Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
Berkeley Series—Beethoven’s String Quartets
4 Saturdays at 10am
September 6
September 13
October 4
December 13
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
$32
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Programs
Program 1: String Quartet, Op. 127
Program 2: String Quartets, Ops. 130 & 133
Program 3: String Quartet, Op. 131
Program 4: String Quartets, Ops. 132 & 135
Edgar meyer, double bass &
Chris Thile, mandolin
An Evening of Meyer/Thile Originals and Bach
Thursday, October 2, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
Program
Original works co-written by EDGAR MEYER and CHRIS THILE, and arrangements of J.S. BACH
Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
Berkeley Series—Beethoven’s String Quartets
4 Saturdays at 10am
September 6
September 13
October 4
December 13
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
$32
Programs
Program 1: String Quartet, Op. 127
Program 2: String Quartets, Ops. 130 & 133
Program 3: String Quartet, Op. 131
Program 4: String Quartets, Ops. 132 & 135
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Remembrance Tour: Celebrating Composer Gomidas Vartabed
Saturday, October 4, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$65/$40
Program
BARTÒK: Romanian Folk Dances
RAVEL: Deux Melodies Hebraiques
NIKOLAOS SKALKOTTAS: Greek Dances, Opus 11
GOMIDAS VARTABED: Songs of Yearning, Songs of Nature of Love, Dances for Piano, and Songs for children and humor
GIDEON KLEIN: From Partita for Strings, Variations on a Moravian Folksong
ENCORE:
GOMIDAS: "Oh, What a Delight!" & "May Sleep Descend on Your Beautiful Eyes"
PaulA West
with the George Mesterhazy Quartet
Friday, October 10, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$39/$27
Program
Works by Rodgers and Hart and Benny Goodman
Bob Dylan’s The Times They are a Changin’
Glen Campbell’s Gentle on My Mind
Sonny Bono’s The Beat Goes On
For No One by the Beatles
Inbal Pinto dance company
Family Matinee
Saturday, October 11, 2pm
Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
$12 Children/$25 Adults
Inbal Pinto dance company
Shaker
Saturday, October 11, 8pm
Sunday, October 12, 2pm
Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
$39/$27
AndrÁs Schiff, piano
The Complete Beethoven Sonatas
Season II
4 Sundays at 7pm
October 12 & 19
March 29
April 5
$81–$25
Co-presentation with San Francisco Symphony.
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Program
October 12: Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 (Tempest), 18, 21 (Waldstein)
October 19: Sonatas Nos. 22, 23 (Appassionata), 24, 25, 26 (Les Adieux)
March 29: Sonatas Nos. 27, 28, 29 (Hammerklavier)
April 5: Sonatas Nos. 30, 31, 32
Tokyo String Quartet with
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
Thursday, October 16, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
Program
HAYDN: Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2, Compliments
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Season Gala: Brazilian Rhythms
Friday, October 24, 6pm
Westin St. Francis
Victor’s and Alexandra’s
$350
Lara Downes, piano
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, October 29, 6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
PYOTR ILLYCH TCHAIKOVSKY: from The Seasons
September: The Hunt
October: Autumn Song
November: Troika
TORU TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree Sketch
ROBERT SCHUMANN: from Waldszenen, op. 82
Eintritt (Entrance)
Verrufene Stelle (Haunted Spot)
Herbege (At the Inn)
Vogel als Prophet (Prophet Bird)
Jagdlied (Hunting Song)
JOSEPH KOSMA: Autumn Leaves (arr. Bill Evans)
Anthony Marwood, violin & Thomas ADÈs, piano
Saturday, November 8, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
Program
STRAVINKSY:
Suite Italienne (arr. Pulcinella)
Pastorale
Song of the Nightingale and Chinese March from The Nightingale
Duo Concertante
Berceuse, Scherzo and Prelude et Ronde des Princesses from The Firebird
Chanson Russe (Russian Maiden’s Song)
Divertimento
Danse Russe from Petrushka
Guarneri and Johannes string Quartets
Thursday, November 20, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
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Program
BERMEL: Passing Through (Bay Area Premiere)
DVORAK: Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, "The American"
MENDELSSOHN: Octet, Op. 20
Arnaldo Cohen
Saturday, November 22, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
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Program
BACH/BUSONI: Chaconne
ALBERTO NEPOMUCENO: Air (from Suite Antiga, Op. 11)
LORENZO FERNANDEZ: Three Studies in Sonatina Form
RADAMES GNATTALI: Valsa No. 7
LUIZ LEVY: Valsa Lenta No. 4
FRANCISCO BRAGA: Corrupio (Valse Capriccio)
ERNESTO NAZARETH: Odeon, Apanhei-te, Cvaquinho
CHOPIN: Four Ballades
Holiday House Party with Dan Zanes and Friends
Family Matinee
Saturday & Sunday, November 29 & 30
12pm & 5pm
Herbst Theatre
$35/$25
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Elliott Carter Centenary Celebration:
Documentary and Q&A
with Robert Greenberg, Ursula Oppens and the Pacifica Quartet
Saturday, December 6, 10am
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
$20
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Elliott Carter Centenary Celebration:
Robert Greenberg Lecture
Saturday, December 6, 2pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
$25
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Elliott Carter Centenary Celebration: Pacifica Quartet
The Complete Elliott Carter String Quartets
Saturday, December 6, 7pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
$32
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Program
ELLIOTT CARTER: The complete string quartets
Elliott Carter Centenary Celebration: Ursula Oppens
The Complete Elliott Carter Piano Works with a Lecture by Robert Greenberg and Ursula Oppens Performing the Piano Works
Sunday, December 7
Robert Greenberg Lecture: 2:30pm
Ursula Oppens Performance: 4pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
$39
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Program
ELLIOTT CARTER:
90+ (1994)
Retrouvailles (2000)
Two Diversions (1999)
Night Fantasies (1980)
Sonata (1945-46)
Two thoughts about the Piano
Intermittences (2005)
Catenaires (2006)
Alisa Weilerstein, cello &
Inon Barnatan, piano
Thursday, December 11, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$42/$32
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Program
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
KODÁLY: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Omaramor
CHOPIN: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65
Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
Berkeley Series—Beethoven’s String Quartets
4 Saturdays at 10am
September 6
September 13
October 4
December 13
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
$32
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Programs
Program 1: String Quartet, Op. 127
Program 2: String Quartets, Ops. 130 & 133
Program 3: String Quartet, Op. 131
Program 4: String Quartets, Ops. 132 & 135
Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
San Francisco Series—Mendelssohn
5 Saturdays at 10am
January 17 & 31
February 14
March 14
April 11
Herbst Theatre
$36/$24
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Program
Program 1:
MENDELSSOHN: Octet, Op. 20; Quartet, Op. 13
Program 2: MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 12; Quartet, Op. 44, No. 2
Program 3: FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Quartet;
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1
Program 4: SCHUMANN: Quartet, Op. 41, No. 1; Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Program 5: MENDELSSOHN: Viola Quintet, Op. 87; Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Tuesday, January 20, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
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Program
BACH: Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
CHOPIN: Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3; Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59, No. 3; Grande Valse Brillante in A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1; Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2; Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3; Grand Valse Brillante in F Major, Op. 34. No. 3; Waltz in F minor, Op. posth.; Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. posth.; Waltz in A minor, Op. posth.
SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes (including five posthumous etudes)
Lise de la salle, piano
Sunday, January 25, 2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
$32
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Program
MOZART: Sonata No. 6 in D Major for Piano, K. 248/205b
LISZT: Légende in E Major for Piano, S. 175, No. 2; Étude de concert in D-flat Major for Piano, S. 145, no. 1, Waldesrauchen; Étude de concert in F-sharp Major for Piano, S. 145, No. 2, Gnomenreigen
PROKOFIEV: Toccata in C Major for Piano, Op. 11
Christian Tetzlaff, violin &
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Tuesday, January 27, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$55/$35
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Program
JANÁČEK: Sonata
BRAHMS: Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
MOZART: Sonata in F Major, K. 377
SCHUBERT: Rondo Brillant in B minor, D895, Op. 70
Heidi Melton, soprano
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, February 4, 6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
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To purchase the Spring series of 4 Salons at the Rex (Heidi Melton, soprano; Quartet San Francisco; Triad; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) for $72, please call 415.398.6449.
ChloË Hanslip, violin &
Ashley Wass, piano
Sunday, February 8, 2pm
Herbst Theatre
$32
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Program
BRAHMS: Scherzo from FAE Sonata
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, Kreutzer
PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 1
SZYMANOWSKI: Trois Caprices
Robert Greenberg Lecture: Minimalism and Philip Glass
Tuesday, February 10, 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre
$25
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Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
San Francisco Series—Mendelssohn
5 Saturdays at 10am
January 17 & 31
February 14
March 14
April 11
Herbst Theatre
$36/$24
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Program
Program 1:
MENDELSSOHN: Octet, Op. 20; Quartet, Op. 13
Program 2: MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 12; Quartet, Op. 44, No. 2
Program 3: FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Quartet;
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1
Program 4: SCHUMANN: Quartet, Op. 41, No. 1; Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Program 5: MENDELSSOHN: Viola Quintet, Op. 87; Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Philip Glass
composer/keyboards
with the Philip Glass Ensemble
Music in Twelve Parts
Monday, February 16, 5pm
Davies Symphony Hall
$55–$25
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Program
5PM: Parts 1-3 (followed by a 10 minute intermission)
6PM: Parts 4-6 Intermission/dinner break (Box meals available for purchase)
8PM: Parts 7-9 (followed by a 10 minute intermission)
9:05PM: Parts 10-12
Hilliard Ensemble
Love Among the Ruins
Tuesday, February 17, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$42/$32
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Program
Pieces from Gavin Bryars First Book of Madrigals, Rudolf Kelterborn’s Four Sonnets for Four Voices, and works by da Rore, Caron, Janequin, Merulo and others.
Barbara Bonney, soprano &
AndrÉ Previn, piano
Wednesday, February 25, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$55/$35
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Program
Songs by Previn and R. Strauss
Quartet San Francisco
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, March 4, 6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
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To purchase the Spring series of 4 Salons at the Rex (Heidi Melton, soprano; Quartet San Francisco; Triad; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) for $72, please call 415.398.6449.
Kronos quartet
Family Matinee
Around the World with Kronos!
Saturday, March 7, 11am
Herbst Theatre
$10 Children/$20 Adults
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Evgeny Kissin, piano
Wednesday, March 11, 8pm
Davies Symphony Hall
$81–$25
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Program
PROKOFIEV: 4 pieces from Romeo and Juliet; Sonata No. 8
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61; Four Mazurkas; Etudes, Op. 10, Nos. 3, 4, 11, 12 & Op. 25, Nos. 5, 6, 11
Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
San Francisco Series—Mendelssohn
5 Saturdays at 10am
January 17 & 31
February 14
March 14
April 11
Herbst Theatre
$36/$24
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Program
Program 1:
MENDELSSOHN: Octet, Op. 20; Quartet, Op. 13
Program 2: MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 12; Quartet, Op. 44, No. 2
Program 3: FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Quartet;
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1
Program 4: SCHUMANN: Quartet, Op. 41, No. 1; Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Program 5: MENDELSSOHN: Viola Quintet, Op. 87; Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Amit Peled, cello &
Eli Kalman, piano
Sunday, March 15, 2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
$32
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Program
ECCLES: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
LIGETI: Sonata for Cello Solo
SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op. 73
STUTSCHEWSKY: Hassidic Suite
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
BLOCH: Schelomo—Hebraic Rhapsody
Aviv String Quartet
Thursday, March 19, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$42/$32
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BEETHOVEN: String Quartet, Op. 95, Serioso
LERA AUERBACH: Cetera Desunt, String Quartet No. 3
SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810, Death and the Maiden
David Daniels, countertenor & The English Concert
Harry Bicket, music director
Thursday, March 26, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$65/$40
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J.S. BACH: Ouverture (Suite) No. 1 in C; Arias
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11; Scenes & Arias from Radamisto, Partenope & Orlando
AndrÁs Schiff, piano
The Complete Beethoven Sonatas
Season II
4 Sundays at 7pm
October 12 & 19
March 29
April 5
$81–$25
Co-presentation with San Francisco Symphony.
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Program
October 12: Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 (Tempest), 18, 21 (Waldstein)
October 19: Sonatas Nos. 22, 23 (Appassionata), 24, 25, 26 (Les Adieux)
March 29: Sonatas Nos. 27, 28, 29 (Hammerklavier)
April 5: Sonatas Nos. 30, 31, 32
AndrÁs Schiff, piano
The Complete Beethoven Sonatas
Season II
4 Sundays at 7pm
October 12 & 19
March 29
April 5
$81–$25
Co-presentation with San Francisco Symphony.
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Program
October 12: Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 (Tempest), 18, 21 (Waldstein)
October 19: Sonatas Nos. 22, 23 (Appassionata), 24, 25, 26 (Les Adieux)
March 29: Sonatas Nos. 27, 28, 29 (Hammerklavier)
April 5: Sonatas Nos. 30, 31, 32
Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Rite of Spring
Afternoon of a Faun
Friday, April 10, 8pm
Saturday, April 11, 8pm
Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
$39/$27
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Alexander string quartet with Robert Greenberg, lecturer
San Francisco Series—Mendelssohn
5 Saturdays at 10am
January 17 & 31
February 14
March 14
April 11
Herbst Theatre
$36/$24
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Program
Program 1:
MENDELSSOHN: Octet, Op. 20; Quartet, Op. 13
Program 2: MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 12; Quartet, Op. 44, No. 2
Program 3: FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Quartet;
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1
Program 4: SCHUMANN: Quartet, Op. 41, No. 1; Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Program 5: MENDELSSOHN: Viola Quintet, Op. 87; Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Jonathan Biss, piano
Saturday, April 18, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
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Program
MOZART: Sonata in C minor, K 457
KURTÁG: Selections from Játékok
SCHUBERT: Sonata in C Major, D 840 (Relique)
CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Op. 60; Three Mazurkas, Op. 59; Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2;
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Magdalena KoŽenÁ, mezzo-soprano & Karel Kosarek, piano
Tuesday, April 21, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$49/$32
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Program
Works by DUPARC, SCHUMANN, DEBUSSY and BERG
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano & Members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Thursday, April 23, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
$55/$35
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Program
ALAN SMITH: Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman (Bay Area Premiere)
JOHN ANTES: Trio in D minor for Strings, Op. 3, No. 2
GERSHWIN: Lullaby for String Quartet
AMY BEACH: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Wednesday–Saturday
April 29–May 2, 8pm
Sunday, May 3, 2pm
Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
$49/$32
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Program
PROGRAM A: (Wednesday, April 29) Opening Night: The Sorcerer’s Sofa (West Coast Premiere), Byzantium, Esplanade
PROGRAM B: (Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1): Scudorama, Mercuric Tidings, New Work (West Coast Premiere)
PROGRAM C: (Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3): Arden Court, Private Domain, Offenbach Overtures
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Family Matinee
Saturday, May 2, 2pm
Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
$12 Children/$25 Adults
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