Including the Violin Sonata in A, Op. 100 (audio sample from the first rehearsal), the Op. 105 songs whose melodies form the themes of Op. 100, and the great torch song Von ewiger Liebe. Also, the songs Op. 91 for mezzo with viola, Mozart's Duet in G for violin and viola, and the premiere performance of Dina Koston's "For Solo Violin (homage to Bela Bartok)". (song translations by Carl Banner)
$18 in advance, $20 at the door. Send check to WMV, 9925 Dickens Ave, Bethesda MD 20814.
301-493-5729.
(This program is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County)
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"Sex Appeal"
The Mighty Saxophone of Charley Gerard, Pt II
June 18, 2008 at Busboys and Poets
New York artists Clea Nemetz, cabaret singer, and Charley Gerard, composer, arranger, and alto saxophone player, will be joined by John Jensen, trombone, John O'Brien, banjo, and Carl Banner, piano to perform cabaret songs from "The Blue Angel", and other songs by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Friedrich Hollaender, and Charley Gerard. (program)
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009. 9:00-11:00 pm, $10 at the door.
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Season Calendar
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Watch videos and listen to recordings of the January 23 performance of The Weary Blues, live at Busboys and Poets!
Production of "The Weary Blues Project" was made possible in part by a grant from the Randy Hostetler Memorial Fund.
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Concert videos!
We're on YouTube! Here is the first movement of Smetana's piano trio No. 1.
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Latest WMV press:
Review by Karren Alenier of the Weary Blues at Busboys and Poets.
Feature article by Ellyn Wexler in the Montgomery County Gazette, December 5, 2007.
Press and links for "The Mighty Saxophone of Charley Gerard (Tango, pop, & serious jazz)":
Read Devin Hurd's review in HurdAudio here.
Read Joe Banno's Washington Post review here or here. Read Stephen Neal Dennis' review for AllArts4U here.
See a video here. Listen to mp3s here. Read a blog entry here.
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Photos and description of the premiere of Masatoshi Mitsumoto's Sonatina February 11, 2007 on the World Clarinet Alliance website.
Stephen Neal Dennis' review of the February 27 Czech Embassy concert for AllArts4U.
Stephen Neal Dennis' review of the October 19 Czech Embassy concert for AllArts4U.
Mark J. Estren's review of Schubert, Brahms, and "The 44 Faces of Funk" in the Washington Post, September 14, 2006.
Review of the June 25 Atlas program by Jon Morris.
Reviews of the May 23 Ratner Museum concert by George Pieler at Ionarts and Jon Morris at Jon's DC Show Log.
Hear Stephanie Kaye's interview with Carl Banner on WAMU-FM's "Metro Connection" March 10, 2006.
See photos from WMV's house concert at the Danish ambassador's residence.
Free Music: Visit our library of free audio MP3s from recent concerts, including recordings of Jelly Roll Morton's "Black Bottom Stomp", Charley Gerard's 44 Faces of Funk and Ellington arrangements, Libby Larsen's "Love after 1950", Ernest Bloch's Piano Quintet, Fauré's Bonne Chanson, Janet Peachey's "Views Through a Window", John Stephens' Trio, Bach's Cantata #82, and many other treasures from the WMV performance archives.