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Music in the Vineyards

Michael Zwiebach - August 5, 2009
Music in the Vineyards, a three-week chamber music festival staged in and around Napa's famous wineries, is not in danger of competing with its higher-profile, heavily promoted, festival neighbors. And that's the way they like it.

"We've learned a lot of lessons from seeing how other festivals operate," says Michael Adams, who founded and co-directs Music in the Vineyards with his wife, Daria.

UC Summer Symphony

Michael Zwiebach - August 4, 2009
Though many members of college orchestras spend the summer months at their parents' homes or bicycling through Europe, enough young musicians live in the Bay Area to cobble together a respectable orchestra. This is the premise behind the UC Berkeley Summer Symphony, a collection of fine musicians from the region's many youth orchestras.
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A Photo Essay From Music@Menlo

Marianne Lipanovich - August 4, 2009

A Few Notes From the Field at Music@Menlo

“It’s a wonderful, intimate setting. The musicians and programs are fabulous.”

— Terri Lahey 

“It’s nice that they have so many soloists, so many stars.”

— Steve Smith

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Music News: August 4, 2009

Janos Gereben - August 4, 2009

Zheng Cao Progress Report

Just a few weeks ago, there was an optimistic report here about mezzo Zheng Cao's recovery from multiple advanced cancers, and now there is
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Deeply Touched by Menahem Pressler

Jerry Kuderna - August 3, 2009
“We are looking for someone who will touch us deeply, in a way that we cannot forget.” These words, spoken by the pianist Menahem Pressler in a documentary about the Van Cliburn competition, came to mind while listening to his solo recital at this summer’s Music@Menlo Festival.
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Seriously Mendelssohn

David Bratman - August 3, 2009
A cycle of the Mendelssohn string quartets: It sounds like a reasonable programming idea, yet it isn’t done very often. Felix Mendelssohn wrote seven full quartets, plus a small assortment of individual movements, just about the right amount of music for a set of three concerts.

Midsummer Vespers With S.F. Lyric Chorus

Joseph Sargent - August 3, 2009
Summertime typically signals a period of downtime for classical music, as many ensembles enjoy a well-earned hiatus or shift their programming toward lighter fare. Not so for the San Francisco Lyric Chorus, a talented choir under the direction of Robert Gurney.

A Little Gem

Heuwell Tircuit - August 3, 2009
Among the gems in the crown of the San Francisco music scene are the Friday evening and Sunday 4 o’clocks at Old First Church. Those offer chamber music and recitals of quality programming by some of the Bay Area’s finer musicians — and at an exceptionally affordable price, too.

An Interview With Kirk Eichelberger

Lisa Houston - July 31, 2009
Raised in Sacramento, and an alumnus of both the Merola program at San Francisco Opera and the Resident Artist training program at Opera San José, bass Kirk Eichelberger now sings lead roles with opera companies throughout the U.S. He is currently in rehearsal to play Mephistopheles in Festival Opera’s production of Faust.

An Interview With Menahem Pressler

Marianne Lipanovich - July 29, 2009

Legendary pianist Menahem Pressler makes his Music@Menlo debut on Sunday, Aug. 2, in a concert in Atherton titled "An Evening With Menahem Pressler."