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 | Mar 20, 2012 | Videos
Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord / David Wilson, violin / Farley Pearce, viola da gamba / Video — 2012 March 20 Bach — Fantasia and Fugue in A minor for Keyboard, BWV 904 Bach — Sonata in G Major for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027 Bach —...
by Robin Wirthlin | Mar 15, 2012 | Concert Reviews
The performers at today’s Noontime Concerts™ recital at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”) were pianist Daniel del Pino, violinist Livia Sohn, and cellist Robert Howard. It is unclear whether they play regularly as a piano trio or...
by Robin Wirthlin | Feb 21, 2012 | Concert Reviews
For today’s Noontime Concerts™ recital at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral (“San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break”), violinist Mariya Borozina chose to perform two concertos one by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1041 in A minor) and the other by Joseph Haydn (Hoboken VIIa/4 in G...
by Robin Wirthlin | May 10, 2011 | Concert Reviews
Last week pianist Miles Graber performed in the Noontime Concert™ series to begin the set of three preview concerts for the Midsummer Mozart Festival. Today he returned with violinist Michelle Maruyama and cellist Robert Howard for an entirely different bill of fare....
