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Mar
16
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Moonlighting

Program

  • Philip Glass — String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”

    • II. November 25 - Ichigaya

    • III. Grandmother and Kimitake

    • IV. 1962: Body Building

    • VI. Mishima / Closing

  • Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto in E minor, RV. 278

    • Victor Romasevich, violin

Intermission

  • Alexander Borodin — String Quartet No. 2

Michelle Maruyama - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

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Dec
15
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: (Winter)

Program

  • Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (Fatto per la notte di Natale, “Christmas Concerto”)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

    • Michelle Maruyama, violin

    • Brooks Fisher, oboe

  • Christopher Wilson - Suite for String Orchestra

Michelle Maruyama - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

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May
19
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Romantic Favorites

Program

  • W. A. Mozart - String Quartet in D Major K. 155

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Four Violins

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - Romance (arr. Naughtin)

  • Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 (arr. Naughtin)

  • Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Naughtin)

Michelle Maruyama - Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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Mar
3
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Winter Concert

Program

  • W.A. Mozart - Divertimento No.1 in D Major, K.136

  • Joseph Haydn - Concerto for Violin in G Major

    • featuring Michelle Maruyama

  • Charles Ives - String Quartet No. 1

  • Joseph Bracket - Simple Gifts (arr. Matthew Naughton)

Michelle Maruyama– Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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Dec
10
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Fall Concert

Program

  • W.A. Mozart - Divertimento No.3

  • Vivaldi - Autumn from 4 Seasons,

    • Featuring Michelle Maruyama

  • Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony

Michelle Maruyama – Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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May
21
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Spring Concert

Program

  • W.A. Mozart - String Quartet in C Minor K 157

  • Edward Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)

  • J.S. Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor

  • Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite

    • I. Prelude

    • II. Sarabande

    • III. Gavotte + Musette

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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Mar
5
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Winter Concert

Program

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins

  • Edward Elgar - Elegy, Op. 58

  • William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Dec
11
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Fall Concert

Program

  • J.S. Bach - Concerto for Violin in A minor

  • William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama

  • George Walker - Lyric for Strings

  • Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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May
22
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Spring Concert

Program

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Spring and Winter from The Four Seasons

  • Florence Price - Adoration

  • Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5

  • Klezmer Quartet, Mov’t. 2, arr. Jory Fankuchen

  • J. S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director, Conductor, and Violin
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Proof of vaccination and masks may be required based on directives from the venue and San Francisco Department of Public Health, venue requirements, and policies of the San Francisco Civic Music Association.

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Dec
12
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Fall Concert

Program

  • Edward Elgar - Serenade for Strings

  • Scott Joplin - Solace and Elite Syncopations

  • George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso Op 6. No. 7

  • Joseph Haydn - Divertimento in E-flat

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello - Chaconne a 6

Thomas Alexander - Guest Music Director

Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Mar
1
4:00 PM16:00

Civic Strings: La Folia

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Program

  • Sue Hubbard - Early Day

    • Alexander Armstead, horn

    • Kelly Savage, piano

  • Francesco Gemeniani - Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 5, No. 12 “La Folia”

    • David Busch, violin

    • Michael Choi, violin

    • Drew Guenzer, cello

  • Davide Verotta - A Winter of Disquiet

    • Michael Choi, violin

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 “L’Estate”

    • Chili Ekman, violin

Robert Howard – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Nov
6
8:00 PM20:00

Civic Strings: Can I Borrow That? Misattributions, Appropriations, and Flat-out Stealing

Program

  • Martini - Plaisir D'amour
  • Handel - Arias from "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" on Sax
  • "Albinoni" - Adagio in G minor
  • Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor
  • Haydn - "Mozart's" Symphony 37

Brian Bosely, Alto Saxophone Soloist

Thomas Alexander – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10

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