“Lara+Lara” Mezzo-Soprano & Piano Concert | SF

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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

Friday, February 20, 2015
Free San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Concerts

Fresh from her success at the SF Symphoy’s 2014 Gala, mezzo-soprano Lara Nie returns for the West Coast premiere of jazz leader Maria Schneider’s triple-Grammy-winning 2013 Stories, based on works by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, one of Brazil’s greatest poets.

Also making her SFCO Main Stage debut is Bay Area pianist Lara Downes, “a magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch” (Musical Toronto). This Lara will perform the hauntingly beautiful Romantic piano concerto that Robert Schumann composed for his beloved wife, Clara.

Benjamin Simon, conductor
Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano
Lara Downes, piano

Maria Schneider – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories (2013) [West Coast premiere]
Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

 

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