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Meet Wei-Yi Yang
August 1, the ASQ joins pianist Wei-Yi Yang at the Yale School of Music’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Wei-Yi Yang Pianist Wei-Yi Yang has earned worldwide acclaim for his captivating performances and imaginative programming. Most recently, he was praised by The New York Times as the soloist in a “sensational” performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie at… Continue Reading
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Preview the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
August 1, the ASQ joins pianist Wei-Yi Yang at the Yale School of Music’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Preview a couple of the works on this program via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/asq4/playlist/3B1HBvbyE2MEBgxxphN5U6 Continue Reading
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Review for Paul Yarbrough and Old First Concerts
Examiner.com‘s Stephen Smoliar reviews Paul Yarbrough’s recent Basically British Old First Concert: “Through the interplay of Scharich’s mezzo voice and Yarbrough’s viola, one could readily appreciate how expressive Brahms could be when working in the lower register. … As had been the case last October, the performers made for a highly satisfying trio, which deserves… Continue Reading
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Paul Yarbrough Performs “Basically British XIV”!
Old First Concerts Friday, July 10, 2015 at 8pm Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street (at Vanes), San Francisco Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano; Paul Yarbrough, viola; John Parr, piano Basically British XIV This program continues the Basically British series, which John Parr presented at Old First Concerts from 2003 through 2011. The aim was to explore… Continue Reading
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MusicWeb International Reviews Mozart: Homage
MusicWeb International‘s Brian Reinhart has a new review for our Homage recording of Mozart’s Six Quartets Dedicated to Haydn: “The Alexander String Quartet manages a double-act of time travel in their Mozart set. Aside from the trip back to Mozart’s day, they also offer a performing style that brings to mind some of the great… Continue Reading
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SFCV Reviews Lieder Alive
San Francisco Classical Voice critic Rebecca Wishnia reviews our recent LIEDER ALIVE concert with mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich: “On Sunday, in a recital at the Noe Valley Ministry hosted by LIEDER ALIVE! — the San Francisco-based organization dedicated to art song performance — violinist Zakarias Grafilo’s arrangements for voice and string quartet helped bring Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder to life in an… Continue Reading
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Meet Kindra Scharich
Meet mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich before Sunday’s (6/14/15) Lieder Alive concert: Mezzo Soprano Kindra Scharich has been praised by The San Francisco Chronicle for her, “noble, vocally assured singing, with stately grace and deep-rooted pathos.” A versatile musician, she has sung over 25 roles in the lyric mezzo repertoire, and is equally at home on the… Continue Reading
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Meet Laura Krumm!
Sunday the Alexander String Quartet performs Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire with mezzo-soprano Laura Krumm at Kohl Mansion, but you can meet her today: “Praised for her “exceptionally beautiful mezzo” Iowa native Laura Krumm is a 2013 graduate of the prestigious Adler Fellowship of the San Francisco Opera. Ms. Krumm has been heard… Continue Reading
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Music At Kohl Mansion This Sunday
ASQ returns to Music at Kohl Mansion this Sunday with an exciting program of Mozart, Brahms and Jake Heggie with soprano Laura Krumm: Mozart: Quartet in B-flat Major, KV 589, “Prussian” Heggie: Camille Claudel: Into the Fire with mezzo soprano, Laura Krumm Brahms: Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1 Explore Camille Claudel: Into… Continue Reading
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ASQ Poland Recap
It would be pointless to attempt to conceal that it’s more than two weeks now since the ASQ’s return from our invigorating, unforgettable and soon to be repeated (one hopes!) Polish tour. Untoward ending: UNITED AIRLINES dropped the ball in canceling our non-stop return UA 902 from Frankfurt to San Francisco with less than 12… Continue Reading
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On The Road in Poland
The trip to Rzeszow was challenging but fun. Our departure from Krakow’s Hotel Pod Roza was delayed because of a street marathon which route ran right in front of our hotel. The fact that the route was evidently a shortish circular one bringing the runners around every 15 minutes or so only dawned on us… Continue Reading
