Coming Up: Fun Stuff

So I managed to miss both the Sanford Dole Ensemble's program of recent settings of "Seven Last Words," and the Switchboard Music Festival this weekend. There's plenty of good stuff coming up, and Patrick lays some of it out for you. (He and I were not, by the way, in NYC at the same time, but we independently photographed a number of the same things, hence the photographic commentary on each other's blog postings.)

Here are a couple of additions.

Alex Ross and Ethan Iverson at Herbst Theatre

Alex Ross, blogger, New Yorker notational music critic, and prize-winning author, comes to Herbst on a tour with pianist Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus. Together, they'll perform The Rest is Noise. This I have to see! 10 a.m., Saturday, April 24. $36 and $24.

Two Operas at LA Opera

This month, LA Opera presents Goetterdaemmerung and Franz Schreker's Die Gezeichneten. Click the link above for dates, times, and prices for both. Hint: the weekend of April 23 to 25, you can see the Schreker Saturday night and the Wagner Sunday afternoon. I may be off to the airport immediately following Alex's event.

Pacific Collegium in the Motets of J.S. Bach

This should be very good; Pacific Collegium in the complete J.S. Bach motets.

Saturday February 21, 2009, 8:00 P.M.

St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro Street , San Francisco , CA 94107 (415) 255-8100

Sunday February 22, 2009, 4:00 P.M.

St. Paul 's Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Avenue , Oakland , CA 94610 (510) 834-4314

Admission: $40 preferred seating, $25 general admission, $20 for seniors, $10 for students and music professionals. Tickets are available online (presumably at http://www.pacificcollegium.org ), or can be purchased at the door 30 minutes in advance of each concert.