InConcert Sierra: Pianists and pop-up dinners

PIANIST SAM HAYWOOD, WHO performed alongside renowned violinist Joshua Bell last fall at InConcert Sierra, is returning on April 30. “Joshua Bell may have found his match in Haywood who, though seated, equals him in emoting the music at hand,” wrote The Washington Post.

Haywood will perform at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Grass Valley. The program includes Schubert, Impromptus D899, Nos 3,4; Beethoven, Sonata quasi una fantasia Op 27 No 2 ‘Moonlight’; Villa-Lobos, selection from Prole do Bebe Book 1 (The Dolls); Mendelssohn, Rondo Capriccioso; Sam Haywood, The Other Side, and Chopin, Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31, Nocturne Op 27, No 2 in D flat, and Polonaise in A flat Op, 53.

This spring, InConcert Sierra announced its 2017-18 season of classical music:

SEPT. 17, INCONCERT SIERRA ORCHESTRA Greatest Hits, Vol. 5

OCT. 22, VOCES8
The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is one of the world’s most versatile and best-loved a cappella singing groups.

NOV. 19, SPENCER MYER, PIANO
Myer returns to an enthusiastic audience.

DEC. 17, SIERRA MASTER CHORALE & ORCHESTRA Holiday Concert

JAN. 21, 2018, CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
This program will juxtapose two musical giants of Romanticism: Antonin Dvořák and Johannes Brahms.

FEB. 18, 2018, BRIDGET KIBBEY, HARP
Bridget Kibbey returns to InConcert joined by violinist Siwoo Kim and recorder-player Priscilla Hereid.

MARCH 18, 2018, AMERICAN PIANIST ASSOCIATION COMPETITION WINNER
Every four years, InConcert Sierra presents the newest star from the prestigious APA competition. The last winner was pianist Sean Chen.

APRIL 15, 2018, WINDSYNC
North America’s foremost emerging wind quintet.

MAY 20, 22, 2018, SIERRA MASTER CHORALE & ORCHESTRA, SPRING CONCERT
InConcert Sierra’s special performances, house concerts and education seminars will be announced later.

Pop-up Dinner

InConcert Sierra is hosting a “Taste of Classics” pop-up dinner on June 16-17 with Argentian Chef Pablo Ranea and sous chef and jazz singer Aljandro Cohen.

Pablo and Alejandro preside over a traveling kitchen of unique experiences. Friends gather around a table to enjoy the one-of-a-kind experience of the aromas, tastes and textures of Argentinian and Latin American cooking; its wines, history, and enchantment.

Aljandro and InConcert artistic director Ken Hardin will entertain the dinner guests. For more on “pop up” dinners, chef’s table and supper clubs—a theme for this issue—visit SierraCulture.com.

For more information or tickets, visit InConcertSierra.org.

(Photo: Ovidiu Micsik)