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 | Jul 24, 2012 | Concert Reviews
Today’s Noontime Concerts™ (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”) recital featured the return of regular performers, the Cypress String Quartet (violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violist Ethan Filner, and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel). The program consisted entirely...
by Robin Wirthlin | May 16, 2012 | Concert Reviews
As I recently wrote, the 27th annual Irving M. Klein International String Competition will take place next month on the campus of San Francisco State University (SFSU). By way of a preview, today’s Noontime Concerts™ recital at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral offered a...
by Robin Wirthlin | May 8, 2012 | Concert Reviews
In November of 2010, the pianist Tien Hsieh released a CD with the title Mostly Transcriptions; and since then this has been the predominant theme of the recitals she has prepared for the Noontime Concerts™ series at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral. At today’s recital the...
by Robin Wirthlin | Apr 10, 2012 | Concert Reviews
Sometimes it turns out that the modern instruments are better for Johann Sebastian Bach. This simply reinforces the proposition (which should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer) that the performance always has more to do with the performer than with...
