South Bay Chamber Music Society

05/26/2024

🌞🎶 While we take a summer break from our regular programming, we invite you to dive into a treasure trove of musical delights from our 2020-2021 season, using the links below. When COVID-19 paused live performances in 2020, SBCMS stepped up to produce these high-quality professional video recordings of an entire season, supporting both our talented musicians and our beloved audience. Each concert features introductory comments by the musicians. Enjoy the music, and we look forward to seeing you in the fall when our regular season resumes.
🎥 Watch full concerts here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPt4WRMa0Co
The New Hollywood String Quartet playing Schubert’s Quartettsatz, D. 703, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575, and Ravel’s String Quartet in F major, M. 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfaumLr_0Fw
The Thies Consort playing Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkrKTTSvnyw
The Pacific Trio playing Martinů’s Bergerettes for Violin, Cello and Piano, H. 275 and Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qFSxrG-Cg
The Los Angeles Wind Sextet playing Mozart’s Serenade in E-flat, K. 375, Gernot Wolfgang’s Three Short Stories, and Beethoven’s Sextet in E-flat, Op. 71
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDoUY4AgIKw
The Vanhauwaert Piano Quartet playing Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478, and Dvořák’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLyHWQhWNBA&t=28s
The Lyris Quartet playing Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36, Morricone’s Ricordare (from the film, Pure Formality), and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja_E7PKEwB0
Robert Thies and Phillip Levy playing Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 and Brahms’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in G major, Op. 78

For more information about South Bay Chamber Music Society, visit our website https://sbcms.net

03/08/2024

Join us for our final regular concert of the season, April 5 and April 7, when the magnificent Fiato Quartet presents masterpieces by Beethoven, Webern, and Mendelssohn.
https://www.fiatoquartet.com

02/22/2024

What better way to greet the month of March than a concert of pure vocal magic as the sublime women's a ca****la group, Seraphour, takes us on a musical journey spanning six centuries.

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝗽.𝗺. – Los Angeles Harbor College
𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 • 1111 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 • 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗽.𝗺. – Pacific Unitarian Church
5621 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢 • 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢

https://www.facebook.com/reel/717122907149694

https://www.facebook.com/seraphour

09/25/2023

We welcome the Thies Consort to begin our 2023-24 season!
Please join us this weekend for a concert exploring the relationship between Johannes Brahms and the Schumanns.




Robert Thies, Pianist

05/13/2023

We are happy to share David Brown's review for LA Opus of the Pacific Trio's concert of January 2023.

https://www.laopus.com/2023/02/piano-trios-by-turina-muczynski-and.html

The Pacific Trio: l-r John Walz, cello; Edith Orloff, piano; Roger Wilkie, violin. REVIEW The Pacific Trio, South Bay Chamber Music Society...

03/17/2023

We welcome the SBCMS debut of the Zelter Quartet, who graciously stepped in at last minute with a wonderful program to replace the Lyris Quartet, who had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances.

Please join us tonight or Sunday!

Zelter String Quartet

02/15/2023

We welcome back the New Hollywood String Quartet this coming weekend. Please join us!

11/22/2022

Thank you, David Brown, of LA Opus for the review of our recent concert of the Mozart and Beethoven Quintets for Piano and Winds:

The Thies Consort: l-r Jennifer Johnson Cullinan, Judith Farmer, Robert Thies, Laura Brenes, Sérgio Coelho. REVIEW The Thies Consort, South...

11/16/2022

Mozart wrote a letter to his father saying that this Quintet for Piano and Winds was the best piece he had yet written. Composed at the same time as a slew of piano concerti, this work also features the pianist in a soloistic fashion.

How wonderful to pair it with Beethoven’s own piece in the same key and structure, obviously inspired by Mozart’s work.

Come join us!

10/29/2022

10/08/2022

We look forward to welcoming back the Thies Consort next week to present two beloved Piano Quintets of Brahms and Dvorak!

Kerenza Peacock Andrew Duckles Robert Thies, Pianist

09/12/2022

We welcome the Elixir Trio to open our 2022-23 season!!
Come join us for this varied and beautiul program.

02/20/2022

Come hear Trio Céleste play two amazing D minor piano trios of Mendelssohn and Arensky.

Today: Pacific Unitarian Church, Palos Verdes, CA 3 PM

12/02/2021

Please come join us this weekend to hear some beautiful music. The slow movement of the Dvorak is not to be missed!

11/03/2021

We are happy to present this review by David Brown of LA Opus of our last concert featuring the New Hollywood String Quartet with guest cellist, Antonio Lysy.

https://www.laopus.com/2021/10/mozart-and-schubert-in-south-bay.html

The New Hollywood String Quartet, l-r : Tereza Stanislav (violin), Andrew Shulman (cello), Rafael Rishik (violin), and Robert Brophy (viola)...

10/24/2021

Happy to return to live concerts and present the New Hollywood String Quartet in a performance tomorrow at 3 PM at the Pacific Unitarian Church. The program will feature Schubert's masterpiece, the String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 with guest cellist, Antonio Lysy.

Please join us!

10/02/2021

We are very happy to share David Brown’s very positive review of our opening concert by SAKURA Cello Quintet.

https://www.laopus.com/2021/10/expanding-cello-quintet-repertoire.html

Sakura Cello Quintet: l-r Peter Myers, Stella Cho, Benjamin Lash, Michael Kaufman, Yoshida Masuka (in this performance Ben Solomonow stood ...

09/18/2021

At long last, we proudly announce the return of live concerts. We welcome SAKURA Cello Quintet to open the 2021-22 series this coming Friday, September 24th, at 8 PM at Harbor College. They will repeat this concert on Sunday, September 26th at 3 PM, at the Pacific Unitarian Church.

SAKURA will offer a very eclectic and exciting program sure to please all listeners. They are amazing musicians and arrangers, and will provide a most inspiring return to live concerts.

Please join us!

04/17/2021

Please tune in tomorrow for the final performance of our 2020-21 virtual concert season. We feature pianist Robert Thies and violinist Phillip Levy in sonatas of Beethoven and Brahms.

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 no. 2
Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 1 in G Major, Op. 78

Please go to www.sbcms.net to see the premiere tomorrow at 3 PM. The video will remain available for later viewing.

03/12/2021

We welcome you to tune in this Sunday or anytime thereafter to hear the Lyris Quartet in performances of Britten and Shostakovich.

Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op 110
Morricone/Maurer: Ricordare

The concert goes live this Sunday at 3 PM.
www.sbcms.net

The Los Angeles based Lyris Quartet performs Britten's Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36, Shostakovich's autobiographical String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op....