Dial M for Music: Free SF Chamber Orchestra Concert | Berkeley

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Free San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Concerts

Founded in 1953, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra has remained an active voice in the Bay Area music community, presenting free concerts with an ensemble of the region’s top professional musicians.

The rollout of an exciting new concert format, Maestro Ben Simon becomes your host for a 90-minute, no intermission podcast. Think of it as a cross between Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me and From the Top with games, prizes, Ben’s famous trivia quiz, and of course, great music.

Featuring a host of SFCO All-Stars, this engaging program will feature variations on familiar themes by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, and more. With special guest Anthony Lane, luthier.

Free admission. Members entry one hour before. General audience entry 15 minutes before. Recommended for middle school-age and up.

Mozart 12 Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” K.265

• Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

Haydn String Quartet in C Major, op. 76 no.3 (“Emperor”)

• Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra string quartet
• Second movement, Poco adagio; cantabile

Schubert Die Forelle (“The Trout”)

• Ann Moss, soprano
• Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (“Trout”)

• Fourth movement: Tema con variazione (Andantino)

Heidrich Happy Birthday Variations

Monday, December 31, 2012
Dial M for Music in Berkeley | Free San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Concerts

The three Ms begin with one of Mendelssohn’s precociously brilliant string sinfonias, written at the tender age of 13. Harold Meltzer is an award-winning composer based in NYC, whose own inspiration was Mozart’s singular Sinfonia Concertante. Meltzer’s double concerto is paired with Mozart’s, one of his most expressive and graceful works.

• Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 9 in C major
• Harold Meltzer: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola [SFCO Commission & World Premiere]
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola, K. 364

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