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SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008

Brasil Guitar Duo

Scarlatti: Sonata in C
Bach: French Suite No. 3
Piazzolla: Zita
Samba, Maxixe, Choro and Baião

The Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the prestigious Concert Artists Guild International Competition, come from São Paulo to thrill us with classical favorites and the traditional rhythms from their native Brazil.

Click here to see a flier for the event.

 

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 at 5:00pm

As The World Turns

Piazzolla: Four Seasons for Piano Trio
Bright Sheng: Four Movements for Piano Trio
Arensky: Trio in D Minor, Op. 32

Travel the globe with a trio that tangos, speaks Chinese, and wallows in Russian passion. Let your ears do the walking.

 

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SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007

Pianissimo! A Benefit For South Country Concerts

Join South Country Concerts for an evening of great music, fine food and wine! "Pianissimo" is a benefit performance for South Country Concerts. The concert will begin at 5:00pm, with a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception following the performance.

The program will be as follows:

Haydn: Piano Sonata in E minor
Chopin: Ballade in F minor
Rachmaninoff: Two Etude-Tableaux
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
TATJANA  RANKOVICH, solo piano - Voted “Best of the Year” by Fanfare Magazine

 

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2007-2008 Series Performers:

Michael Douglas Jones, Bass
Steven Fayette, Double Bass
Richard Pearson Thomas, Piano
Laurinel Owen, Cello
Naho Tsutsui, Violin
João Luiz, Guitar
Douglas Lora, Guitar

 

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006

Germanic Giants

Brahms: Andantino from Trio in A minor
Mozart: Concert Rondo for Clarinet
Finzi: Three Bagatelles
Beethoven: Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano

Mozart composed extensively for the clarinet, a tradition continued by Beethoven and Brahms in their chamber music with cello and piano. Naomi Drucker, often guest with the New York Philharmonic, joins us.

 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2007

Music of Angels

Saint-Saëns: Fantasie for Violin & Harp
Debussy: Prelude, Beau Soir, Arabesque
Amy Beach: Three Songs for Violin & Harp
Bartok: Rumanian Dances

Violinist Renee Jolles, from New York’s Orpheus Ensemble, and Susan Jolles harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Naumberg Prize winner will dazzle us with audience favorites. Renee Jolles is the concertmaster of New York's famed Orpheus Orchestra and her mother, Susan Jolles is a Naumberg Award winner and principal harpist for the American composer's Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

The program includes: Bartok "Roumanian Dances"; Spohr "Sonata in C minor"; Debussy "Arabesques"; Saint-Saens "Fantasie for violin and harp" and Albeniz "Sevilla."

Tickets are $20 at the door. Information: (631) 286-1592.

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007

Gypsy, Magic and Blues

Beethoven: Variations on Mozart’s “Magic Flute”
Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Piano
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor

Beethoven was inspired by the magic of Mozart’s operatic melody, Ravel by American jazz and Brahms by Hungarian gypsies.

Performers:
Naho Tsutsui, Violin   
Laura Mole, Viola
Laurinel Owen, Cello
Richard Pearson Thomas, Piano 

Tickets are $20 at the door ($5 for students). For more information call 631-286-1592.

Dedicate a concert or piece to a loved one for a special occasion! Call Laurinel Owen for more information at 286-1592
 

2006-2008 Series Performers:

Laurinel Owen, Cello
Richard Pearson Thomas, Piano
Naho Tsutsui, Violin
Laura Mole, Viola
Naomi Drucker, Clarinet
Renée Jolles, Violin
Susan Jolles, Harp

 

2005-2006 Sound Investment Series
 
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2006

Spring Fever

Benefit Concert and Reception for South Country Concerts. Tickets are $50.00 per person. For more information, call 631-286-1592.

South Country Concerts now has non-profit status! As a Charitable Organization your tickets and donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. The funds raised by this event will enable the series to expand our innovative programming, Arts Education, and allow us to bring a wider variety of accomplished performers to Bellport. Your generous support is greatly appreciated.

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2006

Gone Fishin’

Handel: Sonata for Trumpet & Strings
Schubert: “Trout” Quintet
Saint-Saëns: Septet for Trumpet, Strings & Piano

We introduce the soaring sound of the trumpet to our series. Saint-Saëns’ thrilling septet is paired with the familiar energy of the Baroque Trumpet Sonata. Inspired by nature Schubert’s Trout Quintet illustrates the sublime beauty of melody.

 

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

Winter Tropics

Pearson Thomas: Remembering the Call from the Mountain for Bass Flute
Handel: Arias for Counter - Tenor Villa-Lobos: Jet Whistle for Flute & Cello
Ravel: Chansons Medecasses for Baritone, Flue, Cello & Piano
Weber: Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano 

Experience the exotic through the impressionistic music of Ravel, the Brazilian flavors of Villa-Lobos and the specialized repertoire of the Baroque counter-tenor. A tour de force program with virtuoso flutist, Linda Wetherill-Smith and the versatile singer, Bruce Ramecker.

 

NOVEMBER 6, 2005

Phoenix Rising                  

Copland: Old American Songs
Four Negro Spirituals
Barber: A Hand of Bridge, a one-act chamber opera
Pearson Thomas: Ascension

The spectacular singers of the Phoenix Quartet use their incomparable voices and distinctive staging to charm their audiences who experience first-hand how song, with its melding of poetry and music, creates community and celebrates life.

 

2005-2006 Series Performers:

Laurinel Owen, Cello
Richard Pearson Thomas, Piano
Naho Tsutsui, Violin
Andrew Perea, Violin
Chris Shaughnessy, Viola
Steven Fayette, Contrabass
Doug Mendocha, Trumpet
Linda Weatherill-Smith, Flute
Bruce Rameker, Baritone
Phoenix Vocal Quartet

 

2004-2005 Series

MARCH 13, 2005

Some Like It Hot                

Rossini: Duo for Cello and Contrabass                
Johnson: Failing for Contrabass & Monologue      
Rzewski: To the Earth for 4 Flower Pots and speaking percussionist         
Bolling: Suite for Cello and Jazz Trio

 

JANUARY 30, 2005

Inspired By Masters                      

Handel: Passacaglia                                                     
Beethoven: Piano Trio “The Ghost”                                  
Frank: Sonata for Violin and Piano                                  
Dohnanyi: Serenade for String Trio                                  
Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings

 

NOVEMBER 14, 2004

Baroque to Broadway                  

Songs and Duets by:

Henry Purcell, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Gabriele Fauré, and Richard Pearson Thomas

 

2004-2005 Series Performers:

Laurinel Owen, Cello
Richard Pearson Thomas, Pianoo
Andrew Perea, Violin
Chris Shaughnessy, Viola
Steven Fayette, Contrabasss
Dylan Benson, Percussion
Karie Brown, Mezzo-soprano
Bruce Rameker, Baritone

 

2003-2004 Series

MAY 2, 2004

American Echoes  

“Voices of 9/11” by Richard Pearson Thomas
Songs by Steven Foster
“Dumky Trio” for Piano, Violin and Cello by Dvorak

Performers:

Deborah Birnbaum, Soprano
Laurinel Owen, Cello
Richard Pearson Thomas, Piano
Guest Artists 

Featuring songs with poetry commemorating the events of 9/11 set to the hauntingly beautiful music of Richard Pearson Thomas.

 

MARCH 21, 2004

Gypsy Folklore                   

Three Hungarian Dances by Brahms
"Ningun: Improvisation" by Bloch
Gypsy Songs by Dvorak
New York Klezmer Band  

Inspired by gypsy melodies, classical composers wrote some of their most thrilling music. Experience the lively New York Klezmer Band performing music from the Eastern European Jewish Tradition.
 

OCTOBER 19, 2003

Lovers and Other Ties                 

Movements from String Quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
Kurt Weill: Songs
Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings