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Celebrating midsummer in a place where time stands still. Oakland’s Chapel of the Chimes, a labyrinthine shrine designed by Julia Morgan, is usually as serenely quiet as the tomb, appropriate for a columbarium and mausoleum. Folding in layers down...

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Four-star concert in the Tri-Valley Two huge works were both performed on a single program, overfilling Livermore’s modest Bankhead Theater for an acoustic experience like body surfing. Donato Cabrero led the California Symphony, four fabulous vocalists, the SF State Symphony Chorus and a violin soloist who ranks among her generation’s greatest....

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Illuminating the masters… Burlingame’s Kohl Mansion finished out their chamber music season this Sunday, April 22 with the Rosetti Quartet and the return of a native son. Cellist Eric Gaenslen was born and raised in Burlingame, and began cello there in the first grade, although Julliard was his “finishing” school. He has played with the Rossetti quartet since 1999 and they have been frequent visitors to his hometown with numerous appearances...

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Marching to the beat of a different polyrhythm Jiggling the sacred tenets of performed music is central to this month’s Maverick Festival...

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Four hands that beat as one  “You wouldn’t normally dip sushi in melted cheese,” began pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann, “But you can do that in...

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Five minutes can sometimes turn a pleasant hour into an extraordinary one. Such was the case last Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Menlo-Atherton Center for Performing Arts. Music@Menlo, the Peninsula’s...

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