11/23
Ethan Moffitt Jazz Trio*
Sunday, 4pm
Ethan Moffitt, bass; Adam Hersh, piano; Benjamin Ring, drums
Ethan, Adam and Ben met playing in various bands and configurations in the LA jazz scene, but their chemistry and trust was evident from the moment they played together. We will be treated to the trio’s debut in the Bay area in a program of original works by the performers.
1/18
Sunday, 4pm
Hope Briggs, soprano, in recital with Robert Mollicone
Hope Briggs has graced opera houses and concert halls around the world as well as around the Bay area where she resides. She was featured as the voice of Emma Hyers in the PBS documentary ‘Voices for Freedom- the Hyers Sisters Legacy.’ Ms. Briggs will be joined by SF Opera staff Robert Mollicone in a special MLK celebration program that includes operatic arias, spirituals, and songs by Barber and Burleigh.
3/15
Melos Trio performs Schubert Trout quintet and more
Sunday, 4pm
Ani Bukujian, violin, Saul Richmond-Rakerd, cello, Amy Zanrosso, piano
Striving to make every performance a personal experience for themselves as well as their audience, San Francisco-based Melos Trio combines virtuosic independence with refined, sensitive collaboration. They will be joined by violist Caroline Lee and bassist SoJung Kim for the beloved ‘Trout’ Quintet by Schubert, as well as a trio to be determined
4/19
Sunday, 4pm
Schoenberg Trio and Sextet
Cordula Merks & Naoko Nakajima, violins, Caroline Lee & Yi Zhou, violas, Thalia Moore and Peter Myers, cellos
Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is arguably one of the most important composers of the first part of the 20th century. His compositions embody both the full-throated romanticism of the turn of the century as well as a new and modernist way of organizing harmony and tonality. In this program musicians from SF Opera and Ballet Orchestras explore two masterpieces- String Trio written toward the end of his life, and Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), a tone poem written in his twenties.
5/10
Sunday, 4pm
String Quartets then and now
Heeguen Song and Jooyeon Kong, violins; Caroline Lee, viola;
Evan Kahn, cello
Four power hitting chamber musicians who reside in the Eastbay get together to play quartets by Haydn, Brahms, and Juhi Bansal for our final concert of the season. Come for the music, and stay for the ice cream celebration on the porch!