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Music News: March 24, 2009

Janos Gereben - March 24, 2009

Gaffigan: Putting It Together

James Gaffigan

When James Gaffigan makes his last subscription-concert appearances with the

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Music News: March 17, 2009

Janos Gereben - March 17, 2009

West Bay Opera Marches On, 'Shooting Freely'

Understandably enough, even the more adventurous opera companies are cutting back on expenses ... and adventure.
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Music News: March 10, 2009

Janos Gereben - March 10, 2009

Where There Is a Will, There Is Festival del Sole

When IMG Artists owner/chairman Barrett Wissman — whose stable of artists includes Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell, Julia Fischer, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia, Antonio Pappano, Vladimi

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Choral Singing: Chicken Soup for the Soul

Chelsea Nicole Spangler - March 10, 2009
What do an archaeologist, a lawyer, and a black belt in jujitsu have in common? They may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but in reality they're a sampling of the Bay Area's choristers.
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The Interpretation of Tales

Lisa Houston - March 3, 2009

It is a season for anniversaries at Berkeley Opera. This year is the company’s 30th season, which will be celebrated at a star-studded gala on March 29, featuring soprano Ruth Ann Swenson.

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Oakland East Bay Symphony: Gold at 20

Jason Victor Serinus - March 3, 2009
Oakland, long recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United States, is a microcosm of the new face of America. For Oakland's arts organizations to remain relevant to the city's multicultural population, they must pioneer new forms of outreach and expression.

Music News: February 24, 2009

Janos Gereben - February 27, 2009

Teenage Composer at SFSYO Concert

On the program of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra's March 8 concert: the premiere of 17-year-old Preben Antonsen's Thresh of Gear. The conductor is Wattis Foundation Music Director Benjamin Shwartz; the concert also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No.
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Written in Blood: Sofia Gubaidulina’s Artistic Testament

Georgia Rowe - February 17, 2009

Who is Sofia Gubaidulina? Audiences unfamiliar with the name (pronounced goo-bye-DOO-lee-nah) may be surprised to learn that she is one of the most distinctive, highly regarded composers in the world today.

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Classical Times Two: China and Western Music

Chelsea Nicole Spangler - February 10, 2009
Melody of China

The New Year’s parade may be over, but San Francisco has not finished ringing in the year of the ox.

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Making Time for Mendelssohn

Heuwell Tircuit - February 3, 2009
Of all the underrated genius-level composers of the 19th century, none is more undeserving of his second-tier status than Felix Mendelssohn, whose bicentennial occurs this Tuesday, February 3. Few displayed a more natural or more all-encompassing talent than he, and from a remarkably early age, at that. In a way, he was the Mozart of the Romantic age.