Oak Branch Concerts
NOTICE: Due to the extreme heat, the August 19 concert with Patrice Calixte is being rescheduled to October 7. Thank you for your understanding.
Concerts at Oak Branch are free to the public. If you would like to make a donation to support our performers or HAAM (Health Alliance for Austin Musicians), any donation is sincerely appreciated and can be made at the performance or visiting the HAAM website.
SEPTEMBER 15 (COMING NEXT): Patrice Calixte and Rick Rowley
Patrice Calixte, violin
Rick Rowley, piano
We are so pleased that Patrice Calixte will be back to play at Oak Branch. Patrice and Rick will play Debussy's wonderful Sonata for Violin and Piano and a few shorter pieces. Rick will perform Mussorgsky's piano masterpiece - "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Spetember 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm (*Note different time.)
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>> MARCH 2 (COMING NEXT): Irida Herri, soprano; Patti Wolf, piano
Irida Herri
Irida Herri, soprano
Patti Wolf, piano
Irida and Patti will perform a gorgeous program including Vivaldi's "Apri le luce", Ravel's Five Greek Songs, two songs of Rachmaninoff, Zemlinsky's "Walzer-Gesänge", Lee Hoiby's beautiful aria "Goodbye World" from "Our Town" and some Albanian folk songs. This will be another afternoon of great art song in the barn.
Sunday, March 2, 2025 - 3:00 pm
(*Note different day and time.)
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Patti Wolf
POSTPONED (to be rescheduled) (COMING NEXT): William Fedkenheuer and Rick Rowley
William Fedkenheuer
William Fedkenheuer, violin
Rick Rowley, piano
Will has been asked to step into another major quartet in need of a second violinist for the weekend. We are glad Will can help them out, but it means we will postpone this recital at Oak Branch. We will find a date to reschedule the concert, most likely next fall.
Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm (*Note different time.)
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Rick Rowley
APRIL 27 (COMING NEXT): Pamela Stout and Rick Rowley, piano
Pamela Stout
Pamela Stout, piano
Rick Rowley, piano
We are having to reschedule the piano recital by David Nichols. So our friend Pamela Stout and Rick Rowley will play an impromptu concert to take its place. Rick will play the French Suite No. 2 in c minor by J. S. Bach. Pamela will play the Concert Etude in D-flat ("Un sospiro") of Franz Liszt, "The Maiden and the Nightingale" from Granados' Goyescas and together they will play the Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor by Felix Mendelssohn.
April 27, 2025 at 3:00 pm
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MAY 10 (COMING NEXT): Lakeway at Oak Branch
Lakeway Masterpiece Concert Series
Sari Pearce, violin
Bruce Williams, viola
Andrew Pearce, cello
Rick Rowley, piano
Andrew and Sari Pearce's Lakeway Masterpiece Concert Series will give a performance of their May concert in the barn at Oak Branch. The concert will include Brahms' Piano Quartet No 3 in c minor, the Samuel Barber Sonata for Cello and Piano and Edward Elgar's "Salut d'amour" for violin and piano.
Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 3:00 pm
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OCTOBER 19 (COMING NEXT): RAMEAU Double Take: Sophia Gilmson, harpsichord and piano
Sophia Gilmson, harpsichord
and piano
Sophia Gilmson presents a unique All-Rameau program. Sophia plays each original work on harpsichord followed by playing Godowsky’s transcription of the same works on the piano. The performance will be about an hour long without intermission and will include some introductory words for each selection.
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm
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TO BE RESCHEDULED : David Nichols, piano
David Nichols
David Nichols, piano
David Nichols will perform an incredibly inventive piano recital including compositions of his own, as well as Liszt, Boulez, Ginastera and Feldman.
April 27, 2025 at 3:00 pm
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June 1: Sari Pearce, violin; Andrew Pearce, cello; Rick Rowley, piano
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Sari Pearce, violin
Andrew Pearce, cello
Rick Rowley, piano
This concert of piano trios will include Beethoven's delightful Trio in B-flat, Op. 11, Phillipe Gaubert's "Pièce Romantique" and the magnificent Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 32, by Anton Arensky.
June 1, 2024 at 3:00 pm*
(*Note different day and time.)
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Piano Trio Concert:
Sari, Andrew and Rick are performing a concert on the Pearce's series at Lakeway. The music is so wonderful they decided to repeat the concert at the barn at Oak Branch. Please join us to start the summer with some fantastic chamber music!
