MASTERSERIES
AT THE LOBERO THEATRE
SEASON SPONSOR: ESPERIA FOUNDATION
Additional Support from The Lobero’s
John C. Mithun Foundation
Community Access Fund
In the intimacy of the Lobero, enjoy solo and chamber brilliance: pianist Louis Lortie in an all-Ravel recital; Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven, Corigliano, and Schumann; the Venice Baroque Orchestra brings A Duel of Bows for Carnivale; and the Sphinx Virtuosi with violinist Randall Goosby perform Visions of Peace.
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E‑flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1, “Quasi una fantasia” (1800–01)
CORIGLIANO: Fantasia on an Ostinato (1985)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C‑sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight” (1801)
SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 (1839)
SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 (1836–38)
“What is striking about Mr. Ax’s playing is not its beauty, considerable though that is, but its determined honesty.”
— Bernard Holland, The New York Times
Sponsor
Robert Castle
Co-Sponsors
Beth Gates Warren & Bob Boghosian
Nancy & Byron K. Wood
VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Paolo Tagliamento, violin soloist
Giacomo Catana, orchestra leader
A VENETIAN DUEL OF BOWS – In Celebration of Carnivale
(Venetian masks and cloaks encouraged!)
PROGRAM
VIVALDI: Concerto in E-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 5, RV 253, “La tempesta di mare,” for solo violin, strings and basso continuo
VERACINI: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor, Op. 2, No. 12, for violin and basso continuo
TARTINI: Concerto in A Major, D. 96, for solo violin, strings and basso continuo
LOCATELLI: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 3, No. 2, from L’arte del violino, for solo violin, strings and basso continuo
VIVALDI: Concerto in G Minor for strings and basso continuo, RV 157
VIVALDI: Concerto in D Major, RV 208, “Il Grosso Mogul,” for solo violin, strings and basso continuo
Venetian masks and cloaks are welcome for this enchanted evening!
Co-Sponsors
Anonymous
Meg & Dan Burnham
Mahri Kerley
Concert Partner
Lynn P. Kirst
Visions of Peace
PROGRAM
JOSÉ LAFITTE: La Bella Cubana
CLARICE ASSAD: Selections from Impressions, “Fusion: Dança Brasileira” and “Precision: Perpetual Motion”
JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Chemiluminescence
WILLIAM GRANT STILL (arr. RANDALL GOOSBY): Suite for Violin or Cello and String Orchestra
QUENTON XAVIER BLACHE: A Vision for Peace
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
(arr. RUBÉN RENGEL): Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83, “Stalingrad”
MANUEL PONCE (arr. RUBÉN RENGEL): Estrellita
FREE EDUCATIONAL EVENT
ALEJANDRA SWITALA, violin QUENTON XAVIER BLACHE, cello
MARCH 13, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lehmann Hall, Music Academy of the West
CAMA hosts this free educational event with two members of the Sphinx Virtuosi on the morning after their Lobero performance. Violinist Alejandra Switala and cellist/composer Quenton Xavier Blache lead a public master class, followed by a conversation and audience Q&A.
EXCLUSIVE CONCERT SPONSORS
(March 12, 2026)
Marta Holsman Babson
& Bitsy Becton Bacon
EDUCATIONAL EVENT SPONSOR
(March 13, 2026)
The Henry E. and Lola Monroe Foundation
Mr. F. Robert Miller III
As of January 28, 2026
MAURICE RAVEL:
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Sonatine
Gaspard de la nuit
Jeux d’eau
Valses nobles et sentimentales
La valse
Sponsor
Robert Castle
Co-Sponsor
Edward S. DeLoreto
Concert Partners
Maureen & Les Shapiro
