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Saturday Morning SF Performances Series – The Hinge of Fate
Saturday morning (March 9) the Alexander String Quartet joins Robert Greenberg in the third program in The String Quartet at a Time of War, titled The Hinge of Fate. 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…
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Robert Greenberg – Benjamin Britten, String Quartet No. 2
In anticipation of this weekend’s concert, Robert Greenberg has a new blog for our The String Quartet at a Time of War: Britten and His Contemporaries program. Read the intro here and finish the wonderful blog on www.robertgreenbergmusic.com! “Benjamin Britten was born in 1913, on November 22: the feast day of St. Cecelia, Patron Saint…
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The String Quartet at a Time of War – Program Two
Saturday, January 19th kicks off the second program of our newest San Francisco Performances series “The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and his Contemporaries.” Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg Bartók: Quartet No. 6 Britten: Quartet No. 1 Saturday, January 19, 10:00am Herbst Theatre Tickets: www.sfperformances.org World War Two, which in…
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ASQ Launches New Series With San Francisco Performances This Weekend
After the successful Franz Schubert Saturday Morning Series presented by San Francisco Performances, the Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg present a new Saturday Morning Series — The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries. World War Two, which in Europe began in 1939 and ended in 1945, was the…
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The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and his Contemporaries
January 12th marks the first of a four-part lecture and concert series with music historian Robert Greenberg entitled The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and his Contemporaries and presented by San Francisco Performances. World War Two, which in Europe began in 1939 and ended in 1945, was the single most harrowing…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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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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.…
