CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY TO PRESENT MEMBERS OF L A PHILHARMONIC AND PIANIST ROBERT THIES NOVEMBER 30th AT DISNEY HALL

by Anne French

Pianist Robert Thies will join members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic next Tuesday, November 30th, at 8:00 p.m. in Walt Disney Concert Hall. The program is sponsored by the Chamber Music Society and features Thies in Dvorák's "Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65."

No stranger to Los Angeles concert goers, and a frequent soloist with orchestras throughout California and beyond, Mr. Thies is a much sought after soloist and ensemble performer. In 1995, he became the first American pianist to win the top prize in a Russian international piano competition since Van Cliburn's 1958 triumph. Later this season, he will perform the Schumann Concerto with the Pasadena Symphony, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Virginia Symphony and the Chopin E minor Concerto with the Naples Philharmonic.

Also included in Tuesday night's concert are Martinu's "Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano," and Nielsen's "Wind Quintet." Scored for flute, oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet, French horn, and bassoon, Nielsen’s Quintet was originally dedicated to the Copenhagen Wind Quintet, who gave the premiere in 1922. An immediate success, it is now considered one of the major 20th century works for winds, a staple of wind quintet repertoire. Log in to http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4349

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Here is the complete program:

MARTINU Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
Catherine Karoly, flute
Jonathan Karoly, cello
Norman Krieger, piano
NIELSEN Wind Quintet Op. 43
Sarah Jackson, flute
Anne Gabriele, oboe
Monica Kaenzig, clarinet
Shawn Mouser, bassoon
Bruce Hudson, horn

Intermission

DVORAK Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
Shelley Bovyer, violin
Barry Gold, cello
Robert Thies, piano