2010–2011 Performances by Month
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with the George Mesterhazy Quartet
Friday, October 8
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $50/$40/$30
Program
TBA
Edward Dusinberre, violin
Károly Schranz, violin
Geraldine Walther, viola
András Fejér, cello
Saturday, October 9
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
HAYDN: Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, The Rider
BARTÓK: Quartet No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 127
SPECIAL EVENT
Friday, October 15
6pm
The Peacock Court and Room of the Dons
Mark Hopkins Hotel
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Cocktails, dinner and live performances by Jake Heggie, composer/pianist and Talise Tevigne, soprano
The Shenson Piano Series is made possible by Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, the Shenson Foundation
Saturday, October 16
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $65/$55/$40
Program
MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54; Fantasie in F-Sharp minor, Op. 28
SCHUMANN: Sonata in F-Sharp minor, No. 1, Op. 11; Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
Sunday, October 17
7pm
Herbst Theatre
SOLD OUT!
Check with box office
night of performance for tickets.
Program
VILLA-LOBOS: Five Preludes
LEO BROUWER: El Decameron Negro
FRANCIS BEBEY: O Bia
JOHN WILLIAMS: From a Bird (Nos. 1, 2, 3); Hello Francis
BARRIOS: La Catedral; Julia Florida; Vals, Nos. 3 & 4; Sueño en la Floresta
Guitar Series presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, October 20
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
Robert McDuffie, violin soloist & leader
with Venice Baroque Orchestra
SPECIAL EVENT
Tuesday, November 2
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $65/$55/$40
Program
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
PHILIP GLASS: Violin Concerto No. 2, the American Four Seasons (West Coast Premiere)
Justus Zeyen, piano
Wednesday, November 10
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
Night and Dreams
Featuring works by MOZART, SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, CHOPIN, R. STRAUSS and more
Piano Four-Hands Recital
The Shenson Piano Series is made possible by Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, the Shenson Foundation
Thursday, November 11
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
MOZART: Sonata in D Major, K. 381
SCHUBERT: Fantasia Op. 103, D. 940
BARBER: From Souvenirs, Op. 28
RAVEL: Ma Mere L'Oye
DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances
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SPECIAL EVENT
The James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen Dance Series
Thursday–Saturday
November 11–13
8pm
Sunday, November 14
2pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
Hibiki: Resonance From Far Away
Ushio Amagatsu, director, choreographer and designer
Co-presented with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Saturday, November 13
1pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room
$10
Co-presented with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, November 17
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, December 1
6pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
Dvořák
3 Saturdays
December 4, 11 & 18
10am
St. John’s Prebyterian Church, Berkeley
$35
Program
PROGRAM 1: Ops. 34, 51
PROGRAM 2: Ops. 74 (Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola), 81 (Piano Quintet with Roger Woodward)
PROGRAM 3: Ops. 96, 106
Saturday, December 4
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $50/$40/$30
Program
TBA
John Parr, piano
Sunday, December 5
2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
$35
Program
HANDEL: Arias from Rinaldo, Rodelinda and Alcina
SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben
Songs by FAURÉ, R. STRAUSS and COPLAND, and Afrikaans songs by S. LE ROUX MARAIS
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Cyrus Chestnut, piano
David Balakrishnan, violin
Mads Tolling, violin
Jeremy Kittel, viola
Mark Summer, cello
Friday, December 10
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $50/$40/$30
Program
TBA
David Balakrishnan, violin
Mads Tolling, violin
Jeremy Kittel, viola
Mark Summer, cello
Saturday, December 11
11am
Herbst Theatre
Children $10/Adults $15
Program
TBA
2010 Naumburg Competition Winner
Sunday, January 9
5pm
Herbst Theatre
Program
BACH: French Suite No.5 in G Major,
BWV 816
UNSUK CHIN: Etude No. 6, Grains
LIGETI: Etude No. 6, Autumn in Warsaw
SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude and Fugue in D-flat Major, Opus 87, No. 15
RAVEL: La valse
SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Opus 9
Bartók and Kodály
4 Saturdays
January 15, February 19, March 12 and May 14
10am
Herbst Theatre
Premium $46/$38/$25
Program
PROGRAM 1:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2
PROGRAM 2:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 2;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
PROGRAM 3: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4
PROGRAM 4: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 5 and 6
John Dearman
Matt Greif
William Kanengiser
Scott Tennant
Saturday, January 15
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $45/$38/$30
Program
GIACOMO ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville (arr. J. Dearman)
PETER WARLOCK: Capriol Suite (composed 1921, arr. W. Kanengiser); "Music from the Time of Cervantes" (arr. W. Kanengiser)
ANONYMOUS (17th Century): Jácaras
LUYS de NARVÁEZ: Diferéncias sobre Guárdame las vacas
ANTONIO MARTÍN y COLL: El Villano
ALONSO (16th Century): La Tricotea Samartín
ANTONIO MARTÍN y COLL: Diferéncias sobre las folias
DIEGO ORTIZ: Romanesca
ALONSO MUDARRA: Fantasia Que
Contrahaze La Harpa en la Manera de Ludovico
ENRIQUE DE VALDERRÁBANO:
Romance de Calaynos
JUAN ARAÑÉZ:
Chacona (“La Vida Bona”)
LUYS MILAN:
Con Pavor Recordó el Moro
JUAN de ENCINA:
Oy comamos y bebamos
IAN KROUSE (b. 1956):
Antique Suite (after Neusidler)
LEO BROUWER (b. 1939):
Paisaje Cubano con Lluvia
GEORGES BIZET: "Carmen Suite" (arr. W. Kanengiser)
Guitar Series presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, January 19
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
The Shenson Piano Series is made possible by Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, the Shenson Foundation
Wednesday, February 2
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Alert: Pianist Juho Pohjonen replaces Till Fellner for the scheduled recital.
Program
COUPERIN: Vingt-septième ordre (Book 4)
RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin
HANDEL: Keyboard suite Vol. 2, No. 1 in B-flat, HWV 434
BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Opus 24 in B-flat Major
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Thursday, February 10
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
BRAHMS: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, Regenlied
MESSIAEN: Théme et Variations
SCHULHOFF: Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76
FRANCK: Sonata in A Major
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Bartók and Kodály
4 Saturdays
January 15, February 19, March 12 and May 14
10am
Herbst Theatre
Premium $46/$38/$25
Program
PROGRAM 1:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2
PROGRAM 2:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 2;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
PROGRAM 3: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4
PROGRAM 4: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 5 and 6
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Saturday, February 19
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $75/$65/$50
Program
TARTINI/Arr. KREISLER: Variations on a Theme by Corelli
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in F Major for Violin and Piano, Opus 24 "Spring"
IVES: Violin Sonata No. 4 "Children's Day at the Camp Meeting"
BACH: Partita No. 1 in B Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
ANTHEIL: Violin Sonata No. 1
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, February 23
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
with the Oakland East Bay Symphony
SPECIAL EVENT
The Planets and Stars
Friday, February 25
8pm
Paramount Theater
Orchestra $34/$25
Balcony $46/$32/$20
Program
BILLY CHILDS: Violin Concerto (West Coast Premiere)
HOLST: The Planets (Bryan Nies, conductor)
Sunday, February 27
2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
$35
Program
Selections from BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier and SHOSTAKOVICH: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
The James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen Dance Series
Friday & Saturday
March 4 & 5
8pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Premium $50/$40/$30
Program
I Drink the Air Before Me (West Coast Premiere)
Saturday, March 5
2pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Children $10/Adults $15
Program
TBA
Jörg Widmann, clarinet
Simin Ganatra, violin
Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Brandon Vamos, cello
Tuesday, March 8
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $55/$45/$35
Program
HAYDN: Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, Lark
STRAVINSKY: 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo
WIDMANN: Quartet No. 3 , Hunting Quartet
BRAHMS: Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, March 9
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
Bartók and Kodály
4 Saturdays
January 15, February 19, March 12 and May 14
10am
Herbst Theatre
Premium $46/$38/$25
Program
PROGRAM 1:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2
PROGRAM 2:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 2;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
PROGRAM 3: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4
PROGRAM 4: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 5 and 6
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Friday, March 18
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
PROGRAM CANCELLED—Please click photo for more information.
Program
FAURÉ: Cinq Mélodies de Venise, Op. 58
SCHUMANN: Two Venetian Songs from Mythen, Op. 25
SCHUBERT: Der Gondelfahrer, D.809
MENDELSSOHN: Venetianisches Gondellied, Op. 57,
No. 5
HAHN: Venezia: Six chansons en dialecte vénitien
SCHUBERT: Three Rückert Lieder; Drei Lieder (Metastasio), D.902
MAHLER: Rückert Lieder
Saturday, March 19
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $45/$38/$30
Program
TBA
Guitar Series presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Adam Neiman, piano
Sunday, March 20
2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
$35
Program
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A Major
FALLA: Suite Populaire Espagnole
RACHMANINOFF: Sonata
Tuesday, March 22
8pm
Herbst Theatre
$25
Program
GYÖRGY KURTÁG: Homage à R. Sch., Opus 15d
BRAHMS: Sonata for Viola and Piano, No. 1 in F minor, Opus 120
HAGEN: Book of Days
MOZART: Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 (Kegelstatt)
John Novacek, piano
Thursday, March 24
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
BRAHMS: Sonatensatz
SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata Op. 134
STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertante
ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR: Conversio
SCHUBERT: Rondo in B minor
The James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen Dance Series
Wednesday–Saturday
March 30–April 2
8pm
Sunday, April 3
2pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Premium $60/$50/$35
Programs
Program A (Wednesday, March 30): Cloven Kingdom, Black Tuesday, Promethean Fire
Program B (Thursday, March 31 & Friday, April 1): Orbs, Also Playing
Program C (Saturday, April 2 & Sunday, April 3): Brief Encounters (Bay Area Premiere), Three Dubious Memories (West Coast Premiere), Brandenburgs
Support the March 30th performance as a Concert Partner. For more information, call 415.677.0326.
The James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen Dance Series
Wednesday–Saturday
March 30–April 2
8pm
Sunday, April 3
2pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Premium $60/$50/$35
Programs
Program A (Wednesday, March 30): Cloven Kingdom, Black Tuesday, Promethean Fire
Program B (Thursday, March 31 & Friday, April 1): Orbs, Also Playing
Program C (Saturday, April 2 & Sunday, April 3): Brief Encounters (Bay Area Premiere), Three Dubious Memories (West Coast Premiere), Brandenburgs
Support the March 30th performance as a Concert Partner. For more information, call 415.677.0326.
Saturday, April 2
2pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Children $10/Adults $15
Program
TBA
Veronika Jarůšková, violin
Eva Karová, violin
Pavel Nikl, viola
Peter Jarůšek, cello
Sunday, April 3
7pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $55/$45/$35
Program
SCHULHOFF: Quartet No. 1
DEBUSSY: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
HAAS: Quartet No. 2, Op. 7, From the Monkey Mountains
Wednesday, April 6
3:30–5:30pm
The Freight and Salvage
2020 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA
Panel discussion.
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
SPECIAL EVENT
Thursday, April 7
8pm
Davies Symphony Hall
$125/$95/$75/$60/$45
Program
VARIOUS: Silk Road Suite
ANGEL LAM: Empty Mountain Spirit Rain
GIOVANNI SOLLIMA: Taranta Project
GABRIELA LENA FRANK: ¡Chayraq!: Rough Guide to a Modern Day Tawantinsuyu
KAYHAN KALHOR: Improvisations for Kamancheh
OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Air to Air
The Shenson Piano Series is made possible by Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, the Shenson Foundation
Saturday, April 9
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest, Sonata No. 26 in E flat Major, Op. 81a, Les adieux
CHOPIN: The Four Ballades
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, April 13
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
HINDEMITH: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 31, No. 4
BRAHMS: Sonata for viola and piano in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Elisabeth Kufferath, violin
Hanna Weinmeister, viola
Tanja Tetzlaff, cello
Saturday, April 16
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
HAYDN: Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
SCHOENBERG: Quartet No. 1
Sponsor Reception. For more information, call 415.677.0326.
Friday, April 22
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $45/$38/$30
Program
BYRD: The Woods So Wild
REGONDI: Reverie
HANDEL: Suite No. 7
Overture
Andante
Allegro
Sarabande
Gigue
Passacaille
J.S. BACH: Sinfonia (from Cantata 156)
Sinfonia BWV 791
Sinfonia BWV 792
Sinfonia BWV 797
PATRICK ROUX: Le Bourdon De L’âme
ALBÉNIZ: Capricho Catalán
Cuba
Granada
Preludio
Rumores De La Caleta
Guitar Series presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Monday, April 25
7:30pm
Herbst Theatre
$25/Free for subscribers (subject to availability)
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades with Gary Garrels
Thursday, April 28
6pm
Contemporary Jewish Museum
FREE
Lucinda Childs, choreographer
Philip Glass, composer
Sol LeWitt, film
The James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen Dance Series
Thursday–Saturday
April 28–30
8pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
Dance
This project is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces. Presented in association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Saturday, April 30
3pm
Novellus Theatrer at YBCA
Premium $50/$40/$30
Program
GLASS: Six Etudes (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10); Mad Rush; Metamorphoses (Nos. 2, 3, 4); Dreaming Awake; Wichita Vortex Sutra
Encore: GLASS: Night on the Balcony; Closing from Glassworks
Jake Heggie, composer/pianist
Family Matinee
Sunday, May 1
2pm
Herbst Theatre
$10 Children/$15 Adults
Program
With Bay Area students Priscillia Alva, Therese Chaix, Adam Green, Christabel Nunoo and featured guest Hannah Gorman:
I. Introductions:
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN: Getting to Know You
BERNSTEIN: Greeting
NED ROREM: I am Rose
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN: I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't Say No
II. JOHN IRELAND: Sea Fever (Adam Green)
III. JAKE HEGGIE: Paper Wings
JAKE HEGGIE: A Route to the Sky
IV. DUPONT: Mandoline (Christabel Nunoo)
V. A Little Bit of Opera
THOMAS: Me Voicidans son boudoir
RAVEL: Toi le Coeur de la Rose
Habanera
VI. Animals
JAKE HEGGIE: In the Beginning (Therese Chaix)
ROSSINI: Duettodei due gatti (Priscillia Alva and Frederica von Stade)
BERNSTEIN: Rabbit at Top Speed
JAKE HEGGIE: What the Rattlesnake Said
LEE HOIBY: The Serpent
VII. Grand Finale:
COPLAND: I Bought Me a Dog!
Salon at the Rex
Wednesday, May 4
6:30pm
Hotel Rex
$20
Program
TBA
Warren Jones, piano
Paul Brown, fiddle
Wednesday, May 4
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
TRADITIONAL: Six Songs with Fiddle
GRIFFES: Three Poems by Fiona McLeod, Op. 11
Barcarolle, Op. 6, No. 1
BARBER: from Op. 10 (Three Songs)
KENNETH FRAZELLE: Songs in the Rear View Mirror
Bartók and Kodály
4 Saturdays
January 15, February 19, March 12 and May 14
10am
Herbst Theatre
Premium $46/$38/$25
Program
PROGRAM 1:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2
PROGRAM 2:
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 2;
KODÁLY: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
PROGRAM 3: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4
PROGRAM 4: BARTÓK: String Quartets Nos. 5 and 6
Saturday, May 14
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
Program
Works by EDGAR MEYER and BACH
Family Matinee
Cancelled
Rescheduled for April 29, 2012
Sunday, May 15
11am
CHANGE OF VENUE:
Marines' Memorial Theatre
609 Sutter St - 2nd Floor
$10 Children/$15 Adults
Program
TBA
Jennifer Koh, violin
Anssi Karttunen, cello
Sunday, May 15
2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
Premium $50/$30
Program
Works by Magnus LIndberg and Stravinsky
The James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen Dance Series
Saturday, May 21
8pm
Sunday, May 22
2pm
Novellus Theater at YBCA
Premium $50/$40/$30
Program
Chapters from a Broken Novel (West Coast Premiere)
Christopher Glynn, piano
Tuesday, May 24
8pm
Herbst Theatre
Premium $60/$50/$35
ALERT! We regret to announce that this recital has been canceled due to artist health reasons.
Tickets will be refunded by June 15, 2011. Please email tickets@sfperformances.org or call 415.398.6449 with any questions or concerns. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience.
Program
A Lesson in Love—A Story Told Through Song: Featuring works by SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, FAURÉ, DEBUSSY, BRIDGE and BRITTEN
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