Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks will appear in the final concert of the St. Matthew’s Music Guild season. Music passes are available for all eight concerts.
Pacific Palisades is home to several outstanding musical ensembles, including St. Matthew’s Music Guild, which features the critically acclaimed Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s, under the direction of Dwayne S. Milburn, and an array of world-class soloists and ensembles.
The Guild has announced its 2024 – 2025 season of concerts of “World-Class Music close to Home.” Concerts take place at St. Matthew’s Church, which is located at 1031 Bienveneda Avenue. Individual concert tickets are $45. Music Guild Season passes for all eight concerts are available for as little as $285. There is ample parking and free intermission refreshments. visit MusicGuildOnline.org or call (310) 573-7422.
The season will begin on Friday, September 17, with saxophonist Jan Berry Baker performing Jacque Ibert’s sparkling Concertino da Camera and William Grant Still’s Romance for Alto Saxophone and Strings. Baker is Professor of Saxophone and Head of Woodwinds at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and performs regularly with the LA Philharmonic, Chicago and Atlanta symphonies and a variety of new music ensembles. The program also includes a celebratory new work by conductor/composer Dwayne S. Milburn and concludes with Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony.
The November 1 concert will be an all-Beethoven concert with American pianist Robert Thies.
The Holiday Concert will be December 6 and include the Chamber Orchestra and Choir and Soloists of St. Matthew’s Parish presenting baroque favorites of the season. After Henry Purcell’s buoyant The Gordian Knot Untied and Arcangelo Corelli’s pastoral Christmas Concerto, the Choir and Soloists present one of the treasures of the season, Antonio Vivaldi’s effervescent Gloria. As is our custom, the concert concludes with an audience sing-along of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.
The Valentine’s Day program of “Love Songs” with pianist David Kaplan, violinist YuEun Gemma Kim, soprano Liv Redpath and friends will be February 14.
On March 14, the world premiere of a new work, commissioned by the Music Guild, by composer and performer Dawn Norfleet will be presented. LA Philharmonic Principal Flute Denis Bouriakov joins the orchestra for Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 and other works.
The Music Guild’s Choral Initiative will present the twelve-member, London-based Stile Antico in a program of Renaissance choral masterworks April 4.
This anniversary season also includes a Sunday afternoon bonus concert on May 4 celebrating the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the C.B. Fisk organ at St. Matthew’s Church, with one of the foremost organists of his generation, Nathan Laube.
The season finale on May 30 will feature the Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks performing the West Coast premiere of Richard Danielpour’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Rossini’s Tancredi Overture and Stravinsky’s Danse Concertantes.