66th Season - 2024/2025
Experience a musical journey with the upcoming concerts for our 66th
season. Be sure to follow Fullerton Friends of Music (FFM) on social media.
FREE Saturday Afternoon Concerts
Fullerton First United Methodist Church
(details below)
Upcoming concert
Jolivet Trio - flute, harp, bassoon
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 3:30pm
Fullerton First United Methodist Church
114 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832
All three musicians perform regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera and the Santa Monica Symphony. The joy these musicians have found playing together and the special communication they share make this unusual combination of instruments and unique and rare concert experience.
Susan Greenberg, flute
Cristina Montes, harp
Judith Farmer, bassoon
Concert 1
New Hollywood String Quartet
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 3:30pm
Members:
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Tereza Stanislav, violin
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Rafael Rishik, violin
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Robert Brophy, viola
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Andrew Shulman, cello
The New Hollywood String Quartet had its debut concert in Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2001 and has been performing to critical acclaim ever since. Inspired by the great Hollywood String Quartet from over half a century ago, the current members of the NHSQ are likewise premiere performers of their generation. Individually, and together as one of the top string quartets in Southern California, they are well known guests at many of the most prestigious concert series in Los Angeles and its environs.
At The Huntington, the group exuded a refined and luminous ensemble presence in keeping with its growing reputation, 20 years into its history... the Quartet summoned a persuasive balance of classical-flavored polish and delicate emotional coloration. --- Josef Woodard
Program:
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Wolf: Italian Serenade
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Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D
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Walton: Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Duo Turgeon (Piano Duo)
Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 3:30pm
Concert 2
“The husband-and-wife team of Duo Turgeon play with hypnotic intensity” —American Record Guide
Born in Montreal and Toronto respectively, Canadian pianists Anne Louise-Turgeon and Edward Turgeon have been playing together since 1988, and performing professionally since 1996. Critically acclaimed as one of the top piano duos of our time, the Turgeons have given hundreds of performances, including a European debut at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and a New York debut at Weill Recital Hall, to name a few.
Program:
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Schubert: Marche Caractéristique, D. 866, in C major: Allegro Vivace
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Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann
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Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
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Gershwin: Cuban Overture
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Turgeon: Winter at Gros Cap
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Gavrilin: Sketches
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Lecuona: Malagueña from Suite Andalucia
Concert 3
Park Brothers Guitar Duo
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 3:30pm
The Park Brothers came together as a guitar duo studying under one of the world's preeminent guitar virtuosos of the classical guitar, Christopher Parkening. The duo's virtuosic technique combined with expressive artistry have captivated and delighted audiences as far away as Montreal, Canada and Heidelberg, Germany.
Program:
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Anonymous: Three Renaissance Lute Pieces
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Granados: Intermezzo
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Barrios: Una Limosna por el amor de Dios
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Albéniz: Leyenda
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Mozart: Laudate Dominum
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Falla: Song of the Will o' the Wisp; The Miller's Dance
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Villa-Lobos: Terezinha de Jesus; De los alamos vengo, madre
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Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
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Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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Domeniconi: Koyunbaba
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Andrew York: Evening Dance
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Paulo Bellinati: Jongo
Concert 4
Nikolay Sivchuk - Solo Bayan (Russian accordion)
Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 3:30pm
The bayan is a type of chromatic button accordion developed in the Russian Empire in the early 20th century and named after the 11th-century bard Bayan. In 2003, Nikolay Sivchuk won the Coupe Mondiale - World Accordion Championship in the "Academic button accordion" category. Since then, he has
developed an extensive worldwide solo career. He has toured throughout Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Finland, Denmark, Serbia, Hungary, Portugal, and China.
Program:
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Bach: Andante from Organ Sonata in E minor
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Schubert: Impromptu in E flat major
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Rachmaninov: Vocalise
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Khachaturian: Toccata
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Sivchuk: Lullaby of the Mountains
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Galliano: Margot's Waltz
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Fancelli: 10 km to the finish
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Rizol: Czardas - Hungarian folk dance
Susan Greenberg, flute
Cristina Montes Mateo, harp
Concert 5
Jolivet Trio - flute, harp, bassoon
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 3:30pm
All three musicians perform regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera and the Santa Monica Symphony. The joy these musicians have found playing together and the special communication they share make this unusual combination of instruments and unique and rare concert experience.
Program:
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Frank Bennett: Trio Settings Allegro vivace
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Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango for flute and harp
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Salvador Brotons: Allegro Spiritoso for harp
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Michael Publig: Scenes from an Imaginary Movie for flute, harp, and bassoon
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Eugène Damaré: The Wren for piccolo and harp
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Gernot Wolfgang: Waves for bassoon and harp
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Bernard Andres: Narthex for flute and harp
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Ravel: Sonatine for flute, harp, and bassoon
Judith Farmer, bassoon
Concerts are on SATURDAYS AT 3:30 PM at
Fullerton First United Methodist Church
114 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832
There is limited free parking behind the church, entered from Amerige or Commonwealth. There is also street parking on Pomona and Amerige, and a free parking structure one block south of the church at Pomona and Santa Fe. The Fullerton Transportation Center, served by Metrolink and Amtrak train lines as well as OCTA buses, is about two blocks south.
Information: (714) 447-8364 and (562) 691-7437.