The San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra is a diverse group of Bay Area composer-performers whose artistic goal is to present, and to represent, the emerging new music of San Francisco, primarily through performances of their own compositions. This evening, the only musical assemblage known to have written and performed a concert in honor and commemoration […]
Continue readingIn toto, The Graffe Quartet may comprise a significant portion of the Czech Republic’s current generation of classical music wunderkinder. Members of the foursome are all in their mid-twenties, are all multiple competition prize winners, and are all graduates of the talent-rich classical music community of Brno. This evening they are joined by internationally celebrated […]
Continue readingFrom Russia With Brilliant Virtuosity would be an apt title for this concert, which showcases the considerable talents of two honored graduates of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. After going on to establish distinguished careers in Russia and triumphing at major concert venues from Europe to Asia, it is our good fortune that they […]
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Continue readingPiano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 by Robert Schumann; Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano by Frederick Delius; Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 by Edward ElgarThe first great piano quintet by a major composer is joined by Elgar’s grand and symphonic quintet, written during the first world war; a work of […]
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