Washington Musica Viva

Performers: Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo, and Joel Herskowitz. Program: "Gymnopédie for John Lennon" and Four Rosicrucian Preludes by Arthur Jarvinen, Brahms Two Songs op. 91 for mezzo, viola, and piano, Schumann Marchenbilder #3, music by Joel and Ira Herskowitz.

Domenic Salerni: Piano Trio #Noam Faingold: “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin (world premiere); Franz Schubert: Piano Trio #1 in Bb, Op. 99 Friday May 27. 2022: World premiere of the Cello Sonata by Sri Lankan composer Natasha Senanayake, commissioned by WMV for her friend Emma Hays Johnson. Plus the Rachmaninoff Sonata Op. 19; and Sonata (1919) by Rebecca Clarke. Performers: Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano.

Musicians: Linda Bahn and Sasha Margolis, violins, Mahoko Eguchi, viola, Lori Barnet, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Piano Quintets of Martinu, Hanus Barton & Dvorak.

Musicians: Teri Lazar, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; Martinu: Bergerettes for Piano Trio; Suk: Elegie for Piano Trio; Dvorak: Sonata in F Major Op. 57 for violin and piano.

Sonata in F, K. 332 Fantasie in D minor, K. 397 Rondo in F, K. 494 Rondo in D, K. 485 Adagio in B minor, K. 540

Performers: Keith Wright, flute, Sally McLain, violin, Heather LeDoux Green, violin, Tsuna Sakamoto, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Premiere of Divertimento for flute, viola, and piano, by Masatoshi Mitsumoto (commissioned by WMV). Quintet for flute, strings, and piano by David Diamond (1937). Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op. 34. Reviewed by Cecelia Porter in the Washington Post.

Program: Beethoven: Sonata Op. 47 ("Kreutzer"), Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; César Franck: Sonata in A Major.

Jelly Roll Morton - "Black Bottom Stomp" Three Duke Ellington songs arranged by Charley Gerard: "All Too Soon"; "I've Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)": and "In My Solitude" Two Rilke Songs by Mary Howe: Herbsttag, and Liebeslied. "Tango Afligido" by Michael Strand Six Short Pieces for alto saxophone and piano by Lawrence Moss "Memphis TN " by Charlie Barnett "Song of the Exile" by Ysaye Barnwell (instrumental arrangement by Charley Gerard). Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Rhonda Buckley, saxopho

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Musicians: Sasha Margolis, violin, Mahoko Eguchi, viola (NSO), David Teie, cello (NSO), Carl Banner, piano. Program: Trio in C Op. 87 by Brahms, Piano Quartet in Eb by Schumann, Hebrew Melody by Achron. Reviewed by Joe Banno in the Washington Post.

Trio in Bb, Op. 11 by Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in D minor, Op. 120 by Gabriel Fauré Trio (2017) by Blair Goins (world premiere, WMV commission) Fred Jacobowitz, clarinet, Bonnie Thron, cello, & Carl Banner, piano Download/ listen to the recording of the Goins premiere here. Sharon Burton, Carol Brown, & Blair Goins (photo Marilyn Banner)

Program: Brahms Variations Op. 21#1, Milhaud The Household Muse, Mitsumoto Elegy (for Milton), and Dylan 4 songs. Poets Joyce Ellen Weinstein and Paul Grayson. Masatoshi Mitsumoto was present at this performance.

Concert and Potluck Dinner featuring music of Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, and Franck, with poetry by Peter O'Brien

Performers: Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Jodi Beder, cello, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano. Program: "Views Through a Window" by Janet Peachey, on poems by Beth Joselow, Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano by John Stephens, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano by Jay Vosk (premiere!), Trio in A minor, Op. 114 by Johannes Brahms. Reviewed by Charles T. Downey in Ionarts. Janet Peachey and John Stephens were present at this performance.

Piano Quintet #1 Op. 89 of Gabriel Fauré Piano Quintet in A Op. 81 by Antonin Dvorak Michael Vaughn & Jeffrey Howard, violins, Nana Vaughn, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano Program and notes by Hugh Haskell

Brahms Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op. 21#1; Chopin Ballade #2 in F, Op. 38; Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15; Stravinsky Sonata in C (1923). [Program by Hugh Haskell (pdf)].

Program: J. S. Bach - Sonata No. 2 in D for Viola da Gamba; Beethoven - Sonata #3 in A, Op. 69; Brahms - Sonata #1 in Em, Op. 38.

55 West Main St, Wellfleet Massachusetts 02667 Program: Beethoven Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 #2 Brahms Sonata in D, Op. 78 Fauré Sonata #2 in G minor, Op. 117 Bonnie Thron, cello, and Carl Banner, piano

Program: Beethoven Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 #2 Brahms Sonata in D, Op. 78 Fauré Sonata #2 in G minor, Op. 117 Bonnie Thron, cello, and Carl Banner, piano

World premiere of Stephen M. Cormier’s 'Josquiniana', for flugelhorn and piano, a Washington Musica Viva commission.

Program: Music of Schumann, Hanus Barton, and Halsey Stevens. David Cheng, poet.  Marilyn Banner, artist.

Program: music of Harbison: November 19, 1828; Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben; and David Wolfson: A Woman's Life and Loves.

Performers: Sally McLain, violin, Masatoshi Mitsumoto, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Piano Trio Op. 8 by Frédéric Chopin, Piano Trio in G Op. 36 (after the Sextet) by Johannes Brahms; poetry and reflections on September 11th by Michael S Glaser, new Poet Laureate of Maryland.

Bonnie Thron, cello, and Carl Banner, piano Beethoven - Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102 No. 2 Chevillard - Andante, from the Sonate Op. 15 (1896) Chopin - Sonata in g minor, Op. 65 Saturday July 22, 2017 at 7:30 pm: Bethesda House Concert and Buffet Dinner At the home of Richard White Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for oboe, violin, cello, & piano Pavel Haas: Suite for oboe & piano Johannes Brahms: Trio #1 in B major, Op. 8 Alison Lowell, oboe, Michael Vaughn, violin, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano