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Concert in Ridgewood features violin and piano virtuosos

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015, 12:31 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Editor’s Note – The second event of Parlance Chamber Concerts’s ninth season will take place this coming Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church. Here Michael Parloff, the founder and director of the very popular classical music series gives our readers background to the concert.

I am very excited to introduce pianist Jeremy Denk and violinist Stefan Jackiw to our community. Jeremy is the winner of a 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. He will team up with the scintillating young violinist Stefan Jackiw, widely recognized as one of his generation’s most captivating artists.

This noteworthy duo will perform cherished sonatas by Johannes Brahms and César Franck in counterpoint with rarely performed gems by the iconoclastic American master, Charles Ives. Jeremy will enrich the afternoon with his insightful, thought-provoking commentary.

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Parlance Chamber Concerts brings world-class musicians to Ridgewood

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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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