March 29, 2025, 1p
Rock Creek Mansion, Bethesda, MD
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Welcome & Introduction
Alice Berman & Ilana Berman Krechmer

Mendelssohn Opus 12 Canzonetta
Left Bank Quartet (original lineup)
David Salness, Sally McLain (violins)
Katherine Murdock (viola), Evelyn Elsing (‘cello)

Dr. Gary Friedlaender
nephew, read by his son Ari Friedlaender

Howard Friedlaender
nephew

Dr. Angie Goss Lacombe
grand-niece

Recollection from Sheila Hiebert
friend, read by Ilana Berman Krechmer

Beethoven Opus 18 #1
Left Bank Quartet

Michael Finckel
friend

Evelyn Elsing
friend & resident ‘cellist

​Daniel Krechmer
son-in-law
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Ariana Berman Finesmith
daughter

Benjamin Janse
grandson

Haydn Opus 20 #4 Menuetto Zingarese
Left Bank Quartet

Ilana Berman Krechmer
daughter

Alice Berman
widow

Mourner’s Kaddish

Mendelssohn Opus 44 No. 1, first movement
University of Maryland recording, 1972
Dr. Joel H. Berman, Ron Oakland (violins)
Sally Trembly (viola), William Skidmore (‘cello)