Cavendish Hall Presents an Oboe and English Horn Recital
Experience the Best in Live Music at Cavendish Hall
This coming Saturday, our local audience will be treated to a recital by the Dean of the School of Arts and Letters at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Dr. Richard Kravchak, who was formerly the Dean of the Music School at Marshall University in Huntington and is a world-class woodwind player, playing all the instruments. Dr. Kravchak is a rare musical talent who is as passionate about bringing the transformation of education to his listeners as he is about performing. He has performed to critical acclaim in Mexico, France, El Salvador, Germany, China, and many other countries as well as across the United States and Canada. His debut solo album, California Oboe, received high marks and is available on iTunes. Dr. Kravchak hold performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard school, and Florida State University.
Equally talented is his pianist collaborative pianist, Dr. Johan Botes, who has extraordinary talent and versatility as a soloist, organist, educator and all-around good guy. A native of South Africa, Dr. Botes has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in countries found in five continents. He holds piano performance degrees from the University of Pretoria, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor of piano at Marshall University and on the summer staff of the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Traverse City, Michigan. Recently, he was runner-up in an international piano competition with his performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
The duo will not be performing any original oboe or English Horn music; rather, they will be “stealing” from the repertoires of the clarinet, French horn, violin, and saxophone instruments; and even from the American songbook and the Beatles. The concert has been given several times to rave reviews.
(In case you were wondering, the oboe and the English Horn are the instruments most likely to be heard in the background music tracks in love scenes on TV and in okay the movies. They just exude emotion...)
Might THAT make you want to come to the concert?
A WONDERFUL FESTIVALL CONCErt OCCURED HERE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2019 AT 4:00 PM AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A LEGENDARY (WE WROTE THE BOOK) RECEPTION. ThERE WERE 90 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO HAVE A 'GRAND OLD TIME,' AS THE LAST FOLKS LEFT AT 8 pm! The gals sang flawlessly and the other musicians were seamlessly integrated into the music.
Charleston Chamber Musicians presented “The Pleasure of Your Company” - A Vocal Chamber Concert. Taking advantage of exceptional local talent, this was a program of vocal works in chamber music settings; exquisite repertoire spanning the major tongues of Europe from the early Romantic to modern era. Sopranos Ashley Dannewitz and Elisabeth Baer paired up again and were joined by WVSO musicians Marsha Palmer, Horn; Hannah Pressley, Cello; Bob Turizziani, Clarinet; and Sandra Groce, Viola. All with Vicki Cavendish at the piano. Performed in the ideal setting for listening to any concert, the incomparable Cavendish Hall. This FestivALL concert along with all the rest of the FestivALL activities are just that many more reasons that Charleston is a much better to live place than it is painted. Our cultural scene rivals cities many times the size of this community.
ABOUT THE CONCERT!!
Quote from the PGA..."These guys are good!!"
Quote from the PGA..."These guys are good!!"
Quote from the PGA..."These guys are good!!"
Charleston has some NYC quality talent that has elected to be here rather than go on to larger careers. The West Virginia Symphony is loaded with terrific players. Four of them are in this concert, along with two world-class sopranos that will light you up! The program is intimate, light, refreshing, and sure to please.
This gal is Ashley
Charleston has some NYC quality talent that has elected to be here rather than go on to larger careers. The West Virginia Symphony is loaded with terrific players. Four of them are in this concert, along with two world-class sopranos that will light you up! The program is intimate, light, refreshing, and sure to please.
This gal is Ashley Dannewitz. She is a marvelous soprano with national and international credits.
The stable base is the piano...
Quote from the PGA..."These guys are good!!"
Quote from the PGA..."These guys are good!!"
The key to all this music is the performers' piano collaborator. Vicki Cavendish has over 50 years of providing solid piano skills to make the music come alive. Whether it is Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, Gershwin or really modern composers, she has the chops and the ability to make everybody sound good. And, as you will see or already know, she makes the difficult seem easy...
The Program's the Thing!
Quote from the PGA..."These guys are good!!"
The Program's the Thing!
The program features a Mendelssohn duet for two sopranos; 'The Shepherd on the Rock" by Schubert for soprano, clarinet and piano; Three Songs by Frank Bridge for soprano, viola and piano; "Elegie" by Massenet for soprano, cello and piano, "The Alphorn" by Richard Strauss for soprano, horn and piano; "Eternamante" by Ponchielli for soprano
The program features a Mendelssohn duet for two sopranos; 'The Shepherd on the Rock" by Schubert for soprano, clarinet and piano; Three Songs by Frank Bridge for soprano, viola and piano; "Elegie" by Massenet for soprano, cello and piano, "The Alphorn" by Richard Strauss for soprano, horn and piano; "Eternamante" by Ponchielli for soprano, cello and piano; and "Nocturnes" by Richard Cooke for soprano, horn and piano. A special rendition of Rossini's very famous "Duetto per due Gatti" arranged for all the instruments and singers present will surely delight the audience.
This is Elizabeth Baer. She, too, is a marvelous soprano with national and international credits.
the players
Marsha Palmer has spent her whole life teaching and playing the French horn. You will see and hear how good she is and how wonderful her music integrates with all the other facets when you come!
Bob Turizziani is the principal clarinet player in the West Virginia Symphony and plays with a sweet, dulcet tone that is as lovely as anyone's, anywhere. Come and see how he adds such beauty to the pieces that he is playing.
Sandra Armstrong-Groce has played and been dedicated to the viola all her life, and its rich tone adds immeasurably to the music. Come listen!
Interesting tidbits...
They say that the cello is the closest thing to the human voice, and we believe it. Especially the way that Hannah Pressley plays the instrument. When you come, you will hear how those sonorous notes add so much to the ambiance of the music.
Gorgeous musical works by Brahms, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Ponchielli, Massenet, Frank Bridge, and Richard Cooke are on the program. There is “nothing not to like!”
Vicki plays on a 1994 Steinway Model 'B' that is 7'-0" long and weighs 750 pounds!
Last march...THOSE THAT WERE HERE, LOVED IT. IF YOU WEREN'T
Johan Botes
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Vicki Cavendish
Johan is scheduled to be the piano soloist with the Auburn Symphony Orchestra in Auburn, Washington in April, playing Tchaikovsky's famous piano concerto #1 in B-flat Major. This concert will feature that concerto.
Vicki Cavendish
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Vicki Cavendish
Every concerto performer needs an orchestra. When there is no orchestra, it is a second piano.
In this concert, Vicki is the orchestra!
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
One of the great composer of all times; he wrote what is considered by many to be the ULTIMATE piano concerto.
About The Artist
Dr. Johan Botes is known for his extraordinary versatility as a soloist, collaborative musician, and teacher; a career which has brought him recognition in concerts around the world.
A native of South Africa, Botes showed musical promise from an early age. Among many notable awards in his native country, he was the 2007 First Prize Winner of the Third UNISA/Vodacom National Piano Competition playing Rachmaninoff’s technically demanding Third Piano Concerto to a standing ovation; a performance for which he also won the Desmond Willson Memorial Prize for best concerto in the final round.
In 2008, Botes moved to Europe and continued his studies in London with British pianist Martin Roscoe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. That year also resulted in master classes with Imogen Cooper, Alexander Rudin, Paul Lewis, Leslie Howard, Leon Fleisher and Richard Goode as well as regular coaching classes with pianist Graham Johnson and soprano Margaret Humpfrey-Clark.
As a soloist, Botes has performed in venues worldwide. He has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, Pro Musica Orchestra in Johannesburg, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, the University of Pretoria Symphony Orchestra as well as the Texas Chamber Orchestra at UT Austin. He has also performed in Prague with the Hadrec Kralove Orchestra in 2003 and in 2005 he toured to Bulgaria where he played with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra in Varna.
In 2010, Botes won the Sidney M. Wright Presidential Scholarship Competition in Piano Accompaniment and in the same year began collaborative Piano Trio work with cellist Francesco Mastromatteo. Their first performance in October 2010 resulted in critical acclaim, winning them Prize for the best Chamber Music Recital at The University of Texas at Austin in 2011.
An equally accomplished organist, Botes won many awards in South Africa, including an Overseas Music Scholarship in Organ.
Dr. Botes holds a D.M.A in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin and a M.M from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He received another M.M. as well as his B.M. from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at Marshall University in Huntington, WV where he teaches piano, conducts the Class Piano program, and teaches collaborative playing; in addition to being the collaborative artist for numerous recitals. Before Marshall, Botes was lecturing in Piano, Group and Collaborative Piano at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Some artists who have performed recently...
Liederabend with Ashley Dannewitz, Elisabeth Baer and Vicki Berneking-Cavendish
Liederabend with Ashley Dannewitz, Elisabeth Baer and Vicki Berneking-Cavendish
Liederabend with Ashley Dannewitz, Elisabeth Baer and Vicki Berneking-Cavendish
On Friday, Nov 9, 2018, these local Charleston musicians presented a beautiful evening of German songs and duets! 70 people had a wonderful time listening to two marvelous sopranos sing an evening of German lieder and, true to form, the reception with wine and cheese and various goodies lasted almost twice as long as the concert and everybody had a wonderful time.
Here is a look at their program:
Maiglöckchen und die Blümelien, Op. 63, No. 6
Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59, No. 3
Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2
An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4
Wie Melodien zieht es, Op. 105, No. 1
Der Tod das is die Kuhle Nacht, Op. 96, No. 1
Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1
Frauenliebe und leben, Op. 42
Seit ich ihn gesehen
Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Ich kann’s nicht fassen
Du Ring an meinem Finger
Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
Süßer Freund, ju Blickest
An meinem Herzen
Nun hast du mir der ersten Schmerz getan
Vier Duette, Op. 61
Die Schwestern
Klosterfräulein
Phänomen
Die Boten der Liebe
Chamber Music Concert
Liederabend with Ashley Dannewitz, Elisabeth Baer and Vicki Berneking-Cavendish
Liederabend with Ashley Dannewitz, Elisabeth Baer and Vicki Berneking-Cavendish
On Sunday October 7, 2018, we kicked off the 2018-2019 musical season with a chamber music concert featuring Charleston's own Ian Jessee, violin, along with two other string players, Susan Lamb Cook, cello and Istvan Polonyi, viola, of Budapest, Hungary. Susan is from southern California. Also on the program is Vicki Berneking-Cavendish, piano, co-proprietor of Cavendish Hall, and Isabella Lee, violin, one of Ian's students. They performed three chamber works from Austrian and Hungarian composers to a standing-room audience of 90!.
Here was the program:
Kismarton String Trio with Guests
“The Empire Strikes Back”
Music of composers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire area
Ian Jessee, violin
István Polónyi, viola
Susan Lamb Cook, cello
With special guest Vicki Berneking-Cavendish, piano & Isabella Yee, violin
Serenade in C major, Op. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877-1960)
I. Marcia: Allegro
II.Romanza: Adagio non troppo
III.Scherzo: Vivace
IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante con mot
V. Rondo (Finale): Allegro vivace
Quartet for Strings and Piano by Rezsö Sugár (1919-1998)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Vivo
String Trio in E-flat major, Op. 3 by Ludwig Von Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Adagio
V. Menuetto: Moderato
VI. Finale: Allegro
OUR NEXT CONCERT IS COMING UP!
Ching-Wen Hsiao Piano Recital
Partrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone
Partrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone
On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 we welcomed the newest member of the faculty at the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University, Ching-Wen Hsiao for an evening of luscious piano music.
Ching-Wen received her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in applied piano from the Juilliard School in New York City. She won numerous awards there and elsewhere and has concertized extensively. She played the giant piano work, Pictures at an Exhibition by the Russian composer, Mussorgsky. This colossal piece is one of the staples of the concert piano repertoire.
As an added bonus to the evening, we heard from Charleston resident Jacob Bumgarner, who is her student and is studying for a bachelor’s degree in applied piano at the University. In addition to a beautiful Mozart Sonata, he played some other 20th-century music that was well received.
Partrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone
Partrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone
Partrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone
Patrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone, a regular performer of major roles with the Metropolitan Opera in New York since 1999, sang a spectacular program of opera, German lieder and Broadway favorites on November 21, 2017 at Cavendish Hall. He was accompanied by Vicki Cavendish, and also his step-father, Mark Caldwell, a Dunbar native and long time educator and performer of music in the New York area. The concert was well attended and well received. What a treat for everyone to hear a truly Met Opera star in our town!!
Paulo Steinberg, Piano
Partrick Carfizzi, Bass-Baritone
Paulo Steinberg, Piano
Paulo Steinberg, an international touring pianist, and professor of piano at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA played his third appearance at Cavendish Hall Sunday, October 22, 2017 with a brilliant concert of Brazilian music of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. He has performed this concert on three continents, and it was stunning.
Those of you who have been to our concerts may remember that we had Paulo and Eric Ruple, both on the JMU faculty, last year for Gershwin's American in Paris, and before that Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. This concert was no less dazzling that either of those two duo piano recitals.
Gerald Lee, Piano
Sianburg Trio Thrills Audience!
Paulo Steinberg, Piano
Gerald Lee, who has a doctorate in piano performance from the University of Michigan School of Music played his second annual (and we hope perennial!) piano concert on March 30, 2018. He earned three piano performance degrees: Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University, Indiana University, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, respectively.
He currently is Professor of Piano at West Liberty University in WV's northern panhandle. His program of Debussy, Schubert and Ginastera was very well received by an enthusiastic crowd, who lingered for two hours at the reception Surprisingly, noboday left. I finally said, "Vicki, let's go to bed...these folks may want to go home!!"
Sianburg Trio Thrills Audience!
Sianburg Trio Thrills Audience!
Sianburg Trio Thrills Audience!
On Saturday night, February 24, the Sianburg Trio opened the 2018 season of concerts at Cavendish Hall and thrilled the capacity audience of 85 by playing three beautiful piano trios-one each by Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms. The pianist, Gayle Blankenburg, and cellist, Susan Lamb Cook were from California, while the violinist was Charleston's own Ian Jessee, a regular performer with a number of local groups, including the WV Symphony. The concert was extremely well played, and the enthusiastic audience gave them a much deserved standing ovation. As usual, the reception lasted longer than the concert! A good time was had by all. These folks were rally fabulous. You would not have heard a better concert at Carnegie Hall in New York than this one!
What was amazing about this concert was the crowd to hear it. We had 70 chairs set up and every one of them was occupied. There were five people in the balcony, four sitting on the stairs leading up, and six standing. In addition to the two of us and the performers, that means that there were 90 people in the hall! That's our idea of a good crowd. Boy, they really liked the music, too!
ANOTHER BARN BURNER!!!
On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at Cavendish Hall, we welcomed Marsha Palmer, Ian Jessee, Bob Turizziani and Sandra Groce, all members of the West Virginia Symphony orchestra; along with Adam Stranavsky, a concert touring pianist from the Czech Republic for an afternoon concert of chamber music for viola, clarinet, horn, violin and piano. Adam came here last about six years ago when he peformed with the Kanawha Valley Youth orchestra. He came back, as we all enjoyed having him then, and invited him to return.
The music was Brahms and Bruch sonatas and trios for those instruments, and was well enjoyed by the crowd.
As usual, we had a reception following the 3PM concert and everyone is invited to stay. Punch and cookies, wine and cheese and assorted goodies!
This was a FestivAll sponsored event. There was no charge, however, donations are always accepted.
OUR MOST RECENT CONCERT LAST NOVEMBER!
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