Violinist

Fanny Mendelssohn and Gustav Mahler brush shoulders with composers of our time, past and present connecting through musical memories.

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Midnight Memories:  Mendelssohn, Mahler, Moderns

Noe Valley Ministry

Experience the stormy relationship between Richard Wagner and the French Romantics. Initially captivated by Wagner’s bold innovations, French composers embraced his music as a model. However, following the Franco-Prussian War, a surge of patriotism led them to reject German influence, sparking a search for a distinctly Gallic musical identity. This shift coincided with a broader rebellion against Romanticism, pushing the French toward a new musical language that anticipated modernism.Yet despite their efforts, did they ever truly escape Wagner’s shadow?

Wagner And The French: A Love-hate Relationship

Hanna Center

A lost highway, witches, folk songs… Volti joins Left Coast for an eclectic, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling sonic journey. New works from LJ White and Todd Kitchen, exploring instability and dreams, contrast with the humor of Laurie San Martin’s Witches and Benjamin Britten’s tender folk song arrangements.

On the Threshold of Dreamland

First Church of Christ, Scientist

The last works of Luigi Nono and Franz Schubert, performed back to back, reveal a sense of deep beauty, profound unease, and a sensitivity to the close connection between happiness and sorrow on the threshold of life and death.

Schubert Quintet: Hay que caminar

First Church of Christ Scientist

Genre-breaking works from the 20th and 21st centuries immerse the listener in interactions between poetry, music, and the human voice. The composers explore the extremes of drama and poetry within the intimate setting of chamber music.

Fall Cabaret: Pierrot Lunaire

Berkeley Hillside Club

From pleasing to provocative, intellectual to insouciant, this program sheds light on the many facets of 20th-century Mexican and Argentinian classical compositions. Feel the passion and intensity of the tango in Piazzola’s renowned “Seasons”, juxtaposed with the exhilarating and profound string quartet “Música de Feria” by Revueltas. The program also features the graceful compositions of Manuel Ponce, offering a glimpse into the elegant charm of his musical creations. Works by 20th-century composers Alberto Ginastera (Argentina) and Mario Lavista (Mexico) top off an exciting and varied program.

Mexico and Argentina

Hanna Boys Center

After a successful first collaboration last season, VMMF returns to the gorgeous patio of the La Luz Center in Sonoma for another Alfresco evening. Get together with two striking string quartets by early 20th Century Mexican composers Silvestre Revueltas and Miguel Bernal Jiménez. To close this concert, the vibrant and colorful sounds of local favorite and sibling trio Raiz del Real will bring the essence of Son Huasteco to life.

Alfresco 2

La Luz Center

A free family-friendly lunchtime concert- bring you kids and picnic!

The New Farm Community Concert

The New Farm

Strauss’s eulogy to the world he knew and loved is an outpouring of emotion, and one of his most intimate works. Metamorphosen is paired with other works that extract maximum power from small forces: Berio’s virtuosic Sequenza and the world premiere of Bahar Royaee’s viola concerto.

Metamorphosen

Volti and Left Coast meet in a new work by Chris Castro for storyteller and musicians, which explores the connection between sound and the spoken word in tales from the west coast. The human relationship to our environment forms a through-line from romantic to experimental musical sensibilities.

Violinist

Phyllis Kamrin

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 31 - Feb 1, 2026

Metamorphosen · Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

20 - 21 Mar, 2026

Sound Stories · Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Past events

1 - 2 Nov, 2025

Midnight Memories: Mendelssohn, Mahler, Moderns · Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Jul 13, 2025

Wagner And The French: A Love-hate Relationship · Valley of the Moon Music Festival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Viola in Metamorphosen by Strauss

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Viola in Siegfried Idyll by Wagner

Valley of the Moon Music Festival

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