LOS ANGELES HORN TRIO
Steven Durnin -French horn
Jacqueline Suzuki - violin
Susan Svrček - piano
(Photo courtesy of Erica Wrightson)
For more information about the Los Angeles Horn Trio,
contact Jacqueline Suzuki
jacquelinesuzuki@hotmail.com
REVIEW of the Los Angeles Horn Trio by Stephen Cohn:
http://www.laopus.com/2013/02/horn-trio-in-la-canada-by-stephen-cohn.html
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I. Upcoming Concerts
II. Past Concerts
III. Bios
I. UPCOMING CONCERTS:
No concerts scheduled
II. PAST CONCERTS:
>>>Music@Boston Court presents
Piano Spheres: Susan Svrček
on Friday MARCH 11, 2016 at 8 pm.LEO BROUWER"Pictures at Another Exhibition" (2002)
Susan Svrcek -piano Jacqueline Suzuki - violin
with Danielle Ondarza- horn
>>> The Los Angeles Horn Trio
appeared as
Contributing Artists at the
47th International Horn Symposium
held at The Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA
on AUGUST 2-8, 2015.
http://www.ihsla2015.com
Performance at Disney BP Hall on AUGUST 5, 2015 at 10:30-11:20 am:
I. Adagio
II. Allegretto
House of Shadows (2000) John Scott
I. Long and Dark Shadows
II. Shadow Games
III. Soul of the House
(Contact John Scott to obtain sheet music:
http://www.josrecords.com )
(Contact John Scott to obtain sheet music:
http://www.josrecords.com )
BAR CODE dance music for violin, horn and piano Frederick Lesemann
world premiere, commissioned by Los Angeles Horn Trio (2015)
(Contact Frederick Lesemann to obtain sheet music:
http://www.fredericklesemann.com )
>>>Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts(Contact Frederick Lesemann to obtain sheet music:
http://www.fredericklesemann.com )
Wednesday, JUNE 3, 2015 at 12:10-12:40 pm
First Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise St. (at Wilson)
Glendale, CA 91206
Program:
Frederic Duvernoy Trio No.1
John Scott House of Shadows
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com>>>Music@Mimoda
free admission
Wednesday, JUNE 3, 2015 at 8 pm
Program:
Frederic Duvernoy Trio No.1
John Scott House of Shadows
MiMoDa Studio (entrance from the Paper or Plastik Cafe)
5772 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Los Angeles, CA 90019
>>> Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts
Wednesday, APRIL 1, 2015 at 12:10-12:40 pmFirst Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise St. (at Wilson)
Glendale, CA 91206
Program:
CHRISTIAN PEZOLD Trio Sonata in F Major
LEO BROUWER Selections from "Pictures at Another Exhibition" for horn trio (2002)
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
>>>Music @Mimoda
Wednesday, APRIL 1, 2015 at 8 pm
Program:
Christian Pezold (German, 1677-1733)
Trio Sonata in F major
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Leo Brouwer (b. Havana, 1939)
Selections from
"Pictures at Another Exhibition" for horn trio (2002)
Eugene Delacroix: Portrait of Chopin
Amedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude
Robert Rauschenberg: Pop Construction
Francisco Goya: Los Desastres de la Guerra
MiMoDa Studio (entrance from the Paper or Plastik Cafe)5772 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
>>> Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts
Wednesday, NOVEMBER 19, 2014 at 12:10-12:40 pm
First Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise St. (at Wilson)
Glendale, CA 91206
Program:
FREDERIC DUVERNOY Trio No.2 in F Major
MAX BRUCH Movements 1-4 from Eight Pieces, Op.83 (transcribed for horn trio)
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
>>>Music at Noon (free admission)
Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2014 at 12 noon (half hour program)
Calvary Presbyterian Church
1050 Fremont Ave.
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Program:
EDWARD ELGAR Salut d'Amour for violin & piano
LENNOX BERKELEY Horn Trio, Op. 44 (1953)
Directions: http://www.cpcsouthpas.org/contact.html
Free 30 minute concert beginning at 12 noon,
followed by lunch ($3). Very pleasant venue!
http://www.cpcsouthpas.org/events.html
>>> OCTOBER 19, 2014
The Los Angeles Horn Trio
was invited by Music Director Frank Basile
to help inaugurate the STEINWAY
at the St. Bede's (Mar Vista)
"Friends of Music Piano Celebration Concert"
>>>Brand Associates Music Series
Sunday JUNE 8, 2014 at 2 pm
1601 West Mountain St.
Glendale, CA 91201-1200
http://www.brandlibrary.org/
Program:
BRAHMS Horn Trio in Eb Major, Op.40
and works by Duvernoy, Ganne, Piazzolla & Barboteu
>>>Music at Noon (free admission)
Friday, JUNE 6, 2014 at 12 noon (half hour program)
Calvary Presbyterian Church
1050 Fremont Ave.
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Program:
BRAHMS Horn Trio, Op.40
Directions: http://www.cpcsouthpas.org/contact.html
Free 30 minute concert beginning at 12 noon,
followed by lunch ($3). Very pleasant venue!
http://www.cpcsouthpas.org/events.html
>>>Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts
Wednesday JUNE 4, 2014 at 12:10-12:40 pm
First Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise St. (at Wilson)
Glendale, CA 91206
Program:
EDWARD ELGAR Salut d'Amour for violin & piano
LENNOX BERKELEY Horn Trio, Op. 44 (1953)
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
>>>Music@Pierce College
Thursday MAY 22, 2014 at 12:45-2:00 pm
Music Building Rm. 3400
6201 Winnetka Ave.
Woodland Hills, CA 91371
Program: BRAHMS Horn Trio, Op. 40
and works by Duvernoy, Ganne & Piazzolla
>>> 8/21/2013 12:10-12:40 pm
Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts
AUGUST 21, 2013 at 12:10-12:40 pm
Horn trios by
KIRSTIN FIFE Cornicopia (premiere)
FREDERIC DUVERNOY Trio No.1 in C Major
JOHN SCOTT House of Shadows
http://www.josrecords.com/abjs.html
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/
Program notes:
Frédéric DUVERNOY was born in Montbéliard the 15th of October 1765. He is supposed to have been self taught on the horn as well as composition studies. In 1788 he entered l'Orchestre de la Comédie Italienne in Paris and in 1790 he became a part of la Musique des Gardes Françaises. He was admitted in l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris in 1797 and in 1801 he was chosen "to play the solos". Duvernoy composed concertos for horn, concertant symphonies as well as chamber music with horn. He died in Paris and his portrait is to be found at the Musée de la Bibliothèque de l'Opéra.
Cornicopia was written for the Los Angeles Horn Trio in
the Spring of 2013 by Kirstin Fife. The
one movement work makes use of traditional hunting horn motifs and quartal
harmonies. It is comprised of two basic
themes: the hunting theme, alternating
with a contrasting hymn-like secondary theme.
The title is a pun on Cornucopia or “horn of plenty” and corni which is
the word for French horn in musical scores.
The
composer is a graduate of the Yale School of Music, where in addition to her
violin studies, she studied orchestration with Jacob Druckman and composition
with Martin Bresnick and Richard Lee.
After returning to Los Angeles, Kirstin Fife worked as a violinist, with
activities that included, solo, chamber, orchestral and recording. In 2012, she released a CD, “Pieces of My
Heart” which included two original compositions and nine original
transcriptions of popular music.
A note on "House of Shadows"
The magnificent Brahms horn trio was my primary inspiration for "House of Shadows". As a boy I used to hear musical instruments in fanciful ways, I imagined the sound of the horn as a long dark shadow while the violin I saw as thin streaky shadows that darted about. The piano cast complex shadows because of its polyphonic ability. There was no television in those days and for amusement my sister and I used to play shadow games with a flickering candle, casting shadows that we invented with our hands, thus the movement "Shadow Games. Then, deep in the darkest shadow we discover the "Soul of the House" To this day I still feel that certain houses have happy souls whereas others have sad souls and yet others seem to have an evilness buried deep within their walls. I live in a very happy house.
John Scott. August 11, 2013.
The magnificent Brahms horn trio was my primary inspiration for "House of Shadows". As a boy I used to hear musical instruments in fanciful ways, I imagined the sound of the horn as a long dark shadow while the violin I saw as thin streaky shadows that darted about. The piano cast complex shadows because of its polyphonic ability. There was no television in those days and for amusement my sister and I used to play shadow games with a flickering candle, casting shadows that we invented with our hands, thus the movement "Shadow Games. Then, deep in the darkest shadow we discover the "Soul of the House" To this day I still feel that certain houses have happy souls whereas others have sad souls and yet others seem to have an evilness buried deep within their walls. I live in a very happy house.
John Scott. August 11, 2013.
>>> 6/19/2013 12:10-12:40 pm
Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts
JUNE 19, 2013 at 12:10-12:40 pm
BRAHMS Horn Trio, Op.40
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Los Angeles City College Daytime Concert Series - Free
Los Angeles Horn Trio:
A program of works by Britten, Duvernoy, Ganne, Piazzolla and Brahms.
Tuesday at 12:00 noon
Music Building, Clausen Hall, Room 247
Los Angeles City College
855 North Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles CA
[Hollywood/LosFeliz] [Free]
>>> 4/17/2013 8pm
LOS ANGELES HORN TRIO
performing music of Benjamin Britten, Johannes Brahms, Astor
Piazzolla and Louis Ganne.
MiMoDa Studio (entrance from the Paper or Plastik Cafe)
5772 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
| Phone | (323) 937-0488 |
| Website | http://www.mimodastudio.com |
B. Britten March & Lullaby from Suite, Op.6 for violin & piano
Jacqueline Suzuki - violin
Susan Svrček - piano
LOS ANGELES HORN TRIO:
Louis Ganne Extase: Reverie, No.4
A. Piazzolla Oblivion
Arranged for piano trio by Jose Bragato
Arrangement for horn by Steven Durnin
J. Brahms Horn Trio in Eb Major, Opus 40
>>> 1/27/2013 2pm
LCPC Ovations Arts Series 2012-2013 presents
LOS ANGELES HORN TRIO
200 Years of Music for Horn, Violin & Piano
In the Sanctuary at
LA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
626 Foothill Blvd.
LaCanada, CA 91011
Admission at door: $15; $10 with student ID
Program:
Frederic DUVERNOY Trio No.1 in C Major
Louis GANNE Extase: Reverie, No.4
Astor PIAZZOLLA Oblivion
Johannes BRAHMS Horn Trio in Eb Major, Op.40
III. Bios:
Steven Durnin took his first professional orchestra position on French horn with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Veracruz in Veracruz Mexico in 1980. Steve returned to Los Angeles in the spring of 1982 and began his freelance career. Mr. Durnin has worked for most of the top composers and arrangers in “The Industry,” including John Williams, Henry Mancini, Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, and many more.
Jacqueline Suzuki, violin, is a longtime member of the Long Beach and Santa Barbara Symphonies and is a veteran freelancer in Southern California. She has performance degrees from Mannes College of Music in New York City and California Institute of the Arts.
Steven Durnin took his first professional orchestra position on French horn with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Veracruz in Veracruz Mexico in 1980. Steve returned to Los Angeles in the spring of 1982 and began his freelance career. Mr. Durnin has worked for most of the top composers and arrangers in “The Industry,” including John Williams, Henry Mancini, Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, and many more.
In addition, Mr. Durnin has always been an active live performer.
Included in the list of groups with which he has performed: the Pacific
Symphony, the Pasadena Symphony, the Santa Barbara Symphony, the New West
Symphony, the Long Beach Opera, the Riverside County Philharmonic, the Santa
Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the Pasadena Pops Orchestra, the San Luis Obispo
Symphony, and the Capistrano Valley Symphony. He was Principal horn of the
Oregon Coast Music Festival. Currently,
he is a tenured member of the Long Beach Symphony.
As a soloist, Steven Durnin has appeared as an artist at several
international and regional horn workshops.
He was a finalist in the 1993 American Horn Competition, held in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As a member of the
Angeles Horn Trio, he has taken on the project of discovering heretofore unknown
works for this ensemble.
Jacqueline Suzuki, violin, is a longtime member of the Long Beach and Santa Barbara Symphonies and is a veteran freelancer in Southern California. She has performance degrees from Mannes College of Music in New York City and California Institute of the Arts.
Jacqueline Suzuki founded and directs Kewa Civic Concerts http://kewaconcerts.blogspot.com, fiscally sponsored by the Pasadena Arts Council. The mission of Kewa is to present free and low cost admission community concerts and outreach performances at pediatric hospitals. Two of the projects for which Ms. Suzuki is curator are the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com and a concert series at the Edendale Branch Library in Echo Park. http://kewacivicconcerts.blogspot.com http://edendaleupclose.blogspot.com
As a Los Angeles freelancer, she has performed with many ensembles and in many genres, from rock, jazz, Latin and Arabic, to playing in the pit for the Bolshoi Ballet and onstage with the Three Tenors. She has recorded with diverse artists: Snoop Dogg, Neil Sedaka, Leonard Cohen, Whitney Houston, Bocelli, Lalo Schifrin, McCoy Tyner, Placido Domingo and many others, and appears on recordings by the Long Beach, Santa Barbara and Pacific Symphonies. She has spent summers at the Peter Britt, Oregon Coast, Carmel Bach and Cabrillo Festivals and has performed in a string quartet “in residence” on a raft trip down the Green River in Utah. Tours have taken her multiple times to Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and in the Middle East as well as throughout the US.
Pianist Susan Svrček has
established a versatile career that encompasses critically acclaimed solo,
chamber, and orchestral appearances in the United States and abroad. A winner
of the Concert Artists’ Guild International Competition in New York, she made
her debut in Carnegie Recital Hall. She has also had solo engagements from the
Boston Museum of Fine Art to Tokyo’s Zero Hall, Art Hall in Seoul, and Walt
Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. She has been soloist with numerous symphony
orchestras and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group.
She has been a featured artist on National Public Radio, Bavarian National
Radio, and NHK Radio (Japan).
Susan Svrček
is noted for her wide range of repertoire, from Mozart and Beethoven to Xenakis
and Boulez. She is a founding pianist of
the recital series Piano Spheres. She is
in demand to give master classes across the United States, as well as in Japan
and Korea. Currently, she serves as Artist-Faculty at the Pasadena Conservatory
of Music, where she also coaches chamber music. She has recorded for CRI, Cambria, and ORFEO. In 2012, her
performance of John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano was
released by Centaur. She holds two degrees from CalArts, a master’s
degree from Yale University, and a doctorate from the University of Southern
California Thornton School of Music.
Susan Svrček is represented by McAlister Arts and is a Steinway Artist.
