Friday, October 1, 2010 – All Day
Darius Milhaud and Lou Harrison: In Praise of Melody
Mills resident artists Eclipse Quartet
Sarah Parkins, violin
Sarah Thornblade, violin
Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola
Maggie Parkins, cello
with
William Winant, percussion
Robert Schwartz, piano
In conjunction with an exclusive screening of
DARIUS MILHAUD ET SA MUSIQUE: de la Provence au monde
A film by Cécile Clairval-Milhaud
produced by ARTE France and STEINVAL and partly shot at Mills!
[in French with English subtitles]
3:30 pm
Mills College Dept of Music
Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall
Oakland
FREE
Information: (510) 430-2296
www.mills.edu/music
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Friday, October 1, 2010 – 12pm
Noon Concert : Jazz in the Breezeway
Jazz & Improvized Music Ensemble, (JIM), Myra Melford, director
Contemporary Jazz concert by students in the JIM Ensemble, plus special guests. Please note: this outdoor concert is weather permitting; in the event of rain, concert moves to Hertz Hall.
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
music.berkeley.edu
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Friday, October 1, 2010 – 7:30pm
Del Sol Quartet
B e r k e l e y A r t M u s e u m
2 6 2 6 B a n c r o f t W a y , B e r k e l e y
$7
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Friday, October 1, 2010 – 8pm
Ives Quartet
This program begins IQ’s survey of the six stunning quartet’s in Haydn’s Opus 50, to be performed over the course of the next three seasons. Reveling in the unfamiliar, the quartet has programmed composer Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985); expert astrologer, writer, painter, thinker and composer. Noted music critic Nicolas Slonimisky describes Rudhyar’s music as “searching and challenging…the explanation of a puzzle of human experience.” Internationally acclaimed pianist, Gwendolyn Mok, joins the Ives Quartet to perform Schumann's captivating Piano Quintet in E-flat Major.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Palo Alto
$15-$25
Information: (650) 224-7849
www.ivesquartet.org
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Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 4pm
Emerson String Quartet
Music@Menlo
Center for Performing Arts at Menlo
Atherton
$50/$45 adult; $25/$20 student
Information: (650) 331-2030
www.musicatmenlo.org
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Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 7pm
Shanghai String Quartet
Weigang Li, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Honggang Li, viola
Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
Long ZHOU (b.1953): "Song of the Ch'in" (1982) - (the Ch'in is a traditional Chinese zither)
Krzysztof PENDERECKI (b.1933): String Quartet #3 - "Leaves from an Unwritten Diary"
Yi-Wen JIANG (b.1963): selections from ChinaSong [arrangement of Chinese folk and contemporary popular songs]: Yao Dance; Shepherd Song; Harvest Celebration
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828): Quartet in D Minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden"
"The whole performance was superb..." - The New York Times
"The Shanghai has a warm, wonderfully full-bodied sound." - The Denver Post
Pre-concert talk at 6:15pm by violist/music lecturer Janet Sims
San Jose Chamber Music Society
Le Petit Trianon
72 N. Fifth Street, San Jose
$30 to $42
Information: (408) 286-5111
www.sjchambermusic.org
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010 – 12:30pm
Daniel Glover, piano
Peter Tchaikovsky: Sonata in G
Sergei Liapunov: Elegy in Memory of Liszt
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010 – 7pm
Bassoon and Cello Concert
Musicians Rebecca Rust and Friedrich Edelmann present a concert of works for cello and bassoon by Jewish composers Max Stern, Hans Gál, and Ernest Bloch. The program will also include pieces by George Bizet and contemporary Czech composer Otmar Mácha.
Max Stern, an American composer who immigrated to Israel, wrote “Songs of Ascents” for Rust and Edelmann in 2007. Otmar Mácha, a Czech composer (1922 – 2006), wrote "Apollon & Marsyas" for the couple in 1994. Both pieces are having their San Francisco premiere at the Library.
Jewish Community Library
San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 567-3327 ext 703
www.bjesf.org/library
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Tuesday, October 7, 2010 – 8pm
Harmony for Humanity: Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert
As a prelude to the official season opener, Lively Arts and Music at Stanford co-present the annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert — a tribute honoring the life and memory of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter, musician, and Stanford graduate Daniel Pearl — featuring faculty and students from Stanford’s music department.
Stanford Lively Arts
Stanford Memorial Church
FREE
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Friday, October 8, 2010 – 12pm
Noon Concert: Chamber Strings
Music students perform chamber music of Johannes Brahms
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
music.berkeley.edu
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Friday, October 8, 2010 – 8pm
Duo Revirado
Mauro Giuliani Grande Serenade, Op. 82
Celso Machado 2 Choros
Astor Piazzolla Fracanapa, Adios Nonino and Libertango
Beeri Moalem Kinneret
Antonio Carlos Jobim Girl from Ipanema
Kenny Dorham Blue Bossa
Joseph Kosma Autumn Leaves
Vittorio Monto Czardas
In 2005, violinist Thomas Yee and guitarist José Rodriguez teamed up to create Duo Revirado—a dynamic and unique ensemble that explores different styles and genres. Audiences experience music of a wide spectrum that includes extended techniques and improvisation. The mission of Duo Revirado is to branch out to a broader audience, with a vision of creating music that will excite, inspire, and communicate positively with everyone. The duo, like any chamber ensemble intends to search for projects that allow us to perform and also collaborate with musicians, expanding our community.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, October 8, 2010 – 8pm
New Keys: newfangled music for the piano
New Keys; newfangled music for the piano, now in its 7th season, showcases compositions by upcoming composers from across the country. Next concert date is Friday, October 8, 2010 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street, SF), in the Recital Hall. This concert will feature works by: Dan Becker, Ian Dicke, Jason Hoopes, Qian Li, Maggi Payne, Anthony Porter and Nicholas White.
There is a suggested donation of $15 but no one is turned away for lack of funds!
Visit the New Keys website for more info: www.newkeysconcert.org.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
$15, no one turned away for lack of funds
Information: (714) 580-8623
www/sfcm.edu
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Saturday, October 9, 2010 – All Day
Lore of Moments: Joel Ryan/Evan Parker
Esteemed pioneer in the design and performance of real-time interactive digital instruments meets legendary British improviser described as "the most formidable saxophonist since John Coltrane."
Mills College Dept of Music
Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall
Oakland
$10 to $15
Information: (510) 430-2296
www.mills.edu/music
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Saturday, October 9, 2010 – 7:30pm
Made In America, Starring Marni Nixon
The CCCO Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Lesher Center with Opening Night - Made In America, Starring Marni Nixon, the singing voice of Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn in the movies and on the soundtracks of The King and I, An Affair to Remember, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady. The CCCO will also premiere American Transgressions for Orchestra, by Douglas Beavers.
Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra
Los Medanos College Recital Hall
Pittsburg
$5 to $10
www.cccorch.org/about.html
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Saturday, October 9, 2010 – 8pm
Takacs Quartet
The Takács is one of the world’s premiere string quartets, whose dazzling performances have astounded audiences since 1975. Founded in Hungary, this is the Quartet’s first appearance in San Francisco in over two decades, and their first with newest member — former SF Symphony principal violist — Geraldine Walther. The Quartet maintains a special connection to the music of Hungary, and the brilliant, folk-inflected quartets of Bartok are always a high point of their programs.
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$60/$50/$35
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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Saturday, October 9, 2010 – 8pm
SIMM Series - "On the Edge of Dark" w/ Vinny Golia
Outsound Presents, the home grown artist nonprofit collective of the Bay-Area is excited to present a special set of concerts during their 11th season of the SIMM Series (Static Illusion Methodical Madness) of
On the Edge of Dark, new works of original compositions and improvisations inspired by the writings of Frank Herbert's epic Dune series of books, Phil K. Dick's rantings and H.P. Lovecraft's darkest fears by saxophonist composer and producer Rent Romus. Performing with Romus will be his collective group The Lords of Outland and will feature grandmaster multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia.
opening 10/9 - Mutual Aid Project Trio: Tracy Hui/Nick Obando/Marshall Trammell
Outsound Presents
Muscians Union Hall, San Francisco
$8 - $10
Information: (415) 905-4425
www.outsound.org
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Saturday, October 9, 2010 – 8pm
Ginger Kroft, clarinet
Enjoy an evening of lyrical clarinet sonatas and chamber music. An active orchestral and chamber musician, Ginger Kroft is a featured soloist throughout the Bay Area. She will perform works from the Golden Age of the clarinet repertoire, including Brahms, Bernstein and Poulenc.
Mark Anderson, pianist, lives and teaches in the East Bay Area where he appears regularly as a recitalist and collaborative performer. He is Executive Director of New World Music Academy in Pleasanton and has made numerous commercial recordings on Nimbus Records.
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Trinity Chapel, Berkeley
$10-$15
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 2pm
Chamber Music with Members of the San Francisco Symphony
SF Symphony Chamber Music Series
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
$36
Information: (415) 864-6000
www.sfsymphony.org
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 5pm
Takács Quartet
Program: Haydn Op. 74, No. 2; Shostakovich, No. 2; Mendelssohn , op. 13
Recognized as one of the world's great ensembles, the Takács Quartet plays with a unique blend of drama, warmth and humor. Based in Boulder at the University of Colorado, the Takács Quartet performs ninety concerts a year worldwide, throughout Europe as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea and Mill Valley, Calif.
The Quartet's award-winning recordings include the Late Beethoven Quartets (2005 Disc of the Year and Chamber Award from BBC Music Magazine, and a Gramophone Award), Brahms' Quartets Op. 51 and Op. 67. The complete Haydn "Apponyi" Quartets, Op. 71 and 74, will be released in early 2011. The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gabor Ormai and András Fejer, while all four were students. The Quartet made its North American debut tour in 1982. Violinist Edward Dusinberre joined the Quartet in 1993 and violist Roger Tapping in 1995. Violist Geraldine Walther replaced Mr. Tapping in 2005. For more information visit www.takacsquartet.com
Mill Valley Chamber Music Society
Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church
410 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley
Subscriptions $45 to $90, Single tickets $25
Information: (415) 381-4453
www.chambermusicmillvalley.org
www.takacsquartet.com
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 3pm
David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano
Cal Performances' 2010/11 Season features many in-depth encounters with important repertoire—including Bach's complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin, and an immersion into the world of Tomás Luis de Victoria. In the same spirit, David Finckel and Wu Han, one of the elite chamber music partnerships of our day, perform Beethoven's complete sonatas for cello and piano. This is music of incredible depth, and a rare opportunity to hear these astonishing compositions all in one concert. "Committed performances...Finckel played with a deep and burnished tone and she with a sparkling virtuosity" (The New York Times).
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
$42
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 3pm
Czech Nonet
Morrison Artists Series
McKenna Theatre at SFSU, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 338-2467
creativearts.sfsu.edu/morrison
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 4pm
Agave Baroque
Works by Buxtehude, Lawes, Marais, Matteis, Purcell, Schmelzer, and Uccelini.
Agave Baroque is a period instrument ensemble dedicated to the diverse and compelling repertoire of the seventeenth Century. Founded in 2007, Agave Baroque delivers expressive, thoughtful interpretations colored with imagination, wit, and humor. In 2009 Agave Baroque was chosen through a competitive application process to represent Early Music America at the APAP Conference in New York, where they performed twice. Members of this engaging young ensemble also perform with some of the nation’s leading baroque orchestras and ensembles, including Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica, and Ensemble Mirable, as well as the New Century Chamber Orchestra and Los Angeles Master Chorale. www.agavebaroque.org
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 4pm
Sundays @ Four: Classical Revolution
Crowden presents chamber music to the public with Sundays @ Four, our series of low-cost, informal concerts featuring distinguished chamber musicians. Artists speak about each work and share their personal observations and inspirations in these intimate concerts, then mingle with the audience in receptions after the performance.
Classical Revolution was formed in November 2006 as a weekly social gathering place for chamber musicians to greet and read quartets together. Word spread quickly and Classical Rev chapters began springing up all over the world, in places as exotic as Philadelphia, Madison, Belgrade, Banff, Berlin, Melbourne, DC, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, New York, Portland, and Pittsburgh. Since its inception, the San Francisco chapter has presented over 400 chamber music events, mostly free to the public, with more than 500 participating musicians.
Revolution Quartet is Classical Revolution's ensemble in residence, a rotating group that performs music from Bartok and Beethoven to collaborations with jazz pianist Weber Iago and local songstress Meklit Hadero. A 2009 residency at Red Poppy Art House was followed by a 2010 residency at the Legion of Honor's Rodin Gallery.
Please join us for a free Meet-the-Artists Reception following the concert!
Crowden Music Center
Berkeley
$15 general admission; FREE for children 18 & under
Information: (510) 559-6910
www.crowden.org
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 7:30pm
SIMM Series - "On the Edge of Dark" w/ Vinny Golia
Outsound Presents, the home grown artist nonprofit collective of the Bay-Area is excited to present a special set of concerts during their 11th season of the SIMM Series (Static Illusion Methodical Madness) of
On the Edge of Dark, new works of original compositions and improvisations inspired by the writings of Frank Herbert's epic Dune series of books, Phil K. Dick's rantings and H.P. Lovecraft's darkest fears by saxophonist composer and producer Rent Romus. Performing with Romus will be his collective group The Lords of Outland and will feature grandmaster multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia.
opening 10/10 - Aram Shelton
For this and other concerts visit the Outsound Presents web site at www.outsound.org
Outsound Presents
Muscians Union Hall, San Francisco
$8 - $10
Information: (415) 905-4425
www.outsound.org
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 – 12:30pm
Caroline Lee, viola / Aeri Lee, piano
Mikhail Glinka: Sonata in D minor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata Op. 147
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 – 12pm
Noon Concert : Jazz Trio
Ken Berman, piano; Akira Tana, drums; Kai Eckhardt, electric bass
Jazz pianist/composer and Music Department teaching faculty member Ken Berman leads an all-star trio performing
original music from his new release Looking Forward.
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
music.berkeley.edu
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 – 8pm
Awakening: A Meditation on 9/11: Kronos Quartet with Cantabile Youth Singers
The inimitable Kronos Quartet launches the Lively Arts season with a program reflecting the sense of inquiry, compassion, and musical citizenry that have long been hallmarks of these Grammy-winners. About this special program, Kronos’ Artistic Director David Harrington writes:
“Most of us carry within ourselves an alarming movie replaying the events of September 11, 2001. Kronos offers a new soundtrack to this internal movie. We move from various public musical places to those that are particular, and mostly private. We have assembled this concert using a wide range of sonic building blocks from 12 countries. Using this musical diversity as a tool, we want to open windows on an expansive interior place, a place where we can be surrounded by a wealth of musical perspectives. We hope to create equilibrium in the midst of imbalance: a special covering on an open wound. We also hope to find a location that one’s inner ear can return to whenever the alarming movie from that horrific day replays itself.“
PROGRAM
Works by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (Uzbekistan), Ram Narayan (India), Einstürzende Neubauten (Germany), John Oswald (Canada), Michael Gordon (United States), Osvaldo Golijov (Argentina), Terry Riley (United States), Aulis Sallinen (Finland), Vladimir Martynov (Russia); arrangements of traditional works from Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden.
PRE-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION (7:00–7:30 pm) with David Harrington, Elena Sharkova, and Jenny Bilfield
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
$38.00 - 68.00 (Adult) | Discounts available - please check website for more information
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Friday, October 15, 2010 – 8pm
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
“This top shelf acoustic quintet is a virtuosic revelation.” —The Boston Globe
Collecting five singular abilities and viewpoints into one musical force, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile have established their place among the most dynamic and talented ensembles across the full range of contemporary music-making. The line-up includes some of the most impressive and widely respected musicians performing today: Chris Eldridge (guitar), Paul Kowert (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Thile (mandolin and lead vocals), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle).
The group appears at Stanford on the heels of a new CD, Antifogmatic. Thile notes, “Antifogmatic is an old term for a bracing beverage, generally rum or whiskey, that a person would have before going out to work in rough weather to stave off any ill effects. This batch of tunes could be used in much the same way, and includes some characters who would probably benefit mightily, if temporarily, from a good antifogmatic.”
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
$38.00 - 42.00 (Adult) | Discounts available - please check website for more information
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Friday, October 15, 2010 – 8pm
martha & monica
Claude Debussy Sonata (1915)
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata, Op. 102, No. 1 in C major
Franz Schubert Sonata "Arpeggione"
Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Since 2006 the ‘cello/piano duo martha & monica has consistently delighted Bay Area audiences with innovative programs and imaginative pairings of contemporary works and beloved masterpieces. This concert explores great sonatas for ‘cello and piano, from wistful Debussy (Sonata 1915) and quixotic late Beethoven (Op. 102/1 in C major), to glowing Schubert (Sonata "Arpeggione") and fantastical Schumann (Fantasiestücke, op. 73). www.marthaandmonica.com
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, October 15, 2010 – 8pm
Piano Duo: McCray and Nagai
Ohlone College Smith Center Presents!
Piano Duo: McCray and Nagai
California pianist Mack McCray teams up with Japanese pianist Yoshikazu Nagai to combine their artistry on two pianos at the Smith Center at Ohlone College. McCray’s award winning performance style and Nagai’s fresh interpretations, dramatic presentation, and “pianistic fire” are sure to impress.
Ohlone College
Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Fremont
$15 to $20
Information: (510) 659-6031
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Sunday, October 17, 2010 – 2pm
You Gotta Hear This! Rootstock & Sqwonk
Loren Mach (ADORNO Ensemble), Christopher Froh (San Francisco Contemporary Music Players), Daniel Kennedy (San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Gamelan Sekar Jaya)—three of the Bay Area’s top mallet men—join forces for a vivacious journey into the Orchestra’s rhythm section.
PLUS: Bass clarinet duo Sqwonk brings their unique combination of heavy reeds to explore rock, klezmer, minimalism, free improvisation, and more.
Tickets are $10 ($5 for ages 17 and younger). One-drink minimum applies (alcoholic or nonalcoholic). Doors open at 1:30pm.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko, San Francisco
$5 to $10.
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, October 17, 2010 – 3pm
Villa Chamber Music Series: Saint Michael Trio
The Villa Chamber Music Series at Montalvo, running October 17, 2010, through May 8, 2011, features an exciting range of both classical and contemporary string musicians. The schedule includes the Saint Michael Trio, The Parker Quartet, the Cypress String Quartet, the Afiara String Quartet, and the Enso String Quartet. All seven performances take place in the historic Villa on the grounds of the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga.
SAINT MICHAEL TRIO
"MENDELSSOHN EXPLAINED": Piano Trio in C
minor, Opus 66
Montalvo Arts Center (Previously Villa Montalvo)
Saratoga
$30
Information: (498) 961-5858
montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, October 17, 2010 – 4pm
Ist Annual Chamber Concert
Sanford Dole Ensemble features smaller works for voice and piano on this program. Songs by Frank Ferko, Warner Jepson and Sanford Dole are included, along with "Ode to Music" by Paul Ayres, and the premiere of Ken Malucelli's "The Unicorn in the Garden," which sets James Thurber's timeless fable.
Sanford Dole Ensemble
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
$20/10
Information: (415) 254-1787
www.sde.org
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 – 6:30pm
Chamber Music and Tangos
Join San Francisco Architectural Heritage for a special evening of music, wine and refreshments in the 1886 Victorian Haas-Lilienthal House. The historic space and intimate setting allow for a unique musical experience. With only two shows left in Heritage's concert series, be sure to purchase tickets early to guarantee your seat at an upcoming performance. On October 19, Allison Lovejoy (piano), Emil Miland (cello) and Karsten Windt (violin) will play.
San Francisco Architectural Heritage
Haas-Lilienthal House, San Francisco
$25 - 30
Information: (415) 441-3000 x14
www.sfheritage.org
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 – 8pm
Composers, Inc.
Allen Shearer A Very Large Mole
Taylor Brooks Vocalise
Jeffrey Miller Preludes
David Biedenbender Images
Composers, Inc. present the opening concert of their 2010–11 season with Allen Shearer’s A Very Large Mole, a wry mini-opera based on Kafka. Also on the program are Taylor Brooks’ Vocalise, a haunting violin solo rooted in the Hindustani tradition, and winner of the Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award. Jeffrey Miller’s intriguing Preludes, performed by piano virtuoso Eliane Lust, and David Biedenbender’s kinetic Images for saxophone and piano complete the program. Composers, Inc. was formed in 1984 to present the music of living American composers, and seeks to increase public awareness of contemporary American music. Directed by five San Francisco Bay Area composers, they present three concerts each year in San Francisco.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 – 8pm
Pensive Spring: A Portrait of Emily Dickinson
KATHRYN ROSZAK’S DANSE LUMIERE ILLUMINATES THE LIFE AND WORK OF EMILY DICKINSON THROUGH DANCE, THEATER, AND MUSIC
Berkeley Chamber Performances (BCP) continues its 18th season on Tuesday, October 19 with the beautifully designed program Pensive Spring: Portrait of Emily Dickinson. Presented by Kathryn Roszak’s DANSE LUMIERE, the program begins at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club. Pensive Spring features a singer, a dancer, and an actress who each portray the 19th century American poet in a series of vignettes performed to music by Gordon Getty.
Berkeley Chamber Performances
Berkeley City Club
$10 to $25 (high school students free)
Information: (510) 525-5211
www.berkeleychamberperform.org
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 – 12:30pm
RUSSIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Alexander Vereshagin, conductor, music director
with Alena Tsoi, violin and Anna Shelest, piano
Peter Tchaikovsky: Pas de Deux from Swan Lake
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – 8pm
Richard Benefield
Organist Richard Benefield play works of Bach, Buxtehude, Walcha, Franck, and the West Coast premiere of Daniel Pinkham’s The Garden of the Muses, a suite of musical portraits of the nine Classical muses. Benefield is now director of The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco. Before moving West, he was Keeper of the D.A. Flentrop organ in Adolphus Bush Hall at Harvard University—the organ made famous by E. Power Biggs.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 – 7:30pm
Natural Resonance Concert Series:
House Concert @ Home of Steve & Diane Leonoudakis
Matthew Montfort - scalloped fretboard and fretless guitars
Mariah Parker - santur (hammered dulcimer)
This intimate house concert features a delicate duet version of the pioneering world fusion music group Ancient Future featuring scalloped fretboard guitarist Matthew Montfort and santurist Mariah Parker. They will perform music from Ancient Future's broad repertoire including three current releases on Ancient-Future.Com Records celebrating 30 years of world fusion music: Planet Passion by Ancient Future (remastered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band), Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort, and Sangria by Mariah Parker.
4848 17th Street
San Francisco
$15 online at Eventbrite; $20 at the door.
mpduo.eventbrite.com
Information: Steve Leonoudakis at stepndi@gmail.com
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 – 8pm
String Quartet Century
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble opens the 2010-2011 season with a concert titled "String Quartet Century" featuring a string quartet masterpiece of the 20th century by the influential Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, alongside two American works -- the world premiere of a new quartet by award-winning American composer Carl Schimmel, and a piece by the celebrated minimalist Terry Riley. Written over the course of a century, each of these three intricate works inhabits an expressive world of its own and celebrates the ‘string quartet’ in distinctive ways. Bartók’s Second String Quartet, composed in 1917, is the centerpiece of the program. “In the three movements of this quartet, Bartók illustrates music’s power to sing, dance, mourn, celebrate and speak, sometimes creating an infectious feeling of momentum, and at others a devastating understanding of loss,” explains Anna Presler, Artistic Director, LCCE. Carl Schimmel’s new piece composed for the string quartet offers both humor and tenderness to create an appealing new music; and Terry Riley’s minimalist G Song, written in 1980, creates a romantic minimalist sound.
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
142 Throckmorton Theater
Mill Valley
$15 to $20
Information: (415) 642-8054
leftcoastensemble.org
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Saturday, October 23, 2010 – 8pm
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra 45th Season Opening Concert
Under the direction of PACO music director, Benjamin Simon, the season 2010-11 opening concert will take place on Saturday October 23rd, 2010, 8:00 p.m. at the Eagle Theater of Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Ave, Los Altos. Program will include four primary pieces: Felix Mendelssohn’s first symphony, Jean-Baptiste Lully's "Piece de Concert", Lou Harrison’s "Suites for Cello and Strings" and Franz Schubert’s great "Death and the Maiden" for string orchestra, plus chamber music performed by small ensembles of PACO members.
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
The Eagle Theater of Los Altos High School, Los Altos
$5 to $15
Information: (650) 856-3848
www.pacomusic.org
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Saturday, October 23, 2010 – 8pm
Trinity Chamber Concerts:
Ancient Future In Concert
The pioneering world fusion music group Ancient Future will perform a concert of contemporary world chamber music. The program features compositions by world music for guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort, pianist and santurist Mariah Parker, and prominent contemporary classical composers such as Lou Harrison, father of the American gamelan movement. Lou Harrison served on Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort's M.A. degree committee and called Montfort's book, Ancient Traditions - Future Possibilities, "a very useful contribution to musical scholarship." Three current releases on Ancient-Future.Com Records celebrating 30 years of world fusion music will be well represented: 'Planet Passion' by Ancient Future (remastered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band), Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort, and Sangria by Mariah Parker.
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street between Bancroft Way & Durant Avenue, Berkeley
$15 general, $10 senior/disabled/student. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Sunday, October 24, 2010 – 7pm
Music on the Hill presents "The Melange Ensemble"
mezzo-soprano Sally Porter Munro, clarinetist Jared Mundell,
violist Natasha Vershilova Daniels and pianist Dmitriy Cogan
Perform a mixed chamber concert including "Wiegen Lied" by Brahms,
Mozart's "Parto Parto", songs by Spohr, Loeffler & Frank Bridge; plus George Pikler's Klezmer infused Hungarian Rhapsody for clarinet & piano.
Music on the Hill@ St. Aidan's Church
101 Gold Mine Dr. (Diamond Hts.) San Francisco
$15/$9 students & seniors
Information: (415) 820-1429
www.musiconthehill.org
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Sunday, October 24, 2010 – 11am
SFCO Very First Concerts: Meet the Orchestra
Developed in partnership with the Crowden Music Center in Berkeley, these delightful 20-minute concerts for ages 0–6 teach musical concepts, offer hands-on activities, and encourage lots of movement and dancing!
Strings, woodwinds, and brass are the musical ingredients for the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Do you know the difference between a viola and a trombone? Come and find out!
Repeat performances at 11:40am and 12:20pm, as part of Crowden's Community Music Day!
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Crowden Music Center, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Monday, October 25, 2010 – 8pm
Classical at the Freight: Rootstock
Loren Mach (ADORNO Ensemble), Christopher Froh (SF Contemporary Music Players), and Daniel Kennedy (SFCMP, Gamelan Sekar Jaya)—three of the Bay Area's top mallet men—join forces for a vivacious journey into the Orchestra's rhythm section.
Classical at the Freight brings the Bay Area's best classical musicians to the Freight for an hour of top-flight chamber music in an informal, friendly atmosphere. San Francisco Chamber Orchestra music director Benjamin Simon is your host; his goal is to un-stuffify and de-mystify classical music for the general music lover, sharing the joys and rewards of this timeless art with new audiences young and old.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Freight and Salvage Coffee House, Berkeley
$8.50 to $9.50
Information: (510) 644-2020
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Monday, October 25, 2010 – 8pm
String Quartet Century
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble opens the 2010-2011 season with a concert titled "String Quartet Century" featuring a string quartet masterpiece of the 20th century by the influential Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, alongside two American works -- the world premiere of a new quartet by award-winning American composer Carl Schimmel, and a piece by the celebrated minimalist Terry Riley. Written over the course of a century, each of these three intricate works inhabits an expressive world of its own and celebrates the ‘string quartet’ in distinctive ways. Bartók’s Second String Quartet, composed in 1917, is the centerpiece of the program. “In the three movements of this quartet, Bartók illustrates music’s power to sing, dance, mourn, celebrate and speak, sometimes creating an infectious feeling of momentum, and at others a devastating understanding of loss,” explains Anna Presler, Artistic Director, LCCE. Carl Schimmel’s new piece composed for the string quartet offers both humor and tenderness to create an appealing new music; and Terry Riley’s minimalist G Song, written in 1980, creates a romantic minimalist sound.
San Francisco Veterans War Memorial Green Room
401 Van Ness Avenue,San Francisco
$15, seniors/students, and $20, general admission
Information: (415) 642-8054
leftcoastensemble.org
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 – 12:30pm
ZOFO DUET, piano four hands
Keisuke Nakagoshi / Eva-Maria Zimmermann
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
Sergei Rachmaninov: 6 Morceaux, Op. 11
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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