Grinberg Classical Salon Series
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Dear Friends!
Forthcoming this Fall 2023 Season, I am thrilled to be hosting the 11th year of the Grinberg Classical Salon Series on New York’s Upper West Side – a one-of-a-kind salon concerts in revival of the old and elegant European tradition of Hausmusik – in celebration of Max Reger’s 150th birthday and the composers within his circle!
“Bach is the beginning and end of all Music,” said Max Reger (1873-1916) – a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor and teacher who composed many lieder, chamber music, choral music, and works for piano and organ. A firm champion of absolute music, Reger saw himself as the successor of the great German tradition of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, and his work often combined the classical structures of Beethoven and Brahms with the extended harmonies of Liszt and Wagner. In just over 25 years, he produced an extraordinary catalogue of works, nearly always in abstract forms, in almost every genre with the exception of opera and the symphony, many of which could be considered retrospective, such as fugues and theme-and-variations. In a letter to Alexander von Zemlinsky, Arnold Schoenberg wrote of Reger: “I consider him a Genius.” This forthcoming Fall season, don’t miss one-of-a-kind thematic salons in celebration of Max Reger alongside the composers who inspired him and followed in his footsteps, including works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Dvorak, Grieg, Busoni, Zemlinsky, and Schoenberg.
To learn more about the upcoming salons, scroll down below.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Best wishes,
Dr. Yelena Grinberg, the founder and the artistic director of Grinberg Classical Salon Series
PS: To be added to the salon email list, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected] or sign up here.
SALON VIDEO CLIP:
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SALON REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS:
New York’s Great Champion of Undeservedly Obscure Classical Repertoire Shares These Treasures at Her Magical Salon Series – Lucid Culture – October 24th, 2021
Musical Salons for the Book of Guinness Records – Etazhi, journal – July 19th, 2021
Yelena Grinberg Rescues Rare Classical Treasures from Obscurity – New York Music Daily – June 4th, 2019
Live from the Living Room – West Side Spirit – February 4th, 2015
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SUPPORT GRINBERG CLASSICAL SALON SERIES
HOMAGE TO BACH I
Sunday, September 24th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
G-SHARP DUO
Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin
Yelena Grinberg, piano
BACH – Violin Sonata No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1018 (1720)
REGER – Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano, op. 93 (1906)
MENDELSSOHN – Early Pieces for violin and piano (1820)
BUSONI – Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, op. 36e (1898-1900)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
HOMAGE TO BACH II
Sunday, October 8th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
MIHAI MARICA, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
BACH – Sonata No. 1 in G Major for viola de gamba and keyboard, BWV 1027 (ca. 1730)
BORODIN – Cello Sonata in B minor (1860)
MOSCHELES – Melodic-Contrapuntal Studies after Bach’s Well-Tempered Klavier, op. 137a (1860)
BRAHMS – Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 38 (1862-65)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
REGER AND HIS WORLD I
Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
SERGEY ANTONOV, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
FANNY HENSEL MENDELSSOHN – Capriccio in A-flat Major for cello and piano (ca. 1829)
REGER – Cello Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op. 5 (1893)
CLARA SCHUMANN – Romanza in A-flat Major from Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 7, for cello and piano (1835)
BRAHMS – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, op. 99 (1886)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
REGER AND HIS WORLD II
Sunday, November 5th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
G-SHARP DUO
EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON, violin
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
SCHUBERT – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major (“Sonatina”), D. 384 (1816)
ZEMLINSKY – Serenade (Suite) in A Major for violin and piano (1896)
REGER – Suite for violin and piano, op. 79d (1902-04)
BRAHMS – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108 (1886-88)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
MUSIC FOR CLARINET, CELLO AND PIANO
Sunday, November 19th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
PAUL CHO, clarinet
NATHAN WHITTAKER, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
REGER – Albumblatt and Tarantella for clarinet and piano (1902)
ZEMLINSKY – Clarinet Trio in D Minor, op. 3 (1896)
REGER – Caprice and Kleine Romanze for cello and piano, op. 79e (1901)
BRAHMS – Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114 (1891)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
ELENA KUSCHNEROVA, piano
BACH – 6 Brandenburg Concertos, arr. for piano four-hands by Max Reger
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 (1721)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
BRAHMS AND REGER
Sunday, December 17th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 20th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
DAVID MARKS, violin
TBA, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN – Romance in A Major from Drei Romanzen, op. 94, arr. for cello and piano (1849)
REGER – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, op. 102 (1907-08)
CLARA SCHUMANN – Romance No. 2 in G minor from Drei Romanzen for violin and piano, op. 22 (1853)
BRAHMS – Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, op. 87 (1882)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
BAROQUE BOUQUET II
Sunday, July 30th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
NATHAN WHITTAKER, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano
COUPERIN – Pastorale in C minor for cello and keyboard, arr. by Gaspar Cassado in 1925
VIVALDI – Sonata in A minor for cello and keyboard, RV 43 (ca. 1740)
LOCATELLI – Sonata in D Major for cello and keyboard, op. 6 (1737)
B. MARCELLO – Sonata No. 2 in E minor for cello and keyboard, op. 2 (ca. 1732)
SAMMARTINI – Sonata in G Major for cello and keyboard, op. 1, no. 3 (ca. 1742)
HANDEL – Sonata in B-flat Major for cello and keyboard, op. 3 (ca. 1710-18)
BACH – Sonata No. 3 in G minor for cello and keyboard, BWV 1029 (ca. 1730-40)
To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]
