The 2022 Pittance Chamber Music SEASON VIII continues with the return to live concerts with a previously postponed program due to the pandemic, Liebeslieder!, now taking place on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena featuring the extraordinary resident artists from the LA Opera.
A special evening featuring the complete Liebeslieder (Love Songs) of Johannes Brahms, for vocal quartet and piano four hands. Members of the LA Opera Chorus, mezzo-soprano Melissa Treinkman, tenor Edmond Rodriguez and baritone James Martin Schaefer, are joined by soprano Elissa Johnston, with LA Opera conductors Grant Gershon and Jeremy Frank moonlighting on piano four hands. The First United Methodist Church Pasadena is an iconic historic building with superior sound and plenty of space for audiences to safely distance from one another.
Among the most extraordinary musicians in the world are those you seldom see – the musicians of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. Founder and Artistic Director Lisa Sutton, who also happens to be the Assistant Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, formed Pittance Chamber Music in 2013 to shine the spotlight on these remarkable yet invisible artists, bringing them from the pit to the stage to perform in small ensembles, hence the name Pittance. Pittance Chamber Music utilizes a roster of artists drawn from a large pool of talent including members of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra as well as Los Angeles Opera resident vocalists, resulting in a unique variety of repertoire not often heard together in one program.