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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\nInline image\n\nYour safety is paramount: c
 ovid vaccinated/booster guests preferred\, or PCR tested (honor system). P
 lease consider the newly released Flu and current covid vaccine.\n\n** PRO
 GRAM NOTES ... artist informal preconcert discussion w/Q&A 2:35-2:55pm in 
 music studio: TBD\n\n“Music Shaped by Its Inspirations”\n\nThis progra
 m traces how composers look back in order to create something new-whether 
 transforming a Baroque bass line\, reimagining Renaissance chant\, absorbi
 ng classical traditions\, or being inspired by their contemporaries.\n\nMa
 urice Ravel — Sonata for Violin and Cello (1920–22)\n\nRavel wrote thi
 s sonata in the years immediately following Debussy’s death\, and the de
 dication reflects a deep sense of loss for a fellow composer who had profo
 undly shaped French music. Instead of imitating Debussy’s sound\, Ravel 
 responds with clarity and restraint\, as if searching for a renewed musica
 l voice in the wake of that absence. The sonata marks Ravel’s turn towar
 d a leaner\, more transparent style\, built on clarity\, precision\, and b
 old linear writing.\n\nCaroline Shaw — In manus tuas (2009)\n\nShaw draw
 s on the 16th-century Tallis motet and the ancient chant “In manus tuas\
 ,” stretching that timeless melodic line into a spacious\, contemporary 
 meditation. Her writing transforms a centuries-old source into something q
 uietly 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\nReinhold Glière — 8 D
 uos for Violin and Cello\, Op. 39 (1909)\n\nGlière’s duos are infused w
 ith the melodic warmth and dance-like character of the Russian and Ukraini
 an folk traditions that shaped his musical upbringing. Though not based on
  specific folk tunes\, their lyrical lines and rustic energy reflect the R
 omantic lineage he inherited from Taneyev\, Arensky\, and the broader Russ
 ian school. These pieces show how music can carry the imprint of cultural 
 memory\, allowing inherited traditions to resurface in new\, intimate form
 s. They also suggest that inspiration sometimes flows quietly through a co
 mposer\, surfacing not as quotation but as an unmistakable musical accent.
 \n\nHandel/Halvorsen — Passacaglia (1893\, after Handel 1703)\n\nHalvors
 en reimagines Handel’s Baroque passacaglia bass line as a bold Romantic 
 duo\, transforming an 18th-century structure into a work filled with drama
  and drive. Built entirely over a single repeating ground\, the piece keep
 s its lineage unmistakable even as it expands with modern intensity and co
 lor. It stands as a striking example of how a contemporary composer can bu
 ild fresh expressive power on the foundation of an older musical idea.\n\n
 ARRIVAL NOTES\n- MAIN LAVATORY rear of studio\n- two laboratories upstairs
 \n- upstairs galleries open ... please take coach and bags upstairs leave 
 anywhere upstairs\n- photos\, names\, location\, metadata are strictly for
  your personal use and may not be posted on any websites social media or s
 ent an email ... please respect privacy ... this applies to guests and art
 ists. I like please and thank\n- potluck items to share: dining room table
  table\n- wine wine to share\, if you use it\, open bar and galley ... ste
 mwear provided ... OK to take your food\, plate and wine glass into studio
  concert room ... with care\, please.\nNarcasts.\n- outdoor cats\n- 1 step
  street to french walk\, 2 steps to porch\, 1 step through 33" (clearance)
  front door\n\n- limited photographs\, strictly for personal use may be ta
 ken. But may not be uploaded to data sites\, shared via email nor posted o
 n any social media sites ...  search photographs may only be used for your
  own personal use\, please please respect the privacy of the host. the mus
 icians\, the faces of other attendees and background information always ca
 ptured in photographs ... please and thank you.\n\nSOLOX House concerts fe
 aturing 1893 Victorian Steinway B78949 Music Room Concert Grand (restored 
 to factory new in 2017-18)\, Janzen duet artist bench\, english leather to
 p\, victorian legs.\n\nSOLOX concerts 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
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