An Afternoon with John Walz and Friends
Piano Quartets with Robert Thies
August 8, 2018
We are pleased to present this full concert video featuring
LA Opera Principal Cello John Walz as he celebrates his illustrious and wide-ranging career as a soloist, chamber music performer and LA Opera Principal. This program was recorded on September 15, 2018 at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and includes works by Rossini, Wagner, Bach, Corigliano and Gershwin. Performing with John Walz are his colleagues from the LA Opera Orchestra and special guests The Pacific Trio.
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Program
Rossini: Duetto for Cello and Double Bass
Wagner: Feierliches Stuck (Celebration Piece), arranged for 4 cellos by Grutzmacher)
Bach: Chaconne in D minor, arranged for 4 cellos by Varga
Corigliano: Phantasmagoria on Themes from The Ghosts of Versailles
Gershwin: Suite from Porgy and Bess
Artists
John Walz, Cello
Rowena Hammill, Cello
Dane Little, Cello
Helen Zheng Altenbach, Cello
Nathan Farrington, Double Bass
and members of the Pacific Trio:
Roger Wilkie, Violin
Edith Orloff, Piano