Classical sonatas and German music captivated an audience Sunday in Morgan Auditorium for the concert titled “Songs of Remembrance.”

The meeting room in the La Verne City Library was filled with the classical guitar music of two music doctoral students from the University of Southern California on Saturday afternoon.

Sweet sounds bounced off towering, white walls as Concordia Clarimontis, the faculty period-instrument ensemble of Claremont Graduate University, began its opening piece Tuesday afternoon in Kresge Chapel.

The extraordinary classical sounds of Ludwig van Beethoven and Sergei Prokofiev were alive and thriving in Claremont.