Photo by Bruce Dorcy

Monday, September 27, 2021

12 PM

Free concerts at noon every other Monday from fall through spring . . . no wonder the Mini-Concerts are the longest-running and one of the most popular classical music series at the library! This series was founded by Glenna Hazleton in 1970 at the Athenaeum, and has been going strong ever since. The concerts feature both local and touring musicians, prize-winning students, university music faculty members, local chamber ensembles. . . and the repertoire also includes jazz, folk and world music. There are no reservations, no tickets . . . just line up at the side door of the Athenaeum before noon. (Donations are always welcome!) Mini-Concerts take place every other Monday at noon and last about an hour.

Beethoven to Broadway

The San Diego Chamber Music Society's popular hour-long concert program: "From Beethoven to Broadway, music for Horn and Piano", featuring selections from famous composers of the past; Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Cherubini and 20th century American composers like Burt Bacharach, Mitch Leigh, Stephen Schwartz, Jerome Kern and Henry Mancini. This is a light-hearted look at some of our most requested pieces from over 25 years of horn-piano concerts; there is something here for everyone to enjoy.  Since 2010 they have performed this program over 75 times at libraries and senior/community centers from San Diego to San Francisco and Seattle. 

Since 2018 they have performed at the public libraries in Corona, Borrego Springs, Coronado, Temecula, Julian, Lakeside, Scripps Ranch, La Mesa, Rancho San Diego, Escondido, Point Loma, Vista and Alpine and the retirement communities Wesley Palms, Seacrest Village, Mt Miguel Covenant Village, Chateau La Jolla, Casa de las Campanas, Rossmoor Walnut Creek, The Glen at Scripps Ranch, Carlsbad by the Sea, La Vida Del Mar, White Sands of La Jolla and Casa de Manana. 

The performers are Bruce Dorcy- horn and Beverly Reese Dorcy- piano. As usual, there will be an interesting dialogue about the pieces and the composers and an amusing anecdote or two.  New this year is music from Phantom of the Opera and Wicked.

Beverly Reese Dorcy—piano/percussion, was formerly principal percussionist with the Fresno Philharmonic, Tacoma Opera, Bellevue Philharmonic, San Francisco Women's Philharmonic, Monterey Opera, Monterey Pops Orchestra, Golden Gate Opera and Classical Philharmonic. She has also performed extensively with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera and Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho.

Bruce Dorcy—french horn, was a member of the National Ballet of Canada and Canadian Opera Orchestras for 24 years (asst. principal/third horn) and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra for 11 years (principal horn) and also played on Broadway in New York for 6 years ("Fiddler on the Roof", "Promises, Promises", "Man of La Mancha"). Occasional performances with the New York City Opera, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Toronto Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Western Opera Theatre, Opera San Jose, Monterey Opera, Monterey Pops, Golden Gate Opera, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Las Vegas Philharmonic etc.

Program:

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sonata in F Major

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Horn Sonata Op. 17

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Sonate No. 1

Felix Mendelsohn (1809- 1847)
Lied ohne Worte Op. 109

Franz Strauss (1822-1905)
Nocturno Op. 7

Burt Bacharach  (1928- ) 
Promises, Promises

Burt Bacharach
“What do you get when you fall in live”

Mitch Leigh  (1928- )
Man of La Mancha

Mitch Leigh  (1928- )
“To Dream the Impossible Dream”

Jerry Bock (1928-2010)
“To Life” from Fiddler on the Roof

Jerry Bock (1928-2010)
“Sunrise, Sunset”

Henry Mancini (1924-1994)
The Pink Panther