Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 by Johannes Brahms; Sonata No. 3 by George Enescu; selections from Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6 by Benjamin Britten and the World Premiere of Seeing Things by Kurt Rohde Though both are now San Francisco residents, German violinist Iris Stone has won national competitions and […]
Continue readingV Mlhách (In the Mist); Concertino for piano & small chamber orchestra; On an Overgrown Path by Leos JanácekSince 2004, pianist Carol Isaac has been a virtual one-woman ambassador for the works of classical Czech and Moravian composers, presenting recitals of representative works from that repertoire throughout the United States, including a previous Old First […]
Continue readingPiano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 280; Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284; Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332; Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570 by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRobert Silverman brings an uncanny ability to embrace the heart of a composition and make it […]
Continue readingSonata for gamba in D major by Bach; Lachrymae by Benjamin Britten; Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2 by Brahms; Lullaby and Grotesque for viola and ‘cello by Rebecca ClarkeViolist extraordinaire Carla Maria Rodrigues has traveled, literally, in some of the most elite company in the world of contemporary classical music, having been a […]
Continue readingA major, D. 664; D major, D. 850; B-flat major, D. 960Meng-Chieh Liu’s piano virtuosity and his triumphs in multiple major competitions had made him a national hero in his native Taiwan by age 13, and relocating to America merely accelerated and broadened the growth of his international stature. From appearances at the Kennedy Center […]
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