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ASQ Heads to the Florida Keys
The Alexander String Quartet is headed to the Florida Keys to kick off the month of February! Sunday February 2, 2014 4:00 pm Key West Council on the Arts: Beethoven String Quartet Cycle – Season I Impromptu Classical Concerts of Key West The San Carlos Institute Key West, Florida Tel: (305) 296-1520 Web: www.keywestimpromptu.org Program: Beethoven… Continue Reading
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Preview our new Mozart in Vienna Series
Preview the new San Francisco Performances Mozart in Vienna Series via our Homage album on Spotify: Mozart in Vienna Saturday, January 25, 2014 — 10:00 am Program: String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 & String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 More information and tickets at sfperformances.org! Purchase Homage iTunes… Continue Reading
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New SF Performances Series — Mozart in Vienna: Season One
The ASQ and Robert Greenberg come together once again at the SFJAZZ Center for a new San Francisco Performances, Saturday Morning Series — Mozart in Vienna: Season One. In 1781, the 25 year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moved to Vienna, to freelance and pursue fame and fortune in the capital city of German music. A few… Continue Reading
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SF Performances “Triumph and Tragedy” This Saturday
The final San Francisco Performances “The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries” Saturday Morning Series concert is this weekend! Get the details here: Saturday January 11, 2014 10:00 am Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries San Francisco Performances Inc. St. John’s Presbyterian Church Berkeley, California Tel: (415) 398-6449 Web: www.performances.org/ Program:… Continue Reading
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Sunday Double Feature!
The ASQ is starting the year off with a bang as they present two concerts on Sunday, January 5th! Sunday January 5, 2014 2:00 pm Bartók and Kodály Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Davis, California Tel: (530) 754-2787 Web: www.mondaviarts.org/events/ Program: ASQ with lecturer, Robert Greenberg Bartók Quartet No. 2, Op. 17/Sz. 67… Continue Reading
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Audiophile Audition Reviews here/after
Audiophile Audition has a five-star review for Jake Heggie and Gene Sheer’s new here/after recording featuring the Camille Claudel: Into the Fire song cycle. “Finally, the first piece on the recording and certainly to my mind the greatest, is ‘Camille Claudel: Into the Fire.’ … The piece is riveting from start to finish, composed for… Continue Reading
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SFCV Reviews here/after
San Francisco Classical Voice has a new review for the Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer release here/after: songs of lost voices, which features the Alexander String Quartet and Joyce DiDonato performing Camille Claudel: Into the Fire. “Heggie certainly knows the strengths of his artists. The beautiful cycle about sculptress Camille Claudel, recorded six months after… Continue Reading
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“The Hinge of Fate” as the final performance of 2013
The final performance of 2013 features the Britten Quartet No. 2 and the Walton Quartet in A minor, and has been titled “The Hinge of Fate” by Robert Greenberg. Get the details for the third San Francisco Performances Britten and His Contemporaries: The String Quartet at a Time of War below: Saturday December 21, 2013… Continue Reading
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Sandy Reflects on the SF Performances Britten Series
It has been fascinating to return after almost a year to Benjamin Britten’s string quartets, paired with the works of his wartime contemporaries and to measure the impact that this transcendental music has had on the ASQ. Only last winter we began our four concert survey at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater with Bob Greenberg for… Continue Reading
