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The Final Schubert of 2012
Saturday marks the final San Francisco Performances Schubert Series concert of 2012. ASQ will be accompanied by cellist Eugene Sor and SF Performances music historian-in-residence Robert Greenberg! Saturday, Dec. 15 – 10:00am San Francisco Performances Inc. St. John’s Presbyterian Church Berkeley, California Tickets: www.performances.org Program: ASQ with lecturer, Robert Greenberg Schubert Quintet in C Major,… Continue Reading
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Friday: Concerts with Conversation
The Alexander String Quartet and San Francisco Performances present a FREE “Concert with Conversation” this Friday, Dec. 14 with special guest Eugene Sor (cello) at the San Francisco Community Music Center. About the Community Music Center: Founded in 1921, Community Music Center is the Bay Area’s oldest community arts organization and San Francisco’s largest provider… Continue Reading
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Alexander String Quartet to Perform Patagón for the Morrison Artists Series
Friday, December 7th, Alexander String Quartet presents Cindy Cox’s Patagón along with the Mozart Quartet in F Major, and the Schubert “Death and the Maiden” Quartet in D Minor as a part of the Morrison Artists Series at San Francisco State University: SF State’s longtime quartet-in-residence has performed in the major music capitals of five… Continue Reading
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Having some fun with Patagón
Take a look at a green room pre-concert giggle as Zak refines his “over bowing” technique required by Cindy Cox’s new work Patagón. In Patagón, (written for our 30th Anniversary and premiered last April), which we perform for the Morrison Artists Series this Friday, Cindy Cox requires the instruments to produce sub-harmonics – an effect… Continue Reading
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Meet Robert Greenberg
ASQ will be performing with San Francisco Performances music historian-in-residence Robert Greenberg four times in December, and though he has been a “guest-blogger” here, we haven’t given him a proper introduction. So, meet Robert Greenberg: Robert Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1954, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since… Continue Reading
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Sunday Double Feature
Sunday, December 2nd, ASQ presents a “double-feature” at the Mondavi Center. The first concert at 2:00pm will feature the Schubert String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, along with commentary throughout by Robert Greenberg! The Sunday evening concert at 7:00pm will again feature the Schubert String Quartet as well as the Mozart String Quartet No.… Continue Reading
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San Francisco Performances Presents Saturday Morning Schubert
From San Francisco Performances: “Is it a concert series? Scholarly lectures? Classical music stand-up? The ASQ with Robert Greenberg is all three and more. For more than twenty years, these five passionate performers, avid scholars and friends have presented an entertaining, alchemical mix of chamber music and chat exploring the works of composers, their lives,… Continue Reading
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Schubert in December
December finds the ASQ back on the west coast, with three performances of Schubert Quartets in a row: Saturday December 1, 2012 10:00 am Franz Schubert San Francisco Performances Inc. St. John’s Presbyterian Church Berkeley, California Tel: (415) 398-6449 Web: www.performances.org/ Program: ASQ with lecturer, Robert Greenberg Schubert Quartet in A Minor, D. 804, “Rosamunde” (1824) Schubert… Continue Reading
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Rebellion’s Quiet Voice Concert with Carolyn Forché a Stirring Succes
Last night’s program “Rebellion’s Quiet Voice” with fabulous poet Carolyn Forché was a stirring and moving success, and featured the Shostakovich 8th, 3rd, and 2nd quartets with poetry by Carolyn – including selections from her “Against Forgetting: 20th Century Poetry of Witness” and selections from George Trakl, Wislawa Szymborska, and Iona Caraion. Due to the… Continue Reading
