Martin Rokeach Running at the Top of the World World PremiereAllen Shearer Roundelay World PremiereRyan Chase Gold Rush 2012 Suzanne and Lee Ettleson AwardNick Vasallo Only One Survives World PremiereIntroducing our new Artistic Director Nick Vasallo, and exciting new music by our 2012 Ettelson award recipient Ryan Chase, and Artistic Directors Allen Shearer and Martin […]
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Symphony Parnassus – April 7, 2013
Ernest Chausson PoèmeJohannes Brahms Serenade No. 1Laura Karpman Take FourFounded in 1989, Symphony Parnassus encompasses the talents of musicians from the Bay Area community. The publics enthusiastic response has been more than encouraging, as the orchestra has gone from small rehearsal halls to major concert venues under the leadership of Music Director Stephen Paulson. Their […]
Continue readingJewish Music & Poetry Project – April 5, 2013
David Garner Phönix World PremiereEdwin Geist Three Lithuanian Songs West Coast PremiereDavid Garner Chanson für MorgenGabriela Lena Frank Barcarola LatinoamericanaElena Ruehr Prelude No. 3Osvaldo Golijov Zzs Dream (piano version)… and moreBack from their European premiere in Berlin, soprano Nanette McGuinness and pianist Dale Tsang-Hall of the Jewish Music & Poetry Project perform new music to […]
Continue readingmartha & monica – March 24, 2013
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. […]
Continue readingMobius 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 […]
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