Yelena Grinberg

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Wednesday, January 18th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 22nd, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.

ALLISON KIGER, flute
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

All-HANDEL program:

Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435 (1733)
Sonata in G minor, HWV 368
Sonata in B minor, HWV 367
Sonata in F Major, HWV 369
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Sonata in D Major, HWV 371
Sonata in D minor, HWV 359
Sonata in F Major, HWV 370

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MAJESTIC MOZART

Sunday, February 5th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

G-SHARP DUO

EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON, violin
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

All-MOZART program:

Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 302 (1778)
Violin Sonata No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 481 (1785)
Allegro in B-flat Major for violin and piano, K. 372 (1781) 
Violin Sonata No. 12 in E-flat Major, K. 380 (1781)

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MUSIC FOR CLARINET, VIOLA AND PIANO

Sunday, February 19th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.

JULIAN MILKIS, clarinet
ANDY LIN, viola
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

MENDELSSOHN – Song without Words in E Major, op. 19, no. 1 (1830)
SCHUMANN – Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano, op. 73 (1849)
BRUCH – Select Pieces for piano, clarinet, and viola, op. 83 (1910)
CLARKE – Morpheus for viola and piano (1917)
REINECKE – Trio in A Major for piano, clarinet, and viola, op. 264 (1903)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at ygpiano@admin

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Dear Friends!

This Winter / Spring 2023 Season, I am thrilled to be hosting the 10th 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 Sergey Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday and the composers within his circle!

“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for Music,” said Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) – a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor widely regarded as one of the finest pianists of his day and one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian Classical music. Rachmaninoff is celebrated for his amorous expression, sweeping melodies, sumptuous, ultra-chromatic harmonies, bell-like sonorities, and rich orchestral colors. His prolific compositional output includes a number of orchestral works, choral works, many songs for voice and piano, three one-act operas, five works for piano and orchestra, a large body of solo piano music, works for two pianos, piano four-hands, and a few chamber music works, including two piano trios and his celebrated Cello Sonata. This coming Spring season, don’t miss one-of-a-kind thematic salons in celebration of Rachmaninoff alongside the composers who influenced him and followed in his footsteps, including works by Glinka, all five composers of “The Mighty Five” (Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin), Anton Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Arensky, Medtner, Myaskovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke, and Auerbach.

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

RUSSIAN MASTERWORKS I

Saturday, March 4th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

MICHAEL HAAS, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

RACHMANINOFF – Prelude in F Major for cello and piano, op. 2 (1892)
ARENSKY – Oriental Dance for cello and piano, op. 56, no. 1 (1894)
MYASKOVSKY – Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, op. 81 (1948)
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RACHMANINOFF – Oriental Dance in A minor for cello and piano, op. 2 (1892)
SCHNITTKE – Musica nostalgica in A minor for cello and piano (1992)
PROKOFIEV – Cello Sonata in C Major, op. 119 (1949)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at ygpiano@admin

RACHMANINOFF AND HIS WORLD I

Sunday, March 19th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

YELENA GRINBERG, piano
ELENA KUSCHNEROVA, piano

MUSSORGSKY – Sonata in C Major for piano four-hands (1860)
BALAKIREV – Chansonnette from Suite for piano four-hands (1909)
CUI – Scherzo No. 1 in F Major for piano four-hands (1857)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Selections from Sheherezade, op. 35 (1888)
BORODIN – Tarantella in D Major for piano four-hands (1862)
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RACHMANINOFF – Romance in G Major for piano four-hands (ca. 1894)
ARENSKY – Suite No. 2 (“Silhouettes”), op. 23, arr. for piano four-hands (1892)
TCHAIKOVSKY – Sleeping Beauty Suite, op. 66a, arr. by Rachmaninoff (1899)

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RACHMANINOFF AND HIS WORLD II

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

YELENA GRINBERG, piano
ELENA KUSCHNEROVA, piano

GLINKA – Capriccio on the Russian themes for piano four-hands (1834)
RUBINSTEIN – Chanson Russe from 3 Characteristic Pieces, op. 9 (1854)
ARENSKY – 12 Pieces for piano four-hands, op. 66 (1903)
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GLINKA – Valse-Fantasie in B minor, arr. by Anton Arensky (1839, rev. 1845)
STRAVINSKY – Five Easy Pieces for piano four-hands (1917)
RACHMANINOFF – Six Morceaux for piano four-hands, op. 11 (1894)

RUSSIAN MASTERWORKS II

Sunday, April 16th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

MICHAEL HAAS, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY – Nocturne in D minor, op. 19 (1873)
ARENSKY – Romance in D Major for cello and piano, op. 56, no. 2 (1894)
MYASKOVSKY – Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Major, op. 12 (1911)
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PROKOFIEV – Adagio in C Major from Prince and Cinderella, arr. for cello and piano, op. 97bis (1944)
RACHMANINOFF – Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, op. 19 (1901)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

RACHMANINOFF AND HIS CIRCLE I

Sunday, April 30th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

G-SHARP DUO

EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON, violin
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

RACHMANINOFF – Romance in D minor for violin and piano, op. 6 (1892)
BORODIN – Nocturne in A Major from String Quartet in D Major, arr. for violin and piano (1881)
STRAVINSKY – Divertimento (After the Fairy’s Kiss) for violin and piano (1934)
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RUBINSTEIN – Romance in E-flat Major from Soirees a Saint-Petersbourg for violin and piano, op. 44 (1859)
PROKOFIEV – Five Melodies for violin and piano (1920)
MYASKOVSKY – Violin Sonata in F Major (1946-47)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

RACHMANINOFF AND HIS CIRCLE II

Sunday, May 14th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

G-SHARP DUO

EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON, violin
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY – Souvenir d’un lier cher for violin and piano, op. 42 (1878)
ARENSKY – 4 Morceaux for violin and piano, op. 30 (1894)
RACHMANINOFF – Hungarian Melody in D minor from Deux Morceaux, op. 6 (1893)
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SHOSTAKOVICH – Select Preludes for violin and piano, op. 34 (1932-33)
AUERBACH – Select Preludes for violin and piano (1999, rev. 2003)
PROKOFIEV – Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, op. 94a (1949)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

RUSSIAN PIANO TRIOS I

Sunday, June 4th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

DAVID MARKS, violin
NATHAN WHITTAKER, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY – June (Barcarolle) from The Seasons, op. 37a (1875)
MEDTNER – Canzona and Dance in C Major for violin and piano, op. 22 (1922-24)
GLINKA – Trio Pathetique in D minor for violin, cello and piano (1832)
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BORODIN – Pastorale from Cello Sonata in B minor (1860)
ARENSKY – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 32 (1894)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

RUSSIAN PIANO TRIOS II

Sunday, June 18th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

DAVID MARKS, violin
NATHAN WHITTAKER, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH – Prelude and Fugue in D Major, op. 87, no. 5 (1950-51)
TCHAIKOVSKY – Oh, Chante Encore! from 6 Romances, op. 16, no. 4, arr. for violin and piano (1872)
Humoreske in G Major for violin and piano, op. 10 (1871-72)
RACHMANINOFF – Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G minor (1892)
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ARENSKY – Chante triste in F# minor for cello and piano, op. 56 (1894)
TANEYEV – Piano Trio in D Major, op. 22 (1906-08)

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]

VIENNESE CLASSICAL TRIAD III

Sunday, August 27th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

DAVID MARKS, violin
NATHAN WHITTAKER, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

HAYDN – Piano Trio No. 43 in C Major, Hob. XV: 27 (1797)
MOZART – Piano Trio No. 6 in G Major, K. 564 (1788)
BEETHOVEN – Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major, op. 70, no. 2 (1807-08)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

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)

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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)

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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)

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)

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BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 7th, 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)

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REGER AND HIS WORLD III

Sunday, December 17th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.

DAVID MARKS, violin
JOSEPH STATEN, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

REGER – Select Humoresques for solo piano, op. 20 (1898)
CLARA SCHUMANN – Drei Romanzen for violin and piano, op. 22 (1853)
ROBERT SCHUMANN – Phantasiestucke for piano trio, op. 88 (1842)
ZEMLINSKY – Three Pieces for cello and piano (1891)
BRAHMS – Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, op. 87 (1882)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]