Author name: Rick Bahto

Serene returns to San Francisco with a transformative program, from mystical Scriabin to evocative Ravel and beyond.

Known for their innovative juxtapositions of Eastern and Western musics, old and new, and traditional and avant-garde/experimental sounds, Wooden Fish Ensemble perform works by Hyo-shin Na and Galina Ustvolskaya alongside folk songs from Korea and Japan.

Share the laughter, song, and joy as Golden Bough performs rare versions of Celtic songs of Winter, as well as their unique take on better known Christmas carols.

Commemorating the 190th anniversary of Schubert’s death with two of his late works in C minor: the Allegretto and the Sonata, D. 958. Also on the program are works by Liszt and the San Francisco Premiere of Cuban composer Nicolás Ruíz Espadero’s operatic transcriptions of works by Verdi, Donizetti, and Gounod.

Newly formed in 2016, the Stenberg | Cahill Duo is dedicated to promoting the American experimental tradition and expanding it through the commissioning of new work. This concert will include the World Premiere of a work by Canadian composer Aaron Gervais.