Consistently high music standards are the benchmark of the internationally recognized Black Oak Ensemble. From its very beginning, the intellect and passion that these artists have brought to stages all over the globe have garnered them numerous awards. Many in the music industry consider the ensemble to be among the most exceptional ensembles of its generation.
On Sunday, January 22, 2023 in a 4:00pm performance, the Black Oak Ensemble will grace the Newman Auditorium stage on the Santa Rosa Junior College Campus for a concert that promises brilliant music making. The campus is located at 1501 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa, CA.
For tickets to see and hear this amazing group in concert, contact City Box Office at
415-392-4400 or online at cityboxoffice.com. For further information go to the Chamber Series website
at https://chamberconcerts.santarosa.edu
Black Oak Ensemble
Desiree Ruhstrat, Violin; Aurélien Fort Pederzoli, Viola; David Cunliffe, Cello
The Black Oak Ensemble’s latest CD release, “Avant l’orage,” a double album of French string trios, reached #1 in the Billboard Classical Charts in July 2022.
Praised for its “insightful, committed and masterful performances” (Classics Today 10/10) and “fierce eloquence” (London Times), the Black Oak Ensemble is one of the most innovative and exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage.
Violinist Desirée Ruhstrat and cellist David Cunliffe are members of the acclaimed, Grammy-nominated Lincoln Trio, and violist Aurélien Fort Pederzoli was a founding member of the ground-breaking Grammy-nominated Spektral Quartet.
Black Oak’s début album on Çedille Records, Silenced Voices, is dedicated to Jewish composers, most of whom lost their lives during the Holocaust. It has been featured in Gramophone and Strings magazines, and on BBC Radio 3, The Violin Channel, and Sirius XM. In 2022, the ensemble released their second recording on the Cedille label, “Avant l’orage,” a double album of French string trios from 1926-39, including several world premiere recordings.
International tours have taken the Black Oak Ensemble to Amsterdam, Geneva (a special performance dedicated to human rights), the Everlasting Hope Festival in Terezin (in honor of composers persecuted and murdered by the Nazis during the occupation of Prague), Paris, Grenoble, Lyon, Rennes, Corsica, Prague and Athens. In the U.S. they have appeared at the Newport Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Latino Music Festival (Chicago), University of Oregon, and many other venues.
Passionate advocates of new works, Black Oak has commissioned and premiered string trios from renowned composers such as Michael Nyman, Conrad Tao, David Ludwig and others. Black Oak is Ensemble-in-Residence at New Music School in Chicago and the Ravinia Festival’s El Sistema program.
Program
Goldberg Variations (Aria, Var. 1) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio for violin, viola and cello Gideon Klein (1919-1945)
Trio à cordes en forme de divertissement Henri Tomasi (1901-1971)
La Calle 92 Ástor Piazzolla
Serenade for String Trio Sándor Kuti (1908-1945)
Danse Espagnole Manuel de Falla
Csárdás Vittorio Monti (1868-1922)
FOR TICKETS CONTACT CITY BOX OFFICE
Phone: 415-392-4400
The Web: www.cityboxoffice.com
Mail: 180 Redwood St., Suite 100, S.F., CA 94102
TICKET INFORMATION:
Three Concert Packages: $ 90.00
Single Ticket Prices: $ 35.00
Single Tickets Students $ 20.00
Free Parking Permit for the day of the Concert
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Santa Rosa Junior College – Newman Auditorium – Emeritus Building
1501 Mendocino Ave.
- Santa Rosa