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Last June, when I announced the commencement of single-ticket sales by the San Francisco Opera, I observed that the Summer 2013 Season would be distinguished by the world premiere of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, composed by Mark...
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The title of pianist Richard Goode’s solo recital for Chamber Music San Francisco last night in Herbst Theatre was Beethoven: The Last Works. This was far from accurate, because, while the focus of the evening was an account...
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The final concert in this season’s Alumni Recital Series at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will be pianist Robin Sutherland, also Principal Keyboard player with the San Francisco Symphony for the past four decades. The program...
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The Tokyo String Quartet was formed in 1969 at the Juilliard School of Music. Its founding members (first violin Koichiro Harada, second violin Yoshiko Nakura, viola Kazuhide Isomura, and cello Sadao Harada) were all students of Professor Hideo Saito at...
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Conductor Bernard Labadie returned to the podium of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in Davies Symphony Hall for a perceptive exploration of two sides of the eighteenth century. The first half of the program presented sacred music from the final...
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There seems to be a revived interest in the music of Camille Saint-Saëns gathering steam. Last summer’s Bard SummerScape was entitled Saint-Saëns and His World, providing two solid weekends of concert programs, pre...
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Last month I provided the details for pianist Jeremy Denk’s touring plans through the end of June. His summer will be just as active. However, because it will involve extended visits on the festival circuit, there will...
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This month there will be a variety of interesting events emerging from the Creative Arts Building on the campus of San Francisco State University (SFSU), whose entrance is at 1600 Holloway Avenue, on the northwest corner of 19th Avenue. These...
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For 66 years the Music Academy of the West, based in Santa Barbara, California, has trained the next generation of great classical musicians by providing opportunities for advanced study and intensive performance through its annual Summer School and Festival. Students...
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Since becoming Music Director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra (NCCO), violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg has shown the occasional interest in exploring the chamber music repertoire by scaling it up to NCCO resources. About two years ago this led to...
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