BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260508T185411Z UID:229903ea-4160-4b0b-a005-2c41e7dc9093 DTSTART:20260419T180000Z DTEND:20260419T203000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Richard W.\nMusicians: Emma Johnson and Nusheen Farah ani\n\nSunday 2pm 19 April 2026 Emma Hayes Johnson\, Cello & Hoorig Poochi kian\, Violin\; POTLUCK dinner buffet 95/46 (postponed from14dec2025 WEAX) .\n\nhttps://www.emmahayscello.com/\n\nhttps://www.hoorigpoochikian.com/\n \n**PROGRAM 60-75 minutes + 10 minute intermission\, extensive program not es far below ...\n\n-Maurice Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello\n-Carol ine Shaw’s in manus tuas for solo cello\n -intermission-\n-Reinhold Glière’s 8 Pieces for Violin and Cello\n-Handel/Halvorsen’s Passacagl ia for Violin and Cello.\n\nNEW: see program notes** far below ... 2:35-3p m informal artist discussion with Q&A during buffet ... seated ... optiona l for attendees ... 3p music begins with only brief statement of name and number of movements.\n\nPotLuck Dinner Buffet 2-3PM & during intermission& following performance. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch f or potluck reception during intermission & beginning\, when doors open 2pm . Guests are encouraged to bring food/wine to share/potluck\; if consideri ng a sweet\, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 3pm\, please be on time\, 2 sets with 1 short intermission\, rarely one l onger set. Guests most welcome and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share /potluck\, please consider bringing wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Bucke ts/Filtered Water Provided.\n\nAdvance payment REQUESTED (pay thru GroupMu se or the SOLOX Zelle Link) NO CASH at EVENT--illegal in MD. All guests wi ll be seated in Music Room. Accessibility note: 3 steps walkway to entry h all\, 30 inch doors inside.\n\nArrivals 2-2:30pm ...\n-potluck dishes dini ng room\n-wine\, beverages: bar in galley\n-important: coats and bags upst airs please\n-arrivals: 2pm for social hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet\n- o ptional artist discussion/Q&A 2:35-2:55pm PROGRAM NOTES** BELOW\n-concert seating opens: 3pm\, music begins\; 2:30pm for those attending artist disc ussion\n-OK To take food/ wine into Music Studio\n-outdoor cats live here\ n-2 upstairs galleries open\, 2 upstairs lavatories\, open in addiction to main lavatory rear of studio\n- limited photographs\, strictly for person al use may be taken. But may not be uploaded to data sites\, shared via em ail nor posted on any social media sites ... search photographs may only be used for your own personal use\, please please respect the privacy of t he host. the musicians\, the faces of other attendees and background infor mation always captured in photographs ... please and thank you.\n\nYour sa fety is paramount: covid vaccinated/booster guests preferred\, or PCR test ed (honor system). Please consider the newly released Flu and current covi d vaccine.\n\n** PROGRAM NOTES ... artist informal preconcert discussion w /Q&A 2:35-2:55pm in music studio: TBD\n\n“Music Shaped by Its Inspiratio ns”\n\nThis program traces how composers look back in order to create so mething new-whether transforming a Baroque bass line\, reimagining Renaiss ance chant\, absorbing classical traditions\, or being inspired by their c ontemporaries.\n\nMaurice Ravel — Sonata for Violin and Cello (1920–22 )\n\nRavel wrote this sonata in the years immediately following Debussy’ s death\, and the dedication reflects a deep sense of loss for a fellow co mposer who had profoundly shaped French music. Instead of imitating Debuss y’s sound\, Ravel responds with clarity and restraint\, as if searching for a renewed musical voice in the wake of that absence. The sonata marks Ravel’s turn toward a leaner\, more transparent style\, built on clarity \, precision\, and bold linear writing.\n\nCaroline Shaw — In manus tuas (2009)\n\nShaw draws on the 16th-century Tallis motet and the ancient cha nt “In manus tuas\,” stretching that timeless melodic line into a spac ious\, contemporary meditation. Her writing transforms a centuries-old sou rce into something quietly luminous\, using modern textures to reveal the chant’s emotional core. It is a vivid example of how old music can spark new creative worlds when approached with curiosity and reverence.\n\nRein hold Glière — 8 Duos for Violin and Cello\, Op. 39 (1909)\n\nGlière’ s duos are infused with the melodic warmth and dance-like character of the Russian and Ukrainian folk traditions that shaped his musical upbringing. Though not based on specific folk tunes\, their lyrical lines and rustic energy reflect the Romantic lineage he inherited from Taneyev\, Arensky\, and the broader Russian school. These pieces show how music can carry the imprint of cultural memory\, allowing inherited traditions to resurface in new\, intimate forms. They also suggest that inspiration sometimes flows quietly through a composer\, surfacing not as quotation but as an unmistak able musical accent.\n\nHandel/Halvorsen — Passacaglia (1893\, after Han del 1703)\n\nHalvorsen reimagines Handel’s Baroque passacaglia bass line as a bold Romantic duo\, transforming an 18th-century structure into a wo rk filled with drama and drive. Built entirely over a single repeating gro und\, the piece keeps its lineage unmistakable even as it expands with mod ern intensity and color. It stands as a striking example of how a contempo rary composer can build fresh expressive power on the foundation of an old er musical idea.\n\nSOLOX House concerts featuring 1893 Victorian Steinway B78949 Music Room Concert Grand (restored to factory new in 2017-18)\, Ja nzen duet artist bench\, english leather top\, victorian legs.\n\nSOLOX co ncerts scheduled thru Oct 2027:\n\nhttps://www.groupmuse.com/hosts/192379\ n\nSOLOX\, an Art Salon of Washington DC LOCATION:Woodacres\, Bethesda SUMMARY:Sunday 2pm 19 April 2026 Emma Hayes Johnson\, Cello & Hoorig Poochi kian\, Violin\; POTLUCK dinner buffet 95/46 URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/15180-sunday-2pm-19-april-2026-emma-ha yes-johnson-cello-hoorig-poochikian-violin-potluck-dinner-buffet-95-46 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR