Saturday, January 1, 2011 – 3pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
SFCO Main Stage Concert #1: Bottoms Up (Palo Alto)
Celebrate the New Year with two soloists from the lower end of our sonic spectrum. 17-year cello sensation, Nathan Chan, and our principal bass player, Michel Taddei, get their chances in front of the orchestra. Plus lyric soprano Anja Strauss as the most beautiful “ugly duckling” you’ve ever seen! Tchaikovsky’s favorite composer, Mozart, is represented by his first symphony (written at age nine), and his next-to-last (the great G minor, written at the ripe old age of 32).
Join Maestro Ben Simon for an engaging pre-concert talk 30 minutes before the show! Doors open 45 minutes before show time. Admission is free, but tickets are required (available at the door or online). SFCO Members receive priority seating and can make advanced reservations.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 – 3pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
SFCO Main Stage Concert #1: Bottoms Up (San Francisco)
Celebrate the New Year with two soloists from the lower end of our sonic spectrum. 17-year cello sensation, Nathan Chan, and our principal bass player, Michel Taddei, get their chances in front of the orchestra. Plus lyric soprano Anja Strauss as the most beautiful “ugly duckling” you’ve ever seen! Tchaikovsky’s favorite composer, Mozart, is represented by his first symphony (written at age nine), and his next-to-last (the great G minor, written at the ripe old age of 32).
Join Maestro Ben Simon for an engaging pre-concert talk 30 minutes before the show! Doors open 45 minutes before show time. Admission is free, but tickets are required (available at the door or online). SFCO Members receive priority seating and can make advanced reservations.
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 – 8:30pm
A big band plus chorus heavy on woodwinds and light on brass and
strings, playing Graham Connah's joy-filled long form jazz-based
music. Elements of rock and abstraction are included.
Jazzschool
2087 Addison Street, Berkeley
$5-15 suggested donation
www.jazzschool.com
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Monday, January 3, 2011 – 8pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
SFCO Main Stage Concert #1: Bottoms Up (San Francisco)
Celebrate the New Year with two soloists from the lower end of our sonic spectrum. 17-year cello sensation, Nathan Chan, and our principal bass player, Michel Taddei, get their chances in front of the orchestra. Plus lyric soprano Anja Strauss as the most beautiful “ugly duckling” you’ve ever seen! Tchaikovsky’s favorite composer, Mozart, is represented by his first symphony (written at age nine), and his next-to-last (the great G minor, written at the ripe old age of 32).
Join Maestro Ben Simon for an engaging pre-concert talk 30 minutes before the show! Doors open 45 minutes before show time. Admission is free, but tickets are required (available at the door or online). SFCO Members receive priority seating and can make advanced reservations.
Empress Theatre, Vallejo
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011 – 12:30pm
FRENCH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Claire Tremblay, hautbois / Angela Kraft-Cross, piano
Francois Couperin: Quatrieme concert royal
Camille Saint-Saens: Sonate pour hautbois et piano
Louis-Claude Daquin: Noel X
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Friday, January 7, 2011 – 12pm
Flutist and Composer Robert Dick In Concert, With Guest Artists Areon Flutes
On Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8PM the revolutionary American flutist and composer Robert Dick performs a concert featuring his acclaimed compositions at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, hosted by West Valley Music.
The program reads like a glissando of diverse genre and sounds: the vibe and the jive of 1960s rock’n’roll and Chicago style blues invoked by Robert Dick’s own compositions Lookout and The Fish Are Jumping, the impassioned and more classically rooted melodies of Sonata “Appassionata” by Sigfrid Karg-Elert, as well as the collaborative personal composition Gossip Cats are Dancing that features Robert Dick as a soloist with the multi-flute quartet Areon Flutes (an award winning San Francisco Bay Area based professional flute ensemble). Robert Dick will also perform his Sliding Life Blues, for flute with Glissando Headjoint®, on a specially constructed flute head-joint that allows him to smear notes and glide between sounds as if playing on an electric guitar. Other works on the program are Air is the Heaviest Metal and Flames Must Not Encircle Sides, two more compositions of his own genius.
Tim Page of Washington Post wrote of Robert Dick, “He is one of those rare creators (think of Liszt with the piano or Paganini with the violin) who have effectively reinvented his instrument, creating an entire glossary of fresh techniques.” Robert Dick’s performance is sure to transform the listener’s concept of flute and flute music.
The weekend of creative flute playing with the maestro of limitless technical resources and imagination continues with two other events, hosted by West Valley Music. On Saturday, January 8 from 10:30AM-12:30PM, Robert Dick will present a workshop on extended flute techniques. This event is open to the general public. The workshop will be followed by a masterclass on the following day, Sunday, January 9, 2011 from 2-5:30PM. The masterclass is open to the general public as auditors and to five active participants selected through an audition competition. Both events are also held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. Please contact Diana at West Valley Music, 650-961-1566 for details.
West Valley Music Store Sponsored Events
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
$10/20 concert ticket or $55/45 for weekend pass
Information: (650) 961-1566
www.westvalleymusic.com
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Friday, January 7, 2011 – 8pm
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival
America's only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 20 local and international composers. Composers shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16+ high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. It's a unique opportunity to experience music forming - literally - around you.
This year features a special appearance by sound diffusion guru, Jonty Harrison, visiting from Birmingham, England. Harrison is the director of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theater), which for the past three decades has perfected the art of live surround-sound diffusion. For the festival's Sunday concert, Harrison will present a retrospective of his works spanning from 1982 to 2004. This is a rare opportunity to experience a master at work, and should not be missed!
The two other concerts on the festival feature a diverse range of music the festival is known for: a rarely heard early work by Pierre Boulez; well-known masterpieces by Jean-Claude Risset, and Francis Dhomont; a turntable-based piece by sound artist Christian Marclay; modern acousmatic works by international composers Adrian Moore, Dixie Treichel, Donal Sarsfield, and Ilya Y. Rostovstev; and a few experimental cuts from the 80's electro-pop group, The Art of Noise.
The festival is also remembering the work of German avant garde composer Mauricio Kagel and American sound-structalist Maryanne Amacher, both extremely talented and important composers that the tape music community recently lost.
As in past annual SF Tape Music Festivals, this year's festival features new works by a diverse selection of local music, including field-recording based pieces by Paul Dresher, Thom Blum, Cliff Caruthers, and Heather Frasch; noise-works by bran(...)pos and Kyle Bruckmann; and acousmatic pieces by Matt Ingalls, and Silvia Matheus.
The annual San Francisco Tape Music Festival -- It's cinema for your ears!
PROGRAM
FRIDAY 8pm
Mauricio Kagel - Antithèse (1962)
Jean-Claude Risset - Sud (1985)
Christian Marclay - Jukebox Capriccio (1985)
Paul Dresher - Other Fire (1984)
bran(...)pos - Pinball Paneer 2 (2010)
Silvia Matheus - Crossings (2006)
Adrian Moore - Superstrings (1999)
sfSoundSeries
Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center, Building D
Marina Blvd. and Buchanan St., San Francisco
8pm, $15 [$8 underemployed] each night
$30 3-day festival pass
sfSound.org/tape
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 – 4pm
New Esterházy Quartet
Dedicated to Haydn III
Such was Haydn’s fame and influence as a composer for string quartet that at least 16 sets of quartets were dedicated to him during his lifetime. Perhaps the most famous were the six written by his younger friend Mozart. The New Esterházy Quartet play the third of Mozart's "Haydn" Quartets, plus a quartet dedicated to Haydn by the short-lived French composer Hyacinthe Jadin, and a quartet by Haydn himself. For more details, see www.newesterhazy.org.
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco
$25/$20/$10
Information: (415) 520-0611
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 – 8pm
Ying Quartet
As quartet-in-residence at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, the Ying Quartet teaches in the string department. From 2001-2008, the Ying Quartet were Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University. Formed over twenty years ago by four Chicago area siblings studying at the Eastman, they are widely recognized as one of America’s leading string quartets. Founding Ying family members Janet (violin), David (cello), and Phillip (viola) have now been joined by violin virtuoso Ayano Ninomiya, the second-prize winner of the 2003 Naumburg International Violin Competition. The Yings were the first artists to be chosen for the National Endowment for the Arts’ Rural Residencies Program.
Del Valle Fine Arts
Bankhead Theater, Livermore
$33-$21, high school free, college $10 day of concert
Information: (925) 373-6800
www.delvallefinearts.org/2010-11/DVFA10-11Home.html
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 – 8pm
Agave Baroque
Agave Baroque is a period instrument chamber ensemble dedicated to the diverse and compelling repertoire of the 17th century. Founded in 2007, this energetic young ensemble has received critical acclaim for the imagination, intimacy, & depth of their performances on-stage, on-air, and on-screen. Members of this award-winning young ensemble also play with some of the nation's top baroque orchestras and ensembles, such as Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica, Ensemble Mirable, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Trinity Chapel, Berkeley
$15/$10
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 – 8pm
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival
America's only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 20 local and international composers. Composers shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16+ high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. It's a unique opportunity to experience music forming - literally - around you.
This year features a special appearance by sound diffusion guru, Jonty Harrison, visiting from Birmingham, England. Harrison is the director of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theater), which for the past three decades has perfected the art of live surround-sound diffusion. For the festival's Sunday concert, Harrison will present a retrospective of his works spanning from 1982 to 2004. This is a rare opportunity to experience a master at work, and should not be missed!
The two other concerts on the festival feature a diverse range of music the festival is known for: a rarely heard early work by Pierre Boulez; well-known masterpieces by Jean-Claude Risset, and Francis Dhomont; a turntable-based piece by sound artist Christian Marclay; modern acousmatic works by international composers Adrian Moore, Dixie Treichel, Donal Sarsfield, and Ilya Y. Rostovstev; and a few experimental cuts from the 80's electro-pop group, The Art of Noise.
The festival is also remembering the work of German avant garde composer Mauricio Kagel and American sound-structalist Maryanne Amacher, both extremely talented and important composers that the tape music community recently lost.
As in past annual SF Tape Music Festivals, this year's festival features new works by a diverse selection of local music, including field-recording based pieces by Paul Dresher, Thom Blum, Cliff Caruthers, and Heather Frasch; noise-works by bran(...)pos and Kyle Bruckmann; and acousmatic pieces by Matt Ingalls, and Silvia Matheus.
The annual San Francisco Tape Music Festival -- It's cinema for your ears!
PROGRAM
SATURDAY 8pm
Pierre Boulez - Étude (1951)
The Art of Noise - Daft (1983)
Maryanne Amacher - Synaptic Island (excerpt) (1998)
Francis Dhomont - Vol d'arondes (2001)
Thom Blum - Post from Rajasthan (2007)
Kyle Bruckmann - Orgone Accelerator (2010)
Cliff Caruthers - Open Door (2011)
Matt Ingalls - poem (2011)
Heather Frasch - Sonic Postcard: Philly (2010)
Ilya Y. Rostovtsev - Understatements.[i] (2010)
Donal Sarsfield - Of Noise Alone (2010)
Dixie Treichel - Interstellar Espionage (2007)
sfSoundSeries
Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center, Building D
Marina Blvd. and Buchanan St., San Francisco
8pm, $15 [$8 underemployed] each night
$30 3-day festival pass
sfSound.org/tape
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 – 3pm
Cypress String Quartet
On January 9, 2011, at 3pm, the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton will present the renowned Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello). The concert will include Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet, and Debussy’s String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10.
Hailed by Chamber Music Magazine as "a Generation X ensemble to watch", the Cypress String Quartet is known for its both elegant and impassioned performances, with a sound that has been called "beautifully proportioned and powerful" by The Washington Post. Founded in 1996 in San Francisco, the Cypress perform over 90 concerts a year nationally and internationally. Having established a clear and transparent signature sound from the start, they excel equally in repertoire by the old masters and by living composers
Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton
$12-30
Information: (925) 931-4848
www.cypressquartet.com
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 – 2pm
Cafe Royale Presents The Lost Trio
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone
Dan Seamans, bass
Tom Hassett, drums
Cafe Royale
800 Post Street, San Francisco
Donations Accepted
www.caferoyale-sf.com
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 – 4pm
New Esterházy Quartet
Dedicated to Haydn III
Such was Haydn’s fame and influence as a composer for string quartet that at least 16 sets of quartets were dedicated to him during his lifetime. Perhaps the most famous were the six written by his younger friend Mozart. The New Esterházy Quartet play the third of Mozart's "Haydn" Quartets, plus a quartet dedicated to Haydn by the short-lived French composer Hyacinthe Jadin, and a quartet by Haydn himself.
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
$25/$20/$10
Information: (415) 520-0611
www.newesterhazy.org
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 – 4:30pm
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Carpe Diem String Quartet is quickly becoming the premier American “indie” string quartet. The group performs the classical string quartet repertoire, but their musical passion has led them down the paths of gypsy, tango, folk, pop, rock, and jazz inspired music. The critically acclaimed quartet is committed to changing the concert experience of chamber music. Using innovative programming, thematic concerts, and popular music for younger generations Carpe Diem is bringing new audiences into the concert hall and revitalizing the chamber music recital. In residence at Ohio Wesleyan University. www.carpediemstringquartet.com
Charles Wetherbee – violin, John Ewing – violin, Korine Fujiwara – viola, Kristin Ostling – cello
Program to be announced.
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Douglas Beach House, Half Moon Bay
$35
Information: (650) 726-2020
www.carpediemstringquartet.com
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 – 8pm
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival
America's only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 20 local and international composers. Composers shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16+ high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. It's a unique opportunity to experience music forming - literally - around you.
This year features a special appearance by sound diffusion guru, Jonty Harrison, visiting from Birmingham, England. Harrison is the director of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theater), which for the past three decades has perfected the art of live surround-sound diffusion. For the festival's Sunday concert, Harrison will present a retrospective of his works spanning from 1982 to 2004. This is a rare opportunity to experience a master at work, and should not be missed!
The two other concerts on the festival feature a diverse range of music the festival is known for: a rarely heard early work by Pierre Boulez; well-known masterpieces by Jean-Claude Risset, and Francis Dhomont; a turntable-based piece by sound artist Christian Marclay; modern acousmatic works by international composers Adrian Moore, Dixie Treichel, Donal Sarsfield, and Ilya Y. Rostovstev; and a few experimental cuts from the 80's electro-pop group, The Art of Noise.
The festival is also remembering the work of German avant garde composer Mauricio Kagel and American sound-structalist Maryanne Amacher, both extremely talented and important composers that the tape music community recently lost.
As in past annual SF Tape Music Festivals, this year's festival features new works by a diverse selection of local music, including field-recording based pieces by Paul Dresher, Thom Blum, Cliff Caruthers, and Heather Frasch; noise-works by bran(...)pos and Kyle Bruckmann; and acousmatic pieces by Matt Ingalls, and Silvia Matheus.
The annual San Francisco Tape Music Festival -- It's cinema for your ears!
sfSoundSeries
Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center, Building D
Marina Blvd. and Buchanan St., San Francisco
8pm, $15 [$8 underemployed] each night
$30 3-day festival pass
sfSound.org/tape
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 – 9pm
The Oakland Active Orchestra plays music by Jon Raskin.
Plus: Opening set by the ROVA Saxophone Quartet
Uptown
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
FREE
www.uptownnightclub.com
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 – 12:30pm
FRENCH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Eliane Lust, piano
Claude Debussy: Complete Preludes
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 – 8pm
Emanuel Ax, piano: Schubert Recital
“His greatness, his overwhelming authority as musician, technician, and probing intellect emerges quickly as he plays. Within minutes, we are totally captured by his intensity and pianistic achievement.” —Los Angeles Times
One of the most celebrated pianists in the world for more than three decades, Emanuel Ax brings his trademark elegance and exuberance to solo-piano works from the last years of Franz Schubert.
Having first garnered worldwide attention as the winner of 1974’s inaugural Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, Ax has distinguished himself in the ensuing 36 years as a solo pianist (including two Grammy-winning volumes of Haydn works); in chamber settings (including Grammy-winning duo recordings with cellist Yo-Yo Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms cycles); and as a soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, and Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra.
At Stanford, Ax devotes his prodigious interpretive gifts to three works from Franz Schubert’s final creative surge before his untimely death at age 31—the same period (roughly 1824–28) that produced the “Death and the Maiden” string quartet, the lieder cycle Die Winterreise, and Symphony No. 9 “The Great Symphony.” The program includes the final piano sonata (Sonata in B-flat, D. 960), considered by many to be Schubert’s towering achievement for the keyboard.
PROGRAM
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D.935, op. posth. 142; Sonata in A, E. 664, Op. 120; Sonata in B flat, D. 960
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
$66.00 - 76.00 (Adult) | Discounts available
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 – 10am
Saturday Mornings in San Francisco - Bartok and Kodaly
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$46/$38/$25
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 – 2:30pm
Nexus Quartet with pianist Teresa Yu
The Berkeley Piano Club's Emerging Artist Fund presents the Nexus Quartet with pianist Teresa Yu in a program of string quartets by Haydn and Schubert and the Dvorak Piano Quintet.
Berkeley Piano Club
FREE
Information: (925) 631-0570
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 – 8pm
Meridian presents zBug performing Drifting Moon Peaks, their latest industrial jazz composition in five movements. Featuring David Leikam (Moog Rogue synthesizer/electric bass), Zachary Morris (drumset/percussion), Sheila Bosco (drumset/percussion) and Fred Malouf (guitar/electronics).
Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street, San Francisco
$10/5
www.meridiangallery.org
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 – 8pm
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
"The guitar has one of the largest color palettes of any instrument,” says William Kanengiser of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. And the LAGQ takes full advantage of this range of tones and textures. In the course of one performance the group can sound like a string quartet, an African drum circle, a samba band, a Gypsy/rock hybrid. Now in their 30th year together, the group finds inspiration everywhere, as long as it’s not electronic. For a quick preview of the LAGQ sound, go to YouTube and see the group’s deconstruction of Pachelbel’s Canon.
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$45/$38/$30
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances,org
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Sunday, January 16, 2011 – 3pm
Villa Chamber Music Series: Cypress String Quartet
Montalvo Arts Center (Previously Villa Montalvo)
Saratoga
$30 General Admission; $25 Members; $10 Students with ID; $20 Subscription (available only when purchasing three or more dates from this series)
Information: (408) 961-5858
montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, January 16, 2011 – 4pm
Pianos/Pianists: Alessio Bax, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Wu Han
With its unique combination of intimacy and symphonic grandeur, the two-piano medium has beguiled composers throughout the ages. For the second concert in the Winter Series, three renowned pianists—festival Artistic Director Wu Han; Alessio Bax, one of the most compelling young virtuosos in classical music today; and the universally acclaimed Anne-Marie McDermott, making her eagerly awaited Music@Menlo debut—join forces for a sonically ravishing afternoon of two-piano music, juxtaposing the enchanting strains of Debussy and Ravel with Sergei Rachmaninov’s impassioned Suite no. 1 and no. 2.
Music@Menlo
Center for Performing Arts at Menlo, Atherton
$50/$45 adult; $25/$20 student
Information: (650) 331-0202
www.musicatmenlo.org
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Monday, January 17, 2011 – 8pm
An Historic Collaboration
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr
AMIRI BARAKA & ROSCOE MITCHELL
Iconic Poet meets Iconoclastic Saxophonist
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco/jazzclub
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Monday, January 17, 2011 – 11am
Very First Concert #2: Music from Around the World
Join us for a fabulous—and free—trip around the globe as the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra explores music from far-away places. Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas both North and South will be represented in this wide-ranging program.
Developed in partnership with the Crowden School 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!
Concert starts at 11am and repeats at 12pm.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Crowden Music Center, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org/concerts/for-families
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 – 8pm
Songs of My Father
Deborah Pittman , clarinet
The Sun Quartet: Ian Swenson, violin, Anna Presler, violin, Anna Kruger, viola, Andrew Luchansky, cello
Sheila Coleman, dancer
Joanne De Phillips, piano
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings-- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Simple Gifts -- John Williams
The World According to Earl: A Father-daughter Biography--Pittman
The Dancer within Me--Pitman/ Coleman/ Rowles
Berkeley Chamber Performances) continues its 18th season with the beautifully designed program SONGS OF MY FATHER led by the virtuoso clarinetist and composer Deborah Pittman.
Along with Pittman, the program features the Sun String Quartet, dancer, Sheila Coleman, and pianist Joanne De Phillips, the founding director of Berkeley Chamber Performances. Audience members are invited to attend a complementary wine and cheese reception following the concert with an opportunity to meet and talk with the musicians.
Songs of My Father offers classic, recent, and original works commemorating the African Diaspora, Barak Obama, and fathers, known and lesser known.
Berkeley Chamber Performances
The Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave. Berkeley
$25/$12.50 post high school student; high school students free
Information: (510) 525-5211
www.berkeleychamberperfom.org
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 – 12:30pm
ARIEL STRING QUARTET
William Barbini / Kineko Barbini, violins
Paul Ehrlich, viola / Victoria Ehrlich, cello
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet
Charles de Beriot: Duo for Two Violins
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – 12pm
Noon Concert: Piano Trio
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – 6:30pm
Clarinet Thing
We are in for a treat with this chamber quartet of virtuosic clarinetists! With uncommon jazz arrangements and original compositions using the entire family of clarinets, Clarinet Thing demonstrates the range and warmth of this instrument, times four.
San Francisco Performances
Hotel Rex, San Francisco
$20
Information: (415) 392-2545
www.performances.org
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 – 8pm
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble:
Root Causes
In Root Causes, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble spotlights four composers who have been particularly successful at fusing aspects of varying cultural roots with concert music. Antonin Dvorjak was inspired by the folk music of Europe and North America. In this concert his exquisite Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in F minor, Opus 65 is performed alongside diverse works: a jazz-influenced trio for piano, violin, and cello by contemporary composer John Musto; a sacred Yom Kippur melody, Abodah for Violin and Piano by Swiss-born Ernest Bloch; and Four Remixes for Piano Trio, the world premiere of new arrangements of popular songs by Left Coast’s founding artistic director and award-winning composer Kurt Rohde. Drawing from the roots of popular culture, Rohde has created a short set of his own recompositions of four popular songs from four contrasting periods and styles. They include Maxwell's Silver Hammer (The Beatles), Fun Plex (The B52s), Rocket Man (Elton John and Bernie Taupin), and Night Ride Home (Joni Mitchell).
142 Throckmorton Theater
Mill Valley
$15 to $20
Information: (415) 642-8054
leftcoastensemble.org
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Friday, January 21, 2011 – 8pm
Navitas Ensemble
The Navitas Ensemble is dedicated to presenting the duo ensemble and repertoire as an integral part of chamber music, with a depth of exploration, integrity and curiosity that allows them to present music-making that is dynamic, intimate, and powerful. Though Addario-Berry and Choi have performed together in ensembles large and small, their decision to form a duo was largely inspired by their shared experience of Ravel’s great Sonata for Violin and ‘Cello, through which they developed a deep mutual respect and discovered their shared passion and commitment to bringing the highest level of artistry and expression to great works of chamber music. Both musicians bring to the ensemble extensive backgrounds in contemporary music and traditional concert music, drawing connections between these worlds to create programs that are diverse, entertaining, and relevant to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. For this concert they are joined by violist Jodi Levitz of the Ives Quartet. For more information please visit www.navitasensemble.com
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, January 22, 2011 – 8pm
Joshua Redman, saxophone
The acclaimed and charismatic jazz artist, who first emerged onto the international scene in the 1990s, returns to his hometown of Berkeley. Redman's playing recalls the performances of Gene Ammons and Red Holloway, but this fearsomely gifted saxophonist also brings an adventurous and playful spirit to his music. For fans of modern jazz at its best, this performance is a must! "Redman ranks with the best saxophonists in the world" (Boston Herald).
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
$22/$30/$36/$42/$50
Information: (510) 642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Saturday, January 22, 2011 – 8pm
Trinity Chamber Concerts:
Grex
Grex was formed in and around the Mills College music axis, emphasizing cross-idiomatic conceits and melding elements of disparate sources - free jazz, early minimalism, impressionist music, garage rock, electroacoustic improvisation, folk balladry - into something stark and eldritch.
Karl A.D. Evangelista, guitar, vox, etc.
Margaret Rei Scampavia, keys, winds, vox, etc.
Trinity Chapel
Berkeley
$10 to $15
Information: (510) 549-3864
www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Sunday, January 23, 2011 – 7pm
Miró Quartet
The Miró Quartet has become one of the most respected ensembles in all chamber music, captivating audiences around the world and dazzling listeners with youthful intensity and mature interpretations. Formed in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the quartet began gaining international attention after taking first prize at the 1998 Banff International String Quartet Competition and the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 2000.
Music at Kohl
Kohl Mansion, Burlingame
Adult: $45; Senior: $42; Gen Y&Z (30 and under): $15.
Information: (650) 762-1130
www.musicatkohl.org
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Sunday, January 23, 2011 – 7pm
UC Davis Empyrean Ensemble:
Americans In Rome
• Don Byron: Selections from 7 Etudes for Solo Piano (2008–09)
• Claude Baker: Three Phantasy Pieces for Viola and Percussion (2005)
• Martin Bresnick: Bird as Prophet for Violin and Piano (1999)
• Martin Brody: Dusk from The Book of Hours for Piano Trio (2000)
• Keeril Makan: Mu for Solo Violin (2007)
• Laura Schwendinger: Song for Andrew for Piano Quartet (2008)
UC Davis Music Department
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis
$8 STU & CH, $20 A
Information: (866) 754-2787
music.ucdavis.edu
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Monday, January 24, 2011 – 10am
New Century Chamber Orchestra:
Tour Kick-Off Concert Open Rehearsal
The New Century Chamber Orchestra will embark on a tour of the Midwest and California on February 1, 2011. Celebrate the launch of the tour with a special concert featuring the tour repertoire. All tickets are available at City Box Office, at www.cityboxoffice.org or 415.392.4400, and New Century, at www.ncco.org or 415.357.1111.
Herbst Theatre
San Francisco
$8
Information: (415) 357-1111
www.ncco.org
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Monday, January 24, 2011 – 8pm
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble:
Root Causes
In Root Causes, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble spotlights four composers who have been particularly successful at fusing aspects of varying cultural roots with concert music. Antonin Dvorjak was inspired by the folk music of Europe and North America. In this concert his exquisite Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in F minor, Opus 65 is performed alongside diverse works: a jazz-influenced trio for piano, violin, and cello by contemporary composer John Musto; a sacred Yom Kippur melody, Abodah for Violin and Piano by Swiss-born Ernest Bloch; and Four Remixes for Piano Trio, the world premiere of new arrangements of popular songs by Left Coast’s founding artistic director and award-winning composer Kurt Rohde. Drawing from the roots of popular culture, Rohde has created a short set of his own recompositions of four popular songs from four contrasting periods and styles. They include Maxwell's Silver Hammer (The Beatles), Fun Plex (The B52s), Rocket Man (Elton John and Bernie Taupin), and Night Ride Home (Joni Mitchell).
Green Room of the War Memorial Building
San Francisco
$15 to $20
Information: (415) 642-8054
leftcoastensemble.org
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 – 12:30pm
Sujeeva Hapugalle, piano
Gabriel Fauré: Romance No. 3, Op. 17
Francis Poulenc: Trois Pieces
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean
More!
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 – 8pm
Vertavo String Quartet
“[Vertavo], with their flair, their physicality, and their communicative urgency, were the most compelling chamber ensemble I have heard in years.” —Norman Lebrecht, The Daily Telegraph (U.K.)
Hailing from Norway, the dynamic Vertavo String Quartet make a rare U.S. appearance in celebration of their 25th anniversary. Acclaimed by The Guardian (U.K.) for the “integrity and imagination they bring to their playing,” the Quartet are as well-known for their collaborations with acclaimed artists such as Leif Ove Andsnes as for their mastery of standard and contemporary repertoire. The Vertavo’s recording of Debussy and Grieg quartets earned them the prestigious Diapason D’Or and high praise from Gramophone magazine (“captivating performances that get right to the heart of these works”). Additional accolades include the 2005 Grieg Prize, awarded to Norwegian artists of high international standing. In their Lively Arts debut the Vertavo offer a program reflecting their deep roots in the string quartet tradition, with works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Jánacˆek alongside a recent work by Bay Area composer Gabriela Lena Frank.
PROGRAM
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, opus 130; Haydn:
String Quartet No. 68 in D minor, Opus 103; Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas: An
Andean Walkabout; Jánacek: selections from On an Overgrown Path (arrangement)
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford University, Palo Alto
$44.00 - 50.00 (Adult) | Discounts available.
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Friday, January 28, 2011 – 8pm
Voices of Music
Concerto Barocco
Join Voices of Music for an evening of virtuoso concertos featuring some of the finest performers in the field of Early Music today. Each concerto highlights a different combination of instruments that will enhance the listener’s appreciation of the wide variety of ensembles, moods, colors and virtuoso techniques employed by Baroque composers of the genre.
Experience the fleet and colorful “Alla Rustica” of Vivaldi, the stormy intensity of his Concerto in G minor for two cellos and the light and airy Concerto for Recorder. Languish in the sound of Corelli’s most classical and serene Christmas Concerto and be astounded by Bach’s pièce de résistance, his sublime Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043.
San Francisco Early Music Society
First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto
$28 general/$25 members/$10 students
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Friday, January 28, 2011 – 8pm
CMASH:
Soprano Ann Moss and Pianist Steven Bailey Perform Contemporary Songs and Song Cycles
Matthew O’Malley Be Not Afeard (2010)
Liam Wade Silver Apples (2008)
Kurt Erickson Chicago Songs (2008)
Miriam Miller Beautiful Things (2010)
Jake Heggie Rise & Fall (2007)
CMASH is a new-music repertory group committed to establishing and nurturing long-term collaborative relationships between composers and performers. Our program features contemporary songs and song cycles including Jake Heggie's Rise and Fall, Kurt Erickson's Chicago Songs, Liam Wade's "extremely engaging and humorous" Silver Apples, and new works by Matthew O'Malley and Miriam Miller composed specifically for Ann Moss and Steven Bailey. www.cmashmusic.org
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, January 28, 2011 – 8pm
Winter Serenade - An Evening of Chamber Music
Take the chill off the winter evening by settling in for a warm night of intimate music scored for small instrumental and vocal ensembles. Performed by the SCU music faculty.
Santa Clara University Department of Music
Center of Performing Arts, Department of Music Recital Hall
$8-$16
Information: (408) 554-5503
scu.edu/music
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 – 7pm
Capriccio Chamber Orchestra in Concert
The Capriccio Chamber Orchestra presents music by Felix Mendelssohn, Pablo Sarasate, Lennon and McCartney arr. by Leo Brower, and Dvorak, and featuring soloists will be Jack Kwan (violin) and Yuri Liberzon (guitar).
The Capriccio Chamber Orchestra began in 2007, when virtuosos from different cultures gathered around a musical score for their fondness for chamber music. The specific sonority, as well as an extremely profound stylistic research was the result of this union.
Indeed, this group brings together different nationalities, each individual bringing their own country’s cultural sensitivity, forging a fabulous covenant between Asian discipline and European fantasy.
Conductor Alexander Eisenberg is a brilliant concert violinist, and infuses his fellow musicians into total commitment and personal investment, converting this ensemble into a real chamber music orchestra.
Calvary Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
$27
Information: (415) 806-1510
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 – 7:30pm
Harmony and Melody: A Celebration of Black History
America’s Got Talent singing sensation, bass baritone Lawrence Beamen, joins the Gold Coast Chamber Players in concert for Lafayette’s first celebration of Black History Month.
LAFAYETTE, CA The Gold Coast Chamber Players, now in their 11th season in Lafayette, lead an historic celebration with their concerts: Harmony and Melody: A Celebration of Black History. The city of Lafayette’s first public celebration of Black History Month will begin on January 29 and 30 with a musical celebration. The whole city is getting involved -merchants are showcasing Black History displays and Consortium Partners at the Lafayette Library will be presenting a variety events throughout February 2011. The mayor will be making a proclamation showcasing this historic event.
Fresh from the national tour with television’s America’s Got Talent, top finalist, Lawrence Beamen joins the GCCP in original chamber music arrangements of African American Spirituals. These arrangements were written for this ensemble and their performance will be one of Beamen’s first public performances since Ameica’s Got Talent launched him to stardom. Beamen and GCCP Director, Pamela Freund-Striplen have been collaborating for months to put together a meaningful and exhilarating program.
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Community Hall at the Lafayette Library
$15-50
Information: (925) 284-7404 (Lafayette Chamber of Commerce)
www.gcplayers.org
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 – 8pm
New Century Chamber Orchestra:
Tour Kick-Off Concert
The New Century Chamber Orchestra will embark on a tour of the Midwest and California on February 1, 2011. Celebrate the launch of the tour with a special concert featuring the tour repertoire. All tickets are available at City Box Office, at www.cityboxoffice.org or 415.392.4400, and New Century, at www.ncco.org or 415.357.1111. Patrons aged 35 and under can purchase tickets for $15.
Herbst Theatre
San Francisco
$29 to $49
Information: (415) 357-1111
www.ncco.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 2pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:
You Gotta Hear This! Robin Sharp, Karla Ekholm, & Mozart's Birthday
This month on You Gotta Hear This! we feature period music, costumes, a cake, beverages, and more—plus live musical performances from the Bay Area's family of classical-music professionals. Our guest artists are Robin Sharp, violin, and Karla Ekholm, bassoon!
You Gotta Hear This! is the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra's new radio variety show, featuring the best in live music—classical and otherwise. Listen, laugh, and learn as we go behind the scenes and between the notes to un-stuffify your listening experience. Musical quiz games, conversations with artists, and of course live music—presented in an intimate and informal venue. Hosted by SFCO Music Director Ben Simon.
Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
San Francisco
$5 to $10
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org/concerts/you-gotta-hear-this-2/
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 3pm
Concert Benefiting “MARIN CHAMBER MUSIC” a new Chamber Music Festival created and directed by Sarn Oliver
The concert will feature a chamber orchestra comprised of San Francisco Symphony musicians joined by tremendously talented young soloists from the Bay Area. The young talents will perform: Bloch Concerto Grosso for piano and orchestra,Chopin Waltz in A Major and Rachmaninov Vocalise for cello and orchestra as well as "Winter" from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons!
Additionally a new work commissioned for this event for chamber orchestra, "Lacrimosa" by Hawaiian composer Robert Pollock will be presented.
The concert will begin with a movement of the “Sunlun Concerto” for violin and chamber orchestra by Bay Area composer and SF Symphony violinist Sarn Oliver. Joining us from Japan to conduct is Shinya Abe.
Please join us to help raise resources and awareness for Marin Chamber Music!
Marin Chamber Orchestra comprised of San Francisco Symphony musicians, Sarn Oliver, Mariko Smiley, Dan Smiley, Suzanne Leon,
Kelly Leon - Pearce, Amy Hiraga, Peter Wyrick, June Oh, Charles Chandler, Gina Feinauer, Nancy Ellis, Chunming Mo
Shinya Abe Conductor ( Japan)
Robert Pollock, Composer and pianist
Joined by tremendously talented young soloists from the Bay Area : Mariko Wyrick, cello and Alina Ming Kobialk, violinist
Oliver : "Sunlun" concerto for violin and orchestra
Chopin : Waltz in A majo (arranged by Sarn Oliver)
Mariko Wyrick, Cello
Rachmaninov : Vocalise
Mariko Wyrick, Cello
Bloch : Concerto Grosso for Piano and Orchestra
Robert Pearce, piano
Polock : "Lacrimosa" for Chamber Orchestra
World Premier
Vivaldi : The Four Seasons, Winter
Alina Kolbialka, Violin
Tamalpais Valley Community Center
203 Marin Avenue, Mill Valley
www.sarnoliver.net
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 2pm
Harmony and Melody: A Celebration of Black History
America’s Got Talent singing sensation, bass baritone Lawrence Beamen, joins the Gold Coast Chamber Players in concert for Lafayette’s first celebration of Black History Month.
LAFAYETTE, CA The Gold Coast Chamber Players, now in their 11th season in Lafayette, lead an historic celebration with their concerts: Harmony and Melody: A Celebration of Black History. The city of Lafayette’s first public celebration of Black History Month will begin on January 29 and 30 with a musical celebration. The whole city is getting involved -merchants are showcasing Black History displays and Consortium Partners at the Lafayette Library will be presenting a variety events throughout February 2011. The mayor will be making a proclamation showcasing this historic event.
Fresh from the national tour with television’s America’s Got Talent, top finalist, Lawrence Beamen joins the GCCP in original chamber music arrangements of African American Spirituals. These arrangements were written for this ensemble and their performance will be one of Beamen’s first public performances since Ameica’s Got Talent launched him to stardom. Beamen and GCCP Director, Pamela Freund-Striplen have been collaborating for months to put together a meaningful and exhilarating program.
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Community Hall at the Lafayette Library
$15-50
Information: (925) 284-7404 (Lafayette Chamber of Commerce)
www.gcplayers.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 2:30pm
Sundays with the St. Lawrence: St. Lawrence String Quartet with Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
"The St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection." —Alex Ross, The New Yorker
Following on last season’s triumphant collaboration with violist Michael Tree, the St. Lawrence welcomes friend and colleague Hsin-Yun Huang, a former Curtis Institute student of Michael Tree and an exceptional chamber musician. The program spans several centuries, beginning with a little-known work by an early American composer, Johann Peter, who is believed to have written some of America’s earliest chamber music, dating to the late 1700’s. Also included on the program are Prokofiev’s second string quartet, written following the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941; and Brahms’ String Quintet No. 2, which, although intended as his final work (Brahms decided in 1890, at age 57, to give up composing) ignited a flurry of creative activity thereafter.
PROGRAM
John Frederick Peter: Viola Quintet; Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op 92; Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
$44.00 - 50.00 (Adult) | Discounts available
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 2:30pm
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra January concert
Join David Ramadanoff and guest conductor, Pamela Martin, in MSCO’s January concert. The program includes Bach’s Suite No. 3 in D major, Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, and Mozart’s Concerto for Horn No. 2, with John Burton, horn soloist. Free reception with the artists included.
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
Los Altos United Methodist Church
Gen. Admission $20, Seniors (60+) $16, Youth (under 18) $5
www.mastersinfonia.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 3pm
Chamber Music Sundaes
Chamber Music performed by members of the San Francisco Symphony.
St. John's Presbyterian Church
Berkeley
$20—25 at the door
Information: (415) 601-3580
www.chambermusicsundaes.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 4pm
Voices of Music
Concerto Barocco
Join Voices of Music for an evening of virtuoso concertos featuring some of the finest performers in the field of Early Music today. Each concerto highlights a different combination of instruments that will enhance the listener’s appreciation of the wide variety of ensembles, moods, colors and virtuoso techniques employed by Baroque composers of the genre.
Experience the fleet and colorful “Alla Rustica” of Vivaldi, the stormy intensity of his Concerto in G minor for two cellos and the light and airy Concerto for Recorder. Languish in the sound of Corelli’s most classical and serene Christmas Concerto and be astounded by Bach’s pièce de résistance, his sublime Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043.
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco
$28 general/$25 members/$10 students
Information: (510) 528-1725
www.sfems.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 4pm
Roy Oakley & William Corbett-Jones
Schubert–Trio in B-flat, Op. 99
Beethoven–Sonata in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
Brahms–Trio in E-flat, Op. 40
William Corbett-Jones has a distinguished career as a recitalist, soloist, and collaborator with musicians around the world, including here at home in the Bay Area where he has appeared as soloist on numerous occasions with the San Francisco Symphony. Roy Oakley is well known in the Bay Area as an educator, having co-founded the Villa Sonfonia with his wife Lynn, as well as having performed for years with Bay Area musical groups including the San Francisco Symphony, the Marin Symphony, the Lamplighters and others. Today they present a program of classic chamber works by Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms, joined by principal ‘cellist of the Berkeley Symphony, Carol Rice, and principal horn for the Symphony of the Redwoods, Jan Bures.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 4pm
Ives Quartet
Ives Quartet Benefit Concert
at Etz Chayim 4161 Alma St. Palo Alto
January 30, 4 pm
The Ives Quartet has a reputation for
passion, precision, and provocative
programming, winning accolades for
playing music that shows both superrefinement
and visceral, rock-and-roll
intensity. They have captivated audiences
from San Francisco to New York, London
to Taiwan. January 30th they will perform at
Etz Chayim. Tickets for this benefit
concert are $25. Call 650-813-9094 for tickets.
Cong. Etz Chayim
Palo Alto
$25
Information: (650) 813-9094
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 4pm
Trio Navarro - "Ravel and Brahms in the Concert Hall"
THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT! Please call 707-664-2353 to learn about other Trio Navarro or Green Music Center events.
Sequestered in the Basque village of St. Jean-de-Luz, Maurice Ravel wrote, "I have never worked with more insane, more heroic intensity." Trio Navarro will perform Ravel's epic Piano Trio of 1914 and Brahms' B Major Trio Op. 8 (1891 version). Special RSVP required for this free 350-seat capacity event. First come, first served. Phone School of Performing Arts Box Office, (707)-664-2353 to get tickets in advance
Green Music Center Concert Hall
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
$8 to $12
Information: (707) 664-2353
www.sonoma.edu/performingarts
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 4:30pm
Tina Guo Cello & Piano Recital
Equally serious and devoted to both her classical and metal music, Tina hopes to open the hearts and ears of audiences of seemingly juxtaposing genres. She continues to balance the spiritual and technical eloquence of classical music in manipulating the music and emotion within a defined boundary, and the visceral excitement of paving a new path as a serious rock musician. As a composer she has was awarded first place in the MTNA California State Composition Competition for her series of cello duets. She also writes and arranges music in the rock/metal genres. For this performance she promises to present a full-ranged evening of Classical, Modern, Brazilian, Film Music, and New Age selections with piano accompaniment. www.tinaguo.com.
Pianist and program to be announced.
A Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society presentation
At the Douglas Beach House
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay,
$30
www.bachddsoc.org
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 – 5pm
BARS: Benefit Concert & World Premiere
Join BARS small ensembles and Brian Thorsett, graduate of SF Opera’s Merola Opera Program and principal tenor at Calvary Presbyterian Church of SF, for an evening benefitting Larkin St Youth Services and BARS Drum Drive for Timpani & Percussion.
This intimate event features music for tenor, strings, and winds by Arthur Bliss, Bohuslav Martinu, Monteverdi, Schubert*, and a world-premiere by David Conte*, internationally recognized Professor of Composition at SF Conservatory of Music.
All ticket sales and proceeds benefit Larkin Street Youth Services, whose Castro Youth Housing Initiative and services for HIV+ youth serve the LGBTQ community, and BARS Drum Drive for Timpani and Percussion, matched dollar-for-dollar by the Jon Sims Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts.
*Part of BARS LGBTQ Composer & Performing Artist Series, which strives to redefine perceptions of LGTBQ music and increase awareness of the beauty, talents and accomplishments of fellow LGBTQ individuals and groups.
Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS)
Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco
Pay-What-You-Can (sliding scale)
Information: (415) 57-VIOLA
www.BARS-SF.org
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Monday, January 31, 2011 – 8pm
Classical at the Freight: Mozart Birthday Celebration
Our most popular Classical at the Freight program returns with great chamber music by the Salzburg master, performed by SFCO all-stars Robin Sharp, violin; Ben Simon, viola; Tamara Bohlin, cello; Karla Ekholm, bassoon; and guest pianist Karen Rosenak.
Classical at the Freight brings the Bay Area's best classical musicians to the Freight for an hour of top-flight chamber music in a casual atmosphere. SFCO 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
$4.25 to $9.50
Information: (415) 692-5297
www.sfchamberorchestra.org/concerts/classical-at-the-freight
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