San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Lineup

SFS has announced their chamber music series for the 2012-13 season, and it's a first-class mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. Updating to put the schedule after the cut.

CHAMBER MUSIC with SF Symphony Musicians                    Sunday, October 14 at 2 pm

Davies Symphony Hall                                              

           

Jacques Castérède Prélude et Danse

Timothy Higgins, trombone; Paul Welcomer, trombone; John Engelkes, bass trombone; Jeffrey Anderson, tuba; James Lee Wyatt III and Raymond Froehlich, percussion; Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

Ysaÿe Sonata in C for Two Violins, Op. Posthume

            Chen Zhao, Florin Parvulescu, violin

Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, Trout

Diane Nicholeris, violin; Yun Jie Liu, viola; David Goldblatt, cello; Charles Chandler, bass; Gwendolyn Mok, piano

Tickets: $36.  Tickets are available at sfsymphony.org, by phone at 415-864-6000, and at the Davies Symphony Hall Box Office, on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street in San Francisco.

CHAMBER MUSIC with SF Symphony Musicians and Yefim Bronfman

Sunday, December 9 at 2 pm

Davies Symphony Hall                                              

           

John Harbison Twilight Music: Trio for Horn, Violin, Piano

            Nicole Cash, horn; Dan Carlson, violin; Marc Shapiro, piano

Dohnányi Serenade in C major for String Trio, Opus 10

            Yukiko Kurakata, violin; Katie Kadarauch, viola; Sébastien Gingras, cello

Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 34

Nadya Tichman, Dan Nobuhiko Smiley, violin; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Amos Yang, cello; Yefim Bronfman, piano

Tickets: $36.  Tickets are available at sfsymphony.org, by phone at 415-864-6000, and at the Davies Symphony Hall Box Office, on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street in San Francisco.

CHAMBER MUSIC with SF Symphony Musicians          Sunday, February 3 at 2 pm

Davies Symphony Hall                                              

           

Bruce Broughton Hornworks—Theme and Variations for 2 Descant Horns, 3 Horns in F, and Tuba

Robert Ward, Nicole Cash, Jonathan Ring, Bruce Roberts, Jessica Valeri, horns; Peter Wahrhaftig, tuba

Ravel String Quartet in F major

            Polina Sedukh, David Chernyavsky, violin; Wayne Roden, viola; David Goldblatt, cello

Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 60

            Sarn Oliver, violin; Matthew Young, viola; Sébastien Gingras, cello; Akimi Fukuhara, piano

Tickets: $36.  Tickets are available at sfsymphony.org, by phone at 415-864-6000, and at the Davies Symphony Hall Box Office, on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street in San Francisco.

CHAMBER MUSIC with SF Symphony Musicians                      Sunday, April 7 at 2 pm

Davies Symphony Hall                                              

           

Andriasov Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Opus 7

            Victor Romasevich, violin; Jill Brindel, cello; Marilyn Thompson, piano

George Crumb Madrigals, Books I-IV

Catherine Payne, piccolo; Scott Pingel, bass; Douglas Rioth, harp; James Lee Wyatt, III; percussion

Bruch Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano

            David Neuman, clarinet; Wayne Roden, viola; June Oh, piano

Hindemith Octet (1958)                                      

Dan Carlson, violin; Jonathan Vinocour and David Kim, viola; Peter Wyrick, cello; Mark Wright, bass; David Neuman, clarinet; Steven Dibner, bassoon; Bruce Roberts, horn

Tickets: $36.  Tickets are available at sfsymphony.org, by phone at 415-864-6000, and at the Davies Symphony Hall Box Office, on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street in San Francisco.

CHAMBER MUSIC with SF Symphony Musicians: Beethoven Sunday, May 12 at 2 pm

Davies Symphony Hall                                              

           

Beethoven String Quartet in G major, Opus 18, No. 2

            Yun Chu, Amy Hiraga, violin; Nanci Severance, viola; Peter Wyrick, cello

Beethoven  String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 74, Harp

            Dan Carlson, Melissa Kleinbart, violin; Katie Kadarauch, viola; Amos Yang, cello

Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 127

            Mariko Smiley, Kelly Leon-Pearce, violin; Gina Feinauer, viola; Margaret Tait, cello

Tickets: $36.  Tickets are available at sfsymphony.org, by phone at 415-864-6000, and at the Davies Symphony Hall Box Office, on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street in San Francisco.

CHAMBER MUSIC with SF Symphony Musicians                      Sunday, June 23 at 2 pm

Davies Symphony Hall                                              

           

Dalit Warshaw Transformations for String Quartet and Theremin

John Chishom, Chunming Mo, violin; Yun Jie Liu, viola; Barbara Bogatin, cello; Dalit Warshaw, theremin

Dalit Warshaw Nizk’Orah for Cello, Piano, and Theremin

            Barbara Bogatin, cello; Robin Sutherland, piano; Dalit Warshaw, theremin

Martinů Fantasia for string quartet, piano, oboe, and theremin

Jonathan D. Fischer, oboe; John Chisholm, Chunming Mo, violin; Yun Jie Liu, viola; Barbara Bogatin, cello; Robin Sutherland, piano; Dalit Warshaw, theremin

Brahms Piano Quartet in A major, Opus 26

            Nadya Tichman, violin; Katie Kadarauch, viola; Michael Grebanier, cello; Marc Shapiro, piano