SF Classical Voice

Your guide to the arts in the Bay Area & Los Angeles, covering classical music, opera, jazz & dance. Discover the next great performance at #SFCV

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As the inaugural creative partner with @LACOtweets, pianist @laradownes is set to present “Routes” & will be joined by @domflemons. Glimpse into the powerful possibilities of cultural connection & the various directions that American #music has taken.
https://t.co/pwt0YGYQZ4

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To score @KenBurns' new #documentary “Leonardo da Vinci,” Caroline Shaw worked with longtime collaborators @sopercussion, @roomfulofteeth, and @AttaccaQuartet. Catch the #film premiere on @PBS Nov. 18 - Nov. 19.

https://t.co/kkCmiQtBD4

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In addition to his busy performance schedule, countertenor @A_R_Costanzo serves as general director and president of @OperaPhila, bringing the art form to more people through radical ideas like a pick-your-own-price initiative.
https://t.co/IfKfrVKHMx #opera

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This year’s Noon to Midnight festival will be in & around @WaltDisneyHall all day on Nov. 16 with the premiere of Doug Aitken's multimedia work “Lightscape” at the center. The @LAMasterChorale & @LAPhil New Music Group provide the soundtrack.
https://t.co/rO0wdH8VLG #music

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Congrats to SFCV's Peter Feher and Simon Cohen for being 2024 @SFPressClub Journalism Award finalists.

https://t.co/HXwpAjjlpJ #musicnews

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Join us for a live interview this Wednesday with @mcgillab. Register here:
https://t.co/ENvZFZKOTy

#classicalmusic #musicians #clarinet

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For @berkeleyrep's “Matchbox Magic Flute,” our reviewer describes how director Mary Zimmerman and “her collaborators have animated their fleetly moving ‘Flute’ with humor, grace, and enchanting design.”

https://t.co/5XIdDFD5KQ #opera #musicreview

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Tenor @ben_bernheim closed out the 2024 Olympics in Paris with a rendition of Gabriel Fauré’s “Hymn to Apollo.” Now, Bernheim is headed to Los Angeles, making his debut there in a recital on Nov. 9 co-presented by @LAOpera.
https://t.co/O8BZ9YpqCy #opera #artistspotlight

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Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 shone bright in the @CAsymphony’s concerts last weekend, with conductor @DonatoCabrera leading an interpretation that “kept the drive and flow of the music pressing forward.”
https://t.co/SwQ9Cuw1DD #classicalmusic #musicreview

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Composer and bassist @featherbitchxx and her quintet are coming to @SFJAZZ for two shows on Nov. 7. Through the lens of free jazz and improvisation, her music incorporates song, chant, and storytelling in the Abenaki language.

https://t.co/yNtdab0dsD #jazz #artistspotlight

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The @SFChoral delves into the theme of the Virgin Mary as the divine feminine in two concerts, Nov. 9–10.

https://t.co/aF6xhDZxwb #SFbayarea #music

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@MC_Conductor wants to talk to audiences. His “Intermission Insights” programs for the @NewWestSymphony have invited concertgoers to engage further with the piece of music they’re hearing via a chat with the conductor.

https://t.co/CAI9VmeYUj #classicalmusic #artistspotlight

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Last weekend, “Rhapsody in Blue” delighted concertgoers at SF Symphony, with Thomas Wilkins conducting. #Pianist @Mikalashel27 made her SFS debut full of “reassuring warmth & rare fineness, notably in the velvety melodies & lace-edged cadenzas she spun.”

https://t.co/M9kVPRLWq4

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This week, the “Legacy of Wayne Shorter” is making its way around the Bay Area as musicians from Shorter’s final quartet with special guest saxophonist perform. Learn more about tonight's concert at the @SFJAZZ Center.

https://t.co/nqj9mVNnoZ #jazzmusic #jazz

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@KittyMcNamee makes her directorial debut at @LAOpera with the company’s upcoming production of Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet.” She knows the staging well — she choreographed this production when it first landed at LA Opera in 2005.
https://t.co/LojTHKPPSJ #opera

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As the @SFOpera Orchestra still awaits a contract, Music Director Eun Sun Kim has had her contract renewed through 2031.
https://t.co/a3uMuFcQy1
#musicnews #opera

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Pianist @Mikalashel27 will be making her SF Symphony debut this weekend with guest conductor Thomas Wilkins in a program featuring George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”
https://t.co/21cdtsFqOp #artistspotlight #piano

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SF Symphony Music Director @EsaPekkaSalonen showed off his composing chops in 3 performances of his Cello Concerto this past weekend. The solo part was deftly performed by SFS principal cello Rainer Eudeikis, who “phrased with an otherworldly lyricism.”
https://t.co/oesG3YDltJ

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This month, @EpiphanyDanceT is celebrating the end of its two decades producing San Francisco Trolley Dances (SFTD). A new film about the festival, “Dancing With Muni,” means that those 20 years are preserved in more than just memory.

https://t.co/qAJsyWVzEP #dance #films

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How an #opera becomes stage-ready is the focus of a new documentary that seems almost like a feature film. Elena Park’s “Eun Sun Kim: A Journey Into Lohengrin” takes you behind the scenes at the War Memorial and is free to watch on @SFOpera's website
https://t.co/Xm4SCoZALI