Final Southwest Chamber Summer Season Concert at The Huntington
Southwest Chamber Music concludes this year's summer season at The Huntington in San Marino Aug. 21 and 22.--photo courtesy Southwest Chamber Music
One of the most unique ensembles in Southern California performs at one of the area’s truly beautiful sites: Southwest Chamber Music at The Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
This weekend, Saturday, Aug. 21 and Sunday, Aug. 22 is the last opportunity to enjoy the spectacular summer setting of the Loggia of the art gallery and hear the twice-winning Grammy chamber group.
Following its traditional programming, Southwest Chamber Music will perform the music of Franz Schubert, Mozart and Johannes Brahms but also include a contemporary piece by Alexandra du Bois , the 29 year-old composer who was one of the composers-in-residence for the “Ascending Dragon Music Festival” with Vietnam.
Music to be heard on both the Saturday and Sunday program will be Schubert’s “Notturno in E-flat”, Mozart’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Brahms’ “Trio” and du Bois’ “L’apothéose d’un rêve” (“Apotheosis of a Dream”). Du Bois’ compositions have come to the attention of top musicians around the world. “L’apothéose…” was composed for the farewell tour of the Beaux Arts Trio and received its world premiere at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 2006. Concerts this summer have carried the nickname “Concerts for Arabella [Huntington]” and featured contemporary women composers. Du Bois’ works have been programmed by Southwest Chamber Music five times in the last two years to audience approval.
- Alexadra du Bois
To make an evening of it, for the first time picnicking is allowed on The Huntington grounds and you are welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating in the lawn area adjacent to the Loggia. Or, when ordering tickets, concert-goers can reserve a table for a pre-concert specially prepared gourmet dinner at The Huntington Tea Room which is next to the Rose Garden on the famed grounds.
Dinners are served between 5:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. and priced at $55 which includes tax and tip. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person for seating in the Loggia or $28 per person, on the lawn. Student rush lawn tickets are $10 available on the day of the concert.
The Huntington is located at 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino with entry at the Allen Ave.-Orlando Rd. gate. Parking is free. Information: (800) 726-7147 or visit www.swmusic.org.
By Bill Peters
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