West Coast Premiere of David Amram’s Concerto for Violin and Cello, “Partners”

with Robin Mayforth, violin; JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Symphony Silicon Valley

Full Program —

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

George Kahn: Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra (West Coast Premiere)

Dvorak: Rondo for Cello and Orchestra

intermission 

Dvorak: Symphony No. 7

Evan Kahn, cello

Lara Webber, conductor

with After Everything Ensemble

Program:

Handel-Halvorssen — Passacaglia
Bach — Violin Partita No. 2
Ravel — duo for violin and cello, mvt. II
Sokolovic — Vez, for solo cello
Bach — Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, II. Allemande
Mozart — Duo in G major

with Jessie Nucho, flute and Preben Antonsen, piano

George Crumb: Vox Balanae

Chen Yi: Night Music

Kaija Saariaho: Cendrés

Ravel: Works for solo piano

Full Program —

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina Prelude

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 (w/Evan Kahn, cello)

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Op. 39

Lara Webber, conductor

Program

• Gyorgy Ligeti – Etudes for Piano (selected)

• Michael Gilbertson – Low Hanging Fruit

• Ana Sokolovic – Vez

• Bela Bartok – Contrasts

Sometimes what’s easiest isn’t always what’s best. That theme is explored in this program of virtuosic chamber works that push the performer to the extreme. Michael Gilbertson’s Low Hanging Fruit serves as the title piece, using musical concepts to illustrate the story of the garden of Eden. Also on the program are Gyorgy Ligeti’s Etudes for Piano, one of the most difficult pieces in the 20th-century piano canon, as well as Bela Bartok’s jazz-inspired Contrasts and a Balkan-themed cello solo work by Serbian-Canadian composer Ana Sokolović.

With pianist and Music on the Hill director, Ava Soifer

Program —

J.S. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (cello and piano) No. 1 in G major

Tchaikovsky: Waltz Sentimentale

Tchaikovsky: “Kuda, kuda” from Eugene Onegin

intermission

Kabalevsky: Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-flat, Op. 71

Works including:

Ana Sokolovic: Vez

Julius Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc

Erberk Eryilmaz: Miniatures Set No. 6

And more!

More information TBA

Full Program —

Byron Addams: Capriccio concertante for orchestra
Barber: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 22(w/Evan Kahn, cello)
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Leif Bjaland, conductor

Bay Area Rainbow Symphony

https://bars-sf.org/concerts/2018-winter-concert

Full Program:

Schulhoff
Five Movements

Bartok
String Quartet No. 4

Enescu
Octet — with Maria van deer Sloot and Sam Weiser, violins; Carly Scena, viola; Evan Kahn, cello

Hip-hop orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj plays Tempe, AZ.

Bjork: Selected Songs

Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 50 No. 1

Joseph Christianson and Clare Armenante, violins; Justine Preston, viola; Evan Kahn, cello

$10 suggested donation

Reserve spots here: https://www.groupmuse.com/events/6837-embassy-groupmuse-september

Groupmuse in Albany, CA (east bay)

Program:

Debussy — Sonata for Cello and Piano

Rachmaninov — Sonata for Cello and Piano

Reserve spots here: https://www.groupmuse.com/events/6876-brilliance-and-beauty-of-the-cello-and-piano-debussy-and-rachmaninov

Members of Symphony Silicon Valley play music from Game of Thrones with video.

Ensemble Mik Nawooj, hip-hop-classical collective, plays the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, NV.

Groupmuse TBD

with Scott Seaton, conductor

May 12 and 13, 2018

Program: 

Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in e minor, Op. 85

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

After Everything is a new music collective connecting music, art, and the environment.

PROGRAM:

Bach Sinfonia from BWV 21

Matthew Cmiel WORLD PREMIERE, NEW WORK

Gerard Grisey Vortex Temporum

Martinu: Variations on a Theme by Rossini

Ahmed Adnan Saygun: Partita for solo cello

Tchaikovsky: Waltz Sentimentale

Tchaikovsky: “Kuda, Kuda” from Eugene Onegin

Martinu: Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano

and more!

Oakland-based Ensemble Mik Nawooj, led by Berklee alum and composer/pianist Joowan Kim, injects Western European classical compositional techniques into hip hop to create “something that sounds giant and important” (East Bay Express). MCs/lyricists Do D.A.T. and Sandman share the stage with a classical chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano), heavy bass, funky drums, and a lyric soprano to perform original compositions and to reinvent East Coast and West Coast classics.

ARTIST WEBSITES:
ensemblemiknawooj.com

Martinu: Variations on a Theme by Rossini

Ahmed Adnan Saygun: Partita for solo cello

Tchaikovsky: Waltz Sentimentale

Martinu: Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano

and more!

Music selections from Gluck and Philip Glass; poetry of Rilke and Art of Rodin, Moreau, Cortot. Performed by Kayleen Asbo (story and piano) and Evan Kahn (cello). In 1922, the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke arrived at a chateau in Switzerland in a state of profound depression and grief with a case of writer’s block so intense that it had lasted almost ten years. Over just three weeks, the image of the mythic figure of Orpheus, combined with the sound of violin music played by a young girl, kindled the creative fire within Rilke that gave way to an astonishing series of masterpieces: the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus. This story of how music opened the doorway to transformation and healing will frame a musical voyage from grief to grace and joy.