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RARELY-PLAYED SCHUMANN HIGHLIGHTS HEALDSBURG RECITALby Terry McNeill Saturday, July 10, 2021  Brave New Music sporadically produces concerts in and around Healdsburg, and July 10’s violin recital in downtown St. Paul’s Church must have been one of the first post-lockdown, post-be-extra-careful classical music concerts in Sonoma County's summer season.
New Music Founder Gary McLaughlin with
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ECHOS ON A WARM SUMMER NIGHTby Abby Wasserman Saturday, July 10, 2021  ECHO Chamber Orchestra’s first concert in a year and a half, “A Musical Promenade,” was a promenade indeed. When patrons arrived at San Anselmo’s First Presbyterian Church for the 6:00 performance July 10, they were funneled through the garden to the Duncan Hall patio, where folding chairs were set
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LONG DISTANCE LOVE BEGINS VOM SUMMER FESTIVALby Pamela Hicks Gailey Thursday, June 24, 2021  The Valley of the Moon Music Festival offered a 7th season preview June 24 with a stunning online concert, aptly named Long Distance Love, featuring inspired performances of Beethoven's short song cycle An die ferne Geliebte,, and selections from Brahms’ beloved Liebeslieder Wal
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ROMERO'S ARTISTRY IN SLV RECITAL PROGRAMMING AND PERFORMANCEby Terry McNeill Wednesday, June 2, 2021  Gustavo Romero has been an admired visitor to North Bay stages, playing over a decade recitals at Dominican University, the Music at Oakmont concerts and at the Spring Lake Village Concert Series.
He returned June 2 to SLV in a virtual recital, videoed from his home concert hall the University of N
by Terry McNeill Sunday, May 16, 2021  The inaugural concert of a new Mendocino County chamber group is a reason for celebration, and the Rubicon Trio made the most of a mixed musical menu during a May16 virtual concert.
Presented by the Ukiah Symphony Orchestra as the last in their “Salons with the Symphony” Series, the Rubicon began w
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PIANO VIRTUOSITY IN YAKUSHEV'S REDWOOD ARTS RECITALby Nicki Bell Sunday, May 16, 2021  Russian pianist Ilya Yakushev’s recital for the Redwood Arts Council was perhaps the local season’s virtual music at the greatest distance, as the filming May 16 came from a church in St. Petersburg. And good filming it was, with multiple camera viewpoints of the church, full and split screens and
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STYLISH HAYDN QUARTETS CLOSE GREEN ROOM SERIESby Terry McNeill Sunday, May 9, 2021  Completing the Green Music Center’s spring series series of “Green Room” virtual concerts, the St. Lawrence String Quartet played May 9 a lightweight program of two Haydn works. Lightweight perhaps, but in every way satisfying.
The G Major Quartet (Op. 76, No.1) began the music that was supplement
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ECLECTIC PIANISM IN SPRING LAKE VILLAGE VIRTUAL RECITALby Terry McNeill Wednesday, May 5, 2021  During the pandemic The Santa Rosa Symphony’s virtual concerts received their due in performance praise, but another series, Spring Lake Village, more quietly presented monthly virtual concerts to a select local audience.
May 5 saw the latest event, produced by impresario Robert Hayden, and feature
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SONIC CONTRASTS HIGHLIGHT SANTA ROSA SYMPHONY SPRING PROGRAMby Terry McNeill Sunday, April 25, 2021  In a curious mixture of compositions, the Santa Rosa Symphony’s penultimate virtual concert of the season April 25 unfolded in ways both highly satisfying and a bit perplexing.
Directed by resident Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong, the event followed a familiar format – several contemporary wor
by Steve Osborn Sunday, March 28, 2021  The Santa Rosa Symphony took a cautious step toward the return of live music in their March 28 virtual concert by sharing the stage with an actual live soloist rather than an apparition. Star cellist Zuill Bailey was still masked, and his back was toward the equally masked and plexiglassed orchestra
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ACOUSTIC CLARITY AT LASTby Terry McNeillSunday, August 24, 2014
After years of chamber music frustration in Sonoma State University's Ives and Weill halls, the Trio Navarro basked in acoustical clarity Aug. 24 at their debut concert in the university's new Schroeder Hall.
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