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Doing Well What Comes Naturally

Janos Gereben - December 18, 2007
If noble titles were given as rewards for excellence, the FOG Trio would be royalty.

Ferocious Lyricism

Michelle Dulak Thomson - December 18, 2007
Brahms chamber music seems to be breaking out unnervingly in threes this season. First it was the three string quartets on a single program (the Emerson Quartet, in October). Coming up in February are the three piano trios (Nicholas Angelich and the brothers Capuçon, courtesy of San Francisco Performances).
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String Quartet CDs for the Holidays

Michelle Dulak Thomson - December 18, 2007
So many and illustrious are the touring string quartets that pass through the Bay Area in any given season that it can be difficult to remember the ones that are here all year round.
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The Passion of the Guitar

Scott Cmiel - December 18, 2007
Guitarists Alexis Muzurakis and Susana Prieto, the Duo Melis, have a stellar reputation in Europe and are beginning to extend their reach into North America.

Celebrating the Mystery

Anna Carol Dudley - December 18, 2007
'Tis the season to be singing, and Schola Cantorum has made its contribution to this year's choral celebrations in performances presented by the San Francisco Early Music Society and ably directed by Paul Flight.

Beethoven Plus Four

Heuwell Tircuit - December 18, 2007
Splitting his program right down the middle, pianist William Wellborn devoted the first half of his Sunday afternoon recital in Old First Church to 18th-century masters and the second to 19th-century composers. In place of the all-Beethoven program that had been announced, Wellborn programmed his pieces to display contrasts.
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Fast Ride on a Lean Quartet Machine

Terry McNeill - December 18, 2007
Tonal balance and homogeneity of sound, rather than sharply etched lines, seem to be the hallmark of the best of the current string quartets. The estimable Jupiter String Quartet provided three casebook examples of this in its concert last Monday at the Napa Opera House.
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Singing Into the Light

Scott L. Edwards - December 18, 2007
How to program something novel for the holidays is a challenge almost every choral conductor faces at year's end.
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A Stocking Full of DVDs

James Keolker - December 11, 2007
In the spirit of the season, following are a select handful of DVDs, those little boxes of superior performances and visual delights.

Intimate Christmas Splendor

Michelle Dulak Thomson - December 11, 2007
Of the great Christian holidays, Christmas affords composers perhaps the greatest range between grandeur and simplicity. At one end, the whole of Creation rejoices; at the other, a tiny infant in a hovel is the linchpin of all things.