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October 1, 2010

Where is the Buzz in your town?

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A short video profile on Classical Revolution shot and produced by Paul Waters

Classical Revolution Documentary from Classical Revolution on Vimeo.

Check out regular CR events around the world

Mondays 8-11pm (new day!)
Revolution Cafe
3248 22nd Street, SF

Wednesday 8-1030pm
SoCha Cafe
3235 Mission Street, SF

Fourth Tuesdays 9pm (thru Nov)
Coda Supper Club
1710 Mission Street, SF

Sundays 930pm
Cafe Immer Gern
Dunckerstr. 10, Berlin GERMANY

Saturdays 7pm
Silvio’s Organic Pizza
715 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor

Second Mondays 9pm-midnight
Gallery Cabaret
2020 North Oakley Avenue, Chicago

First Sundays 6:30-9pm
LaPorta’s Restaurant
1600 Duke Street, Alexandria VA

Second Sundays 4-6pm
Random Tea Room
713 North 4th Street, Philadelphia PA

Facebook Groups
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San Francisco http://bit.ly/ctPFwL
Ann Arbor http://bit.ly/cSC0Gs
Belgrade http://bit.ly/bQa6OZ
Berlin http://bit.ly/bZZv4W
Chicago http://bit.ly/6FsfRU
Cincinnati http://bit.ly/cS20dr
Cleveland http://bit.ly/aEOsMY
DC http://bit.ly/bwNHKY
Madison http://bit.ly/bxYOh1
Montreal http://bit.ly/b3ZCdB
New York http://bit.ly/czIn9z
Philadelphia http://bit.ly/aYuSW4
Portland http://bit.ly/4cn2MA
Toronto http://bit.ly/cXD95g

In development / under construction
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Amsterdam http://bit.ly/d89hAa
Aspen http://bit.ly/du17xd
Atlanta http://bit.ly/aUbL0x
Banff http://bit.ly/daRNSP
Grand Rapids http://bit.ly/bujeM2
Los Angeles http://bit.ly/bNWdU6
Melbourne http://bit.ly/affs5t
Milwaukee http://bit.ly/bEhvg3
New England http://bit.ly/aPy3zS
Paris http://bit.ly/cFapHZ
Pittsburgh http://bit.ly/a43Juk
Phoenix http://bit.ly/aLfiPz
Reno http://bit.ly/bavz7B
Rochester http://bit.ly/bgMgYH
Sacramento http://bit.ly/cmXA5l
Seattle http://bit.ly/9XymK8
South Florida http://bit.ly/cVdggC
Twin Cities http://bit.ly/9DjB9Z
United Kingdom http://bit.ly/8X7659
Valencia SPAIN http://bit.ly/aERcfy
Vienna http://bit.ly/dflm4i

 

August 23, 2010

Sep 5th Classical Revolution DC – English Tea on British Airways

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Come enjoy some English+(others) chamber music (and tea) including 6 English folk songs for cello/piano by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Clarinet Trio Op. 87 by Ludwig Van Beethoven; violin/piano pieces by Frank Bridge; Edward Elgar’s “Salut d’ Amore”;  Brandenburg concerto # 6 for 2 violas by J.S. Bach; piano pieces by Frederick Delius, Frank Bridge, Scott Joplin; “Flower Duets” from “Lakme” by Leo Delibes for 2 Flutes/Piano (TV Commercial Music of British Airways).

Performers:
Samantha Hegre, cello
Steve Starnes, violin
Martin Hindel, Alan Barnett, Ken Latchis (clarinet trio)
Hon-Cheong Chan, piano
Ellen McGlone, viola
Darlene Murphy, viola
Andrew Lee, piano
Yvonne Kocur, Holly Vesilind(flute duo)

What: Classical Revolution DC – “Monthly Performance”
When: June 6th, 2010, 6:30pm – 9pm
Where: Laporta’s Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
How to get there: 3 blocks from King Street Metro
Tips: Call 703.683.6313 to reserve a table and get yourself a front row seat
Question: Should I bring anything ?
Answer: Your Taste Buds but not Ear Buds!
RSVP: At our event on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122129594503393&ref=mf)

 

July 15, 2010

August 1st Classical Revolution DC - Celebrating Summer Heat with Chamber [Music] Hits

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Join us for an evening of free chamber music including solo violin partita no.1, selected movements of  Violin concerto #1 and Flute Concerto #2 by J.S. Bach; solo piano music of R. Schumann, C. Debussy, A. Scriabin, F. Liszt, M. Ravel, J. Brahms, and Chinese folksong “Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake” (平湖秋月); chamber music by P. Hindemith, L. Heinen, G Telemann, J. Massenet.

Performers:

Kazuaki Washimi, piano
Renee Roberts, violin
David Rabin, cello
Andrew Lee, piano
Samantha Hegre, cello
Lili Liang, flute
Catherine Chang, piano
Nelda Chang, violin
Nancy Sulfridge, clarinet
Steve Starnes, violin
Raycurt Johnson, viola
Hon-Cheong Chan, piano

What: Classical Revolution DC – “Monthly Performance”
When: June 6th, 2010, 6:30pm – 9pm
Where: Laporta’s Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
How to get there: 3 blocks from King Street Metro
Tips: Call 703.683.6313 to reserve a table and get yourself a front row seat
Question: Should I bring anything ?
Answer: Your Taste Buds but not Ear Buds!

 

May 19, 2010

June 6th Beethoven in the Orient/Schumann’s 200th Birthday Bash – Free Monthly Chamber Music at Laporta’s Restaurant

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Join us as we celebrate Schumann’s 200th Birthday with Fairy Tale op. 132; Phantasiestucke, op 73,  plus 2 Beethoven trios (op 1, no.3 and op. 11).

Also music by -

Chen Yi (Romance for Hsiao and Ch’in)
Max Bruch (Eight pieces op 83, no.2)
Toru Takemitsu(Piano Pieces for Children – 1 Breeze 2 Cloud)
Stella Sung(Paris 1987)
Isaac Albeniz(Tango from Espana)
Paquito D’Rivera(Habanera from Aires Tropicales)
J.S. Bach (Partita for solo violin)
Ernest Bloch (Baal Shem suite, Vidui)

Featuring Special Guests from Philadelphia
Trifecta Winds
Jennifer Kallend, flute
Lisa Shiota, clarinet
Loren Stata, bassoon

Performers:
Stephanie Chris, piano
Sheri Nelson, violin
Julie Fitzpatrick, cello
John Blair, clarinet
Andrew Lee, piano
Jeremy Lin, cello
Hon-Cheong Chan, piano
Kevin Powell, violin

What: Classical Revolution DC – “Beethoven in the Orient/Schumann 200th Birthday Bash”
When: June 6th, 2010, 6:30pm – 9pm
Where: Laporta’s Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
How to get there: 3 blocks from King Street Metro
Tips: Call 703.683.6313 to reserve a table and get yourself a front row seat
Question: Should I bring anything ?
Answer: Your Taste Buds but not Ear Buds!

FacebookOnline Reservations

Like a free Schumann Concert with your meal?
Classical Revolution will be playing
Sunday June 6th

6:30pm to 9:00pm

for information about Classical Revolution click below:
Classical Revolution

Call 703-683-6313 or click on the “Reserve Now” button to reserve a table and get
yourself a front row seat!

Experienced our weekday Happy Hour yet?

IMAGINE half-priced food from the classics menu, from 3 til 7!
$2.00 rail drinks or $2.00 red or white house wine, $2.00 pints
(Flying Dog Pale Ale, Stella Artois, Widner Brother hefeweizen,
Starr Hill Amber Ale)
$2.00 off all other drinks and wines by the glass
 

May 19, 2010

June 2nd at Scene Gallery, National Harbor

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Scene Gallery

Free chamber music provided by CR members to accompany a gallery walk that evening. All musicians are welcomed to join. Bring your music, stand and a chair.

Program to include -

Schubert String Quartet No.13 a minor “Rosamunde” D.804 Op.29 II.Andante
Mikrokosmos (2 pieces) by Bartok
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No.1 D major Op.11 II. Andante Cantabile
Golliwog’s Cakewalk by Debussy
Adagio for Strings by Barber
“Che Gelida Manina” (from La Boheme) by Puccini

More Details about Scene Gallery:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oxon-Hill-MD/scene-arts-events/314118357295?filter=2

 

April 18, 2010

May 2nd – “To Russia with Love”

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What: Classical Revolution DC – “To Russia With Love”
When: May 2nd, 2010, 6:30pm – 9pm
Where: Laporta’s Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
How to get there: 3 blocks from King Street Metro
Tips: Call 703.683.6313 to reserve a table and get yourself a front row seat
Question: Should I bring anything ?
Answer: Your Taste Buds but not Ear Buds!

NEWS: May 2nd Classical Revolution DC – To Russia with Love performing crews played some riveting Mendelssohn’s piano trio, powerful Shostakovich’s piano quintet, sorrowful Rachmaninoff’ Vocalise, playful Faure’s Dolly, foot-tapping Piazzolla among other pieces to a full house (60 people) Laporta’s Restaurant in Alexandria VA.
Congratulations to 3 guests including our guest pianist Phyllis Daen who won a CR CD door prize.

Join us for an evening of free chamber music including the ethereal, poignant Shastokovich’s piano quintet; a rarely heard wonderfully arranged, sublimed 2-piano version of Bach/AndersonRoeDuo “Erbarme Dich”(St Matthew Passion) and some heart wrenching + pumping tangos by Astor Piazzolla.

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Bach/AndersonRoe “Erbarme Dich”(St Matthew Passion) on 2 piano
Piazzolla “Milonga for Three”, “Ausencias”, “Street Tango” (flute, violin, piano, bandoneon/sax on keyboard, bass)
Rachmaninoff “Vocalise” (piano trio)
Shostakovich “Piano Quintet, I, IV, V mvmts” (piano + string quartet)
Mendelssohn “Piano Trio No. 1 / I,II movements”
Faure “Dolly Suite”(piano+ woodwind duo)
Faure “Clair de Lune” (violin/piano) “Apres un Reve”(viola/piano)
Tchaikovsky “Violin Concerto(Canzonetta)”/ “Melodie” (violin/piano)
Heinen “Lament and Caprice”(violin/piano), “Variations for Sasha”(clarinet/piano)
Lin Hai “Morning Star” (piano)

Free Classical Revolution DC CD door prize.

Performers:

Anne Bernoux, flute
Catherine Chang, piano
Hon-Cheong Chan, piano
Phyllis Daen, piano
Julie Fitzpatrick, cello
Annelisa Guries, viola
Andrew Lee, piano
AJ Marini, violin
Parke Nicholson, violin
Neil Puzon, violin
David Rabin, cello
Lisa Shiota, clarinet

Russian War Symphonies Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (Source: http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/pmcginley/midlife.html)

Astor Piazzolla, Argentinean Tango Composer

Astor Piazzolla, Argentinean Tango Composer(Source: http://blog.smartsystemsllc.com/?tag=anush-and-inga-arshakyans&paged=2)

 

March 1, 2010

American Sound on April 4th 2010

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Congratulations to the two winners of free Classical Revolution Demo CDs and “Intermezzi for Two (Piano/Violin)”, all performed by CR members. About 25 people turned out for a quiet and enjoyable evening to listen to live classical/jazz/contemporary chamber music. Our next event is on May 2nd!

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Join the revolution on the first Sunday of every month starting April 4th at Laporta’s Restaurant! Performers to include members from Great Noise Ensemble, McLean Orchestra, and St. Charles String Quartet.

Performers:

AJ Marini(violin)
Parke Nicholson(violin)
Anna Psitos(cello)
Annelisa Guries(viola)
Samantha Hegre(cello)
Hon-Cheong Chan(piano)
Anne Bernoux(flute)
Neil Puzon(violin)
Julie Kirkpatrick(cello)
Darlene Murphy(viola)

The Program:

1. Concerto Grosso, op 6, no. 4 (Corelli) Complete
2. Violin Sonata, Op. 78/I movement (Brahms)
3. Cello Sonata, Op. 38/I movement (Brahms)
4. Porgy and Bess Suite (Gershwin/Heifetz) “Summertime”, “Bess You is My Woman Now”, “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
5. Flute Sonata/I movement(Poulenc)
6. “Catherine Kelly’s Lake Effect” (Liz Carroll/Turtle Island String Quartet)
7. Piano Trio Op. 100/ II movement (Schubert)
8. American Quartet (Drovak) I, II movements


What: Classical Revolution DC 
When:  April 4th, 2010, 6:30pm – 9pm
Where: Laporta’s Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
How to get there: 3 blocks from King Street Metro
Tips: Call 703.683.6313 to reserve a table and get yourself a front row seat
Why: Free Classical Revolution DC Disc (Jan 24th Event) door prize!!

 

December 30, 2009

French Wine, Faure, Chicken Kiev, Rachmaninoff, these are a few of my favorite things

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French Wine, Faure, Chicken Kiev, Rachmaninoff, these are a few of my favorite things
[Hope For Haiti Fund Raising Concert+ Celebrating Mozart's 254th Birthday!]

Why: 100% donations collected will go to HopeForHaiti.com for medical supplies and to aid relief effort in Haiti
What: Classical Revolution DC – Hope For Haiti (Programs)
When: Jan 24th, 2010, 7pm – 10pm
Where: Laporta’s Restaurant and Jazz Lounge
How to get there: 3 blocks from King Street Metro
Tips: Call 703.683.6313 to reserve a table and get yourself a front row seat
Question: Should I bring anything ?
Answer: Your Taste Buds but not Ear Buds!

How can you help Haiti Earthquake?

•             Donate to Hope For Haiti at http://hopeforhaiti.com/donations.php for medical supplies

•             Text “HAITI” to “90999″ and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.

•             Donate through the Red Cross website:  http://newsroom.redcross.org/2010/01/12/disaster-alert-earthquake-in-haiti.

•             Donate through the MercyCorps website: https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake.

•             Go to the Center for International Disaster Information, which has links to other organizations that are accepting donations: http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/.

 

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