by Robin Wirthlin | Jan 15, 2013 | Concert Reviews
The Arca Ensemble consists of pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi and three string players, violinist Alicia Yang, violist Caroline Lee, and cellist Robert Howard. Presumably they came together as a group to explore the piano quartet repertoire. This is a rich vein in the mine...
by Robin Wirthlin | Jan 8, 2013 | Concert Reviews
January is French Music Festival month in the Noontime Concerts™ series (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”) at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral. Appropriately enough, the Festival began with the earliest of the works planed for the series of four recitals, covering...
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 | Nov 27, 2012 | Concert Reviews
The scheduled program for today’s Noontime Concerts™ recital at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”) was to feature violinist Mariya Borozina as soloist. Unfortunately, her accompanist, Miles Graber, was obliged to withdraw for medical...
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...
