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Chamber
CELLISTS SHINE IN OAKMONT SEASON FINALEby Joan Lounsbery Monday, December 15, 2008 Violinist Axel Strauss brought four of his favorite chamber musician friends Dec. 11 to Oakmont’s Berger Auditorium in for the final concert of the 18th season. The program opened with Anton Arensky’s Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35, No. 2, for violin, viola and two cellos, and concluded with Fran...
Symphony
A THREE-COURSE FEAST FROM SR SYMPHONYby David Parsons Saturday, December 13, 2008 Choral and Vocal
SR SYMPHONY, BACH CHOIR TRIUMPH WITH BAROQUE CHRISTMAS MUSICby David Parsons Friday, December 05, 2008 Chamber
NAKAMATSU OFFERS PROVOCATIVE MUSICAL INTOXICATIONby Terry McNeill Sunday, November 30, 2008 Many components go into a fine piano recital — the artist’s technique, rhythmic control, range of tonal colors, choice of repertoire, and even stamina. All can combine to make a first-rate performance. But in recent local recitals, a key part for listeners — the aspect of being thrilled — has gone m...
Chamber
CELLIST NI LENDS DRAMA AND ELEGANCE TO MILL VALLEY RECITALby Kenn Gartner Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Chamber
NISSMAN PLAYS RANDOLPH NEWMAN RECITAL AT SRJCby Terry McNeill Saturday, November 22, 2008 Chamber
ULYANOVA WINS THEM OVERby Terry McNeill Thursday, November 20, 2008 A pianist planning a West Coast debut recital in front of a fashionable and cosmopolitan audience faces a daunting prospect, especially when playing virtuoso works familiar to all. Ukrainian pianist Elena Ulyanova surmounted most of these obstacles Nov. 14 with formidable energy at Tiburon’s St. Hil...
by Ken Iisaka Thursday, November 20, 2008
What happens when a child prodigy grows up? A fortunate Marin audience found out Nov. 16 when pianist Hélène Wickett, who spent much of her childhood performing throughout Europe, took center stage at the Pt. Reyes Dance Palace Community Center. Substituting at the last minute for Marin pianist Je...
by Terry McNeill Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Trio Navarro, Sonoma State’s resident ensemble, played the second of their season’s four concerts on Nov. 9 in Ives Hall, juxtaposing three rarely heard works of disparate length and impact.
The concert began with Rachmaninoff’s early G Minor Trio (“Elegiaque”), composed in 1892, long before the mo...
Symphony
APAP! GOES THE FIDDLE FOR SANTA ROSA SYMPHONYby Steve Osborn Saturday, November 08, 2008 In the publicity photo for his solo appearances with the Santa Rosa Symphony, violinist Gilles Apap is shown holding his instrument sideways, with the F-holes facing out and his goateed chin resting on the bottom edge, far from the actual chin rest. One assumes that the photo captures him in a momen...
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