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August 2010

August 22, 2010

by admin on August 23, 2010

August 22, 2010
8:00 pmto11:00 pm

Happy 148th Birthday Claude Debussy!

The sweet sounds of the French masters lives on!  Classical Revolution celebrated a composer who influenced changes in the landscape of music around the beginning of the 20th century.

Some events popped up just prior to this, so I’m sorry I didn’t get to posting this beforehand.  Anyway, we had a blast playing all Debussy, all night long.  The following is a partial list of works presented:  Cello Sonate, String Quartet, Arabesque No. 1, Clair de Lune, Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano.  I got to play the Violin Sonate and the Piano Trio, what a treat!

Also got to check out the Impressionist Paris:  City of Light exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum the same day.  Getting to see Seurat’s Eiffel Tower up close and personal was unbelievable!  The clarity of each brushstroke and the complexity of the multi-tone colors helped transport the viewer into the painting.  Being so close was like looking at it through a microscope, noticing all the details.  Then upon departing, looking back over one’s shoulder at a slight distance, suddenly everything came together as a unit.  This shift and the three-dimensional quality of the whole painting kept the viewer lingering just a bit longer…

and that was just one artist/work in the  exhibit!

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August 12, 2010

by admin on August 1, 2010

August 12, 2010
8:00 pm

Chamber Music Concert!

 

Osher Salon
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Free will donation

 

Joyce Lee, violin
Samsun Van Loon, cello
Ed Goldfarb, piano

We are very excited to have the opportunity to present an evening of French chamber music (yes, my third one this summer and je suis dans le ciel!).  This concert is sponsored in part by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Summer Programs.

We are working up the Faure Piano Trio, a beautiful not unknown but not so well-known piece.  Also, we couldn’t put away the Ravel Piano Trio just yet, so if you missed the performance in June, come to this one to experience this master(‘s)piece!  Ed will dazzle us with Debussy’s Children’s Corner, Sam will delight us with Faure’s Sicilienne, and I will dance (well, sort of) with Debussy’s Valse- La Plus Que Lente (arr. for violin and piano).

Hope to see you there!

*On a side note, I just visited the De Young Museum here in SF.  They are currently exhibiting Birth of Impressionism:  Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay.  What a special treat it was to be present with the amazing paintings and learn more about not only Renoir, Manet, Degas, and Monet, but also Bazille, Moreau, (I really liked Galatea), Sisley, Bouguereau and many others!

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July 31 and August 1, 2010

July 9, 2010

[ July 31, 2010; 8:00 pm; August 1, 2010; 4:00 pm; ] San Francisco Choral Society Concert
www.sfchoral.org

Calvary Presbyterian Church
2515 Fillmore Street at Jackson
San Francisco, CA 94115

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Beethoven: Choral Fantasie
Beethoven: Mass in C major

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