FREE CONCERT: UP CLOSE & CLASSICAL CONCERT, MOZART & SMETANA

It is the mission of UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL to present chamber music that will be transformative to all participants, offering concerts but also a preparation into appreciation.

Date: Sunday, May 25, 4:00 pm

Venue: St Gregory’s Episcopal Church – 6201 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90815.

Free and open to the public

Possible dinner afterwards, details TBD

Free and open to the public. No tickets needed.
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Program: W.A. Mozart’s “Dissonance” quartet #19 ; Bedrich Smetana quartet #1 “From my life”

Videos:
Here are excerpts of the likely program (to be confirmed), played by different performers.

Mozart: String Quartet No. 19, Dissonance | Gewandhaus Quartet

Bedřich Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor 'From My Life', JB 1:105

UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL activities are informed by the below vision, The purposes for which UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL is created are to stimulate and support the appreciation and performance of chamber music.

• By presenting chamber music concerts at which the public can hear works deemed worthy of performance and performed by artists selected by UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL.
• By presenting, sponsoring or providing for programs and activities designed to stimulate and encourage exposure to and understanding, knowledge and appreciation of the literature, history and performance of chamber music.

More info and bios here

Mission Statement