Since launching WNED Classical Live on Stage this past April we’ve had five classical concerts in our new performance space – with six more already planned. Reviews have been glowing with both musicians and audiences expressing sincere appreciation for our effort to showcase local talent. If you’d like to attend an upcoming WNED Classical Live on Stage event all you need to do to reserve your FREE TICKETS is go to www.wned.org/events. Tickets become available about a month before the event. Let’s take a quick look at what’s already happened and at what’s still ahead.
Alex Hughes & Joe Isgar play music for flute and piano in Buffalo Toronto Public Media's performance space in the WNED-Classical studios. The program includes three works for flute and piano by composers who just love the flute, including contemporary American composer Gary Schocker - the most published living composer of flute music in the world.
The 35-minute program includes three works for flute and piano:
Program
1. Fantaisie, Georges Hüe
2. Sonata in C Major, Otar Taktakashvili
I. Allegro Cantabile
II. Aria
III. Allegro Scherzando
3. Regrets and Resolutions, Gary Schocker
Flutist Alex Hughes holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from SUNY Fredonia, and a Master of Music Performance degree from Ithaca College. He has performed extensively throughout Western New York on both flute and oboe, most notably with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Western New York Chamber Orchestra, and Erie County Wind Ensemble. Mr. Hughes currently teaches instrumental music and music history at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.
Pianist Joe Isgar is a Buffalo-based music director, voice teacher, and actor. Recent credits include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (TOY), The Addams Family (O’Connell and Company), Tick, Tick…Boom (SGT), and The Rink (O’Connell and Company). Joe is a founding member of The Enchords, UB’s only all-gender a cappella group which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
This lively program, featuring pianist Christopher Sierzchula, offers a brief history of the mazurka - a Polish dance form that inspired some of Chopin’s most intimate musical ideas.
The program contrasts early and late Chopin mazurkas, as well as mazurkas by other composers such as Debussy, Scriabin, and Szymanowski, and was recorded at Buffalo Toronto Public Media on June 10, 2023.
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Pianist Christopher Sierzchula studied with Yvar Mikoshoff and Livingston Gearhart at UB where he earned a master’s degree in Piano Performance and won the Baird Concerto Competition - twice! Mr. Sierzchula is also a Rock and Jazz musician and a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) He is the accompanist at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Elmwood and West Ferry in Buffalo, NY.
Join the Buffalo Chamber Players for an exploration of works for string trio, from the Baroque to the contemporary. The program includes works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Dohnányi, and Caroline Mallonee.
J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (arranged for string trio by Sitkovetsky)
Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade in D Major, op. 9
Franz Schubert String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Ernő Dohnányi Serenade for String Trio, op. 10
Caroline Mallonee Clock It!
About the Buffalo Chamber Players:
As Buffalo’s preeminent chamber music ensemble, the Buffalo Chamber Players presents innovative
concert programs performed by our region’s finest musicians. The ensemble’s mission is to challenge, redefine and enhance the public’s perception of chamber music while promoting the city of Buffalo as an inspiring place to live, work, and play.
Formed in 2007 by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra violist Janz Castelo, the group is comprised of
members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and other distinguished area musicians. The group’s
critically acclaimed concerts explore both historical chamber music masterworks and contemporary
works by living composers.
After A Dream with the oboe/harp duo of Joshua Lauretig and Hope Wilk
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The Haunted Piano featuring pianist Richie English
25 Years: Feels Like Longer featuring the Kerrykate Abel-Chuck Basil Cabaret
December Lights featuring Ivan &Greg Docenko
The Buffalo Girlchoir
A Medieval Valentine featuring Suzanne Fatta & Daniel Yost
Marty Wimmer is your Midday Host on WNED Classical. He’s been with WNED since 1995. Recently retired from a long career as a public school music teacher, Marty is thrilled that he still gets to talk about music every day. He lives in Buffalo and is grateful for the many good friends he has in our local classical music community. You can reach Marty at mwimmer@wned.org
