Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society update

KWCMS: December 10, 2000

ALEXANDER TSEYLYAKOV has had to cancel his concert, with apologies for the
very short notice - his mother, in Baku, Russia, suddenly took very ill and
died yesterday. We do not at present know when this can be rescheduled.


Note: we remind you that reservations or adovance ticket purchase for the
Beethoven's Birthday concert on Sunday, Dec. 17th, at 2:00 p.m. would be a
good idea. By e-mail reply, for instance, would be a good idea!

December 17 sun AT 2:00 BEETHOVEN'S BIRTHDAY MATINEE, with lots of great musicians,
at the Music Room this year (and a day late, but close enough!). The
all-Beethoven program has a few unusual items and a couple of favorites:
JAMIE PARKER is the pianist in all this. Violin Sonata No. 4, op. 23 (Jerzy
KAPLANEK (of Penderecki Quartet); Horn sonata, Op. 17 (Nina BRICKMAN, of
CCE/KWS); Trio for two oboes and English horn, op 87 (Richard DORSEY,
Principal oboe, TSO; James MASON, Principal oboe, CCE and KWS; Faith
LEVENE, English horn (of KWS); Trio for clarinet, cello, piano: Ross
EDWARDS, clarinet; Chris SHARPE, cello); Quintet for Piano and Winds
(Parker, Mason, Edwards, Brickman, & Cedric COLEMAN, Principal bassoon,
CCE/KWS). Price A+ [$25; $sr $20; st $15]

The Quintet is an established Beethoven Great Work, and it is a pleasure to
have such a fine group of musicians playing it. The Trio, which we had last
summer by another threesome, is one of Beethoven's most charming works, and
is performed wherever there are fine clarinetists (who can find someo
friends!) to play it; the trio for oboes and English horn is an amazing
virtuoso work, just the thing for such a superb threesome as ours; this
violin sonata occupies a lonely niche between the sets of three of Op. 12
and Op. 30; it's in a (A Minor) and has some lovely novel sounds, which are
explored to perfection by our team; and the horn sonata is one of the
glories of that literature.

NOTE TO ALL: We will throw a modest party for Ludwig after this afternoon
performance. All who attend the concert are welcome; we ask you to bring a
small platter of somethings for the party - the Narvesons will supply
liquids, alcoholic and otherwise. ALSO we URGE RESERVATION or advance
purchase, this event is already rather well subscribed, with 9 days to
go....

note re winter concerts: To avoid info overload, we'll put out a separate
post with complete winter/spring concerts. Programs are coming in, and
we'll supply as much information as we can. Look foro the posting next week
some time..

Ticket Prices: [A+] - reg, $25; sr, $20; st, $15; [A] $20/$15/$10 Purchase
at U of W Box Office, WordsWorth Books; Music Plus (Kitchener - now on
Michael Street, by the way); 12th Night Discs; or at door. Phone 886-1673
to reserve.

KWCMS "Six-Pack" subscription - the most flexible subscription there is!
Equivalent of six admissions to 'A' concerts (more or less for other
prices) - choose from fifty or more, and you can take a guest to the same
concert! Saves about 25%: $90 (Sr, $75; st, $49). Always available at
door. Call (519) 886-1673. E-MAIL: kwcms@yahoo.ca web: www.k-wcms.com

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COOMPACT DISCS AVAILABLE:

KWCMS CDs Available
TERMS:
CD's: $20; Naxos $10; Goulart, $10; or as specified] Donation, $25 or
more: tax Receipt for part or (at $35 or above) 100% of your cheque.

** We are a bit overstocked! Buy any ten for $100.

Piano
Robert SILVERMAN All Beethoven Sonatas - 10 Disks. Superb recording,
Olympian performances. (no Diabellis) $100 - $40 donation receipt. [we had
to raise price a bit; there is just one left at present; we'll reorder if
there's interest]
Single: 3 Beethoven Sonatas: Moonlight, Appassionata, Funeral March (#12 -
Op. 26)

Anton KUERTI All Beethoven Sonatas - 10 Disks. Recorded in the '70's,
superbly remastered for Compact Disc. Includes Diabelli Variations. $100
($50 donation receipt).
Kuerti singles: Schubert I-VI. $10 each. Check them out!

Janina FIALKOWSKA
1. Chopin Etudes - awesome pianism!
2. Chopin Sonatas (Nos. 2,3; and Impromptus)
3. Szymanowski --Variations on a Polkish Folk Theme; Masques; 4 Etudes, 2
Mazurkas, Metopes
4. Paderewski - Piano Concerto, Fantasy [Naxos]
5. with Daniel Lichti: Songs of Schumann and Brahms

Alexander TSELYAKOV
(1) NEW: Russian Program. [available only with $35 donation. Only a few left.]
(2) Live Performance: Beethoven Op. 110; short pieces including Rosenblatt
Variations
(3) In Recital: Haydn, Sonata #33; Bach, Pr & Fugue in eb, D#, WTK I;
Liszt, Hung. Rhapsody #13; Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit; Stravinsky, Petroucka.

Michael LEWIN
(1) Nineteen Scarlatti Sonatas charming music, superb performances! [Naxos]
(2) Music of Charles T. Griffes - Vol. I. Sonata (1917), etc.. Essential
for the serious collector - many in first recording - there won't be a
better one! [Naxos]

Alma PETCHERSKY:
(1) NEW: Turina, Danzas Fantasticas; + Sonata, Op 24, Spanish Women, Op 17
and op. 73
(2) Albeniz, Suite Española; Granados, Allegro de concerto; Falla, Fantasia
Betica.

Peter VINOGRADE, piano:
(1) NEW: BACH Toccatas (all)[ONE CD]
(2) Rachmaninoff, 4 Etudes-tableaux; Scriabin, Sonata #7; Michael
Matthews, Of Time and Sky; Alfred Fisher, Six Fantasy Pieces
(3) Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 3, with Dubuque, Iowa, Symphony Orchestra; +
Waldstein Sonata
(4) Music by Nicolas Flagello (modern romantic) with Setsuko Nagata, violin -
Heather Toews CD - SOLD, sorry...

Yumi TAKAGI: NEW donation item: Schumann, Kreisleriana, Fantasie Pieces Op
12. (recorded at River Run Centre). [New disc. You get 100% donation
receipt at $20 or more.]


Duo Concertante - Nancy Dahn, violin; timothy Steeves, piano - Beethoven,
"Kreutzer" Sonata; Ravel, sonata; Stravinsky, Russian Dance; Brahms, Scherzo

Willem MOOLENBEEK, saxophone; Boyd McDonald, piano - "Songs without Words"

Matthew JONES, recorder; Jan OVERDUIN, organ - "Just Pipes"

PENDERECKI Quartet: 3 items
1. 3rd Quartets of Britten & Shostakovich
2. Polish Quartets - Bacewicz, Lason, & Penderecki
(4. Polish music - music of various Polish composers, 16th C. and 20th. The
Penderecki's contribution to this disc is replicated on the previous one,
unfortunately. [$5]

Guitar
Remi BOUCHER
(1) solo: Granados, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Regondi, Rodrigo, Ascencio - $20
(2) with orch: Torroba Son. guitar/orch; Abril, Concierto Mudejar - $20

Norbert KRAFT [both, Naxos]
(1) solo, plays Sor, Aguado, Tarrega.
(2) Granados, 12 Spanish Dances; Poetic Scenes I
Kubica-VanBerkel Duo plays Sor: Guitar Duets, vol. I and Vol. II. This fine
duo is smooth, perfectly matched, and the music is very charming.

John GOULART ($10)
(1) "Intimate Recital": lots of Bach, including Chaconne; Sor, Marlboro
mvariations; Albeniz, Mallorca; Moreno-Torroba, Sonatina; Barrios, La
Catedral
(2) Take 2 (Music for guitar duo - John is his own partner!) Rossini,
Barber of Seville; Sor, Bach, Jesu, Joy; De Falla, Debussy, Piazzolla,
Granados, etc
(3) "Toward the Millennium" York, Sunburst; DeFalla, Homenaje, le Tombeau
de Debussy; Rodrigo, Invocation & Danse, Fandango; Moreno-Torroba,
Madroños, Frank Martin., 4 short pieces; Leo Brouwer, ´l Decameron Negro;
Tiurina, Sonata, etc

OTHER:
K-W Symphony, Brahms, Serenades for Orchestra, cond. by Raffi Armenian. A gem!

Peter HATCH, "Mildred's Thoughts" (text by Gertrude Stein) - includes
"Reflections on the Atomic Bomb" $5

Frank Leahy and Ed Minevich, "Bending the Bows" $10

NEW BERLIN ENSEMBLE, "La Dolce Vita" - Bizet, Weill, Gershwin, Strayhorn,
MacDonald - in ingenious arrangements, expertly played...

STRADA, "Grantjoie" - A Minstrel's Journey in 13th C. France [one only!]

Irshad KHAN, Sitar: "Magic of Twilight" - two fine Ragas (Twilight and
Evening) by this incandescent master. Naxos (now $10)

Jan Narveson (Professor)
Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo;
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
(519) 888-4567-1-2780# (from touch-tone); or 885-1211, ext. 2780 (via
switchboard); FAX (519) 746-3097 Home: (519) 886-1673 (answering machine)
e-mail: E-mail: jnarveso@watarts.uwaterloo.ca