PREFORMANCES: Season of Hope

In Episode 6, series host, soprano Allison Charney will be joined by pianist Donna Weng Friedman who will discuss and perform works by Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Chopin, and living composer Beata Moon. In conjunction with HER/MUSIC;HER/STORY, co-founded by Weng Friedman and Charney, they will also pre-form Ethel Smyth‘s anthem of the Suffrage movement –  The March of the Women – in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the r...

The husband-wife duo of violinist Eriko Sato and pianist David Oei join series host, soprano Allison Charney in Episode 5 of Season of Hope, discussing and performing works by Dvorak, Brahms, Korngold and living composer Ionel Petroi, while exploring the theme of hope.

MUSICAL SELECTIONS:

Eriko Sato and David Oei:
March & Garden Scene – both from Much Ado About Nothing for violin and piano/Erich Wolfgang K...

Cellist Peter Seidenberg joins series host, soprano Allison Charney, in this special hour-long fourth episode of the series, discussing and performing – with pianist Craig Ketter – classics by Bach, Bloch, Verdi, Strauss, living composer Marianna Rosett’s haunting “Kaddish” and a highlight from Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man, while exploring the series’ central theme of hope.

MUSICAL SELECTIONS:

Peter Seidenberg:

Sonata in C-Maj...

Cellist Kajsa William-Olsson and pianist Reiko Uchida join series host, and fellow ARK Trio member, soprano Allison Charney, in this third episode of the series, discussing and performing works composed for them by living composer Kim D. Sherman- and exploring the theme of hope – a commodity that feels hard to come by in our current world.

Musical Selections written by Kim D. Sherman
Recipe
Prairie Dawn 
Evenin...

Cellist Kajsa William-Olsson and pianist Reiko Uchida join series host, and fellow ARK Trio member, soprano Allison Charney, in part one of this third episode of the series, discussing and performing works composed for them by living composer Michael Ching – and exploring the theme of hope – a commodity that feels hard to come by in our current world.

Musical Selections:

From Arrangements and Derangements: Interpretations of Schubert...

      Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins joins series host, soprano Allison Charney, in the second episode of the series, discussing and performing classical works by Bach, Shostakovich and Strauss along with an original adaptation of “Miracle of Miracles” from Fiddler on the Roof, sharing their un-Google-able insights and exploring the theme of hope – a commodity that feels hard to come by in our current world.

MUSICAL SELECT...

Pianist Benjamin Loeb, joins series host, soprano Allison Charney in this premiere episode of the series, discussing and performing works by Scott Joplin, Harold Arlen, Kurt Weill and Ernesto Nazareth and exploring the theme of hope - a commodity that feels hard to come by in our current world.

Episode 1: Allison Charney and Benjamin Loeb
Musical Selections:
Gladiolus Rag/Joplin - preformed by Benjamin Loeb, piano...