Pianist Daniel Glover celebrates the 100th Birthday of Samuel Barber and 200th Birthday of Frederic Chopin with an innovative program that alternates works in similar genres by the two great composers. These include Nocturnes, Ballades, as well as works inspired by nationalism, such as Barber’s Excursions and Chopin’s Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise. Rounding out […]
Continue reading(images above, from the left: Jupiter Chamber Players, Iosif Andriasov, Arshak Andriasov)String Quartet in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 by Georgy Catoire; Piece for String Quartet, Op. 7 by Arshak Andriasov; ‘Spring for String Quartet, Op. 32 and String Quartet in D major, Op. 1 by Iosif Andriasov; String Quartet in F major, Op. 22 by […]
Continue readingAdagio and allegrio; Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47 and others by Robert SchumannSarah Hong is well known in the Bay Area for her seemingly effortless performances of the most demanding repertoire; for this concert she is joined by violinist with the Oregon Symphony Fumino Ando, Japanese pianist Makiko Ooka and Bay Area violist […]
Continue readingMiriam Abramowitsch is a frequent performer at Old First Concerts. Heuwell Tircuit of San Francisco Classical Voice praised her 2007 recital for her “courageous artistryâ€, and went on to say “she was superb, and, indeed, maturity has enriched her timbre into velvet warmth and broadened her concept of fine phrasing.†She is celebrated for her […]
Continue readingNew works by Bay Area composers performed by the composers themselves, featuring a surprising diversity of styles influenced as much by pop and world as post-modernist and minimalist music. www.sfcco.org
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