Cal Performances – Past Concerts

Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain
Franz Liszt — Totentanz, S. 126
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" ("Bridgetower")
Dmitri Shostakovich — From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Souvenir d'un lieu cher ("Memory of a dear place"), Op. 42
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 34

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3 "Kaiser"
Amy Beach — Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3

Antoine Brumel — Missa Et Ecce terræ motus ("Earthquake Mass")
David Lang — sun-centered (Cal Performances co-commission)

Lotta Wennäkoski — Pige (Bay Area premiere, Cal Performances co-commission)
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"

Sergei Prokofiev — Sarcasms, Op. 17
Karol Szymanowski — Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36
Claude Debussy — Pour le piano ("For the piano"), L. 95
Johannes Brahms — Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 33 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33 "Sun Quartet No. 3"
Alban Berg — String Quartet, Op. 3
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2

Multi-instrumentalist/conductor/musical polymath Jordi Savall offers a rare and precious gift – a special presentation of selections from Claudio Monteverdi’s Madrigals of Love and War.

Innovative new music sextet yMusic presents new music by Gabriella Smith & Andrew Norman, as well as works by the ensemble's composer-performers.

Johann Sebastian Bach – French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Claude Debussy – Études, Book 1 (selections)
Frederic Chopin – Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Frederic Chopin – Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Frederic Chopin – Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Frederic Chopin – Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

Premiere of Steel Hammer, a new film featuring the acclaimed oratorio – a meditation on over 200 versions of the "John Henry" folk ballad – by Bang on a Can co-founder/Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe.

Franz Schubert – Impromptu in A-flat major, D. 935, No. 2
Franz Schubert – Impromptu No. 2 in A-flat major D. 935 No. 2
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894

Acclaimed Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Recorded at the Bach Archive in Leipzig, Germany.

Soprano Julia Bullock presents a characteristically diverse & thoughtfully curated program, with music by Hugo Wolf, Margaret Bonds, John Adams, & more. Recorded in Bleibach, Germany.

Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D minor Op. 76, No. 2 "Quinten"
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106, B. 192

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique
Leoš Janáček – Selections from On an Overgrown Path, Book 1
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

In a recital perfect for holiday viewing by the whole family, Yo-Yo Ma and acclaimed pianist Kathryn Stott join forces for a diverse concert recorded in mid-November at Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) Concert Hall.

Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69

Composer/flutist/vocalist Nathalie Joachim collaborates with Chicago’s Spektral Quartet in her Fanm d’Ayiti, a kaleidoscopic suite celebrating the songs & stories of Haiti’s most compelling female artists.