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Precision Plus

Heuwell Tircuit - January 5, 2010

Piano fans will find much of interest from the new two-piano release of Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire, drawn from live performance at last summer’s Salzburg Festival. Their programming consists of two staples, Brahms’ Haydn Variations, Op. 56b, and Schubert’s Rondo in A Major, D. 951, plus two uncommon transcriptions: Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, Op.

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Music News: January 5, 2010

Janos Gereben - January 5, 2010

Great Expectations

A few personal picks from the many inviting local musical events of 2010.

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Kronos Ventures Through China

Jeff Kaliss - January 4, 2010
David Harrington points out that a lot of musicians don’t “play” music, but that he’s always wanted to have fun with what he does as founder of and violinist with the Kronos Quartet. He spent his New Year’s Eve morning playing a kelp horn and a dripping water drum created by San Francisco composer and performer Cheryl Leonard, and chatting with San Francisco City College student and electronic sou
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Up Close and Enriching: The Sounding Off Tour

Steven Winn - January 4, 2010
“This tour is based on the simple idea that high art and accessibility are not mutually exclusive.” So says the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser, in his straight-to-the-point manifesto for “The Sounding Off Tour: A Fresh Look at Classical Music.”

Moser has joined forces with keyboardist and performance artist Phyllis Chen for a six-city U.S. swing that lands in San Francisco Jan. 19-20.

In Memoriam: Mariedi Anders1915-2009

Robert P. Commanday - December 29, 2009
Mariedi Anders, a leading American concert manager and the first in San Francisco, died Dec. 26 in the California Pacific Hospital after a short illness. She was 94. She was a major agent on the West Coast, managing her Mariedi Anders Artists Management, Inc., for 50 years, right up to her death.
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The Savalls’ Ship of Love

Jason Victor Serinus - December 29, 2009

La Barcha d’Amore is a celebration. Exquisitely planned and executed, the anthology celebrates over 30 years of music-making by ensemble Hespèrion XX (now Hespèrion XXI) and orchestra Le Concert des Nations.

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Organist Paul Jacobs: Playing With All Fours

Jason Victor Serinus - December 29, 2009
There’s a good reason that Pennsylvania-born Paul Jacobs, 32, is frequently dubbed an organ evangelist. Even before he made music history at age 23, when he played J.S.
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Sweeping Away the Cobwebs

Joseph Sargent - December 29, 2009
As memories of holiday carols and sing-alongs fade into the distance, harbingers of enticing performances for the new year are beginning to take their place.

Harry Potter and the Classic Film Score

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - December 29, 2009
For the last couple of weeks, a musical debate has been raging on MuggleNet, the self-appointed “ULTIMATE Harry Potter Fansite.” Nicholas Hooper, the composer who scored the last two Potter films, announced to If Magazine on July 23 that he will not work on the final productio

Downloading Primer: How to Get the Most From Your Clicks

Jason Victor Serinus - December 22, 2009

As we approach the year 2010, downloading music has become as ubiquitous as iPods.