Come here a mix of folk-inspired and classical romantic tunes for solo cello and cello/piano duo, with the wonderful Miles Graber on piano! At the beautiful Samper Recital Hall in Aptos, CA.

G. Cassadó, Suite for Solo Cello

S. Tsintsadze, Five Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes,

R. Schumann, Five Pieces in Folk Style

G. Fauré, Romance

F. Chopin, Cello Sonata in G minor

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Come see the beautiful Arensky Quartet (with two cellos!) along with assorted duets, in a fun community concert in El Portal.

Sam Wu, Hydrosphere (West Coast Premiere)

Ruth Gipps, Seascape, Op. 53

L.v. Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Eroica”

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Come out to Piedmont Piano to hear a potpourri of chamber music samples, all with members of the SFBallet Orchestra! You’ll hear works for many different types of ensemble, both traditional and non.

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Award-winning filmmaker and visual artist Wu Tsang and the collective Moved by the Motion embark upon a feature-length, silent-film telling of Herman Melville’s great American novel. The film includes original music composed by Caroline Shaw and Andrew Yee with Asma Maroof, performed live by New Century Chamber Orchestra.

This adaptation, written by Sophia Al-Maria and directed by Tsang, follows the white whale above and below the surface of the water, developing a visual cosmology that resists the exploration and exploitation of the earth under imperial colonialism. The narrative is interwoven with extracts by the Sub-Sub-Librarian, and tackles the novel’s subterranean currents, encountering the resistance of the ship’s hydrarchy, or organizational structure, and collectives of “mariners, renegades, and castaways,” as described by historian C.L.R. James.

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Journey into the beyond with Daniel Hope and New Century as they offer music for communing with spirits, whether connecting with those we’ve lost or outwitting death for another night! Mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and a haunting chorus of eight voices join our musicians in a candlelit, otherworldly setting to examine connections with the afterlife from many cultural angles, such as Paul Dukas’s playful tone poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez’s resplendent Misa Criolla. Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides premieres a new work commissioned by New Century, a piece for violin and strings that summons the spirit of Doña Sebastiana, Lady Death of the American Southwest.

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Journey into the beyond with Daniel Hope and New Century as they offer music for communing with spirits, whether connecting with those we’ve lost or outwitting death for another night! Mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and a haunting chorus of eight voices join our musicians in a candlelit, otherworldly setting to examine connections with the afterlife from many cultural angles, such as Paul Dukas’s playful tone poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez’s resplendent Misa Criolla. Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides premieres a new work commissioned by New Century, a piece for violin and strings that summons the spirit of Doña Sebastiana, Lady Death of the American Southwest.

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Journey into the beyond with Daniel Hope and New Century as they offer music for communing with spirits, whether connecting with those we’ve lost or outwitting death for another night! Mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and a haunting chorus of eight voices join our musicians in a candlelit, otherworldly setting to examine connections with the afterlife from many cultural angles, such as Paul Dukas’s playful tone poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez’s resplendent Misa Criolla. Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides premieres a new work commissioned by New Century, a piece for violin and strings that summons the spirit of Doña Sebastiana, Lady Death of the American Southwest.

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Journey into the beyond with Daniel Hope and New Century as they offer music for communing with spirits, whether connecting with those we’ve lost or outwitting death for another night! Mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and a haunting chorus of eight voices join our musicians in a candlelit, otherworldly setting to examine connections with the afterlife from many cultural angles, such as Paul Dukas’s playful tone poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez’s resplendent Misa Criolla. Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides premieres a new work commissioned by New Century, a piece for violin and strings that summons the spirit of Doña Sebastiana, Lady Death of the American Southwest.

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Join in a unique and cozy venue for a performance of two of the great piano quartets in the repertoire, the dramatic Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 by Johannes Brahms, and Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478.

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Come enjoy some luscious string quartets, along with live-composed poetry inspired by the music, down at The Lost Church in North Beach!

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Here the Florence Price Piano Quintet live at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley!

With:

Lara Downes, piano

Karsten Windt, violin

Emanuela Nikiforova, violin

Alexandra Simpson, viola

Tune in for a rousing rendition of Florence Price’s Piano Quintet, live on KDFC!

With:

Lara Downes, piano

Karsten Windt, violin

Emanuela Nikiforova, violin

Alexandra Simpson, viola

Lili Boulanger, Les Sirenes

C. Debussy, Salut Printemps

F. Schubert, Standchen

W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major

F. Haydn, Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La Passione”

E. Humperdinck, Selections from Hansel and Gretel

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Lili Boulanger, Les Sirenes

C. Debussy, Salut Printemps

F. Schubert, Standchen

W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major

F. Haydn, Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La Passione”

E. Humperdinck, Selections from Hansel and Gretel

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Lili Boulanger, Les Sirenes

C. Debussy, Salut Printemps

F. Schubert, Standchen

W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major

F. Haydn, Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La Passione”

E. Humperdinck, Selections from Hansel and Gretel

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Come see Luminance Ensemble’s trademark originals drawing on Latin, Jazz and Classical roots, as well as our take on classics from Nat King Cole to Buena Vista Social Club and from Chopin to Charles Aznavour, and have a little getaway to beautiful Aptos!

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W.A. Mozart, Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478

J. Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

with Miles Graber, piano

Sam Weiser, violin

Alexandra Simpson, viola

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Come enjoy some all-time great piano quartets this Sunday, livestreaming from the wonderful Strings venue in Emeryville. With:

Miles Graber, piano

Sam Weiser, violin

Alexandra Simpson, viola

W.A.Mozart, Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478

J. Brahms, Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25