Bi-monthly Intermezzo: Chamber Music at the Fountain
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323-663-1525
Show Days: 1 1 - Curtain
Dark Days: 11 - 6
Closed Tues.
World Class. Up close and personal. Bathe your soul in beautiful and stirring chamber music as you’ve never heard it. At the intimate Fountain Theatre, you’re just a few feet away from the glorious music of Schubert, Dvorak, and Bax. Violist Connie Kupka and cellist David Speltz welcome guest artists Ana Landauer (principal 2nd violin of the L.A. Opera Orchestra) and Roger Wilkie (concertmaster of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra), both on violin, and Leslie Reed (principal oboe of the L.A. Opera and Los Angeles Master Chorale orchestras) on oboe, for an evening of Franz Schubert, Arnold Bax, and Anton Dvorak. Don’t miss it!
PROGRAM
1. Quartet in C minor (“Quartett-Satz”) F.ranz Schubert
Allegro Assai (one movement)
2. Quintet for oboe and strings - Arnold Bax
Tempo molto moderato
Lento espressivo
Allegro giocoso
3. String Quartet in F major, op. 96 ,("American Quartet") - Antonín Dvořák
Allegro mon non troppo
Lento
Molto vivace
Vivace ma non troppo
Upcoming Performances:
GUEST ARTISTS
Currently principal 2nd violin of the Los Ageless Opera Orchestra, Ana Landauer has been with the company since 2001. At age six, she began her violin studies at the Tchaikovsky Academy of Music and won several national violin competitions in her native Armenia. Ana debuted with the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia at 14 and has performed in major halls throughout Armenia since then. In the United States, she attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, completing her Artist Diploma program. She later studied with renowned violin professor Robert Lipsett at the University of Southern California, earning her Advanced Studies Diploma. Ana appeared in the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Shady Side Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and served as Concermistress and Guest Soloist for the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. She won the Elizabeth Harper Vaughn International Competition in Tennessee, She has performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Mozart Camerata and has been often heard on Classical 105.1 FM. Ana Landauer is an active chamber musician in the greater Los Angeles area.
Leslie Reed is principal oboe of the L.A. Opera Orchestra. In addition, she is currently principal oboe of the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra. Her past positions include principal oboe of the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, Glendale Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra and the Long Beach Symphony. She has appeared as guest principal oboe with the LA Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony, San Diego Symphony and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Ms Reed was invited to serve as acting associate principal oboe of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the 1994-95 season under music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, including tours of Asia, Europe and the Eastern United States. She was associate principal oboe of the Carmel Bach Festival for ten years, has performed extensively as solo oboe with Camerata Pacifica and has appeared with Jacaranda, La Jolla Summerfest and the Ojai Festival. Ms Reed has appeared as soloist many times with local ensembles performing the concertos of Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Richard Strauss and David Newman. Her career has also extended to the Hollywood Studios participating in the scores for hundreds of films. Ms Reed was a First Prize Winner in the 1985 Coleman Competition and a semi-finalist in the 1988 Bert Lucarelli International Competition for Solo Oboists. She is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. Her principal teachers include Wayne Rapier, John Mack and Allan Vogel.
A native of Los Angeles, violinist Roger Wilkie began his violin studies at age 13. Eight years later, he joined the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as one of its youngest members, eventually being appointed principal second violin. In 1990, Roger was appointed concertmaster of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, a position he holds to this day. He is also currently concertmaster of the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra. A frequent soloist with the Long Beach Symphony, he has been featured in performances of the majority of the standard violin concerto repertoire. Roger is a much sought after soloist and chamber musician. He was a founding member of the Angeles String Quartet, performing and touring from 1988-1993. He was solo violinist with the Santa Barbara based Camerata Pacifica, on whose series he played hundreds of concerts as recitalist and chamber musician. Roger has recorded and toured extensively as a member of the critically acclaimed Pacific Trio, including a performance at the Silver Lire International Festival of Chamber Music in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has participated in the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, and the Mainly Mozart Festival. He is a frequent performer with the Music Guild of Los Angeles, the South Bay Chamber Music Society, and many others. In January 2023, Roger was invited by L. A. Opera Music Director James Conlon to serve as guest associate concertmaster with the Baltimore Symphony for performances of the Verdi Requiem. In great demand as a concertmaster for the Hollywood studio orchestras, Roger has served in that capacity for many of Hollywood’s leading composers. Since 2005, he has had the honor of serving as concertmaster for the motion picture scores of legendary composer John Williams, including the last three episodes of the Star Wars franchise, The Fabelmans, and the soon to be released Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.