by Robin Wirthlin | Jan 29, 2013 | Concert Reviews
The French pianist and composer Charles-Valentin Alkan never figures in Marcel Proust’s monumental In Search of Lost Time. Indeed, in the context of those seven volumes, it is unlikely that either Alkan himself or any mention of him would be encountered along either...
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 | May 1, 2012 | Videos
clarinetist Tom Rose & pianist Betty Woo video — 2012 May 1 Milhaud — Caprice Debussy — Petite Piece Ravel — Piece on Forme de Habanera Weber — Grand Duo Concertante Kokai — from Four Hungarian Dances, Folk Dance Kokai —...
by Robin Wirthlin | Feb 28, 2012 | Videos
pianist William Corbett-Jones video — 2012 February 28 Mozart — Sonata in B-flat major, K.570 Mechem — Nocturne Ravel — Forlane from Le Tombeau de Couperin
by Robin Wirthlin | Feb 28, 2012 | Concert Reviews
William Corbett-Jones covered a broad span of the piano repertoire in his recital today for Noontime Concerts™ (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”) at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral. At one end we had Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s K. 570 sonata in B-flat major, his...