Sundays @ Four: Roger Chase and Michiko Otaki

Crowden Music Center

Crowden Music Center presents Sundays @ Four: Roger Chase, viola, and Michiko Otaki, piano.

Born in London, Roger Chase has appeared as soloist at the Proms in Royal Albert Hall and in major cities throughout the UK and Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Middle East, and India. He was a member of the Nash Ensemble for more 20 years, as well as the London Sinfonietta, Esterhazy Baryton Trio, Quartet of London, Hausmusik of London, and the London Chamber Orchestra. His critically acclaimed recordings for Dutton with pianist Michiko Otaki include music by Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss and Vaughan Williams, as well as rare works of Benjamin Dale, Stanley Bate, W.H. Bell, and Edmund Rubbra, plus sonatas of Delius and Ireland transcribed by Tertis. His most recent release on Centaur is a recording of three Brahms sonatas. His recording “The Virtuoso Viola” on Naxos features music by Arthur Benjamin, George Enescu, Joseph Jongen, Henry Vieuxtemps, Nicolò Paganini, Bach/Kodály, Fritz Kreisler, and Bernard Shore. Chase performs on the Montagnana viola previously owned by the legendary Lionel Tertis.

Please join us for a free "Meet-the-Artists" reception following the concert.

About Sundays @ Four at Crowden
Crowden presents chamber music to the public with Sundays @ Four, our series of low-cost, informal concerts featuring distinguished chamber musicians. Artists speak about each work and share their personal observations and inspirations in these intimate concerts, then mingle with the audience in receptions after the performance.

Tickets are $18 general admission and $15 students/seniors at the door, and FREE to children ages 18 and under. All concerts take place at the wheelchair-accessible Crowden Music Center, just two blocks from the North Berkeley BART station.

For more information, contact concerts@crowden.org or visit www.crowden.org.