CPMF Musical Moments

Here is our compilation of Musical Moments that we created and presented during the spring of our "covid hibernating."

 We hope these will bring you some peace of mind and joy as we weather this current storm together.
Just click on the MM you'd like to see again, you'll be taken to that MM page.

MM1
Pianist Viktor Valkov with
Beethoven's "Moonlight"
Sonata.

MM2
Violist Bruce Williams and pianist Jeffrey Sykes perform Rebecca Clarke's 1944 "I'll Bid My Heart Be Still."

MM3
Violist Molly Carr & pianist
Anna Petrova perform George Gershwin's Three Preludes for Viola and Piano.

MM4 
Baritone Timothy Jones & pianist Jeffrey Sykes perform
Hugo Wolf's Begegnung (Encounter).

MM5
Cellist Jonah Kim and pianist Scott Cuellar perform Chopin's 1846 Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, 1st movement.

MM6 
We share James Scott Balentine's "The Three Billy Goat Gruffs," a classic children's tale showcasing the string family: violin, viola, cello and double bass.

MM7 
Mozart: B-flat Duo for violin & viola with Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio playing both parts of the duo. 

MM8
Jeff Garza & Johanna Yarbrough, horns; Sandy Yamamoto & Stephanie, violins; Carole Cook, viola; and Lachezar Kostov, cello mesmerized the audience  
when they performed Beethoven's Sextet in E-flat, Op. 81b for two horns & strings (1795), 1st movement.

MM9 
Ilya Shterenberg, clarinet and Scott Cuellar, piano performed Jean Françaix's Tema con variazioni for clarinet and piano.

MM10

Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, violin and Jeffrey Sykes, piano perform Ravel's "Blues" second movement from his Sonata for Violin & Piano.

MM11 
The virtuosic Katarzyna Bryla, violist and violinist, performs al fresca the Kaprys Polski (1949) by Grazyna Bacewicz.

MM12
Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio performs another piece by
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) — Quartet for 4 Violins, Finale: Molto allegro.

MM13

Dmitri Pogorelov & Colin Sorgi, violins, along with Lachezar Kostov, cello and Christina Scott Edelen, harpsichord perform Purcell's exquisite Sonata a 4 No. 1 in B Minor, Z. 802 for 2 violins & basso continuo.

MM14

We highlight Pulitzer Prize winning composer Kevin Puts' 2000 "Aria for Piano and Violin." Ryo Yanagitani, piano, and Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, violin perform.

MM15

We celebrate fall with composer Judd Greenstein's 2003 "Catskill Creek" from his Summer Dances for clarinet, viola and double bass performed by Ilya Shterenberg, Bruce Williams and Evan Premo.

MM16: Winter Soirée
Stephanie and Jeffrey Sykes perform works by Rebecca Clarke, David Baker, Florence Price and Ethel Smyth.

MM17: Valentine's Day
Enjoy this performance by Stephanie and Jeffrey Sykes
as they play Amy Beach's "Romance."