Last September I spoke with Adrian Spence, the Artistic Director of Camerata Pacifica, as the ensemble was celebrating its 30th anniversary. Those three decades of performances gives them a vast library of videos. And those of you missing chamber music will be thrilled.
Camerata Pacifica is making many of these videos easy to watch at home. So for all you chamber music fans wondering how to pass time at home during our present crisis, these offerings are the cultural equivalent of a fine dining menu. You’ve got Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart. But you also get Golijov, Ives, Reich, Shaw and more from which to choose.
Take a look and have a listen. And don’t blame us if you find that hours have passed once you get started exploring.
Auerbach: F Major and D minor Preludes for Cello and Piano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaXA_j65yXY&feature=youtu.be)
Bach: Fugue from BWV 1001, Ji Hye at SpeakEasy
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIbiTwS1cTg&feature=youtu.be)
Bach: Goldberg Variations for String Trio, arr. Sitkovetsky
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb3UbxdLvfk&feature=youtu.be)
Barber: Molto Adagio, from String Quartet, Op. 11
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuKxdBD05z8&feature=youtu.be)
Bax: Quintet for Oboe and Strings
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3unP7LDOpI&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: “Archduke” Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezRNLXBbB8Q&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: “Archduke†Trio, Op. 97 (Excerpt)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xfFlPRgIU&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1QU3rOR4ek&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano & Winds, Op. 16, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IKEhUpR9X0&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRMn03R-Q1E&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-M8TrkXFyc&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: String Trio, Op. 9, No. 3, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcpev0cvIgE&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvzBD5JaRy0&feature=youtu.be)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjsvXPDxwLo&feature=youtu.be)
Bennett: After Syrinx II
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgTNje8Fmio&feature=youtu.be)
Brahms: Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACrT2qsrFZs&feature=youtu.be)
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115, Adagio
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJwVbkBeAjk&feature=youtu.be)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26 (excerpt)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfhlFJel5NU&feature=youtu.be)
Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8, 3rd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBxRosvVsOk&feature=youtu.be)
Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8, 4th Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxa8_O3svc&feature=youtu.be)
Brahms: String Quintet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 111, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-MpbX7aX8&feature=youtu.be)
Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlxmyPzrYe8&feature=youtu.be)
Bruce: The Consolation of Rain
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to0tDlSIgHo&feature=youtu.be)
Bruce: Steampunk
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVowWXGXqrE&feature=youtu.be)
Caplet: Conte fantastique
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9XidhQ8r0&feature=youtu.be)
Clarke: Viola sonata, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vWlCsV0eg&feature=youtu.be)
Deane: Mourning Dove Sonnet
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O74R5Qe65QE&feature=youtu.be)
Debussy, Bennet, Xenakis, Takemitsu
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiZjrUXgFE8&feature=youtu.be)
Debussy: Violin Sonata
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rfnXyyJxgM&feature=youtu.be)
Destenay: Trio in B minor for Piano, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 27
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEguxmzEBGo&feature=youtu.be)
Dring: Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAgu-E-jDnE&feature=youtu.be)
D’Rivera: Bandoneon
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3vYTo-Dxxk&feature=youtu.be)
Dvořák: F Minor Piano Trio, Op. 65, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A46GxwPu8Ho&feature=youtu.be)
Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRwoatWsrdM&feature=youtu.be)
Ginastera: Sonata para Piano No. 1, Op. 22
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5awsOew-RZg&feature=youtu.be)
Golijov: “Mariel”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0tLcieXiH4&feature=youtu.be)
Gounod: Petite Symphonie
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFLaYc2_wKc&feature=youtu.be)
Grieg: Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 45, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cO4oK3fFx4&feature=youtu.be)
Haas: Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9L79GJE4jk&feature=youtu.be)
Harbison: Songs America Loves to Sing
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icd047CxPak&feature=youtu.be)
Harbison: String Trio, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItX_ks3lyiA&feature=youtu.be)
Harbison: String Trio, World Premiere
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnNnhlSSQ0w&feature=youtu.be)
Harbison: Wind Quintet, Movements 2 & 3
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB0-Y5LlXAY&feature=youtu.be)
Haydn: G Major Trio, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJczu0kWakg&feature=youtu.be)
Howell: Oboe Sonata
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzexHEVus7k&feature=youtu.be)
Ives: Piano Sonata No.2
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgMSSktwnEg&feature=youtu.be)
Janacek: Violin Sonata, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB7YTH2VQlo&feature=youtu.be)
Kraft: Encounters V, “In the Morning of the Winter Seaâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7aIPSNGBwA&feature=youtu.be)
Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dNQ7I3yfZM&feature=youtu.be)
Liszt: Transcendental Etudes
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmURwwchy8&feature=youtu.be)
Loeffler: 2 Rhapsodies
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gJCSle5UyQ&feature=youtu.be)
Loeffler: 4 Poems for Voice, Viola, and Piano
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yQ00n2rthw&feature=youtu.be)
Loeffler: Rhapsody, “L’Etangâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxBHoblKsCs&feature=youtu.be)
Louys: “Bilitisâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo89ELziZ38&feature=youtu.be)
Messiaen: Appel Interstellaire
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN8lZpBrIQ8&feature=youtu.be)
Mozart: Adagio for Cor Anglais and Strings, K 580a
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5L-cydVU50&feature=youtu.be)
Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat Major, K 563, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TlDd3j5RJc&feature=youtu.be)
Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat Major, K 563, 4th Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJp2n9GVSI&feature=youtu.be)
Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, K. 423
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JdVBULKACg)
Mozart: “Kegelstatt†Trio
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvMwYKyo5IM&feature=youtu.be)
Mozart: Oboe Quartet
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAg_wJGqCZQ&feature=youtu.be)
Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K 388
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6iSGBNdqSw&feature=youtu.be(
Mozart: Violin Sonata in A, K. 526, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nz11qNjzPQ&feature=youtu.be)
Novacek: Four Rags for Two Jons
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJ0PXgLUOY&feature=youtu.be)
Puts: And Legions Will Rise
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72yr47IaRM&feature=youtu.be)
Rabl: Four Songs, Op. 5
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t7vXfEoSjw&feature=youtu.be)
Reich: Sextet
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKgf3H5-Bo&feature=youtu.be)
Reinecke: Flute Sonata, “Undineâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TtJHBWtsLg&feature=youtu.be)
Richards: de Stamparare
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrbC0ou_8mI&feature=youtu.be)
Rubinstein: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 49, 2nd Movement, Andante
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZC-SXBM38&feature=youtu.be)
Ruo: To the 4 Corners, Scene 1
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Ruo: To the 4 Corners, Scene 2 Pt. 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d_p7b84f08&feature=youtu.be)
Ruo: To the 4 Corners, Scene 2 Pt. 2
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc5XLEM21tI&feature=youtu.be)
Saint-Saens: Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JdVBULKACg&feature=youtu.be)
Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXrpjlC-Qo&feature=youtu.be)
Schubert: Divertimento
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZO5wCp4eAc&feature=youtu.be)
Schubert: E-flat Major Piano Trio, D929, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqxzhRTCnJA&feature=youtu.be)
Shaw: “Boris Kernerâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iicAvn6oVls&feature=youtu.be)
Sheng: “Hot Pepperâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y7Sp1G4IMk&feature=youtu.be)
Stanford: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 13
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE49Swkyt38&feature=youtu.be)
Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67, 1st Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMeKVr6nXNg&feature=youtu.be)
Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67, 2nd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_kuyoPBCYo&feature=youtu.be)
Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67, 3rd Movement
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3jcdQjegj4&feature=youtu.be)
Vine: Inner World
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAO5nkNRvy8&feature=youtu.be)
Wiegold: “Earth, Receive an Honoured Guestâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtN1SG8zHg&feature=youtu.be)
Wilson: Dreamgarden
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rheRF2zeQ4&feature=youtu.be)
Wilson: Spilliaert’s Beach
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6OXTfTEAEI&feature=youtu.be)
Wolfgang: Vine Street Express
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTv1_uZJDqI&feature=youtu.be)
Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 27 “Georges Enescuâ€
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJV__jdxI74&feature=youtu.be)
Zemlinksy: Lied for Cello and Piano
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13fcG8CH0_o&feature=youtu.be)
So what’s on your playlist?
Photo: Camerata Pacifica – Krisitin Lee, Jason Uyeyama, Ani Aznavoorian, Richard Yongjae O’Neill & Jose Franch-Ballester 3/9/18 MAW Hahn Hall (Courtesy of Camerata Pacifica)