"Musical
Sunday Afternoons" Concerts
Katia Popov, Music
Director
All the concerts
in general are held at our home, the Beverly Hills Presbyterian
Church; the historic facility and the amazing acoustics of the Beverly
Hills Presbyterian Church are unique to Los Angeles.
You
are invited to enjoy beautiful chamber, choral, orchestral, and
jazz music played by award-winning musicians from around the world.
The goal of the series
is to bring the community together by showing that music can serve
as a model for cooperation and collaboration. By valuing artistic
and professional excellence, the music is an example of the possibilities
of democracy, tolerance, and humanity.
Unless otherwise noted, all of our concerts are
FREE
to the public
and held on Sunday at 4:00 PM at the
Beverly
Hills Presbyterian Church - 505 N. Rodeo Drive
at Santa Monica Blvd.
in Beverly Hills.
A map to the church is available at the bottom
of this page.
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| October
24th, Sunday
at 4:00 pm |
Katia Popov -
Violin Randy Kerber
- Piano L.
van Beethoven, Sonata Op. 47 “Kreutzer” César
Frank, Sonata in A Major The
artists will make a special appearance together for this
concert to perform the works of
Beethoven and Frank which are the cornerstone
masterpieces of the Violin/Piano chamber music repertoire. Ms.
Popov and Mr. Kerber have
each established eminent
careers and both radiate an irresistibly engaging presence.
Ms. Popov is the First Violinist of the California String
Quartet and holds Principal positions with the Hollywood Bowl
Orchestra and the Long Beach Symphony and is the
exConcertmaster of the European S-y Orhestra. Mr. Kerber
is the pianist of choice for some of the most famous
Hollywood Film composers such as John Williams, James Horner,
Alan Silvestri, David Newman and James Newton Howard. He has
an Academy Award nomination for his work on “The Color
Purple”.
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| January
16th, Sunday
at 4:00 pm |
Wellesley
College Choir One
of the finest collegiate choirs in the U. S. makes it’s
first California tour under the direction of Dr. Lisa Graham.
The program will include works by Bach, Mendelssohn,
Stephen Paulus,
Billy Joel and others. FREE |
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| February
20th, Sunday
at 4:00 pm |
California
String Quartet - (Ensemble
in Residence at BHPC) Katia Popov, Violin
Sam Fischer, Violin Andrew Duckles, Viola
Armen Ksajikian, Cello With
Special Guest, cellist
Andrew Shulman Program:
Haydn Str. Q. Op. 20 #6, Schostakovich Str. Q #3;
Borodin Quintet The
quartet’s successful collaboration with one of the most
sought after cellists of our time, Andrew Shulman, continues
with his appearance with them on this special program with a
rare performance of the Borodin Double Cello Quintet. “Speaking
strictly in terms of execution, the chamber music concert
given by the California String Quartet on April 24th at the
Zipper represented complete musical perfection. “
Dorian, The Outlook FREE |
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| April
4th, Sunday
at 4:00 pm |
Marc
Lowenstein, Tenor Our
distinguished tenor soloist will present his first recital at
BHPC since joining our staff last year. Program TBA. FREE |
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| May
22nd, Sunday
at 4:00 pm |
J. S. BACH - B Minor Mass Emily
May, soprano Kelley
O’Connor, Mezzo Marc
Lowenstein, tenor, Paul Berkolds, Bass Nick Strimple, Conductor The
Choral Society of Southern California, BHPC Chancel Choir and
the YMF Debut Orchestra will present J.S. Bach’s celebrated
masterpiece. The insight and the power of his music will take
you on an amazing mystical journey of revelation. |
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