Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – 6:30pm
Jazz at Intersection
Jazz at Intersection: Gail Dobson Latin Jazz Sextet. Vocalist Gail Dobson has been one of the Bay Area’s leading performers and educators for the past decade. For this performance, she also brings music that has influenced three generations of the Dobson family, who will join her on stage for a number of songs.
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
$10-$25 sliding scale
Information: (415) 626-3311
www.theintersection.org
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – 4:30pm
Chamber Music Master Class
Peter Frankl; piano
Students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 503-6275
www.sfcm.edu
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 – 12:15pm
Ensemble of Music department musicians and members of University Symphony
Saint-Saëns' Les Carnaval des Animaux
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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Thursday, April 3, 2008 – 8pm
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Program: Mozart/Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219; Shostakovich/Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 110a; and Mendelssohn/Octet for Strings, Op. 20.
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
$28/$42
Information: (415) 392-4400 or 357-1111
www.ncco.org
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Friday, April 4, 2008 – 8pm
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Program: Mozart/Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219; Shostakovich/Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 110a; and Mendelssohn/Octet for Strings, Op. 20.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado, Palo Alto
$28/$42
Information: (415) 392-4400 or 357-1111
www.ncco.org
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Friday, April 4, 2008 – 8pm
Andrew Manze and the Helsingborg Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica), Op. 35; Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
UC Davis
One Shields Avenue, Davis
Information: (530) 754-5428
www.MondaviArts.org
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Friday, April 4, 2008 – 8pm
Skampa String Quartet
Quartets by Beethoven (Op. 59, No. 2), Smetana (From My Life), and Arvo Part (Fratres for String Quartet)
Newman Auditorium
Santa Rosa Junior College
1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa
Information: (707) 527-4372
www.santarosa.edu/chamberconcerts
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Friday, April 4, 2008 – 8pm
Steve Mackey with Citywater
The Music of Steve Mackey: Microconcerto, Heavy Light, Indigenous Instruments, and No Two Breaths
Hertz Hall
UC Berkeley, Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.citywatermusic.com
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Saturday, April 5, 2008 – 8pm
Chamber Music San Francisco
Leon Fleisher, Piano
Program: Schubert/Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 and four-hand works with Katherine Jacobson Fleisher.
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$47/$51/CBO
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.chambermusicsf.org
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Saturday, April 5, 2008 – 8pm
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Program: Mozart/Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219; Shostakovich/Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 110a; and Mendelssohn/Octet for Strings, Op. 20.
Florence Gould Theater
Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park
$28/$42
Information: (415) 392-4400 or 357-1111
www.ncco.org
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Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 3pm
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Program: Beethoven/Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15; Schumann/Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61.
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall
UC Berkeley
$34-$58
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 5pm
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Program: Mozart/Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219; Shostakovich/Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 110a; and Mendelssohn/Octet for Strings, Op. 20.
Osher Marin JCC
N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael
$28/$42
Information: (415) 392-4400 or 357-1111
www.ncco.org
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Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 2:30pm
Stanford Lively Arts
St. Lawrence String Quartet
St. Lawrence String Quartet with Stephen Prutsman, piano. Program: Joseph Haydn/String Quartet in G Major, op. 77, no. 1 (1799); Jonathan Berger/The Bridal Canopy (2008); and Erich Wolfgang Korngold/Quintet in E Major for Piano and Strings, op. 15 (1921).
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Lagunita
$40/$44; $20/$22 Stanford stu
Information: (650) 725-ARTS
livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 4pm
Noe Valley Chamber Music
Brydon Hassman, Piano and Carey Bell, Clarinet
Carey Bell, clarinet, Brydon Hassman, piano and Ann Moss, soprano. Program: Brahms’s sonatas for piano and clarinet ; Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock; and Poulenc's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano.
Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco
$18; $15 seniors & students
Information: (415) 648-5236
www.nvcm.org
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Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 3pm
Florilegia
Sara Colburn, David Wilson, David Morris, Katherine Heater, and Kathleen Kraft - soprano, violin, flute, cello, and harpsichord
Georg Philipp Telemann
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Avenue, Albany
Information: (510) 526-0722
www.prbmusic.com
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Monday, April 7, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Performances
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin & Lambert Orkis, Piano
Program: Brahms/Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3.
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$25-$81
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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Monday, April 7, 2008 – 8pm
Jennifer Culp, cello
Featured Work: Copland Piano Quartet
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
$15/$20
Information: (415) 503-6275
www.sfcm.edu
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – 8pm
Jonathan Ring, Horn and Don Erlich, Viola
Program: TBA
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
$15/$20
Information: (415) 503-6275
www.sfcm.edu
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 8pm
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance
Country Western by Zachary James Watkins. Country Western is a multi media performance that involves an ensemble of musicians playing an array of instruments, spoken word, interactive computer processing of the acoustic instruments as well as interactive real-time video animation.
Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street, San Francisco
$5-$10
Information: (415) 398-7229
www.meridiangallery.org
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 8pm
Juilliard String Quartet
Known for its beautiful sound, razor-clear interpretations, and deep insight into a wide swath of repertoire, the revered ensemble takes on three wildly different works: Haydn’s expansive E-flat Major Quartet, op. 76, no. 6; Giuseppe Verdi’s only string quartet, a hidden gem of his catalogue; and Elliott Carter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning String Quartet No. 2, a dramatic and textured exploration of the diverse voices of a string quartet.
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Lagunita
$44/$48; $20/$24 Stanford stu
Information: (650) 725-ARTS
livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 8pm
Del Sol String Quartet, Janice Garrett and Dancers, Charles Moulton
String Quartet and Dance Collaboration
StringWreck
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 978-2787
www.ybca.org/calendar
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 5:30pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Rush Hour Concert
Program: Beethoven/Septet, Op. 20; Brahms/Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16; and the World Premiere of acclaimed composer Belinda Reynolds’ Serenade, commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and inspired by Brahms’ Serenade #2.
Old St. Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street, San Francisco
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Friday, April 11, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program: Beethoven/Septet, Op. 20; Brahms/Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16; and the World Premiere of acclaimed composer Belinda Reynolds’ Serenade, commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and inspired by Brahms’ Serenade #2.
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Friday, April 11, 2008 – 8pm
Old First Concerts:
Papillons
Program: Works by Schumann, Saariaho, Schubert and Britten.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program 4: Three B's: Beethoven, Brahms & Belinda
Program: Beethoven/Septet op. 20; Belinda Reynolds/Serenade (World Premiere); and Brahms/Serenade No. 2 in A major op. 16.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8pm
Old First Concerts:
Melodiya
Program: Works by Handel, Bach, Bruch, Schubert and Spohr.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8pm
eighth blackbird
Flutes, Clarinets, Violin, Cello, Viola, Piano, and Percussion
Reich, Lang, Gordon, Wolfe
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Information: (415) 398-6449
www.performances.org
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8pm
Montalvo Composer's Series Part I: Antares
Violin, cello, clarinet, and piano
Messiaen
Montalvo Arts Center
Claire Loftus Carriage House
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
Information: (408) 961-5858
www.montalvoarts.org
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 4pm
The New Esterházy Quartet
Haydn in London: Quartets Op. 64, No.3; Op. 71, No.3; Op. 74, No. 1
St Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco
Information: (510) 233-9403
www.newesterhazy.org
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8pm
Octangle
Wind octet
Beethoven, Dvořák, Rossini, and Jacob
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street (Bancroft at Durant), Berkeley
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 – 8pm
Cal Performances
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Program: Vivaldi/Concerto for Strings in G Minor; Erlebach/Overture; Graun/Concerto for Viola (gamba); Marcello/Concerto for Oboe (with ornaments by J.S. Bach); Bach/Violin Concerto in D Minor.
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
$48
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 3pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program IV: Beethoven, Brahms & Belinda
Program: Beethoven/Septet, Op. 20; Brahms/Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16; and the World Premiere of acclaimed composer Belinda Reynolds’ Serenade, commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and inspired by Brahms’ Serenade #2.
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 4pm
Old First Concerts:
Gayagum Ensemble Sagye
Program: Works (including a World Premier) by Hyo-shin Na, Dae-sung Kim, Young-ran Park, Young-gyu Jang, Byung-ki Hwang and Geon-yong Lee.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 8pm
The Empyrean Ensemble
51% - Music of International Women Composers
Judith Weir's Several Concertos, Sophie Gubaidulina's Spring Sonata, Un Suk Chin's Allegro ma non troppo, Marta Ptaszynska's Spider Walk, Anne Callaway's Trio for clarinet., cello, and piano; premiere a work by Laurie San Martin
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Studio Theater, UC Davis, Davis
Information: (886)754-2787
www.mondaviarts.org
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 3pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program 4: Three B's: Beethoven, Brahms & Belinda
Program: Beethoven/Septet op. 20; Belinda Reynolds/Serenade (World Premiere); and Brahms/Serenade No. 2 in A major op. 16.
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 2pm
Avedis Chamber Music Series
Alexandra Hawley and Rudolf Jansen
Flute and piano
Burton, Reinecke, Copland, Pijper, and Poulenc
Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park
34th at Clement Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.avedisconcerts.org
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Monday, April 14, 2008 – 8pm
Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players
Berkeley New Music Project; Lucy Shelton, soprano
New Music by Cindy Cox and graduate composers
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – 8pm
Composers Inc.
Program: Ryan Carter/Grip; Rafael Hernandez/Concerto for Clarinet; Robert Geenberg/And Goodness Lay Over the High Snow; Frank LaRocca/Secret Thoughts; and Steve Reich/Cello Counterpoint.
Green Room/War Memorial Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$14-$20/CBO
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.composersinc.org
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – 8pm
Chuanyun Li, violin with Robert Koenig, piano
Prokofiev's Sonata No. 2, Ravel's Tzigane; Vitali, Saint-Saens, Monti, Glazunov, and classics by Chinese composers
Herbst Theatre
410 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.cityboxoffice.com
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 7:30pm
SFJAZZ
Piano Trios II
Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette. With an elastic voice evoking an array of instruments, ten-time Grammy award¬–winner McFerrin and two Miles Davis veterans—masterful keyboardist Corea and legendary drummer DeJohnette—join together for the first time in this novel take on the piano trio.
Nob Hill Masonic Center
1111 California Street, San Francisco
$25-$85
Information: (415) 788-7353
www.sfjazz.org
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 7:30pm
Cypress String Quartet
Call & Response: Kurt Rhode/Quartet
Montalvo Arts Center, in the Historic Villa
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
Information: (408) 961-5858
www.montalvoarts.org
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Friday, April 18, 2008 – 8pm
Old First Concerts
The 51% Majority: Modern Works by Female Composers
Empyrean Ensemble. Program: Works (including a World Premier) by Callaway, Weir, Gubaidulina, Chin, San Martin, Chan and Read Thomas.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, April 18, 2008 – 12:15pm
University Baroque Ensemble
Davitt Moroney, director
Music by Bach, Purcell, and Charpentier
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 – 2:30pm
Beaux Arts Trio—Special Event
Program: Dvorak/Trio in E minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky"); Kurtág/Trio; and Schubert/Trio in B-flat major, op. 99.
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Call for information
Information: (925) 943-7469
www.chambermusicsf.org
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 – 8pm
Citywater and Elizabeth Gruinn
Music of Davis Evan Jones, Steve Mackey, and more
1430 J Street, Sacramento
Information: (916) 446-2620
www.citywatermusic.com
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 – 2pm
San Francisco Performances
Arabella Steinbacher, Violin & Robert Kulek, Piano
Program: Poulenc/Violin Sonata; Strauss/Sonata for Violin & Piano in E-flat M ajor, Op. 18; Prokofiev/Violin Sonata in F minor Op. 80; and Ravel/Violin Sonata
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
$30
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 – 4pm
Old First Concerts:
Nancy Dahn, Violin & Timothy Steeves, Piano
Program: Works by Fauré, Beethoven, Abreau, Sibelius, Bartók and Agócs.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 – 7pm
The Beaux Arts Trio: Final Tour
Program: Dvorak/Trio in E minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky"); Kurtág/Trio; and Schubert/Trio in B-flat major, op. 99.
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$57/$61/CBO
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.chambermusicsf.org
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 – 4pm
Dalby-Rabin Duo
Violin and Piano
Works by Mozart, Adams, and Bartok
Crowden Music Center
1475 Rose Street, Berkeley
Information: (510) 559-2941
www.crowden.org/CMC/Events/sundays.htm
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – 8pm
Evelyn Glennie and Fred Frith
Percussion and guitar
Improviser, composer, Grammy-winning percussionist Evelyn Glennie and Fred Frith - guitarist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist featured with Glennie in the documentary Touch the Sound-joins her for an evening of improvisation on traditional and unconventional instruments.
Memorial Auditorium
551 Serra Mall, Stanford
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – 12:15pm
Keynotes, Jane Chapman, Kate Ryder
Noon Concert Series - Contemporary Keyboard (harpsichord, prepared piano, electronics)
Cox' Playing a Round, Ficarra's Rendition, Paredes' A Traverso del Granizo
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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Friday, April 25, 2008 – 8pm
Peter Hallifax and Julie Jeffrey, viols; Jakob Lindberg, theorbo
Viols and lute
The World of Forqueray, Marais, and de Visée
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer at Webster, Palo Alto
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Saturday, April 26, 2008 – 8:15pm
Trio Barocco
Baroque Flute, Cello, and Harpsichord
Baroque Instrumental Music
Occidental Community Church
3637 Church Stret, Occidental
Information: (707) 874-1124
www.redwoodarts.org
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Saturday, April 26, 2008 – 8pm
Peter Hallifax and Julie Jeffrey, viols; Jakob Lindberg, theorbo
Viols and lute
The World of Forqueray, Marais, and de Visée
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 – 4pm
Adorno Ensemble
Osvaldo Golijov, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Zhou Long, and Kurt Erickson
Noe Valley Chamber Music
1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 648-5236
www.nvcm.org
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 – 3pm
Peter Hallifax and Julie Jeffrey, viols; Jakob Lindberg, theorbo
Viols and lute
The World of Forqueray, Marais, and de Visée
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
1661 15th Street, San Francisco
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 – 3pm
Ensemble Confluentes
flute, violin, cello, and harpsichord
Couperin's Les Nation, Bach's Musical Offering, and Telemann's Paris Quartet
Capistrano Hall, California State University
6000 J Street, Sacramento
Information: (916) 278-4323
www.csus.edu/music
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – 7:30pm
Robert Greenberg
Piano
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Information: (415) 398-6449
www.performances.org
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – 12:15pm
UC Berkeley Gamelan Ensemble; Midiyanto, director
Noon Concert Series - Javanese Gamelan
Traditional and contemporary Javanese music and song
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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