Arts Listings

Classical Music in the East Bay: APRIL 23 THROUGH MAY 2

By Bay City News
Sunday April 18, 2010 - 11:04:00 PM

BERKELEY CITY CLUB --  

Stern-Prior-Moore-Mok Quartet, April 28, 8 p.m. Piano quartet  

performs works by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and Brahms. $10-$25.  

2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley. (510) 848-7800,  

www.berkeleycityclub.com.< 

 

CROWDEN MUSIC CENTER --  

Kay Stern and Joan Nagano, May 2, 3 p.m. Violinist Stern and  

pianist Nagano perform works by Geminiani, Enescu, Ravel and Monti. $25.  

(510) 527-7500. 

1475 Rose St., Berkeley. (510) 559-6910,  

www.crowdenmusiccenter.org.< 

 

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF BERKELEY --  

Lauda Jerusalem, April 25, 5 p.m. Program features works by Haydn,  

Bach and others. $12-$25. (510) 547-4441. 

The Mythic Thread, April 26, 8 p.m. Program features works by  

Maryliz Smith, Samuel Barber and Tatjana Sergejewa. $20. (415) 413-4733. 

Concerto Koln, May 1, 8 p.m. Program features works by Dauvergne,  

Bach and Vivaldi. $52. www.calperformances.org. 

"Bach St. John Passion,'' May 2, 4 p.m. California Bach Society  

presents this beloved work in concert. $10-$30. (415) 262-0272. 

2345 Channing Way, Berkeley. (510) 848-3696, www.fccb.org.< 

 

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH --  

"Friday Morning Concert,'' April 30, 10:30 a.m. Program features  

works by J.S. Bach, Samuel Barber and Chopin. Free.  

2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek. < 

 

HERTZ HALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY --  

"57th Annual Noon Concert Series,'' ongoing. Noon. Apr. 28:  

Midyanto conducts music from Indonesia.  

Apr. 30: University Gospel Chorus presents "Hollywood be thy  

Name.''  

Bach-Bachians, April 25, 3 p.m. Program features works by Husa,  

Ellerby, Wood, Grainger and Mackey. $5-$15.  

"A Symphony of Psalms,'' May 1, 8 p.m. Program features works by  

Stravinsky, Brotniansky, Gretchaninoff, Rachmaninoff and Part. $5-$15.  

Bancroft Way and College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 642-4864,  

http://music.berkeley.edu.< 

 

LESHER CENTER FOR THE ARTS --  

Visions and Dreams, May 2 and May 4, 4 p.m. California Symphony  

presents works by Mason Bates, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. $44-$64.  

1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. (925) 943-7469,  

www.lesherartscenter.com.< 

 

LIVE OAK THEATRE --  

"John Brown's Truth, a 21st Century Opera,'' April 25, 8 p.m.  

Attend the Bay Area's first full-length musically improvised opera.  

www.johnbrownstruthopera.com. 

1301 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 841-5580.< 

 

MUSIC SOURCES --  

Canconier, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Program features medieval German  

works. $15-$20.  

1000 The Alameda at Marin, Berkeley. (510) 528-1685,  

http://www.musicsources.org/.< 

 

REGENTS' THEATER --  

"MasterGuild Concert,'' April 25, 7 p.m. Program features works by  

Beethoven and Shostakovich. $5-$20.  

Valley Center for the Performing Arts, Holy Names University, 3500  

Mountain Blvd., Oakland. www.hnu.edu.< 

 

SAINT MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH --  

"Music for Lorenzo De' Medici and Maximilian I: Isaac's Missa 'La  

Bassadanza','' May 2, 5:30 p.m. MusicSources presents a liturgical  

reconstruction of this work with organ allternatim and plainchat for the  

Order of the Golden Fleece.  

2005 Berryman St., Berkeley. (510) 526-4811,  

www.marymagdalen.org.< 

 

ST. ALBAN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH --  

"The Bright Maiden, the Linden Tree and the Vagabond: Music of  

Medieval Germany,'' April 24, 7:30 p.m. Program features works by Oswald von  

Wolkenstein, Conrad Paumann and others. $15-$20. (510) 528-1685. 

St. Alban's Episcopal Church,, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany. < 

 

ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH --  

Harlem String Quartet, April 24, 2 p.m. Four Seasons Arts presents  

a W. Hazaiah Williams memorial concert.  

2727 College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 845-6830,  

www.stjohns.presbychurch.net.< 

 

ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF BERKELEY --  

Hallifax and Jeffrey, April 23, 6 p.m. Barefoot Chamber Concerts  

presents a program that includes works by John Jenkins, Matthew Lock and  

Christopher Simpson. $10-$15. www.barefootchamberconcerts.com. 

2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. (510) 848-5107,  

http://www.stmarksberkeley.org/.< 

 

ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH --  

Canconier, May 2, 5:30 p.m. Program features a liturgical  

reconstruction of Missa's "La Bassadance'' with organ alternatim and plain  

chant.  

2005 Berryman St., Berkeley. < 

 

TRINITY CHAMBER CONCERTS --  

Les Nations et une Apotheose, April 24, 8 p.m. Program features  

works by Lully, Corelli, Buxtehude, da Selma and more. $8-$12.  

$12 general; $8 seniors, disabled persons and students. Trinity  

Chapel, 2320 Dana St., Berkeley. (510) 549-3864,  

www.trinitychamberconcerts.com.<