Arts Listings

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

By Bay City News
Friday April 23, 2010 - 09:53:00 AM

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) 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,CORRECTION: 4 p.m. Attend the Bay Area's first full-length musically improvised opera. www.johnbrownstruthopera.com. Community Music Center 544 Capp St., San Francisco, CA 94709)  

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.<