Reviewed by James Roy MacBean
Friday January 02, 2015 - 11:39:00 AM
Berkeley’s First Congregational Church was once again the venue for San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s annual New Year’s Eve concert. Led by Music Director Ben Simon, SFCO offers free concerts throughout the year at various locations in the Bay Area; but their New Year’s Eve concerts are a particular favorite with local classical music lovers. This year the program featured Mozart’s overture to Così fan tutte, Prokofiev’s First Symphony, “the Classical,” and, after intermission, young violinist Stephen Waart playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E-minor.
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