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2005-2006
Season
All
concerts begin at 8 PM on the second floor of Julia Morgan’s
gorgeous Berkeley
City Club.
September
27, 2005 -- CORO D’AMICI
Be dazzled by this enchanting a cappella chorus!
November
8, 2005 -- ALAM KHAN
Enjoy the spellbinding virtuosity of this East Indian ensemble!
February
7, 2006-- NEW PACIFIC TRIO
Don’t miss this award-winning
piano trio—save the date!
March
24, 2006 - GALA FUNDRAISING RECITAL WITH THALIA MOORE
April
4, 2006 -- LUNA NOVA QUARTET
Relish the luscious sounds of this string quartet
with mandolin!
May
9, 2006 -- AVENUE WINDS
The clarity and musicianship of these woodwind
players will astound!
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September
27, 2005
Coro D'Amici
Michael
Senturia, Director
Works of
Orlando Di Lasso and others
This astonishing
9-voice a cappella ensemble directed by Michael Senturia,
performs classical repertoire from the Renaissance
to contemporary and will be with us fresh from performances
in Florence and Rome. Among other pieces, they
will perform Orlando Di Lasso’s Tears of St.
Peter. Join us for this incomparable experience!
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“With
only nine singers, Coro D’Amici brings an intimacy
and lightness to the newer music that has clearly benefited
from their collective and individual experiences with early
music.”
— San
Francisco Classical Voice”
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November
8, 2005
Alam Khan
Alam Khan,
sarod
Debopriyo Sarkar, tabla
Manek Khan, tampura
Works from
the Indian classical tradition
Alam Khan
and his colleagues are musicians studying the classical
Indian music tradition which is flourishing at the
Ali Akbar Khan College of Music. Alam plays the sarod,
a teak “northern Indian lute” played using
a coconut striker. Joining him will be the stellar
musicians Debopriyo Sarkar on tabla and Manek Khan
on tampura. This hypnotic music transports the listener
to far-away lands.
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““The
sound of Indian classical music is composed in such a way,
it heals all kinds of things in your mind, in your body...People
ask how to find peace. I think this is the only way.”
—
Ali Akbar Khan
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February
7, 2006
New Pacific Trio
Linda
Wang, violin
Nina Flyer, cello
Sonia Leong, piano
Works
by Liderman, Schoenfeld and Shostakovich
The
New Pacific Trio, music professors at the University
of the Pacific, offers playing that’s anything
but academic. Their exhilarating accounts of repertoire
from Romanticism to café music are intense
and playful. One of our Board members heard this trio
and insisted we couldn’t have our next season
without them. We agreed, and invite you to join us
as these ladies kick up their heels with Beethoven’s
“Ghost” Trio, Shostakovich’s Op.
67, and a jazzy trio by Paul Schoenfeld.
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“...the
playing was fresh and absorbing…an immensely enjoyable
account…exciting...”
—
San Francisco Classical Voice
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March
24, 2006
Gala
Fundraising Recital WITH THALIA MOORE AND GWEN MOK
THALIA
MOORE, assistant principal cellist with the San Francisco
Opera
GWEN MOK, pianist
Performing music of Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Messiaen,
and Ravel
Friday
24 March 2006, 7:30 p.m. at a splendid private home in the
Berkeley Hills (directions will be mailed after RSVP) for
an evening of music, champagne, and dessert.
$100
per person or $160 per couple donation
Please send checks (Sorry, but we are unable to accept
credit cards), to be received by 17 March, to
BERKELEY CHAMBER PERFORMANCES
259 Yale Avenue
Kensington, CA 94708
If unable
to attend, but you would like to support Berkeley Chamber
Performances with a tax-deductible contribution, we would
be glad to receive it. We hope you can join us there!
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April
4, 2006
Luna Nova Quartet
Ben
Brussell, mandolin
Erica Wong, Violin
Thomas Elliott, viola
Elaine Kreston, cello
Works
of Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Bartok, Satie, and Jacob
do Bandolim
Featuring
mandolin, violin, viola and cello, the Luna Nova Quartet
instills the traditional quartet medium with a fresh
instrumental voice. They infuse the classical quartet
concept with contemporary energy and expression through
imaginative arrangements. Come hear them perform lively
and original interpretations of some of the great
classical works by master composers, featuring tangos
of Astor Piazzolla, one of the Bachianas Brasileiras
of Villa-Lobos, Bartok’s Romanian Dances, and
other works.
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“Simply
a stunning performance. Brilliant musicianship...highly
energetic...full of musical surprises!”
—Old
First Concerts
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May
9, 2006
Avenue Winds
Melanie
Keller, flutist
Sarah Rathke, oboe
Steve Sanchez, clarinetist
Charles Moehnke, bassoonist
Erika Wilsen, French horn
Works of
Bozza, Nielsen, Ligeti and Hindemith
This
newly-formed woodwind quintet has been described as
the “next generation” of the San Francisco-based
CITY WINDS. This evening’s repertoire includes
Nielsen’s Quintet, the 6 Bagatelles of Gyorgy
Ligeti, and Hindemith’s Kammermusik. This is
innovative as well as traditional performance with
brilliant precision and artistry. Don’t
miss them!
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