Sun 4/26 :: HOMMAGES TO JANÁČEK AND KURTÀG

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Subject: [NEWMUSIC-DISC] Sun 4/26 :: HOMMAGES TO JANÁČEK AND KURTÀG
Date: April 23, 2026 at 6:14:39 PM PDT


west oakland sound series 


SUNDAY APRIL 26 2026 7:15p

HOMMAGES TO JANÁČEK AND KURTÀG
MONICA SCOTT + KATE STENBERG + LINDA GREEN + HADLEY MCCARROLL + KYMRY ESAINKO



Subtle colors, quiet nuances and intense communication - György Kurtág and Leos Janáček's music for pianos and strings will draw you into a magical world where every sound, every gesture conjures up memories or heightens awareness of the present.
 
Cellist and composer MONICA SCOTT has transcribed Janáček's piano work The Overgrown Path for violin, viola and cello, inspired by the unique way the composer transforms melodies through harmonic experimentation, and how he treats rhythms drawn from speech patterns and nature. Interspersed with the 10 short pieces in that series, are György Kurtág's exquisite miniatures Signs, Games and Messages - in versions for piano four hands, two pianos and string trio.

The trio is: violinist KATE STENBERG, who has appeared numerous times at the Dresher Studio, most recently in a commission by Pamela Z, alongside Sarah Cahill; violist LINDA GREEN, whose career spans teaching music in OUSD, performing with the Oakland Symphony and many other local orchestras, and frequent chamber music collaborations throughout the Bay Area; cellist MONICA SCOTT - who is a member of sfSound, oakland reductionist orchestra and duo martha & monica - all of whom perform often at the Dresher Studios and West Oakland Sound Series. Pianist HADLEY MCCARROLL (of martha & monica and sfSound) is joined by KYMRY ESAINKO - another pianist well known to Bay Area audiences - for the works by Kurtág and his transcriptions of Machaut and Bach.

The program also includes two short works, Hommages to Janáček and Kurtàg, composed by Monica Scott.

UPCOMING

Sun May 10 - Jeff Schwartz + Anna Holmer (LA) / Michael Schumacher (NYC)
Sun May 17 - Dan Plonsey Scheme (EC) / Neil Rolnick (NYC)
Sun May 24 - Antimatter + Jacob Felix Heule / Diane Grubbe + Meerenai Shim
Sun May 31 - sfSound: Polansky, Satie + Clair, Dambly, Ingalls


West Oakland Sound Series
Dresher Ensemble Studio
2201 Poplar Street. Oakland
ample parking! (perpendicular when past the trees on Poplar)

$10-$25 sliding scale
Cash and Venmo accepted at door
late arrivals follow instructions on door to get buzzed in

Advance tickets can be 
purchased at eventbrite.com



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