Old First Concerts Schedule – January – March 2018

Friday, January 5 at 8 pm Audrey Vardanega and friends Audrey Vardanega, piano; Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez, viola, Chase Park, cello. Music by Rachmaninoff and Brahms

Sunday, January 7 at 4 pm Paul Psarras, guitar. Grammy-nominated guitarist Paul Psarras performs works by Weiss, Rodrigo, Sainz de la Maza, Brouwer, and Gaultier.

Sunday, January 21 at 4 pm Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Students from the Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts perform chamber works by Dvořák, Tedesco, C. Schumann, Milhaud, Haydn, and Weber.

Friday, January 26 at 8 pm Jason Chiu, piano Jason Chiu presents a solo piano program exploring the connections between sound and feeling, with works by Beethoven, Schumann, Griffes, and Liebermann.

Sunday, January 28 at 4 pm Ives Collective Receiving Mozart’s Spirit Elizabeth Schumann, piano; Robin Sharp, violin; Susan Freier, viola; Stephen Harrison, cello Works by Mozart and Beethoven.

Friday, February 2 at 8 pm Piano, Clarinet, and Strings attached Lawrence London, clarinet; Victor Romasevich, violin; Michael Jones, violin; Stephen Levintow, viola; Jill Brindel, cello; Arkadi Serper, piano; Marilyn Thompson, piano Featuring chamber works for piano, clarinet, and strings by Iosif Andriasov, Arshak Andriasov, Sergei Taneyev, Aram Khatchaturian, and Lawrence London.

Sunday, February 4 at 2 pm ***note special time*** Centennial Festival Stephen Bailey, piano; Christopher Basso, piano; Sarah Cahill, piano; Tim Day, flute; Daniel Glover, piano; Louise Costigan-Kerns, piano; Jeffrey LaDeur, piano; Laura Magnani, piano; Katherine McKee Roberts, alto; Carlos Ortega, clarinet; Pete Paesaroch, piano; Robert Schwartz, piano; Brent Smith, piano; Robin Sutherland, piano; ZOFO (Keisuke Nakagoshi & Eva-Maria Zimmermann), piano four-hands Program will include selections from Book I & II; ; ; Premiere Rhapsodie; L’isle joyeuse; Syrinx; selected Preludes and Etudes, and more!

Sunday, February 11 at 4 pm Wooden Fish Ensemble Thomas Schultz, piano; Shoko Hikage, koto/bass koto; Hyunjung Choi, violin Featuring music of Hyo-shin Na, including two World Premieres, along with music by the Belgian post-modernist Boudewijn Buckinx, and selections from the Japanese traditional music repertoire.

Sunday, February 25 at 4 pm Chopin Birthday Gala Eric Lu, piano. 19-year old phenom and winner of several international Chopin competitions in an exclusive appearance.

Sunday, March 4 at 4 pm Trio Foss Hrabba Atladottir, violin; Nina Flyer, cello; Joseph Irrera, piano. Works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Martinu.

Friday, March 9 at 8 pm Robert Stallman, flute with Isabel Chapuis, flute and Dmitriy Cogan, piano. Works by C.P.E. Bach, Dvořák, Ravel, Jeanjean, Taktakishvili, and Schubert.

Sunday, March 11 at 4 pm Trois Bois Laura Reynolds, oboe; David Granger, bassoon; and Patricia Shands, clarinet. Creativity in times of Insecurity – all American program from the 20th and 21st century.

Friday, March 16 at 8 pm Holes in the Floor: Cello Quartet Jonathan Butler, cello; Eunghee Cho, cello; Yejin Hong, cello; Joy Yanai, cello West Coast Premieres by Jeremy Crosmer and Bosba Panh, along with works by Alexandre Tansman and Laszlo Varga’s arrangement of the Ciaccona from J. S. Bach’s Violin Partita.

Sunday, March 18 at 4 pm Junior Bach Festival Old First Concerts presents some of the best young performers in the Bay-area in this annual event – playing works by J. S. Bach. Special discount pricing!

Friday, March 23 at 8 pm Bin Huang, violin; Frank Lévy, piano Winner of the Paganini competition among others, Bin Huang presents Brahms’ three Violin Sonatas.

Sunday, March 25 at 4 pm Ed Neeman, piano West Coast Premiere of Larry Sitsky’s Piano Sonata No. 1, ‘Retirer d’en bas de l’eau’, plus Jan Ladislav Dussek’s final sonata, ‘L’invocation’, and Paul Schoenfield’s Peccadilloes.