San Francisco Performances presents a lecture by Robert Greenberg and performance by the Alexander String Quartet
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705-1247 USA
10:00 AM, Saturday, January 28, 2017
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[10:03 AM band onstage; pause for RG]
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1825)
George Rochberg (1918-2005): String Quartet No. 3, 1971 (excerpt)
Another pleasant morning in Berkeley. Kinda bright in the church today, what with reflected light bouncing in through the big side windows of the church. Probably would have been more comfortable if I'd put my sunglasses on, but that seemed just a little sacrilegious, so I settled for squinting or keeping my eyes shut most of the time instead.
I was surprised that the second half of the program was abridged – although Greenberg talked about the entire Rocheberg piece and had ASQ play many musical excerpts, they ultimately performed only the 3rd Movemement. Maybe the church had another event scheduled and asked to make sure that things were wrapped up by 1 PM? I dunno. Seemed kinda strange to me.
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