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Parlance Chamber Concerts presents David Finckel, Cello and Wu Han

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Parlance Chamber Concerts presents David Finckel, Cello and Wu Han

World-renowned piano/cello duo to play in Ridgewood

February 6, 2015    Last updated: Friday, February 6, 2015, 12:31 AM
The Ridgewood News

Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts’ fourth event of the 2014-15 season will take place this coming Sunday afternoon, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood. Michael Parloff provided our readers with some background on the musicians and the program.

The concert will feature the esteemed cello-piano duo of David Finckel and Wu Han. Hailed as “2012 Musicians of the Year” by the magazine “Musical America,” the husband-and-wife team ranks among the most dynamic and influential forces in classical music today

David Finckel was the first American protégé of the legendary Russian cellist/conductor, Mstislav Rostropovich. In celebration of his close, longtime relationship with the revered master musician, he and Wu Han have designed a special recital entitled Russian Reflections. The concert will feature three groundbreaking 20th-century cello sonatas, culminating in Rachmaninoff’s beloved Sonata in G Minor.

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David Finckel, Cello and Wu Han, Piano Concert

Parlance Chamber Concerts presents David Finckel, Cello and Wu Han, Piano in a concert which tells the gripping story of 20th century Russian music – Sunday, February 8 at 3PM at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ. Tickets and information: 800/838-3006 or at the door.

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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.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/parlance-chamber-concerts-opens-season-1.1101707#sthash.H7ljVyVA.dpuf

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Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts

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Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts

Music stars to appear in Ridgewood

APRIL 25, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014, 12:31 AM
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Editor’s Note – Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts’ final event of the 2013-2014 season will take place this coming Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church. The concert will feature 10 artists from the Metropolitan Opera, including the celebrated mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and co-reciter Raymond Menard, pianist Warren Jones, and seven principal players from the Met Orchestra. Here Michael Parloff gives us a behind-scenes look.

Raymond Menard

RN: Can you give us an overview of what we can expect on Sunday?

Stephanie Blythe

MP: I’ve been looking forward all season to this fun, unusual concert. The featured work of the afternoon will be William Walton’s 1923 “Façade Entertainments,” a gem of musical humor. Inspired by the sophisticated, often subversive poetry of his friend and patroness, Edith Sitwell, Façade brought overnight success to Walton, as well as a reputation as the enfant terrible of modern English music.

The program will also include four Roaring Twenties instrumental solos inspired by the sounds of the Jazz Age.

RN: Please tell us more about Sunday afternoon’s performers.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/stars-to-close-parlance-chamber-concerts-season-1.1002993#sthash.fS2maDOz.dpuf

Parlance Chamber Concerts
Featuring 1920 instrumental solos inspired by Jazz Age
April 27 at 4PM at West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South MOnroes Street, Ridgewood. Tickets available at the door: Adults $40; Seniors $30; Young Adults $30; Students $30. www.ParlanceChamberConcerts.org