2002 Performances
March 23, 2002
with Paul Dresher
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
March 27, 2002
with Paul Dresher
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
With composer/pianist Terry Riley performing Riley’s Banana Humberto 2000
and cello soloist Joan Jeanrenaud performing Dresher’s cello concerto Unequal Distemperament
April 3, 2002
with Paul Dresher
Allegheny College, Allegheny , PA
April 5, 2002
with Paul Dresher
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
Steve Mackey and Rinde Eckert’s opera Ravenshead
Performed by Rinde Eckert and the Paul Dresher Ensemble’s Electro-Acoustic Band
April 12, 2002, 8:00 P.M.
with Ian Dogole
807 Franklin St.
Cathedral Hill/Opera Plaza at between Turk & Eddy St., San Francisco
Englander House Victorian Parlor Concert Series Presents
Instruments from the Far Corners of the Globe
Featuring
Dance Suite for Solo Violin
Composed especially for violinist Karen Bentley
by Swedish composer Ole Saxe in 2000
Karen Bentley will perform the Dance Suite for Solo Violin by Swedish composer Ole Saxe, who will be present to introduce the 6 dances: Ziga, Jig for Alan, Rhumba for Viola, Redhaired Tango, Flamenco, and Salsa for Karen, then join forces with percussionist Ian Dogole of Global Fusion to embark on a musical journey featuring a veritable United Nations of instruments.
Karen Bentley Violin, Viola, Hardingfele (Norwegian fiddle)
Ian Dogole Multipercussionist on Udu (Nigerian clay pot), Mbira (African thumb piano), African talking drum, Dumbek (Middle Eastern goblet drum), Doira, Cajon (Peruvian box drum), Remo Mondo drum
Violinist/violist Karen Bentley and multipercussionist Ian Dogole possess a far-reaching musical vision, traversing the realms of Bach, Bartok and Brahms, segueing seamlessly into free improvisation, morphing into Finnish tango and then onto Corea, Gershwin and Monk by way of a Danish salsa. Never constrained by preexisting formulas, their musical adventures transport listeners to previously uncharted musical landscapes. It’s an aural/visual feast for the senses.
The Setting
The Englander House is one of the grandest and most original of the surviving Victorians in San Francisco. Built in 1880, this four story 7,500 square foot home is still illuminated with live gasoliers, including one used as a prop in the 1942 classic film “Gaslight,” starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and a very young Angela Lansbury.
Guests may view the extensive collection of museum quality furniture and decorative arts from the period 1865 through 1895, including the following examples made by the premiere New York furniture makers to the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age: Herter Bros. (for the family of financier J. Pierpont Morgan and California railroad owner and Senator, Milton Latham); Pottier & Stymus (for James Flood, “Silver Baron of the Comstock Lode”); and the firm of Alexander Roux. Original furnishings of the home include a twelve feet tall 24-karat gold gilt pier mirror with matching window cornice, purchased from Hausman Brothers of San Francisco circa 1880.
April 21, 2002, 3:00 P.M.
with Redwood Symphony
Cañada College Theatre, Redwood City
Redwood Symphony presents
Carnival!
featuring the world premiere of
Ole Saxe’s Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra
with Karen Bentley, violin & viola
Also on the program: Shakespeare in Love Suite (Warbeck); Circus Polka (Stravinsky); and Till Eulenspiegel (Strauss)
April 27, 2002, 7:30 P.M.
with Jonathan Salzedo
St Bede’s Episcopal Church
2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park
Arts at St. Bede’s presents
Karen Bentley, violin
and Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord
romp through the centuries with
music by Bach, Biber, and Scarlatti
new works by Ole Saxe and Gunther Tautenhahn
improvisations on the Ancient Romanesca
and Frank Zappa’s favorite Finnish tango Satumaa
April 28, 2002, 3:00 P.M.
with Ian Dogole and Jonathan Salzedo
Performance Hall* of the Woman’s Club of Palo Alto
475 Homer Avenue (at Cowper), Palo Alto
Benefit Concert for the Pacifica Foundation/
Free Speech Radio Network
Sponsored by Mid-Peninsula for KPFA & Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Karen Bentley Violin, Viola, Hardingfele (Norwegian fiddle)
Ian Dogole Multipercussionist on Udu (Nigerian clay pot), Mbira (African thumb piano), African talking drum, Dumbek (Middle Eastern goblet drum), hang (Swiss hybrid instrument)
Jonathan Salzedo Harpsichord
Karen Bentley, Ian Dogole, and Jonathan Salzedo will join their diverse talents and the sounds of a veritable United Nations of instruments to take you on a unique musical journey. A program of solos, duos, and trios spans the ages, ranging from Romanesca Variations to Baroque works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, J.S.Bach, and Domenico Scarlatti. From these masters of the Baroque, their music transitions seamlessly into free improvisations, which metamorphose into a Finnish tango by way of a Swedish salsa.
at the Next Generation Festival
Awadagin Pratt, music director, violin & piano
Karen Bentley, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Thomas Kraines, cello
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Opus 70, No. 1 “The Ghost”
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956, op. posth. 163
Sponsored by WITF-FM in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
June 5 and 6 at the Zimmerman Recital Hall, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville
June 7 in the MAC Recital Hall, York College of Pennsylvania, York
June 10 at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg
June 11 at Degenstein Theater, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove
June 12 in the Barshinger Center for Musical Arts, Hensel Hall, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster
June 28, 2002, 12:30 P.M.
Stanford Hospital Atrium
Stanford Campus, Palo Alto, CA
Bing Music Series Presents
Karen Bentley and Pianist Dmitriy Cogan
Amy Beach’s Violin Sonata and Invocation
June 29, 2002, 8:00 P.M.
807 Franklin St.
Cathedral Hill/Opera Plaza at between Turk & Eddy St., San Francisco
Englander House Victorian Parlor Concert Series Presents
Karen Bentley and Pianist Dmitriy Cogan
Sonatas by Johannes Brahms and Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
June 30, 2002, 7:00 P.M.
807 Franklin St.
Cathedral Hill/Opera Plaza at between Turk & Eddy St., San Francisco
Englander House Victorian Parlor Concert Series Presents
Orchestral Favorites of the Victorian Age III
Karen Bentley, Geoffrey Gallegos and Kenneth Raskin conduct Saint Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and works by Beethoven and Ernst with soloists Karen Bentley, violin, Joseph Gold, violin, and Seth Montfort and Brent Smith, duo pianists.
September 4, 2002, 4:00 P.M.
Stanford Hospital Atrium
Stanford Campus, Palo Alto, CA
Bing Music Series Presents
Karen Bentley and Pianist Dmitriy Cogan
Featuring Sonatas for violin and piano by Brahms, Mozart, and Beethoven
Karen appeared as guest concertmaster with the
Northwest Sinfonietta at their November concerts.