CONCERTS & MUSIC APPRECIATION PROGRAMS
Here's a sample list of some of my most popular concerts and programs! I can always tailor-make a presentation to suit your programming needs. Whether library lecture, corporate event, senior community, cultural organization or private gathering, I can provide the perfect program for your important event!
Romantic Piano
Classical Piano Favorites
Songs of the Minstrel
For Valentines’ Day and beyond! Join us for a very special musical event! Pianist and composer Jim Kendros will serenade us with beautiful romantic music for the romantic month of February. Enjoy Jim’s highly expressive and passionate renditions of romantic favorites like “A Time for Us” (from Romeo and Juliet), “Moon River,” “Nadia’s Theme”, “Somewhere in Time” and more!
Songs of the Minstrel
Classical Piano Favorites
Songs of the Minstrel
Experience the plaintive sounds of the nyckelharpa (keyed violin from Sweden) and the festive expressions of the hurdy gurdy (wheel violin from France). Both of these instruments have histories dating from at least 1390! Jim will offer beloved folk melodies, light classical selections and his own passionate originals on these fascinating instruments. As Jim says, "Hearing a popular melody on these ancient instruments is like rediscovering an old friend in new ways!"
Classical Piano Favorites
Classical Piano Favorites
Classical Piano Favorites
Jim plays classical piano favorites that everyone loves! Enjoy the timeless beauty of Bach's Prelude # 1, the charming elegance of Mozart's Sonata in C, the irresistible passions of Beethoven's Fur Elise and more! Jim will provide fascinating and insightful commentary on each piece.
The Elegant Harpsichord
Bach's Bass, Mozart's Mandolin
Classical Piano Favorites
Jim brings his harpsichord to your event! Experience the elegance, the charms, the magical effervescence of the harpsichord! The sparkling sounds of this instrument reveal the essence of music written for it in a way that only the harpsichord can portray! Music of Bach, Scarlatti, Couperin, Handel and the sons of J.S. Bach will be featured as well as one or two of Jim's own dazzling harpsichord
originals!
The Clavichord Mystique
Bach's Bass, Mozart's Mandolin
Bach's Bass, Mozart's Mandolin
If you've never experienced this mystical keyboard instrument, you're in for a real treat! The soft, mysterious sounds of this intimate keyboard will carry you to a sonic landscape unique in all of music. Many writers throughout the centuries have said the clavichord sounds like soft ocean waves on the sand. Revel in the delicate musings of an instrument beloved by Bach, Mozart and many others. Once you hear the music of great composers on this instrument, you'll be spellbound!
Bach's Bass, Mozart's Mandolin
Bach's Bass, Mozart's Mandolin
Bach's Bass, Mozart's Mandolin
Jim brings you a truly unique concert experience! Drawing on his love of his first instrument, the bass guitar, Jim has refitted his bass with strings that are tuned exactly like a cello. Jim will play excerpts of Bach's cello suites on this modern instrument, a musical experience rarely heard! Jim will also include the second instrument he learned, the mandolin, as we enjoy favorites by Mozart and Vivaldi. The mandolin was a courtly favorite in the 1600s and 1700s. Join Jim in this festive concert of plucked strings, from the past and present!
Mozart's Lost Symphony
Women Composers of the Romantic Era
Women Composers of the Romantic Era
In February 1982, a Mozart symphony was discovered-a work that had been missing since 1799! Jim traces the fascinating events which led to the discovery of this amazing lost treasure and highlights special features of each movement.
Women Composers of the Romantic Era
Women Composers of the Romantic Era
Women Composers of the Romantic Era
Discover the highly expressive worlds of women composers of the nineteenth century! Jim delves into the fascinating lives of Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn and introduces some of their most poignant, melodious works.
The Bach Dynasty
Women Composers of the Romantic Era
Enjoying the Symphony
The Bachs were a musical dynasty that lasted over three centuries! J.S. Bach and his gifted sons were among the most brilliant outpouring of this legacy.
Experience their music and their lives as Jim unveils the genius of the Bach dynasty!
Enjoying the Symphony
Starter's Guide to Classical Music
Enjoying the Symphony
How do we listen to a symphony? What structures are used in the music? What should we listen for? Jim brings you the ultimate guide for symphonic enjoyment!
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Starter's Guide to Classical Music
Starter's Guide to Classical Music
A musical celebration of every season! Jim explores the timeless charms of Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons. Discover the descriptive poetry Vivaldi added to engage our visual experience of the music. Explore the concerto form and discover the real title of this timelessly beloved work!
Starter's Guide to Classical Music
Starter's Guide to Classical Music
Starter's Guide to Classical Music
New to classical music? Not sure where to begin? What composer to listen to? Jim takes all the guess work out and makes you an expert listener in no time! Learn structures the composers used and discover what to listen for in this user-friendly presentation! You'll enjoy music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and others as never have before!