An afternoon of music for ‘cello and piano, featuring classics and soon-to-be classics! Works to be performed include a world-premiere commission by Oakland-based composer Matt Ingalls, alongside the late Elliott Carter’s Sonata (1948), one of the seminal twentieth-century works for ‘cello and piano, and Shostakovich’s intense and brooding Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 40. […]
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Mobius Trio – March 22, 2013
World Premieres by Dan Becker, Samuel Carl Adams, Frank Wallace, and Belinda Reynolds.There’s a new wave of energy and excitement thrumming through the San Francisco contemporary classical music scene and, whether you choose to call it Alt-Classical, Indie Classical, or Classi-Cool, Mobius Trio are at its forefront. Though at its core the Trio is a […]
Continue readingThe City of Tomorrow – March 15, 2013
Virtuosic works by renowned composers re-imagining the wind quintet, including Magnus Lindberg, Luciano Berio, and a US Premiere by British composer Rob Keeley.The only wind quintet to win a gold medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in ten years, The City of Tomorrow advocates for the quality and expansion of wind quintet repertoire […]
Continue readingShirley Kazuyo Muramoto with Murasaki Ensemble & guests – March 10, 2013
Japanese Hogaku: New sounds from America and Japan
Continue readingMelodiya Chamber Ensemble – March 8, 2013
Nino Rota IntermezzoBéla Bartók Two Slavic DancesSergei Prokofiev Tales of the Old Grandmother and Devilish SuggestionRobert Schumann Fair Tale PicturesFeodor Druzhinin Variations for viola soloFranz Schubert Sonata for Viola and Piano (Arpeggione)Sergey Rakitchenkov and Arkady Serper are both graduates of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory who began their distinguished careers in the major concert halls of […]
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