February
17
The Munich Chamber Orchestra
March
2
Angela Hewitt
Pianist
March
9
San Francisco Opera Center Singers
March
18
James E. Mack
Clarinet
June
Lusk Nelson
Piano
String Quartet
March
30
Ives Quartet
with
Robert Taub,
Piano
April
29
Carolyn Brown
Piano
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TICKETS
NOW!
Performance
and educational activities by the Ives Quartet
are supported in part, by the California Arts Council, a state agency.
THE MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Their U.S. appearances are a must for music lovers.
Music Director Christoph Poppen has imbued this 40–year–old ensemble with renewed vigor and esprit. A respected cultural institution in its home city, attracting critical accolades and sold–out houses, the orchestra produces "pirouette–on–a–dime music–making, rich in assured nuance but firmly motivated toward larger ends" (Los Angeles Times).
BRITTEN – Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge
MENDELSSOHN – Concerto for Violin in d minor
HARTMANN – Symphony No. 4 for String Orchestra
Marsee Auditorium $24 / $21
ANGELA HEWITT
Pianist
"The Bach pianist par excellence of her generation" (The Sunday Times of London) has been startling audiences and critics since her triumph in the 1985 Toronto International Bach Competition. She has proven "an artist of consummate technical skill and refinement" (New York Times) in a vast repertoire ranging from the Baroque to contemporary.
J. S. BACH – Capriccio in B–flat Major on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992 Toccata in c minor, BWV 911
BEETHOVEN – Variations and Fugue in E–flat Major, Op. 35 ("Eroica" Variations)
RAVEL – Menuet Antique, Jeux d'eau, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Marsee Auditorium $22 / $19
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER SINGERS
A night of grand singing from opera and Broadway presented in formal attire and accompanied by solo piano. This is your opportunity to hear some of the most exciting emerging talent in the world of grand opera. Artists whose careers were nurtured by the Center include Ruth Ann Swenson and Thomas Hampson.
Marsee Auditorium $22 / $19
IVES QUARTET
with ROBERT TAUB, piano
The Ives (formerly the Stanford String Quartet) is known for blazing passion and sizzling energy. Taub is an internationally acclaimed leader in the new generation of virtuoso pianists. Following their successful eastern U.S. tour, the two join forces for an evening of committed, masterful music–making.
BARTOK – Piano Sonata (1926) Quartet No. 4 for Strings, Opus 91
SHOSTAKOVICH – Piano Quintet in g minor, Opus 57.
Marsee Auditorium $22 / $19
ARTISTS–IN–RESIDENCE
SERIES
Sunday,
March 18 at 3 pm
James E. Mack, clarinet
June Lusk Nelson, piano
string quartet
Music
of Stanford, Finzi, Martinu
Haag Recital Hall $12
Sunday,
April 29 at 7 pm
Carolyn Brown, piano
Campus Theatre $12