Parlance Chamber Concerts brings world-class musicians to Ridgewood
October 3, 2014 Last updated: Friday, October 3, 2014, 12:31 AM
The Ridgewood News
Editor’s Note – Michael Parloff, former longtime first flute at the Metropolitan Opera House, will open his very popular Parlance Chamber Concert Season this Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church. Here he offers us some background on the music and the musicians.
The concert will feature an extraordinary international ensemble. I am delighted to introduce the Minnesota Orchestra’s celebrated concertmaster, violinist Erin Keefe, and esteemed music director, Finnish clarinetist Osmo Vanska, to our audience. They will be joined by the Swiss-born pianist Gilles Vonsattel, the fiery French violinist Arnaud Sussman, the elegant violist Hsin-Yun Huang, and the Metropolitan Opera’s dashing principal cellist Rafael Figueroa.
These six remarkable artists will collaborate on three of the most beloved masterpieces of the chamber repertoire, Mozart’s E-minor violin sonata, Bartók’s Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano, and Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor.
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I just attended the faaaabulous concert. It starts at 3 p.m. They start at 3 p.m.
It’s amazing to have the setop notch concerts in town at affordable pricing and not have to travel to NY.
Parloff and his wife Imo are gems. Imo is so gracious and warm and welcoming. Truly very special. Parloff’s intros to the music are something to hear; you can almost hear the music when he describes it. Very unusual talent.
These concerts are not to be missed.
Diane Palacios