SPACE SALON CONCERT SERIES

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Since 2005, SPaCE Salons (Salon Prober Cohen Evenings) has been presenting chamber music, vocal artists and silent film in an intimate art-filled salon in the San Fernando Valley.  With Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble in residence, the Salon hosts musicians, singers, artists, actors and speakers in programs designed to bring the audience into a closer relationship with the music.

Admission $25

7:00 p.m. Reception/ 7:30 p.m. Concert

For Reservations call 818-881-9948

For concert address and to RSVP, email vikchamberensemble@gmail.com

2025

Friday, May 16, 2025

"THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY"

Aaron Copland :  "Simple Gifts" from Appalachian Spring (arr. Link Harnsberger)

William Grant Still:  Pastorela for violin and piano

Maria Newman:  Appalachian Duets for two violins

Rebecca Clarke:  Lullaby and Grotesque for viola and cello

Johannes Brahms:  Trio in C major, Op. 87 for violin, cello and piano

VIKLARBO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Maria Newman, violin      Scott Hosfeld, viola   

Paula Hochhalter, cello    Wendy Prober, piano  

Saturday, March 15, 2025

"BITTER AND SWEET:  MELODIES TO SOOTHE THE SOUL"

Charlie Chaplin:  Smile

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Trio in Eb, K. 498 "Kegellstatt" for violin, viola and piano

Maria Newman:  Sonata for piano"Maskil" 

Ernest Bloch:  Ba'al Shem Suite for violin and piano 

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Trio in G major, Op. 9 no. 1 for violin, viola and cello

Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell

VIKLARBO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Maria Newman, violin 

Scott Hosfeld, viola 

Paula Hochhalter, cello 

Wendy Prober, piano  

2024

Saturday, October 5, 2024

"TOGETHER/ALONe"

Duos and Solos for violin, viola and piano, 

with a special tribute to the Israeli hostages taken on October 7, including Alon Ohel, a 23 year old pianist

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 no. 2 for violin and piano

Dick Kattenburg:  Tempo di Blues for piano solo

Chick Corea:  Where Have I Known You Before, for piano solo

Maria Newman:  Dances for Deliverance for viola solo

William Grant Still:  Three Visions for piano solo

Johannes Brahms:  Sonata No 3 in d minor, Op. 108 for violin and piano 

Maria Newman, violin and viola

Wendy Prober, piano

Saturday, May 4, 2024

"A MOTHER'S LOVE"-- MUSIC FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

J.S. Bach:  Selections from Inventions, arranged for violin and cello
Robert Schumann:  Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (A Woman's Love and Life)  

for voice and piano
Edward Elgar:  Salut d'Amour for violin and piano
Edvard Grieg:  Grandmother's Minuet from Lyric Pieces
                                 A Mother's Grief and The Old Mother from Song Transcriptions
Leonard Bernstein:  Dream with Me for voice, cello and piano
Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick (arr. Bennet Salvay):  "Sabbath Prayer" from  Fiddler on the Roof                       
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:  Five Negro Melodies, Op. 59 for piano trio

Diana Tash, mezzo-soprano    Nina Evtuhov, violin

Paula Hochhalter, cello    Wendy Prober, piano

Friday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m.

SONGS (AND MUSIC) WITHOUT WORDS

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Song Without Words, Op. 109 for cello and piano

FRANK BRIDGE

 Phantasy Quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano
MARIA NEWMAN
The Ninth Hour of Divine Office for viola and piano
EDVARD GRIEG
Song Transcriptions for solo piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

String Trio in G major, Op. 9 no. 1 for violin, viola and cello

Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble

Maria Newman, violin and viola          Scott Hosfeld, viola

Paula Hochhalter, cello          Wendy Prober, piano

2023

Space Salon is BACK with a new concert 

celebrating Spring and the return of our series after Covid

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Saturday April 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Spring: A Season of New Beginnings

Music of Renewal and Reinvention

(and the delayed 150th anniversary of Beethoven's birth!)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold:  Gardenscene  from Much Ado About Nothing

Eric Zeisl:  Five Lieder

Maria Newman:  Solus for violin and cello

Géza Frid:  Quasi Improvisando from Sonata for Violin and Piano

Dick Kattenburg:  Tempo di 'blues' for piano

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Elegy on the Death of a Poodle

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Sonata for Piano and Violin, "Spring," No. 5, Op. 24

Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble

Maria Newman, violin          Paula Hochhalter, cello

Wendy Prober, piano

with

Audrey Yoder, soprano

For concert address and to RSVP, email vikchamberensemble@gmail.com

Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  

All donations are tax-deductible as permitted by law.