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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.…
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Franz Schubert at St. John’s
Saturday ASQ travels to St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, California to perform the first San Francisco Performances concert of the season! 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…
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David Requiro Joins the ASQ for the Schubert Quintet this Saturday
This Saturday, the ASQ will close out the San Francisco Performances Franz Schubert Series with the Schubert Quintet in C Major (Read about this piece from guest lecturer Robert Greenberg!). Joining ASQ in this performance is cellist David Requiro. About David Requiro: First Prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, David Requiro (pronounced…
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Robert Greenberg Guestblog – Miracles: Franz Schubert Quintet in C Major
Franz Peter Schubert was born in the Habsburg capital of Vienna on January 31, 1797. He died there on November 19, 1828, having lived only 31 years, 9 months, and 19 days. In his all-too-brief life, Schubert created a body of music the size and quality of which leaves us shaking our heads in wonder.…
