Welcome to ECB´s 2021–2022 season. Once again we are pleased to present classical music programs prepared and performed by our members.
Performances are free to the public, begin at 1 pm.
Please join us at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley, CA.
 
Program for December 20th, 2021 – 1pm
 
Performance 1
Syrinx en Resonance, d'après l'oeuvre de C. Debussy
François Narboni (b. 1963)
Trio, Op. 59
Prélude
Scherzo
Rêverie
Dance
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977)
Suite Pastorale (1988)
3. Rondeau
Jean Michele Damase (1928-2013)
Trio in G, Op. 24
3. Rondo: allegro
Kaspar Joh. Kummer (1795-1870)
Susan Waller, Flute
Katy Wilson, Flute
Janet Woodhams, Flute
Performance 2
Poetic Tone Pictures Op. 85 (1889)
Night Walk
The Old Castle
Folk Dance
Goblins' Dance
Antonin Dvořak (1841-1904)
Jacqueline Divenyi, Piano
Performance 3
Ave Maria, chant mode 1
Anonymous
"Quia Respexit" from Magnificat
"Christe Eleison" from Mass in B Minor
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
"Laudamus Te" from Gloria
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
"I Waited for the Lord"
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
"Recordare" from Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Eliza O'Malley, Soprano
Ellen St. Thomas, Mezzo-soprano
Johnathan Kuhner, Piano
 

President´s Corner

Our next program will be Monday, December 20 at 1:00 p.m. at the Hillside Club.following the same protocols as our previous programs (see below). Those who have already showed their vaccination cards will speed through the line — no need to show the card again. Please remember to wear a mask while indoors at the Hillside Club. By the way, the chairs are spaced six feet apart for social distancing and good sight lines. And please communicate these 'rules' to your guests. And remember that guests are always welcome and encouraged.

The December program will provide a wide cross section of our membership: flute trios by some lesser known composers (Damase, Tcherepnin, Narboni, and Kummer), performed by Sue Waller, Katy Wilson, and Janet Woodhams; several Dvorak selections for solo piano performed by Jacqueline Divenyi; and vocal selections by Bach, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, and Verdi sung by soprano Eliza O'Malley, collaborating with guests mezzo soprano Ellen St. Thomas and pianist Jonathan Khuner.

Special thanks to Julia Wenk for her generous donation to the Young Artist Competition Fund, and to Bruce De Benedictis, who generously ensures our piano is tuned and in terrific condition for each and every performance.

Best regards,
Sue Waller


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