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Simone Porter
Friday, August 28, 2026 • 7 PM

La Jolla Music Society

Conversation Across Centuries

The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

From Shakespeare-inspired song to Beethoven’s haunting “Ghost” Trio, composers engage the voices of the past.

The evening culminates in Vaughan Williams’ luminous Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis—a rare chance to hear this soaring work performed by a specially assembled large ensemble in all its radiant breadth.

REPERTOIRE

HAYDN
She Never Told Her Love
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Orpheus with his Lute
QUILTER
O Mistress Mine
RAUTAVAARA
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
DALE
Come Away, Death
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No. 5, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost”
HALVORSEN
Sarabande con variazione on a Theme by Handel
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

ARTISTS

ANI AZNAVOORIAN
cello

INON BARNATAN
piano

BENJAMIN BEILMAN
violin

JONATHAN BISS
piano

OWEN DALBY
violin

JAMES EHNES
violin

NJIOMA CHINYERE GREVIOUS
violin

SAM HAGER
bass

KATHRYN HATMAKER
violin

HSIN-YUN HUANG
viola

NINA LEE
cello

ANTHONY MANZO
bass

SIMONE PORTER
violin

WESLEY PRECOURT
violin

TIMOTHY RIDOUT
viola

JONATHAN SWENSEN
cello

JEFFREY THAYER
violin

ROBIN TRITSCHLER
tenor

JONATHAN VINOCOUR
viola

STEPHEN WAARTS
violin

CHERRY YEUNG
violin

*Program, artists, and timing subject to change.

MORE CONCERT DETAILS

PRE-SHOW PRELUDE • 6 PM

This concert has a pre-show prelude. All ticket holders can come early, grab a drink or snack from our concessions stand, and dive into the deeper meaning behind the music with our guest lecturer.