2016-2017 Distinguished Artists Concert & Lecture Series

Six formal concerts • Two Benefit Performances for the Juanita Orlando Grand Piano Fund • Free informal performances at other locations in S.C. County TBA • And the return engagement of the Acclaimed Cellist Amit Peled performing on Pablo Casals’ famous “Gofriller” cello (Holy Cross Chapel and Church)

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Sunday, July 31, 2016 • 4:00 pm
Benefit Performance • Pianist Alon Goldstein
Peace United Church, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz 

Bach Italian Concerto • Schubert Wanderer Fantasy • Wagner/Liszt Liebestod • Debussy Isle of Joy • Ginastera Argentinean Dances

Friday, September 23, 2016 • 7:30 pm
Benefit Performance • Cellist Amit Peled
Chapel at Holy Cross Church, 126 High Street, Santa Cruz

J.S. Bach: Five Unaccompanied Suites for Cello

Saturday, September 24, 2016 • 7:30 pm
Program I Cellist Amit Peled • Pianist Noreen Polera
Holy Cross Church, 126 High Street, Santa Cruz

Miaskovsky Sonata, Boulanger • Chopin Sonata

Sunday, October 16, 2016 • 4:00 pm
Program II • Pianist Gwhyneth Chen

Bach-Busoni, Bach, French Suite No. 5 • Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise • Scriabin Sonata No. 2, Stravinsky Petrouchka

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 • 7:30 pm
Program III Jonathan Biss

Beethoven Sonata op. 7 • Brahms Klavierstücke, op. 118 • Kurtag Jatekok, selections • Beethoven Sonata op. 111

Sunday, January 22, 2017• 4:00 pm
Program IV Alon Goldstein

Town Quartet Mozart Concerto in A Major, K. 488 & TBA

Sunday, February 19, 2017 • 4:00 pm
Program V Pianist Sofya Melikyan

Komitas Vardapet — Five Dances Babadjanian, Shahrimanyan, Granados Goyescas

Sunday, March 19, 2017 • 4:00 pm
Program VI Pianist Danny Driver

Ligeti Études for Piano, Books 1 & 2 • Debussy Images, Books 1 & 2

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Additional Program
Pianist John Orlando

Occasional pre-concert interactive talks with the artists and the audience on What to Listen For In Music, as a part of the Distinguished Artists Series. One hour prior to each performance.

Additional presentations by Dr. Orlando and other musicians and historians at locations TBA in Santa Cruz County.

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