March 2010 – Page 2 – Repeat Performances

March 12, 2010

ODC at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Brenda Way hit the bull’s eye when she said ODC’s dancers, newly returned from a month-long tour of Southeast Asia, are “in absolutely top form.” They are, and they proved it with ease and grace this past Friday, the opening night of...

Categories: dance

March 7, 2010

The Kate McGarry Trio at the SF Jazz Festival

On Sunday evening, the Kate McGarry Trio performed at the Swedish-American Hall on upper Market Street in San Francisco. McGarry, a vocalist whose sense of jazz is complex, individual and unexpected, was joined onstage by her husband, guitarist Keith Ganz and percussionist Clarence Penn, both terrific musicians. The concert was part of the 2010 SF Jazz Spring Season, which began on February 19 and ends mid-June. The festival presents a myriad of artists of differing musical persuasions,...

Categories: music

March 6, 2010

Jordi Savall and Philharmonia Baroque

Jordi Savall is in town, appearing in not only the Cal Performances Music Before 1850 series but also with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, an organization with which he has a long-standing relationship. A celebrated soloist and the director of his three renowned ensembles—Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Le Concert des Nations—Savall is widely admired not only for his virtuosic playing but as a researcher of early music who has brought many forgotten works to music...

Categories: music

March 4, 2010

New Century Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Serenades and Dances’

Britten's 'Serenade' beautifully interpreted Besides being one of the great song cycles, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a primal piece of music from my childhood. My brother studied the French horn, and he and...

Categories: music