Groupmuse: Violin Duos + Piano – Montgomery, Bartok, Prokofiev, & more!

Thursday, September 25, 2031 @ 11:00pm – 1:00am (EDT)
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Jessie Montgomery – Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
Béla Bartók – Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104
Sergei Prokofiev – "I. Andante cantabile" & "II. Allegro" from Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
Dmitri Shostakovich – Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano
Solo Piano Improvisation

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Groupmuse: Love Matters – Duet Concert

Friday, September 26, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
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Nadia Boulanger – 3 Pieces for Cello & Piano
Rebecca Clarke – I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

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Groupmuse: Seth Russell – Bach & Bloch

Friday, September 26, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Georg Philipp Telemann – Oboe Sonata in A minor, TWV 41:a3
Ernest Bloch – Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello

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Groupmuse: Beethoven on a Beautifully-Restored Steinway

Friday, September 26, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
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Ludwig van Beethoven – 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
John Corigliano – Fantasia on an Ostinato (for piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

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Groupmuse: Mozart Violin Sonatas with Francisco Fullana & Audrey Vardanega

Friday, September 26, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
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Evening of Violin Sonatas by W.A. Mozart featuring violinist Francisco Fullana & pianist Audrey Vardanega. Livestreamed from Oakland, CA.

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Groupmuse: Spotlight on Schubert's C minor Piano Sonata

Saturday, September 27, 2031 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
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Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Hungarian Song Op. 21 No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Study for the Left Hand, Anh.4/2 (after Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90, No. 2)
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958

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Groupmuse: Musaics of the Bay Virtual Season Premiere 2020 – Dvorak Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65

Saturday, September 27, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
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Antonín Dvořák's Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, featuring Avery Fisher Award-winning violinist Alexi Kenney, SF Opera Assistant Principal Cellist Peter Myers, & Musaics of the Bay Artistic Director/Founder/pianist Audrey Vardanega.

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Groupmuse: Kaleidoscopic Sound Sphere – Messiaen & Liszt

Saturday, September 27, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
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Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Olivier Messiaen – Selections from Préludes pour piano

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Groupmuse: The Other Computer Keyboard

Saturday, September 27, 2031 @ 9:00pm – 11:00pm (EDT)
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Johann Sebastian Bach – French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Béla Bartók – Suite. Op. 14, Sz. 62, BB 70
Johannes Brahms – "II. Intermezzo" & "III. Capriccio" from 7 Fantasien, Op. 116
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Rondo for Piano in D major, KV 485

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Groupmuse: EPlanetarymuse – The McCain Duo Bring Its Story to Life!

Thursday, October 9, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
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James Kazik – Gangbusters
David Wilborn – "I. Tango Nuevo" & "II. Boogie" from Jazz Triptych
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – King Rene's Aria from Iolanta, Op. 69
George Gershwin – Three Preludes
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, arr. Marcus Wilcher – Pure Imagination

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Groupmuse: Musaics of the Bay Presents Schubert Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956 [LIVE]

Friday, October 10, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
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Join Musaics of the Bay for this masterpiece of string ensemble writing. Featuring violinists Francisco Fullana & Lisa Lee; violist Jonathan Vinocour; & cellists Peter Myers & Tanya Tomkins.

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Groupmuse: Scriabin & Chopin – Discipleship Through Their Preludes [LIVE]

Friday, October 10, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 8:40pm (EDT)
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Frédéric Chopin – 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Alexander Scriabin – 24 Preludes, Op. 11

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Groupmuse: Max Tan and Friends #3 – A Chausson & Faure Premiere

Friday, October 10, 2031 @ 7:45pm – 9:45pm (EDT)
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Ernest Chausson, arr. anon. – Poème, Op. 25 arranged for violin, piano, & string quartet
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

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Groupmuse: Zaks-Ratinov Duo Debut [LIVE]

Saturday, October 11, 2031 @ 6:45pm – 8:45pm (EDT)
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Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30, No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
George Gershwin, arr. Jascha Heifetz – "Summertime" & "It Ain’t Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess (featuring jazz improvisation)

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Groupmuse: Liz Hogg, guitar – October Awakening! [LIVE]

Saturday, October 11, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
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Wenzel Matiegka – Grande Sonata No. 2 In A minor
Johann Kaspar Mertz – "III. An Die Entfernte" & "V. Fingals-Höhle" from Bardenklänge, Op. 13
Francisco Mignone – Twelve Etudes, No. 1
Joe Pass – Minor Detail
Manuel Ponce – Six Preludes, Nos. 5 & 6
Carmen Farré De Prat – Billiken (Vals)

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Groupmuse: The Human Voice – A World Premiere

Monday, October 13, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EDT)
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Premiere screening of La voix humaine, an experimental film concert by soprano/director Natalia Pavlova, featuring the single-voice opera of the same name by Francis Poulenc.

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Groupmuse: A Collage of Violin Music – II [LIVE]

Wednesday, October 15, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
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Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Gavotte en Rondeau" from Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1
Eugène Ysaÿe – "I. L'Aurore" from Violin Sonata No. 5 in G major, Op. 27
Paul Hindemith – "III. Sehr lebhafte Viertel" & "IV. Intermezzo, Lied ganz leise und zar zu spielen" from Violin Sonata Op. 31, No. 1
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Etude No. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Sarabande" & "IV. Gigue" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Duo for two violins Op. 70 No. 1: "Allegro moderato"
Giuseppe Verdi – "Questa o quella per me pari sono" & "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto (arr. for 2 violins)

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Groupmuse: Emil Altschuler Solo Violin Recital [LIVE]

Thursday, October 16, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
Niccolò Paganini – Caprice No. 20
Eugène Ysaÿe – Violin Sonata Op. 27, No. 3 in D minor, "Ballade"
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, arr. Vicente Zito & Ruggierro Ricci – La cumparsita
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Etude No. 3

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Groupmuse: Cello/Piano ‘Muse – Chopin, Beethoven, Martinu, & Vali [LIVE]

Thursday, October 16, 2031 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (EDT)
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Frédéric Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3
Bohuslav Martinů– Variations sur un thème Slovaque, H.378
Reza Vali – "I. Longing", "II. In Memory of a Lost Beloved", & "IV. Love Drunk ("Mastom-Mastom")" from Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 16C
Ludwig van Beethoven – "III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace." from Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – "Garden Scene" from Incidental Music from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11

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Groupmuse: No Weddings & a Funeral – Music by composers who just couldn't seal the deal [LIVE]

Friday, October 17, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
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Johann Sebastian Bach – "Christ lag in Todes Banden" from Christ lag in Todes Banden ("Christ lay in death's bonds"), BWV 4
Alexander von Zemlinsky – Humoreske
Franz Liszt, arr. David Plylar – Selections from Consolations, S. 172
Johannes Brahms, arr. David Plylar – Selections from 16 Waltzes, Op. 39
Griffin Candey – I'm Fine, It's Fine
Frédéric Chopin, arr. David Plylar – Selected Preludes
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Eddie Rumzis – "III. Das Wiedersehen: Vivacissimamente" from Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

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