Margaret Tait, cello (l) and Alison Luedecke, piano (r)
Monday, September 26, 2022
12 PM
Cellist Margaret Tait joined the San Francisco Symphony directed by Seiji Ozawa in 1974. Although engaged throughout her career as an orchestral musician, she has a deep and abiding love for chamber music. She is a founding member of the Aurora String Quartet, performing worldwide for twenty-two years. Margaret recently relocated to San Diego and will be focusing on performing works for solo cello and chamber ensembles. She and Alison met while playing for Mainly Mozart in Del Mar during the pandemic!
Dr. Alison Luedecke, organist & harpsichordist, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music in Organ Performance. Alison is a founding member of San Diego Baroque and the Millennia Consort. She performs regularly with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra and has performed with the San Diego Symphony and other chamber ensembles and symphonies. Currently, she is a Music Director and Organist at the Church of the Nativity in Rancho Santa Fe.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
arr. S. Isserlis
Andante con Variazioni
Florence Price (1887–1953)
Adoration for cello and piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Sicilienne
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
arr. Silva
Roumanian Folk Dances
Jocul cu bata (Stick Dance)
Braul (Sash Dance)
Pe Loc (In One Spot)
Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
Maruntel (Fast Dance)
Arvo Part (1935–)
spiegel im spiegel (1978)
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Waldesruhe (Restful Woods)
op. 68, no. 2
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
arr. Piatigorsky
Divertimento for cello and piano
Adagio
Menuet
Allegro di molto
Free concerts at noon every 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 Monday at noon and last about an hour.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:50 a.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert.
Masks optional. If you have a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms, please stay home.