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NEXT CONCERT
SUN, MAR 26th, 2023  at 7:30 PM

Chamber Music by Candlelight
Venue: Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD
Free concert. No tickets or reservations required. Presented in-person and livestreamed on YouTube.

PROGRAM

“Stay On It”
Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Julian Maddox, violin; Jacob Shack, viola; Victor Holmes, bass; Vitor Trindade, clarinet; Sarrah Bushara, oboe; Myles Blakemore, trombone; Lura Johnson, piano; Brian Prechtl, percussion; Jouelle Roberson, voice
 
Romance for violin & piano (arr. for viola)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Jacob Shack, viola; Lura Johnson, piano
 
Lament for viola & piano
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Jacob Shack, viola; Lura Johnson, piano
 
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)
Kevin Smith, violin; Holgen Gjoni, cello; Michael Sheppard, piano


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2022/23 CONCERTS & EVENTS

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THU, SEP 29, 2022  |  5 - 9pm
Community Night at Gertrude's


Location: Gertrude’s Restaurant at
the Baltimore Museum of Art

Reservations strongly recommended.
Make reservations online at: gertrudesbaltimore.com
 
Come eat, drink, and celebrate with us!
A generous percentage of the proceeds from this event will benefit Community Concerts at Second. 
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SUN, OCT 9, 2022  |  3:30 PM
Ulysses Quartet

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  • Hybrid event: presented in-person and livestreamed.
  • Link to YouTube Livestream

​The Ulysses Quartet has been praised for their “textural versatility,” “grave beauty” and “the kind of chemistry many quartets long for, but rarely achieve” (The Strad), as well as their “avid enthusiasm ... [with] chops to back up their passion” (San Diego Story), “delivered with a blend of exuberance and polished artistry” (The Buffalo News). Founded in the summer of 2015, the group won the grand prize and gold medal in the senior string division of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize in the 2018 Schoenfeld International String Competition. At Juilliard, they recently were the Lisa Arnhold Fellows, serving as the School’s Graduate Resident String Quartet from 2019 to 2022.
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SUN, OCT 23, 2022  |  7:30 PM
Chamber Music by Candlelight

Founder’s Fund Concert, in Honor of Margaret Budd

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J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039
Christine Murphy, Flute; Amal Gochenour, Flute; Nina DeCesare, Bass
 
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Kevin Smith, Violin; Chelsea Kim, Violin; Jacob Shack, viola;
Dariusz Skoracewski, cello
 
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, Op. 3
Christine Murphy, Flute; Jacob Shack, viola; Lura Johnson, Piano
 
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498
YaoGuang Zhai, Clarinet; Jacob Shack, viola; Lura Johnson, Piano




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SUN, NOV 13, 2022  |  3:30 PM
Poulenc Trio
with Lia Purpura, narrator/writer

This piano/oboe/bassoon trio has rediscovered and redefined piano-wind chamber music for the 21st century and has been praised by the Washington Post for its “convincing elegance, near effortless lightness and grace.” This program will feature a special pairing of Alfred Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style with a spoken word performance by Baltimore-based poet Lia Purpura, a frequent New Yorker contributor and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Poulenc Trio includes Irina Kaplan Lande, piano; Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboe; and Bryan Young, bassoon.

PROGRAM
FRANCIS POULENC: Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
ALFRED SCHNITTKE: Suite in the Old Style (with poetry by Lia Purpura)
ANDRE PREVIN: Jaunty

VIET CUONG: Trains of Thought (commissioned and written for the Poulenc Trio)
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance & Spin through Moscow
GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Fantasie on L’Italiana in Algeri

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SUN, JAN 8, 2023  |  7:30 PM
Chamber Music by Candlelight

Sponsored by the Melvin Ringel Bequest

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W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major, K. 452 
Eric Conway, Piano
Katherine Needleman, Oboe
YaoGuang Zhai, Clarinet
Nikolette LaBonte, Horn
Harrison Miller, Bassoon


Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
“Tzigane” for Woodwind Quintet
Katherine Needleman, Oboe
YaoGuang Zhai, Clarinet
Nikolette LaBonte, Horn
Harrison Miller, Bassoon
Mimi Stillman, Flute


Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”
Holly Jenkins, Violin
Julian Maddox, Violin
Lisa Steltenpohl, Viola
Seth Low, Cello

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SUN, JAN 22, 2023  |  3:30 PM
Berta Rojas, guitar

Sponsored by Leslie and Tom Owsley

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Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Berta Rojas pays homage to a pair of female heroines of classical music, Ida Presti (1924-1967) and Maria Luisa Anido (1907- 1996), both composers and guitarists. Her program includes pieces composed by Presti such as Segovia, Dance Rythmique, as well as Anido’s Aire de Vidalita, Triste No 1, and El Misachico and includes Anido’s Portrait, a four-movement piece dedicated to Anido by famed composer Sergio Assad. Ms. Rojas ranks among today’s foremost classical guitarists. She has been praised as “guitarist extraordinaire” by the Washington Post and by Classical Guitar Magazine as “Ambassador of the classical guitar.”


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SUN, FEB 5, 2023  |  7:30 PM
Chamber Music by Candlelight

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  • Presented in-person and livestreamed
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My Love of Light
Brian Prechtl (b. 1962)
Jonathan Carney, violin; Colin Sorgi, viola; Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello; Marcia McHugh, flute;
Lura Johnson, piano; Brian Prechtl, percussion


Invocation, Mazurka, La Captive, and Romance for violin & piano
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Greg Mulligan, violin; Lura Johnson, piano
 
"the light is the same”
Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Christine Murphy, flute; Melissa Hooper, oboe; Harrison Miller, bassoon; Austin Larson, horn;
Vitor Trindade, clarinet

 
String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Holly Jenkins, violin Greg Mulligan, violins
Karin Brown, viola; Bo Li, cello


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​SUN, FEB 19, 2023  |  3:30 PM
Morgan State University Choir
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  • Presented in-person and livestreamed
  • Link to YouTube Livestream

Led by Dr. Eric Conway, The Morgan State University Choir has performed for audiences throughout the United States and all over the world – including Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Canada, Africa, Asia and Europe. While classical, Gospel, and contemporary popular music comprise the choir’s repertoire, the choir is noted for its emphasis on preserving the heritage of the spiritual, especially in the historic practices of performance.
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SUN, MAR 5, 2023  |  3:30 PM
Seraph Brass

Winners of the 2019 American Prize in Chamber Music, Seraph Brass is a dynamic ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top brass players; they are widely-considered America's top all-female brass quintet. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming, Seraph Brass presents a diverse body of repertoire that includes original transcriptions, newly commissioned works and well-known classics. This program will include works by Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Gioacchino Rossini, Vittorio Monti, Clara Schumann and much more.

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SUN, MAR 26, 2023  |  7:30 PM
Chamber Music by Candlelight

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Stay On It

Julius Eastman (1940-1990)

Julian Maddox, violin; Jacob Shack, viola; Victor Holmes, bass; Vitor Trindade, clarinet; Sarrah Bushara, oboe; Myles Blakemore, trombone; Lura Johnson, piano; Brian Prechtl, percussion; Jouelle Roberson, voice
 
Romance for violin & piano (arr. for viola)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Jacob Shack, viola; Lura Johnson, piano
 
Lament for viola & piano
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

Jacob Shack, viola; Lura Johnson, piano
 
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)

Kevin Smith, violin; Holgen Gjoni, cello; Michael Sheppard, piano

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SUN, APR 16, 2023  |  3:30 PM
Wynona Wang, piano

Pianist Wynona Wang was selected as First Prize winner of the 2018 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, which is just the latest in a series of impressive first prize performances, along with the 2017 Wideman International Piano Competition in Louisiana. Wynona was also awarded the 2019 “Charlotte White” Career Grant awarded by the Salon de Virtuosi in New York City. An active performer in China, Europe and the United States, Wynona’s recent performances include appearances with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Meadows Symphony Orchestra of SMU in Dallas, and such major festivals as PianoTexas, the International Keyboard Institute & Festival in New York City, and the Chautauqua Institution.  

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SUN, APR 23, 2023  |  7:30 PM
Chamber Music by Candlelight


The Companion Guide to Rome

Andrew Norman (b. 1979)
Agnes Tse, violin; Colin Sorgi, viola; Lachezar Kostov, cello
 
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Marcia McHugh, flute; Thalia Navas, bassoon
 
String Quartet in One Movement, Op. 89
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Ivan Stefanovic, violin; Kevin Smith, violin; Karin Brown, viola; Dan Levitov, cello
 
Trio for violin, cello & piano
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939)
Agnes Tse, violin; Lachezar Kostov, cello; Wan-Chi Su, piano



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SUN, MAY 7, 2023  |  3:30 PM
Wonderlic Vocal Recital

Sponsored by the Russell C. Wonderlic Bequest
Established in 1990, the Wonderlic Competition alternates annually between voice and piano and has afforded many young artists the opportunity to launch international music careers. This year’s vocal winners will perform a concert consisting of the challenging repertoire that distinguished them in the competition.

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SUN, MAY 21, 2023  |  3:30 PM
Sean Jones & Friends

One of the world’s most in-demand jazz trumpeters, Grammy-winner Sean Jones is a musical chameleon and is comfortable in any musical setting no matter what the role or the genre. In this concert, he partners with a combo of Baltimore jazz luminaries to present a program of his own compositions alongside time-honored jazz standards. Sean has produced and released eight recordings on Mack Avenue Records, and from 2004 until 2010 he was lead trumpeter for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis. 

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SUN, JUN 4, 2023  |  7:30 PM
Chamber Music by Candlelight


The Garden of Joys and Sorrows
  for flute, viola, Harp & Narrator (1980)

Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931)
Marcia McHugh, flute Karin Brown, viola Jacqueline Pollauf, harp; TBD, Narrator
 
“Habil-Sayagi (In the Style of Habil)”
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (b. 1947)
Lachezar Kostov, cello; Wan-Chi Su, piano
 
“A String Around Autumn” for viola & piano
Toru Takemitsu
Peter Minkler, viola; Wan-Chi Su, piano

“Funk” for violin, Clarinet & piano
Scott McAllister (b. 1969)
Ivan Stefanovic, violin; YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet; Lura Johnson, piano



COMMUNITY NIGHT ​AT GERTRUDE'S

Thursday, September 29th, 2022, 5-9pm at Gertrude’s at the BMA
Reservations strongly recommended
Make reservations online: gertrudesbaltimore.com
 
Come eat, drink, and celebrate with us! A generous percentage of the proceeds from this event will benefit Community Concerts at Second. 
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 2022/23 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

This season truly has something for everyone: beloved works from the classical canon, virtuosic brass arrangements, mesmerizing Latin American guitar works, the joyous and powerful sound of a large-scale chorus, tour de force romantic piano repertoire, the exuberance and spontaneity of jazz, an interdisciplinary program featuring narration by a nationally-renowned writer… and much, much more!


WORLD-CLASS CONCERTS, FREE TO ALL
We are fortunate to be part of a generous musical community that makes it possible to present performers from around the corner and around the world without charge to you.
 
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
We are proud to announce that our 2022/23 afternoon concerts will be supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. This marks the first NEA grant for CC2nd and is an impressive milestone that will allow organization to continue celebrating live performance in all its glory.

REMARKABLE ACOUSTICS
In 2012, the Sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church was renovated by Ziger | Snead Architects with particular attention to acoustics and musical performances; sound tiles placed in the barrel vault ceiling help to provide crystal clear sound throughout the entire space. Musicians and audience members alike have remarked that it is their favorite music venue in the region.
 
COVID-19 SAFETY POLICIES FOR FALL 2022
  • Masks are encouraged, but not required for attendance.
  • Proof of vaccination is not required.
These policies are in place for the fall 2022 concerts and are subject to change.
 
VENUE & PARKING
All concerts are held in the Sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church, located at 4200 Saint Paul Street in Baltimore. Free parking is available on Stratford Street, Saint Paul Street, and anywhere in the general vicinity of the church.

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Community Concerts at Second is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).
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Community Concerts at Second
4200 Saint Paul St
​Baltimore, MD  21218

Office:  443-759-3309
Email:  info (at) cc2nd.org
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 Mission:

The mission of Community Concerts at Second is to enrich the Baltimore community by presenting free professional musical performances of lasting artistic value.