FREE CONCERT: UP CLOSE & CLASSICAL - OBOE QUARTETS

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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. We attended several concerts and really enjoyed them. Join us for their next concert, followed maybe by a dinner.

Date: Sunday, February 1st – 4:00PM

Venue: St Cornelius Catholic Church 5500 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808
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possible dinner afterwards, details TBD

Free and open to the public. No tickets needed.
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with Rong-Huey Liu, principal oboe of the LONG BEACH Symphony.

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Oboe Quartet KV 370
Jiří Družecký (Druschetzky) Quartet in G minor for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello
Benjamin Britten – Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio, Op.2
Ernest John Moeran – Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings

Here are excerpts of the likely program , played by different performers:

Mozart: Oboe Quartet KV 370
https://youtu.be/SwTmzmi4AkQ

Benjamin Britten – Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio, Op.2
https://youtu.be/vrjaYG7rrso

Ernest John Moeran – Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings
https://youtu.be/TfYqGFly-zw

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.

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