by Robin Smith | Oct 28, 2018 | Concert Excerpt, Off the Vines Chamber Music
Franz Haydn turned the string quartet into a great genre. Music for two violins, viola, and cello had been written for years – usually as background or entertainment music – but in his cycle of 83 quartets Haydn transformed the quartet into an ensemble of four equal...
by Robin Smith | Mar 27, 2019 | Concert Excerpt, Symphony
Concert excerpts below are from Symphony of the Vines Mendelssohn in Scotland, performed March 24, 2019, at Mission San Miguel, CA. In addition, please enjoy an excerpt from Mozart’s Concerto in C Major for Flute and Harp featuring Suzanne Duffy, flute, and...
by Robin Smith | Jan 9, 2019 | Concert Excerpt, Symphony
Overture on Hebrew Themes, Opus 34b SERGE PROKOFIEV Born April 23, 1891, Sontsovka Died March 5, 1953, Moscow (The following are program notes written by Eric Bromberger, who lives in Los Osos. He is a program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego...
by Robin Smith | Feb 18, 2019 | Concert Excerpt, Off the Vines Chamber Music
We are always pleased to present Catherine Yom Litaker, harpist, at Symphony of the Vines concerts. Catherine Yom Litaker is a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral harpist. She has performed across the globe including Western Europe, South and North America and...
by Robin Smith | Nov 25, 2018 | Concert Excerpt, News, Off the Vines Chamber Music
Symphony of the Vines featured Torsten Juul-Borre on November 18, 2018, at Cass Winery in Paso Robles. The first half of the piano recital showcased Beethoven’s Sonata Pathetique. Before the concert, Torsten helped the audience know a little more about...
by Robin Smith | Jan 25, 2019 | Concert Excerpt, Symphony
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV Born August 10, 1856, St. Petersburg Died March 21, 1936, Paris Glazunov is one of those composers whose career can be classified as transitional, no matter how unhappy he may have been about that transition. As a child prodigy, Glazunov studied...
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