by Robin Wirthlin | May 15, 2013 | Concert Reviews
One reliable sign of spring is the annual programming of preview concerts for the Midsummer Mozart Festival, whose Music Director is George Cleve, in the Noontime Concerts™ (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”) series at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral. Every summer Cleve...
by Robin Wirthlin | Dec 18, 2012 | Concert Reviews
Violist Elizabeth Prior was the featured soloist at today’s Noontime Concerts™ recital at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”). Her accompanist was pianist Jeffrey Sykes, and the major work they prepared for their program was the Opus 147...
by Robin Wirthlin | Sep 4, 2012 | Concert Reviews
The Ariel Ensemble is a piano quintet of Northern California musicians bringing pianist Dimitriy Cogan together with a string quartet consisting of violinists William Barbini and Kineko Okamura, violist Elizabeth Prior, and cellist Victoria Ehrlich. For today’s...