Chamber Music

David Bratman - August 4, 2017

In a concert ostensibly about expressionism, the surprise was Kreisler’s 1919 string quartet.

Lou Fancher - August 2, 2017

The San Francisco String Trio celebrates Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

David Bratman - July 23, 2017

Louis Spohr hits a double but Mendelssohn crushes a surprise home run with an early piano quartet.

David Bratman - July 18, 2017

The “Classical Style” concert focuses on chamber masterworks from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Lou Fancher - July 14, 2017

Special concerts and impromptu performances ring out on a dozen pianos festooning the garden.

Tysen Dauer - June 12, 2017

A musical tribute to the great jazz saxophonist by way of J.S. Bach and poet A.B. Spellman

Tysen Dauer - May 30, 2017

Lou Harrison’s Varied Trio was only on the program in commemoration of the composer’s anniversary. But the audience loved it.

Rebecca Wishnia - May 27, 2017

Catherine Cook and the Music of Remembrance Ensemble deliver powerful music inspired by Holocaust horrors.

Jessica Balik - May 23, 2017

The Sitkovetsky Trio and David Shifrin deliver an emotionally complex, vibrant program.

Rebecca Wishnia - May 19, 2017

In one of her final concerts with the ensemble, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads a program of NCCO-commissioned works, including a standout composition by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.