Thursday, October 1, 2009 – 8pm
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Blood Moon 8pm: A. C. Way and James Kaiser 9pm: Past-Present-Future: Myles Boisen, Lisa Mezzacappa, and John Hanes
Luggage Store New Music Series
1007 Market Street, San Francisco
$6-10
www.outsound.org
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Friday, October 2, 2009 – 8pm
KAZUHITO YAMASHITA, Classical Guitarist
One of the great virtuosos of our time, Kazuhito Yamashita, the brilliant and controversial Japanese maestro in his first SF solo appearance in 10 years will be performing the music of J. S. Bach.
"... a glorious display of tonal and dynamic ranges that are rarely
heard from one guitar" The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
$19 - $38
Information: 415 242 4500
www.omniconcerts.com
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Friday, October 2, 2009 – 8pm
Darius Milhaud Concert
Stravinsky’s immortal Soldier’s Tale narrated by Carla Kihlstedt, with two rarely heard Milhaud masterpieces.
Mills College Music Department Concert Hall
FREE
Information: 510 430-2296
www.mills.edu
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Saturday, October 3, 2009 – 8pm
IR Composer Group's 5th Annual Concert
Irregular Resolutions, a Bay Area composers group, presents its 5th annual concert at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco. This year’s concert features diverse approaches to composing music for voice. Accompaniment is provided variously by piano, clarinet, French horn, and accordion.
Irregular Resolutions
Community Music Center, San Francisco
$10 / 7 (student & senior)
www.sfcmc.org
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 7:30pm
Bill Noertker's Ariadne (a quartet in six movements)with Annelise Zamula - flute/Amber Lamprecht - oboe/Ilana Matfis - viola/Shain Carrasco - cello.
Dave Mihaly's the deneb quartet quartet (music for strings, metal percussion, and bass drum) with Enzo Garcia/Dina Maccabee/Charith Premawardhana/Dave Mihaly.
SIMM Series
Musicians Union Hall
116 9th St @ Mission St, San Francisco
$10 general / $8 student
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 4:30pm
Royal Forster Classical Trio
Doors open at 3 pm to enjoy the oceanfront setting. Music starts at 4:30 in the intimate concert room. Buffet and wine bar available.
Rebecca Rust – cello, Friedrich Edelmann – bassoon, Joan Nagano, piano
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Douglas Beach House, Half Moon Bay
$35
Information: 650 726-2020
www.bachddsoc.org
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 2pm
The Saint Michael Trio
The Saint Michael Trio has quickly staked its claim as one of Northern California's premiere piano trios. Established in 2007, the Trio already perform with remarkable rapport and understanding, and as an ensemble they showcase the same virtuosity that has marked their solo careers. Highly praised for their vivid interpretation of the classical literature, the Trio has simultaneously established a reputation for making their concerts interesting and accessible, through lively dialogue and commentary. They also charm audiences by mixing in pop and jazz material alongside the classics.
Montalvo Arts Center
Saratoga
$30; $25 members; $20 if purchasing three or more of the Villa Chamber Music Series (Available through Montalvo Box Office only).
Information: (408) 961-5858
www.montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 4:30pm
Performance and discussion with John Harbison and SFCMP
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players will perform and discuss a new work by John Harbison as part of the ongoing series, "Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation." The piece, "The Seven Ages" is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, violin, and cello, based on the poetry of Louise Gluck.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco
$5-$10
Information: 415-278-9566
www.sfcmp.org
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 7pm
Imani Winds with Stefon Harris
The Grammy-nominated ensemble Imani Winds teams up with composer/performer and former SFP Artist-in-Residence vibraphonist Stefon Harris for the San Francisco premiere work co-commissioned by San Francisco Performances.
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$39/$27
Information: (415) 392 2545
www.performances.org
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 7pm
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen in Concert
Music at Kohl Mansion's season opens Sunday, October 4 with the Trio Con Brio Copenhagen. Founded in Vienna in 1999, the Trio Con Brio (Korean sisters Soo-Jin Hong and Soo-Kyung Hong and Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer) first drew attention in 2002 with a magnificent performance that took the highest prize at Germany's prestigious ARD-Munich Competition. Recipient of the highly-coveted biennial Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award in 2005, the Trio Con Brio made a thrilling Music at Kohl Mansion début in October 2006 and returns to open the 27th Season.
Music at Kohl
Kohl Mansion, Burlingame
$15-$42
Information: (650) 762-1130
www.musicatkohl.org
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Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 7pm
Putting the Pieces Together
This season, the Ives String Quartet will celebrate and explore “The Nature of Playing”—of music and how the innately human need for play infuses and informs the creative process of composers and performers.
Each of the Ives Quartet’s concerts adds up to more than the sum of the works the players choose to perform. This program gives insight into how musicians select what they play—the joys and risks--and how each piece relates to one another as the Ives Quartet follow the threads of music history and the creative processes at play.
Ives Quartet
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
$15-$25
Information: (650) 224-7849
www.ivesquartet.org
***
Monday, October 5, 2009 – 7:30pm
PROJECT Trio (Brooklyn NYC) - High Octane chamber music
PROJECT Trio (Brooklyn, NY) brings their special brand of chamber music to San Francisco for one night only.
Blending their classical training with music of the new generation, PROJECT has been wowing audiences around the country.
Their original compositions and creative arrangements incorporate elements of jazz, funk, and hip hop to create a sound which is bold, fresh, and unmistakable.
Classical Revolution
Cafe du Nord, San Francisco
$12
Information: (415) 861-5016
www.classicalrevolution.org
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Monday, October 5, 2009 – 8pm
From the Top
Guest conductor Sara Jobin leads the Players in a concert of works by established composers who have reached the top of their field, including three winners of the Pulitzer Prize for music. John Harbison’s new work, "The Seven Ages", receives its West Coast premiere. Harbison's piece, which sets the sensual poetry of Louise Glück to music for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, violin, and cello, was co-commissioned by the ensemble.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$10-$28
Information: (415) 278-9566
www.sfcmp.org
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – 12:30pm
OCTOBER RUSSIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009
THE FROMME DUO
Randolph Fromme, cello / Shu Li, piano
Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Vocalise
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – 12pm
Wednesday Noon Concerts: Tchaikovsky
Michelle Choo & Stephanie Chow, violin
Tovah Keynton & Jeffrey Kuo, viola
Kevin Yu & Brady Anderson, cello:
Tchaikovsky, "Souvenir de Florence" Sextet In D Minor
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
Information: 510-642-4864
www.music.berkeley.edu
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – 6:30pm
Salon at the Rex
Now based in Liverpool and deeply involved in that thriving music scene, Peter and Zoltán Katona continue to expand their range, from classical to tango and flamenco music, to their own arrangements of Beatles tunes and Bohemian Rhapsody. Don’t miss this lively start to the season!
San Francisco Performances
Hotel Rex, San Francisco
$20
Information: (415)398-6449
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – 12pm
SFJazz Summerfest
free lunchtime concert: Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait and Switch (Aaron Bennett, tenor saxophone; John Finkbeiner, electric guitar; Vijay Anderson, drums; Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass)
Levi's Plaza
1160 Battery Street (at the corner of Union Street), San Francisco
FREE
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 – 8pm
8pm Damon Smith/Tony Dryer double bass duo
9pm Z_Bug
David Leikam (mogue R., electric bass), Zachary Morris (drums/percussion), Sheila Bosco - (drums/percussion), Craig Latta (infrared theremin, laptop), Sean Price (modular synthesizers, laptop)
Luggage Store New Music Series
1007 Market St. @ 6th Street, San Francisco
$6-10
www.luggagestoregallery.org
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Friday, October 9, 2009 – 6pm
A Concert with Conversation with Baritone Christopheren Nomura and the Katona Twins
San Francisco Performances and the Community Music Center are proud to present Baritone Christopheren Nomura and guitarists the Katona Twins.The American baritone, Christòpheren Nomura, has been described by The Boston Globe as "a face to watch—and a voice to hear". The Hungarian born Katona Twins, Peter and Zoltán, have given recitals throughout the world including performances at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Community Music Center, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 647-6015
www.sfcmc.org
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Friday, October 9, 2009 – 8pm
Morrison Artists Series: Eroica Trio
The Grammy nominated Eroica Trio kicks off the Morrison Artists Series’ 54th season, returning to the site of its West Coast debut in 1990. The trio is on the vanguard of a new generation of artists changing the face of classical music, as one of the first all-female chamber ensembles to reach the top echelon. The Los Angeles Times writes: “These people have it all: technique, temperament, interpretive savvy, good looks and a winning stage presence.”
Morrison Artists Series
McKenna Theatre at SFSU
San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 338-2467
www.musicdance.sfsu.edu/Morrison
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Friday, October 9, 2009 – 8pm
Putting the Pieces Together
This season, the Ives String Quartet will celebrate and explore “The Nature of Playing”—of music and how the innately human need for play infuses and informs the creative process of composers and performers.
Each of the Ives Quartet’s concerts adds up to more than the sum of the works the players choose to perform. This program gives insight into how musicians select what they play—the joys and risks--and how each piece relates to one another as the Ives Quartet follow the threads of music history and the creative processes at play.
Ives Quartet
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Palo Alto
$15-$25
Information: (650) 224-7849
www.ivesquartet.org
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Friday, October 9, 2009 – 7:30pm
OTHER MINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH JAZZ-IN-FLIGHT PRESENTS THE LESTER BOWIE TRIBUTE CONCERT CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF THE LATE GREAT TRUMPETER. THE TRIBUTE WILL FEATURE JAMES CARTER, COREY WILKES, FRED HO, ROSCOE MITCHELL AND FAMOUDOU DON MOYE OF THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO IN CONCERT ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 9, 2009 AT THE HERBST THEATER IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
$30- $50
www.otherminds.org
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Friday, October 9, 2009 – 8pm
Kronos Quartet: Old First Concerts 40th Anniversary Benefit Concert
On Friday, October 9, 2009, the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet will return to Old First Concerts at Old First Church for the first time in over 30 years for a special benefit performance in honor of the 40th anniversary of Old First Concerts. Kronos’ program will feature signature commissioned works from its extensive repertoire, including music of Sofia Gubaidulina and Hamza El-Din.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$20-$25
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 7:30pm
A Study on Love
Soprano Lynne Abeles and pianist Miles Graber present a program of vocal treats by Britten, Bernstein, Whitacre, and others. Included in the program will be tasty selections from the world of jazz standards and musical theater.
Lynne Abeles and Miles Graber
Crowden Music Center, Berkeley
www.crowden.org
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 8pm
The Bloom Project
Thollem McDonas brings classical piano training with him when he meets jazz saxophonist Rent Romus. The Bloom Project perform three- to fifteen-minute "comprovisations," each with their own particular flavor and expression. The combination is unique: both virtuosi in their respective upbringings, and both with tremendous experience as improvisers.
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Berkeley
$12/$8
Information: (410) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 8pm
The Othello Syndrome
With unique creative alchemy, Uri Caine—composer, pianist, jazz iconoclast—reimagines Verdi’s classic opera Otello, probing the disorder of delusional jealousy through multiple lenses of jazz, funk, blues, soul, and electronica.
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
$34 to $38
Information: (650) 725-2787
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 8pm
BluePrint - Streaming Illusions
BluePrint, now in its eighth season, is a series of new music performances at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the direction of Nicole Paiement.
Text and music come powerfully together in Allen Strange’s King of Handcuffs, a fantasy about escape artist Harry Houdini, and Darius Milhaud’s La mort d’un tyran, with a speaking chorus denouncing political tyranny. Fiery musical dialogs also permeate John Adams’ clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons (with clarinet soloist Paul Miller), and Ronald Caltabiano’s Concertini.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco
$20
Information: (415) 503-6275
www.sfcm.edu
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 5pm
The Shanghai Quartet
The Mill Valley Chamber Music Society presents
The Shanghai Quartet with Paul Hersh
The Shanghai Quartet is renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique and multicultural innovations. Its elegant style melds the delicacy of Eastern music with the emotional breadth of Western repertoire allowing it to traverse musical genres, from traditional Chinese folk music and masterpieces of Western music, to cutting-edge contemporary works.
Mill Valley Chamber Music Society
Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, Mill Valley
$10 to $25
Information: (415) 381-4453
www.chambermusicmillvalley.org/index.shtml
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 4:30pm
The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society presents
Paula West with the George Mesterhazy Quartet
Paula West – vocals, George Mesterhazy - piano, Ed Cherry – guitar, Pat O’Leary – bass, Rodney Green – drums.
Vocalist Paula West's version of the Great American Songbook goes beyond Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. She also draws from favorite contemporary classics by composers from Bob Dylan to Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. She has transformed such rock songs as the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," and "The Beat Goes On" by Sonny & Cher.
Douglas Beach House on Miramar Beach
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay
$35
Information: (650) 726-4143
www.bachddsoc.org
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 2:30pm
Thomas Schultz Piano Recital
Thomas Schultz, piano
John Cage Dream (1948)
Hyo-shin Na Variations (1990)
Walking, Walking (2003)
Frederic Rzewski Which Side Are You On? (1978)
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1979)
Piano Pieces 3 and 4 (1977)
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
$5-10
Information: (650) 725-2787
www.music.stanford.edu/events
thomasschultzpianist.com
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 3pm
Symphony members and friends perform a Solo Cello work, a Sonata for two violins, and a Piano Trio
Amos Yang, SFS Assistant Principal Cellist will perform Cello Suite No. 1, Opus 72 by Benjamin Britten. After this Chen Zhao and Florin Parvulescu, Symphony violinists will perform the Sonata for two violins by Eugene Ysaye. Following intermission, Mellisa Kleinbart, Symphony violinist will be joined by guests Tanya Tomkins, cello and Eric Zivian, piano in a performance of Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor.
Chamber Music Sundaes
St. John's Presbyterian Church
Berkeley
$20 to $25
Information: (415) 753-2792
www.chambermusicsundaes.org
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 3pm
Takács Quartet
Chamber Music.
Haydn/Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 71, No. 1; Shostakovich/Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122; and Schumann/Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Sightlines
Sun, Oct 11, 2-2:30 pm, Hertz Hall
Pre-performance talk by Prof. Nicholas Mathew, UC Berkeley Dept. of Music . This Sightlines event is free to all event ticket holders.
Tickets available through the Cal Performances Ticket Office at Zellerbach Hall; at (510) 642-9988 to charge by phone; online at www.calperformances.org; and at the door.
Cal Performances
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
$52
Information: 510-642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 4pm
Dennis Edwards: Pure Piano Passion
After receiving standing ovations at his last two Old First Concerts, pianist Dennis Edwards returns to play a tour de force of piano music covering genres from popular, classical, jazz and ragtime to his own original piano works. Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Simon & Garfunkel and Stephen Sondheim are just a few of the composers he will be featuring in the colorful and dynamic piano program. Always entertaining, informative and fun, Dennis goes far beyond the music by inviting the audience into the program and including interesting stories and anecdotes which make the music really enjoyable.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$15; $12 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 4pm
Sundays @ Four: “Two Pianists” Luis Magalhães and Nina Schumann with Special Guests
Crowden Music Center launches its 2009-10 Sundays @ Four chamber music series on October 11 with the electric “Two Pianists” Luis Magalhães and Nina Schumann duo performing with special guests Wei He, Ming-Shiu Yo, Jory Fankuchen, and Eugene Sor.
Crowden Music Center
Berkeley
$15 general admission (at door only); FREE for children 18 and under
Information: (510) 559-6910
www.crowden.org
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Monday, October 12, 2009 – 8pm
Berkeley New Music Project
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
$15-5 (free for UC graduate students)
Information: (510) 642-9988
music.berkeley.edu
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – 12:30pm
Tom Rose, clarinet / Miles Graber, piano
Caroline Lee, viola
A program of masterworks by the great Russian composers; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Aram Khachaturian and others.
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 – 7:30pm
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents Doctor Bob. Doctor Bob is Bob Marsh (cello, voice, electronics) and David Michalak (lap steel guitar, electronics, Skatchbox). David brings a cinematic sensibility from his many years as a filmmaker, creating evocative sonic scenes while Bob uses various methods to create dadistic word pictures. They explore the farthest reaches of their instruments while providing bitter medicine for these times of socio-politico-economic dystopia.
Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street, San Francisco
$10 general; $5 students/seniors
www.meridiangallery.org
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Friday, October 16, 2009 – 8pm
Genevieve Feiwen Lee
As a champion of new music, Genevieve Feiwen Lee has been a guest performer with XTET, one of Los Angeles’ leading new music groups, and her solo CD Elements released by Albany Records features the premiere recordings of works written for her by Tom Flaherty and Philippe Bodin.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$15; $12 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, October 16, 2009 – 8pm
Roland Dyens
The prolific French composer / arranger / guitarist, Roland Dyens will bring his latest creations to San Francisco. His performances are always the right combination of intelligence, passion and beauty.
Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts
Brava Theater, San Francisco
$36
Information: (650) 726-1203
www.omniconcerts.com
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Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 8pm
Kensington Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Gallegos, Conductor
Symphonic Spirits: Kensington Symphony Opens New Season with Halloween Inspired Program
Berlioz--Rakoczy March from Le damnation de Faust
Saint-Saens--Danse Macabre
Mussorgsky--Night on Bald Mountain
Liadov--The Enchanted Lake
Tchaikovsky--Francesca da Rimini
Unitarian-Universalist Church
1 Lawson Road, Kensington
$15; $12 seniors and students; Children free
Information: (510) 524-9912
www.Kensingtonsymphonyorchestra.org
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Saturday, October 17, 2009 – 8pm
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Jazz.
A pillar of the jazz establishment, saxophonist Wayne Shorter performs with his quartet: Danilo Pérez (piano), John Patitucci (bass) and Brian Blade (drums).
Key Notes Series: Jazz & World Music
Sat, Oct 17, 5-6:15 pm
Zellerbach Hall Lobby Mezzanine
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
$28/$40/$52
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Saturday, October 17, 2009 – 9pm
Soja Martial Arts presents an evening with reknowned U.K. saxophonist JOHN BUTCHER perfoming solo and in ensemble with the Jon Raskin Quartet - feat. Jon Raskin (saxophones), Liz Allbee (trumpet), John Shiurba (guitar), and Gino Robair (percussion).
Soja
2406 Webster, Oakland
$6-$10 sliding scale donation
www.sojamaritalarts.com
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 1pm
The Commissioning Circle with Gabriela Frank
A very special fundraising event celebrating the creation of new classical music and supporting the SFCO's active commissioning program. Meet nationally-renowned composer Gabriela Frank, our new Composer in Residence, who will talk about her music and perform selected works with Maestro Ben Simon.
This event will help raise funds to match a $4,500 Matching Commission Grant from the San Francisco Foundation's Fund for Artists. Free to attend. Guests will be asked to consider a donation to the Commissioning Circle at any level.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Private Home
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 2:30pm
Thomas Schultz Piano Recital
Franz Schubert Sonata in B flat, D.960
Johannes Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
$5-10
Information: (650) 725-2787
www.music.stanford.edu/events
thomasschultzpianist.com
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 7pm
Juilliard String Quartet
Since its founding in 1946, the Juilliard String Quartet has consistently set the standard by which this vibrant and dynamic art form is measured. Now the Quartet comes to San Francisco with new first violinist, Nick Eanet, formerly a Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre
San Francisco
$49/$32
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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Sunday, October, 18, 2009 – 7pm
Old First Presbyterian Church Choir
The Old First Presbyterian Church Choir will be presenting the World Premiere Performance of Missa Concordia written by Old Firsts’ own, Dr. Jay Pierson. This neo-romantic work for chorus, orchestra and soloists is the culmination of a three-year project by the composer. Joining in the performance of this beautifully melodic work will be distinguished soloists, Louise Toppin, Twila Ehmcke, Brian Thorsett and Chad Runyon. Also performed will be choral and organ music by Felix Mendelssohn in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of his birth.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$15; $12 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 7pm
Ariel Ensemble
The Ariel Ensemble with its distinguished members of the S.F. Ballet & Opera Orchestras, perform the Brahms Clarinet Quintet, the Debussy String Quartet and the cello suite #1 by J.S. Bach. In it's first concert of the season, Music on the Hill moves its venue to it's new location in Diamond Hts. with a multi-media performance that features music, dance and original stage set design. William & Kineko Barbini, violins; Paul Ehrlich, viola; & Victoria Ehrlich, cello; Patricia Shands, clarinet; dancer, Crystal Lee, dancer, set design by Kurt Stoeckel.
Music on the Hill
St. Aidan's Church, San Francisco
$8 & $14
Information: (415) 820-1429
www.musiconthehill.org
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 7:30pm
They Left a Light: Masterpieces from Nazi Prison Camps
Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time--First played in a German POW camp on a brutally cold January night in 1941, this piece has been called “the most ethereally beautiful music of the twentieth century” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker). With stellar cabaret and art music from Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp including works by Gideon Klein, Hans Krása and Viktor Ullmann.
Jewish Music Festival
JCC East Bay, Berkeley
$20 to $25
Information: (800) 838-3006
www.jewishmusicfestival.org
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 8pm
Prometeo String Quartet
This renowned ensemble from Milan will perform Scelsi's Quartet No. 5 and the American premiere of Sciarrino's Quartet No. 8. (Co-sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, University of the Pacific, Stanford Lively Arts, SiCa, and the Stanford Department of Music.)
Stanford University Music Department
Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford
$10 for adults; $5 for students
Information: (650)725-2720
www.music.stanford.edu
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Monday, October 19, 2009 – 1pm
Trio Fibonacci
Trio Fibonacci, founded in 1998, is devoted to the performance of new music for violin, cello and piano. Its name comes from the celebrated 13th century mathematician whose theories and discoveries have influenced artistic creation significantly. Concert tours have led the trio to the Ars Musica, Ultraschall, Vlaanderen, Aldeburgh, Huddersfield and Strasbourg festivals and to South America, Canada, Asia, Europe and the U.S. Trio Fibonacci released its third CD in 2005, featuring music of Denis Bosse.
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building
San Francisco
FREE
Information: 415-338-1431
www.musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Monday, October 19, 2009 – 7:30pm
The Mills College Songlines Series presents: Theresa Wong
Local composer/cellist Theresa Wong will perform a short set of songs for voice and cello as well as discuss her work on a site specific improvised opera, "O Sleep." Theresa Wong is an improviser and composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area whose work encompasses music, theater and the visual arts. Current projects include: O Sleep, an improvised opera launched into progress at the Headlands Center for the Arts which explores the conundrum of sleep life, Call It Culture, a cello duo written for and performed with Joan Jeanrenaud; and Disasters of War, a duo performed with Carla Kihlstedt at the Meridian Gallery. Her performances have been included at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Unlimited 21 Festival in Wels, Austria, Other Minds Brink series in San Francisco, and at The Stone in New York City.
Mills College Ensemble Room
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland
FREE
www.theresawong.org
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Monday, October 19, 2009 – 8pm
Piano quartet recital
The Metro Quartet plays Brahms' piano quartet #3 in Cminor Op. 60 and Faure Piano Quartet #1 in C minor Op.15
Metro Piano Quartet
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
www.sfcm.edu
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – 8pm
October 20th Concert
The program Tuesday, October 20 will feature George Crumb’s Makrokosmos II, a twentieth-century masterwork that greatly augmented the sonic world of the piano. Sometimes mysterious, sometimes frightening, always fascinating, this modern classic will be performed by pianist Victoria Neve. Mikel Kuehn’s playful Tag for two flutes, a winner of the Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award, will be performed by Tim Day and Robin McKee, Principal and Associate Principal flutists of the San Francisco Symphony. Ms.
Composers, Inc.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 512-0641
$15; $12 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – 12:30pm
RUSSIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Alexander Vereshagin, conductor, music director
Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from “Romeo and Juliet”
Sergei Rachmaninov: Largo from Piano Concerto No. 4
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 – 8pm
Anonymous 4
The internationally renowned Anonymous 4’s newest program is a return to the heart of the quartet’s favorite century, and to a repertoire that confirms medieval women could—and did—sing the most complex polyphony written in the Gothic era. This varied repertoire of 13th-century polyphony and sacred Latin song was collected for the convent Las Huelgas at Burgos in north central Spain. The group will also collaborate with Stanford music faculty members William Mahrt and Jesse Rodin on a “chant camp” for students and the public on October 19.
Stanford Lively Arts
Memorial Church, Stanford University
Palo Alto (Stanford)
$40 (Adult); $10 (Stanford student)
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Friday, October 23, 2009 – 4pm
Kronos Quartet World Premiere Concert Benefits Santa Rosa Symphony
The celebrated Kronos Quartet collaborates with Javanese composer Rahayu Supanggah in the world premiere of Purnati (“Pure of Spirit”) to benefit the Santa Rosa Symphony. The concert takes place in the Ann Hamilton-designed performance tower at Steve Oliver’s 90-acre ranch in Geyserville. Oliver is the past chairman of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art board, and an avid arts patron. One of the benefits of a premium ticket for this event is a future tour of the collection of site-specific sculptures at the Oliver Ranch conducted by Steve Oliver himself.
Kronos Quartet
Oliver Ranch, Ann Hamilton Tower
Geyserville
$125 and $200 (portion tax deductible)
Information: (707) 546-8742
www.kronosquartet.org
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Friday, October 23, 2009 – 8pm
The Streicher Trio
Beethoven's Opus 70, published in 1809, begins with the "Ghost" trio in D major, one of his best known works in the genre. It is followed by the exciting, mysterious, and compelling Trio No. 6 in E-flat major. Both works were composed immediately after Beethoven finished his Sinfonia Pastorale, and they express the grandeur, lyricism, and fervent musical thought so characteristic of his middle period.
San Francisco Early Music Society
First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto
$22-25
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 7:30pm
The Streicher Trio
Beethoven's Opus 70, published in 1809, begins with the "Ghost" trio in D major, one of his best known works in the genre. It is followed by the exciting, mysterious, and compelling Trio No. 6 in E-flat major. Both works were composed immediately after Beethoven finished his Sinfonia Pastorale, and they express the grandeur, lyricism, and fervent musical thought so characteristic of his middle period.
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
$22-25
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 8pm
Isabelle Chapuis, flute
For three decades, French flutist Isabelle Chapuis has appeared as soloist in every nook and cranny of the Bay Area. She is Principal Flute of the Orchestra of Opera San Jose. Recently, she retired as Professor of Flute at the School of Music and Dance at San Jose State University to devote herself to concerts and master classes. She is a proponent of the Êcole française de la flûte, following in the footsteps of her famous teacher, Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Berkeley
$12/$8
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 8pm
Davitt Moroney, harpsichord
Music Before 1850.
Program A (Oct. 24): J. S. Bach/Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Program B (Oct. 25): J. S. Bach/Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Sightlines
Pre-performance talk by Prof. Davitt Moroney, UC Berkeley Dept. of Music. This Sightlines event is free to all event ticket holders.
* Please note earlier time, one-hour talk
Cal Performances
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
$38
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperformances.org
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 8pm
Daedalus Quartet
In the nine years of its existence the Daedalus Quartet has received plaudits from critics and listeners alike for the security, technical finish, interpretive unity, and sheer gusto of its performances and this selected repertoire ranging from the classicism o f H a y d n t o t h e c o m p l e x i t i e s o f E l l i o t t C a r t e r .
Redwood Arts Council
Occidental Church
$25
Information: (7 0 7 ) 874-1124
www.redwoodarts.org
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 – 8pm
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra London Festival
A Handel-Haydn celebration in honor of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), and the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
Valley Presbyterian Church
Portola Valley
$5 - $20
Information: (650) 348-1270
www.mastersinfonia.org
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 2pm
San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music
Members of the San Francisco Play Chamber Music
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
$35
Information: (415) 864-6000
www.sfsymphony.org
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 3pm
Davitt Moroney, harpsichord
Music Before 1850.
Program A (Oct. 24): J. S. Bach/Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Program B (Oct. 25): J. S. Bach/Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Sightlines
Pre-performance talk by Prof. Davitt Moroney, UC Berkeley Dept. of Music. This Sightlines event is free to all event ticket holders.
* Please note earlier time, one-hour talk
Cal Performances
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
$38
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperformances.org
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 3pm
William Corbett-Jones, piano
SF State Professor William Corbett-Jones has been a soloist on eight occasions with the San Francisco Symphony. He has performed for the BBC, Hilversum, Basel, Paris, Brussels, Lausanne, Cologne and Istanbul radios, in addition to many live performances on Bay Area television and radio stations KQED and KPFA, and has often appeared at festivals such as the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival in Austria and Meiringen Festival in Switzerland. Corbett-Jones studied at The Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Academia Chigiana in Italy and University of Southern California.
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building
San Francisco
$5 to $10
Information: (415) 338-2467
www.musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 3pm
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra London Festival
A Handel-Haydn celebration in honor of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), and the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
Valley Presbyterian Church
Portola Valley
$5 - $20
Information: (650) 348-1270
www.mastersinfonia.org
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 4pm
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Please join Robin Sharp, Julie Kim, violins, Pamela Freund-Striplen, Jenny Douglass, violas, Amos Yang, cello, Russ Deluna, oboe, and Roxanne Michaelian, piano, for a performance of Charles Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola and piano, Frank Bridge’s Phantasy Quartet in f# for piano, violin, viola and cello, Ralph Vaughn Williams’s Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello and Arnold Bax’s Quintet for oboe and strings.
Noe Valley Chamber Music
Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
$18, $15/seniors & students
Information: (415) 648-5236
www.nvcm.org
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 4pm
Songstresses from the Edge
Singers, composers, and instrumentalists Jody Redhage and Molly Thompson are Songstresses from the Edge, presenting a concert of new art song from the New York new music underground. Redhage sings and plays ‘cello and Thompson sings and plays accordion. They share a love for setting 20th and 21st century poetry into song, and present a concert of their original music that toes the increasingly permeable line between classical composition and more popular genres.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$15; $12 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 – 4pm
The Streicher Trio
Beethoven's Opus 70, published in 1809, begins with the "Ghost" trio in D major, one of his best known works in the genre. It is followed by the exciting, mysterious, and compelling Trio No. 6 in E-flat major. Both works were composed immediately after Beethoven finished his Sinfonia Pastorale, and they express the grandeur, lyricism, and fervent musical thought so characteristic of his middle period.
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
San Francisco
$22-25
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Monday, October 26, 2009 – 8pm
Classical at the Freight: Percussion Fest II
Produced jointly with Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, which has recently moved into a spectacular new home in the downtown Berkeley Arts District. The San
Francisco Chamber Orchestra presents monthly chamber music programs from September through May; an hour of great music and musicians in an informal and intimate setting. These under-$10 concerts are designed to be enjoyed by experienced listeners as well interested newbies.
Loren Mach, Chris Froh, Daniel Kennedy, three of the Bay Area’s most talented stickand-
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
Berkeley
$8.50 adv/$9.50 door. SFCO Members get 2-for-1.
Information: (510) 644-2020
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 – 12:30pm
Andrew Yang, piano
Alexander Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83. More!
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – 12pm
Wednesday Noon Concerts: Beethoven
Beethoven, Piano Trio, Opus 70, Nº 1 "The Ghost" and Scottish and Irish folk songs for contralto and piano trio.
Streicher Trio: Charlene Brendler, pianoforte; Katherine Kyme, violin; Joanna Blendulf, cello, with contralto Karen Clark.
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (510) 642-4864
www.music.berkeley.edu
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – 8pm
Emerson String Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet returns with a twin bicentenary commemoration, marking the passing of Joseph Haydn, one of the titans of the Classical period; and the birth of the great Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn. From Haydn’s vast oeuvre, the Emerson performs The Seven Last Words on the Cross, one of the composer’s most meditative works, composed as an orchestral composition for a Lenten service at the Cathedral of Cadiz and later arranged for string quartet by Haydn.
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
$40 to $46
Information: (650) 725-2787
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Friday, October 30, 2009 – 8pm
La Monica / Out of the Depths
Following the ruin of the Thirty Years War, there was a creative explosion in Germany, producing music characterized by cosmopolitan tastes and the flowing exchange of ideas over political boundaries. Many German musicians traveled to Italy and France to study with such masters as Monteverdi and Lully, and many foreign musicians were imported to German-speaking lands. The sheer beauty and depth of emotion of this music was the sound-world from which Bach would later emerge.
San Francisco Early Music Society
First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto
$25
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Friday, October 30, 2009 – 8pm
All Hallows Reed - Sqwonk & Edmund Welles
Sqwonk is a bass clarinet duo; Edmund Welles a bass clarinet quartet. For this special event the two groups come together for an evening of costumed performances in celebration of All Hallows Eve. The program will include original works for bass clarinet and an Edmund Welles heavy chamber music treatment of Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$15; $12 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, October 32, 2009 – 8pm
Festival of Remembrance--Una Celebracion del Dia de Los Muertos
An extraordinary 3-concert chamber music series that commemorates: Mexico’s “Day of the Dead; the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; and Jewish composers who perished in the Holocaust.The Festival of Remembrance includes lectures, discussions and exhibits that encourage the audience (as well as the performers) to examine their understanding of these significant historical events in light of the evocative music presented on stage.
Concert One: Una Celebracion de El Dia de los Muertos:
Santa Rosa Symphony
Jackson Theater, Sonoma Country Day School
Santa Rosa
$25 and $32
Information: (707) 546-8742 54-MUSIC
www.santarosasymphony.com
***
Saturday, October 31, 2009 – 7:30pm
La Monica / Out of the Depths
Following the ruin of the Thirty Years War, there was a creative explosion in Germany, producing music characterized by cosmopolitan tastes and the flowing exchange of ideas over political boundaries. Many German musicians traveled to Italy and France to study with such masters as Monteverdi and Lully, and many foreign musicians were imported to German-speaking lands. The sheer beauty and depth of emotion of this music was the sound-world from which Bach would later emerge.
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. John's Presbyterian Church
Berkeley
$25
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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