Welcome to our 2019/2020 season of Wednesday Noon Concerts! Today we are featuring the Gold Coast Chamber Players!
Program
THE BAROQUE STYLE
All arrangements by Luigi Piovano except where noted
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Grazia Raimondi, violin
Pamela Freund-Striplen, viola
Luigi Piovano, cello
La Follia Archangelo Corelli
Viola Concerto in G Major Georg F. Telemann
Allegro
Andante
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons,”Winter” (L’inverno)- Largo
Cello Sonata No. 1 Benedetto Marcello
Adagio
Allegro
Violin Concerto in A Major, D.96 Giuseppe Tartini
Adagio
Goldberg Variations J.S. Bach- arr.Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Aria
Variation 1
Variation 12, Canone alla Quarta
Aria
The Gold Coast Chamber Players have been leading the way as one of the nation’s first chamber music collectives since 1987. Performing first in Victorian mansions in the heart of the Alameda Gold Coast, GCCP continues to create this same intimacy in larger venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Winner of the Arts and Culture Award for Contra Costa County and Best East Bay Chamber Group, GCCP provides vibrant concert experiences with ongoing series in both Lafayette and Piedmont. Dedicated to quality, connection, and transformation, GCCP also provides engaging classroom experiences in public schools throughout Contra Costa County. Our mission is to foster greater connection and transformation through top-quality, thematic concert experiences with internationally renowned musicians. Featured at today’s performance are GCCP founder and violist Pamela Freund-Striplen, and two Italian musicians, cellist Luigi Piovano and violinist Grazia Raimondi. Luigi is Principal cellist of the Symphony Orchestra of National Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome, and performs and conducts world-wide. His many recordings include Bach’s Goldberg Variations with Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Grazia, a Fulbright scholar and active performer throughout Italy and Japan, plays a 1783 Giuseppe Gagliano violin.
ABOUT NOON CONCERTS Every Wednesday, for the past 7 years we have offered complimentary classical concerts featuring renowned musicians from around the world. The Wednesday concert series has become a special place where community and friends can gather for the love of live music and discover something new and beautiful each and every week.
We want to offer the inspiration of live music to every community member, regardless of financial ability – so we offer these concerts free of charge to the public. Concerts are approximately an hour long take place in the Tivoli room, where both the audience and musicians can sit in close proximity, creating an intimate concert setting. Please take a look at our calendar of these special events and join us!
