Thursday, January 3, 2008 - 8pm
Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series
8pm: Jen Baker (Trombone) and Damon Smith (Double Bass)
9pm: Les Hutchins (Electronics) and Polly Moller (flutes)
Luggage Store Gallery
1007 Market Street @ 6th Street SF
$6-10 sliding scale
www.outsound.org
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Saturday, January 5, 2008 -8pm
Quinteto Latino
Woodwind Quintet
Music of Mario Lavista
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street (Bancroft at Durant), Berkeley
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.quintetolatino.org
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Saturday, January 5, 2008 - 7:30pm
Donna Stoering, Shea Comfort, and others
Mozart, Brahms, Heisinger, and Komitas
Le Petit Trianon
72 N 5th Street, San Jose
Information: (408)295-4416
www.sjco.org
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Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 1pm
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Classical and popular selections arranged for handbells.
Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
1801 Lacassie Avenue, Walnut Creek
Information: (510) 531-4780
www.sonos.org
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Monday, January 7, 2008 - 7:30pm
Alexander String Quartet
Shostakovich's Quartet No. 9 and Brahms' Quartet in B-flat
Temple Emanu-El,
2 Lake Street, San Francisco
Information: (800) 838-3006
www.musicatmeyer.com
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - 8pm
Stanford Lively Arts:
Pacifica Quartet
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter—long considered a “dean” of American composers—the Pacifica performs his String Quartet No. 5, which captures the sense of dialogue and collegiality of a chamber music rehearsal. Carter’s work is juxtaposed with Smetana’s tragic, autobiographical Quartet in E Minor, “From My Life,” and Beethoven’s playful Quartet No. 2 in G Major, op. 18.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Lagunita
$44; $22 Stanford student
Information: (650) 725-ARTS
livelyarts.stanford.edu
***
Wednesday, January 11, 2008 - 8pm
Rova:Arts
Art of the Improviser with Rova Saxophone Quartet and Liz Allbee- trumpet LaDonna Smith- Violin Karen Stackpole- Percussion Auroroa Josephson- voice MaryClare Brzytwa- flute and electronics
CounterPULSE
1310 Mission Street, San Francisco
$15
Information: (800) 836-3006
***
Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8pm
Chris Erwin, Susan Clark, Kym Speer, Martin Morley, and David Budson
Piano, clarinet, oboe, violin, viola, cello
Brahms' Clarinet Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Chopin's mazurkas and Heroic Polonaise, Rossini's Duo Brilliant from William Tell opera
Grace Presbyterian Church
2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek
www.ccpas.org
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 4pm
New Esterházy Quartet
Haydn and Royalty Part 3: Quartets Op. 50, No. 2 and 3; Op. 76, No. 3 "Emperor"
St Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O' Farrell Street, San Francisco
Information: (510) 233-9403
www.newesterhazy.org
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 8pm
Cal Performances:
Monterey Jazz Festival—50th Anniversary Tour
Featuring Terence Blanchard, trumpet; James Moody, saxophone; Benny Green, piano & musical director; Derrick Hodge, bass; Kendrick Scott, drums; with special guest vocalist Nnenna Freelon.
Zellerbach Hall
UC Berkeley
$34-$52
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 3pm
Cypress String Quartet
Spiritual. Continuing their discussion of the "Late Beethoven" quartets, the Cypress turns its attention and virtuoso skills to the composer's String Quartet Op. 132 in A minor. Completed in July 1825, this transcendent composition embodies the range of turmoil and emotion experienced by an aging composer struggling with ill health, loneliness, financial loss, and most profoundly, deafness. Members enjoy an informal reception after the concert. Historic Villa.
Montalvo Arts Center
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
$30/Salon Series: Select Four $100
Information: (408) 961-5858
www.montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 7pm
The Empyrean Ensemble
Mondavi Special Event/ Merce Cunningham Celebration
Music by, and inspired by, Cage: new works by Craig Walsh and PamelaZ, Premiere of Luciano Chessa's Inkless Imagination Series, Derek Bermel's Coming Together and John Cage's A MusiCircus; installation by Sam Nichols
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Studio Theater
UC Davis, Davis
Information: (886) 754-2787
www.mondaviarts.org
***
Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 2:30pm
St. Lawrence String Quartet
With Todd Palmer, clarinet
Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131, Osvaldo Golijov's Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford
(650) 725-ARTS (2787)
livelyarts.stanford.edu
***
Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 7pm
San Jose Chamber Orchestra
Saints and Sinners by Craig Bohmler (premiere)
Le Petit Trianon
72 N 5th Street, San Jose
Information: (408) 295-4416
www.sjco.org
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 8pm
fogel / nishi / winant trio
yasi perara solo
1510 8th St Performance Space
1510 8th Street, Oakland
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8pm
Jon Raskin Quartet with Liz Allbee, Gino Robair and John Shiurba performing new works, energized surfaces, bent electricity and music of the moment.
Climate Theater/ The Music Box
289 9th Street, San Francisco
$7-23
climatetheater.com/index.php
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8pm
21 Grand Presents 8 pm David Boyce - Phillip Greenlief saxophone duo; 9 pm Monster Cock Rally, featuring G Calvin Weston
21 Grand
416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland
$10
www.21grand.org
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Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8pm
Old First Concerts:
Adesso
Program: Works by Becker Cage, Gandolfi, Hersh Meckler and Piazzolla.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8pm
Stanford Lively Arts
Kronos Quartet: Sun Rings
Sun Rings—the longtime collaboration between the Kronos Quartet and composer Terry Riley, the father of the minimalist movement—brings the sights and sounds of the heavens to vivid, multimedia life. Co-commissioned by NASA, this evening-length work of 10 “spacescapes” includes sounds harvested from the farthest reaches of our solar system: deep-space lightning, crackling solar winds, and other cosmic events.
Memorial Auditorium
Serra Street
$44; $22 Stanford student
Information: (650) 725-ARTS
livelyarts.stanford.edu
***
Saturday, January 19, 2008 – 8pm
New Century Chamber Orchestra:
Rewind
The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents a groundbreaking event created by Paul Haas that revolutionizes the classical concert. Rewind features installation art and lighting, masterworks of the past, and newly commissioned acoustic and electronic pieces linking it all together in a seamless musical experience.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
701 Mission Street, San Francisco
$50
Information: (415) 978-2787
www.ncco.org
***
Saturday, January 19, 2008 – 8:15pm
Vilnius String Quartet
Beethoven, Narbutaite, and Brahms
Occidental Community Church
3637 Church Street, Occidental
Information: (707) 874-1124
www.redwoodarts.org
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Saturday, January 19, 2008 – 8pm
Itzhak Perlman
Violin and piano
J.S. Bach's Sonata No. 3 in E Major for Violin and Keyboard, BWV 1016; Richard Strauss' Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18; Francis Poulenc' Sonata for Violin and Piano, FP 119.
Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis
Information: (530) 754-5428
www.MondaviArts.org
***
Saturday, January 19, 2008 – 8pm
East Bay
Chamber Music
Wiley-Husbands Duo
Flute and Guitar
Bach, Piazzolla, and others
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street (Durant at Bancroft), Berkeley
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 – 4pm
Old First Concerts
Esther Landau, flute; Gabriela Frank, piano
Program: Works by Frank and Martinu.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
***
Sunday, January 20, 2008 – 3pm
Novello Quartet
String Quartets by Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn
Church of the Advent of Christ the King
261 Fell Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 431-0454
www.advent-sf.org/3rdsunday.htm
***
Sunday, January 20, 2008 – 7:30pm
Temescal Trio
Clarinet, viola, piano
Britten, Brahms, Schumann, and Rebecca Clarke
Berkeley Art Center
1275 Walnut Street, Berkeley
Information: (510) 644-6893
www.berkeleyartcenter.org
***
Monday, January 21, 2008 – 7:30pm
Alex Karis, Charles Curtis, Anthony Barr
Piano, cello, clarinet
Schumann, Brahms, and Berg
Two Lake Street, San Francisco
Information: (800) 838-3006
www.musicatmeyer.com
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 – 8pm
Stanford Lively Arts
Christopher O'Riley, Piano
Christopher O’Riley challenges the boundaries of classical and rock music in Reimaginings. Deftly juxtaposing piano preludes by Russian master Dmitri Shostakovich alongside his own original transcriptions of songs by the British rock group Radiohead on solo piano, O’Riley explores the music in a new context, revealing shared themes of love, loss, violence, and alienation.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Lagunita
$44; $22 Stanford student
Information: (650) 725-ARTS
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
***
Thursday, January 24, 2008 – 5:30pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program 2: Virtuosi
Program: Jean Francaix/Divertisement for Bassoon and String Orchestra; Yu-Hui Chang/Concertino for Flute & String Orchestra [world premiere]; Schubert/Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra; and Tchaikovsky/Serenade for Strings
Old St. Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street, San Francisco
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
***
Thursday, January 24, 2008 – 7:30pm
The Bridge Players
Led by violinst Randall Weiss, with Ginger Kroft Barnetson (Clarinet), Leslie Ludena (Violin), Natalia Vershilova (Viola), and V
Golijov's The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
BJE Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 567-3327 ext. 703
www.bjesf.org/adults_events.htm
***
Friday, January 25, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program 2: Virtuosi
Program: Jean Francaix/Divertisement for Bassoon and String Orchestra; Yu-Hui Chang/Concertino for Flute & String Orchestra [world premiere]; Schubert/Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra; and Tchaikovsky/Serenade for Strings
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.ncco.org
***
Friday, January 25, 2008 – 8pm
Old First Concerts
Valentin Surif, Piano
Program: Works by Guastavino, Ginastera, Ravel and Liszt.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
***
Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 11am
San Francisco Performances:
Kronos Quartet
Presenting a special concert for the entire family.
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$18; $10 children
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.kronosquartet.org
***
Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program 2: Virtuosi
Program: Jean Francaix/Divertisement for Bassoon and String Orchestra; Yu-Hui Chang/Concertino for Flute & String Orchestra [world premiere]; Schubert/Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra; and Tchaikovsky/Serenade for Strings
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado, Palo Alto
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
***
Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 8:15pm
Noe Valley Music Series:
International Bass Night
International bass night with Michael Manring, Edo Castro & Yves Carbonne.
Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco
$20
Information: (415) 454-5238
www.noevalleymusicseries.com
***
Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 4pm
Old First Concerts:
ChamberBridge
Program: Works by Schoeck, Ives, Bolcom and Messiaen.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
***
Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 3pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Program 2: Virtuosi
Program: Jean Francaix/Divertisement for Bassoon and String Orchestra; Yu-Hui Chang/Concertino for Flute & String Orchestra [world premiere]; Schubert/Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra; and Tchaikovsky/Serenade for Strings
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Free
Information: (415) 248-1640
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
***
Monday, January 28, 2008 – 8pm
Leighton Fong, Siu-Ting Mak
Cello and Piano
Schumann's cello works, Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major
1111 Addison Street, Berkeley
(510) 548-1761
www.thefreight.org/2008/0801-january/info_080128.html
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Performances:
Håkan Hardenberger
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet; Colin Currie, Percussion. Program: Works by Daniel Bortz, Per Norgard, Dave Maric, Toru Takemitsu, Louis Andriessen, and André Jolivet
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$30-$45
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
***
Thursday, January 31, 2008 – 8pm
San Francisco Performances:
Belcea Quartet
Program: Haydn/Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1; Webern/Five Pieces, Op. 5; and Schubert/ Quartet in G Major, D. 887
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$30-$45
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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