THE 2007 SEASON

of Chamber Music San Francisco


February 16 at 8 p.m.
GUZIK FOUNDATION AWARD WINNERS

Gleb Ivanov, piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 “Moonlight”
Faure Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119
Liszt Sonata in B minor

Varvara Ivanova, harp

Küne-Pabst Fantasy on theme of the opera "Eugeny Onegin" by P.Tchaikovsky
Prokofiev Three pieces from The Piano Suite "Romeo and Juliet" ( trans. for harp by V. Ivanova)
Salzedo Ballade Op. 28
Piazzolla Oblivion ( trans. for harp by V. Ivanova )
Ginastera Vivace with cadenza

February 18 at 2 p.m.
GUZIK FOUNDATION AWARD WINNERS

Read the SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE review of this concert HERE

Andrei Korobeinikov , piano

Beethoven Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Rachmaninov Sonata No.2, op. 36
Scriabin "Vers la flamme" op. 72

Andrei Gugnin , piano

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

March 3 at 2 p.m.
Pascal Rogé, piano

Read the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE review of this concert HERE

Fauré Nocturne No. 1
Satie Gnossiennes nos. 3 & 5
Debussy Estampes
Ravel Sonatine
Poulenc Trois pièces
Debussy Preludes, First Book

March 25 at 2 pm
Charles Rosen, piano
Beethoven Appassionata Sonata

Beethoven Diabelli Variations

 

April 7 at 2 p.m.
Beaux Arts Trio
Schubert Notturno in E-flat major , op. 148
Beethoven "Archduke" Trio
Shostakovich Trio No. 2 in G minor

 

April 23 at 2 pm
Laura Aikin, soprano

Tanya Tomkins, cello

Donald Sulzen, piano
Strauss Eight Poems by Hermann Gilm, Op.10
Strauss Five Little songs, Op. 69
Rorem The Last Poems of Wallace Stevens

 

April 28 at 2 pm

Nikolai Demidenko, piano

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Bach-Liszt Fantasy and Fugu e in G minor BWV 542
J.S. Bach Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971
Liszt Variations on a Theme from Bach's Cantata "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
Schumann Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 11

 

May 13 at 2 p.m.
Brandenburg Concertos

Katherine Kyme, violin and viola
Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin
Alisa Rose, violin

Kurt Rohde, viola
David Daniel Bowes, viola

Tanya Tomkins, cello (and organizer)
Joanna Blendulf, gamba and cello
William Skeen, gamba and cello
Farley Pearce, bass
Katherine Heater, harpsichord
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
J.S. Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

May 20 at 5 p.m.
Vladimir Kuzmenko, tenor

Svetlana Gorzhevskaya, piano

OPERA SELECTIONS: Verdi (from Trovatore and Forza del Destina ) Puccini (from Tosca and Turandot ), Donizetti, Massenet
LIEDER SELECTIONS: Glinka, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky

May 27 at 2 p.m.
Lynn Harrell and Friends

Helen Nightengale, violin
Rene Mandel, violin
Brian Dembow, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
John Parr, piano

Bach Suite in D minor for Unaccompanied Cello
Beethoven "Eyeglass" Duo in E-flat major for Viola and Cello
Maurice Moszkowski Suite for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71
Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello
Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44

 

June 17 at 2 p.m.
Geraldine Walther and Friends

Melissa Kleinbart, violin
Geraldine Walther, viola
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, piano

Bach Suite in C Major for Unaccompanied Cello (transcribed for viola)
Beethoven Trio for Strings in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26

All performances except for Kuzmenko on May 20 were presented at the Florence Gould Theater in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.  Mr. Kuzmenko performed at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.