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February 28, 2016

Marin Symphony in “Romance of Rodrigo”

North Bay Symphony promises… Led by Alasdair Neale, the Marin Symphony delivered a solid and entertaining show last Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Marin Center Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium. In the 15 years that Neale has been their Music Director, this orchestra has established its reputation, and this week they polished that. Alasdair prefaced the concert, giving a nod to the other event of the evening. “Thank you for attending this Academy...

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February 4, 2016

The Berkeley Symphony with Tito and Tao

A Polish powerhouse and a chiseled beauty… An evening of surprises lay in store for Berkeley Symphony fans last Thursday, Feb. 4 at Zellerbach Hall. The first was Monday’s announcement that Joana Carneiro, their dynamic conductor, was too sick to fly in from Lisbon for the week of rehearsals and to lead them in a concert that she had titled “Majestic.” ...

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January 31, 2016

“Oboe Bliss” in Mill Valley

The oboe and English horn, instruments that rarely headline, took their spot in the sun last Sunday in Mill Valley’s intimate 142 Throckmorton Theater. The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble often delights in a historical lens on the present by pairing older works with brand new ones, and in this concert, which they named “Oboe Bliss,” they assembled a program around two quintets for wind and strings. ...

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January 24, 2016

California Symphony in “American Roots”

The dawn of jazz The California Symphony pulled off a one-of-a-kind event last Sunday, Jan. 24, in Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts. Led by an enthusiastic Donato Cabrera, an unusual group...

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December 6, 2015

Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choirs celebrate the holiday season

The joyful ring of young voices There is nothing quite so angelic sounding as children’s chorus. The light high purity of tone is sweet to the human ear,...

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December 3, 2015

Berkeley Symphony in US Premiere of bayan concerto

Near miss in “Mystical” The Berkeley Symphony’s winter concert, held last Thursday, December 3, explored the twin threads of mysticism and musical construction. Each of the three pieces on their program came from a religious framework and a fascination with structure, an unusual pairing that is the sort of intelligent programming we have come to expect from conductor Joana Carneiro, now beginning her seventh year at the helm of the Berkeley Symphony. The center of...

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