Monday, November 23rd, 2009
My recent enthusiasm for in-concert recordings of the late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, promoted primarily through the Complete EMI Recordings...
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There is this precious (perhaps too much so) scene in Wes Craven's 1999 film Music of the Heart, in which Isaac Stern is "introducing"...
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
It is hard to imagine a better program to illustrate the musical tensions of the latter half of the nineteenth century and their impact on the early...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
This was Berlin Week at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Prior to giving their first concert tonight in Davies Symphony Hall, members of the...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
As I observed in a preview piece last month, December will begin with a fascinating examination of the relationship between Johann Sebastian Bach...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
In contrast to the ZOFO recital given at the end of last month, the four-hand piano recital given by Patricia and Vera Purcell as a Memorial Concert...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Since I am always interested in how to think of an evening's program as a journey in its entirety, I was delighted to see that Joyce DiDonato...
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Donato Cabrera introduced his first season as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra this afternoon in Davies Symphony Hall...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
During the First World War many artists sought exile in Switzerland. This provided refuge from the madness of combat; but, with the rest of Europe...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
The first program that Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic will bring to Davies Symphony Hall next Friday evening, November 20, will be the...
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