Arts Listings
Classical Music in the East Bay: APRIL 23 THROUGH MAY 2
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.<