ChamberWORKS

Revel in a new music experience. Members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra perform in this intimate and eclectic evening of music, directed by Aria Umezawa.

Performers:
Barbara Riccardi, violin
Maki Ishii Sowash, violin
Natalia Vershilova, viola
Victoria Ehrlich, cello
Ruth Lane, cello
Zachariah Spellman, tuba

Program:

Luigi Boccherini – “Fandango” from Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448 (1798)

Barbara Riccardi – violin
Maki Ishii Sowash – violin
Natalia Vershilova – viola
Victoria Ehrlich – cello
Ruth Lane – cello
Zachariah Spellman – castanets

William Presser – Seven Duets for Violin and Tuba (1981)

I. Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro
V. Allegretto
VI. Allegretto
VII. Allegro

Barbara Riccardi – violin
Zachariah Spellman – tuba

John Mackey – Wrong Mountain Stomp (2004)

I. Mama, I’m Leavin’
II. Billy, I’m Leavin’
III. This Train’s Leavin’

Maki Ishii Sowash – violin
Natalia Vershilova – viola
Victoria Ehrlich – cello

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Anton Arensky – String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35 (1894)

I. Moderato
II. Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
III. Finale

Barbara Riccardi – violin
Natalia Vershilova – viola
Victoria Ehrlich – cello
Ruth Lane – cello

[ENCORE]
Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto, “La donna è mobile”
Arrangement by Peter Grunberg

Barbara Riccardi – violin
Maki Ishii Sowash – violin
Natalia Vershilova – viola
Victoria Ehrlich – cello
Ruth Lane – cello
Zachariah Spellman – tuba