Chamber Music

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A South American Journey in Music and Stories

Lisa Petrie - February 27, 2011

The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s free family concerts are still the best experience around for families with young kids and babes in arms. There is no pressure to sit still, and there’s plenty of engaging visual and aural stimulation for all!

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Artist Spotlight

The Wind Cries David Balakrishnan

Paul Wilner - November 22, 2010

SFCV catches up with Turtle Island String Quartet violinist David Balakrishnan who is looking forward to an upcoming gig in San Francisco gig, featuring tributes to Jimi Hendrix.

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Unhappy Bees, Busted Bees

Marianne Lipanovich - July 12, 2010

Who would think that the “fun” chamber concert at the Carmel Bach Festival will be a ballad opera that is based on an early 18th-century poem about economic theories of the free market and was inspired by the economic downturn in 2008? Hark, The Grumbling Hive, scheduled for the mornings of July 23 and 30.

Kronos Quartet: Music From 4 Fences
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Good Fences Make Good Music

Jeff Kaliss - February 16, 2010
On tour with the Kronos Quartet and anticipating a phone interview with SFCV, David Harrington found himself thinking about barbed wire fences.
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Youth and Death Both Have Their Day

Joseph Sargent - February 14, 2010
Young. Sexy. Flashy. In the world of classical music, these words pop up repeatedly when describing the three women who comprise the Eroica Trio. And indeed, this is one ensemble that has never been afraid to show off its glamorous side.
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Demon Barber of That Adagio

Michelle Dulak Thomson - November 24, 2009
Most schools of music host concert series, not only by their own students and faculty but also by local (or even visiting) artists: What better way to keep the students inside in touch with the professional music community outside?

Brentano String Quartet

Lisa Hirsch - November 3, 2009
The award-winning, Princeton-based Brentano String Quartet has a proven ability to create unusual programs.This year, the quartet brings to Cal Performances a program of two lyrical masters of the quartet form, in which Franz Schubert's Quartettsatz, D. 703, and Quartet in G Major, D.
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Fantastic Afternoon

Marianne Lipanovich - October 12, 2009
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Fantasy (or phantasie) and the unusual is the theme of the day when the Gold Coast Chamber Players perform at Noe Valley Chamber Music Se
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From Left Coast to Around the Globe

Georgia Rowe - September 22, 2009

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble does not confine itself to the region of its name. The Bay Area–based chamber ensemble opened its 2009-2010 season Monday evening at the Green Room of the Veterans Building in San Francisco with an engaging program of short works derived from such far-flung musical locales as Armenia, India, Iran, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the Balkans.

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A New Way to Program a Recital

Marianne Lipanovich - September 21, 2009
In its 11th season, the Ives Quartet once again is taking a fresh look at chamber music, with the result being a typically (for it) eclectic mix of pieces that relate to each other in surprising ways. “Putting the Pieces Together” is the first of its three-concert main-stage series.