Chamber Music in San Francisco

Date: Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 AM PST

Esmé Quartet Robert Greenberg Host · Lecturer

Format: ChamberTicketed: $70-$90

Venue: Herbst Theatre • Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area • Map • Details

The Esmé Quartet has enjoyed a tremendously successful debut as San Francisco Performances Artists-in-Residence, bringing exciting new energy to the popular Saturday morning series with music historian Dr. Robert Greenberg . Reviewing the Esmé’s Schubert series debut last season, SF Classical Voice said, “All in all, it was a terrific performance that made you look forward to more Schubert and whatever other works the Esmé brings to San Francisco.” Saturday Mornings combine full performances of works complemented by fun, factual commentary. Audience members find them the perfect way to kick off the weekend with music and fellow music-lovers—a San Francisco Performances tradition for more than 30 years! Program: From Old World to New ERICH KORNGOLD: String Quartet No. 2 FRITZ KREISLER: String Quartet in A Minor

Rhythmic vitality and playful melodies will invite you to tap your toes, lean in, and feel the beat. Marcus Roberts Trio joins New Century to bring fresh life to the music of Gerswhin and Ellington with striking cohesion.

This event is SOLD OUT! Rush tickets may be released 5-15 minutes prior to the concert from the Box Office.Through SFCM’s unique Chamber Music Residency Series, Chamber Music Students have the opportunity to experience high profile performance opportunities and to study and perform closely with exciting and world renowned chamber musicians. This program will feature Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park as a cello and piano duo and SFCM Composition graduate, Yangfan Xu.

The SFCM Pre-College & Continuing Education Brass Ensembles join the world-renowned brass quintet Canadian Brass for an exciting Side-by-Side concert.ProgramFinal program details will be announced upon availability. Featured ArtistsCanadian Brass

Thea Musgrave: Threnody; Jonathan Russell: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, West Coast premiere; Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K581. Current clarinetist Jerome Simas, dedicatee Anton Stadler/composer Russell not assumed live guests. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Exact current native identity/printed full date/12-/24-hour main clock/physical place and named aware Event start, not misleading dated slug. Noe reused, Berkeley scientist church not First Congregational; unverified Berkeley 94720 ZIP omitted. Piedmont separately reviewed Bay Area subset. Maps/community presentation and Displacement talk unactivated; no end, ordinary price or extra performer invented, no provider request.

Nicole Lizée: Another Living Soul; Kagel: String Quartet No.1; Paul Novak: impossible inventions, four movements; Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.2 F major Op22. Lizée/Lizeé source accent variation is not a different musician; no animated-film screening. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Current native post/printed full year/main clock/actual venue plus agreeing named aware schema, public ticket link. Eight physical starts, not extra Livestream Tickets rows or inferred two-hour ends. Noe/Crowden exact identities reused; Menlo Park/Palo Alto source-only reviewed peninsula places. Existing SFCM February collaboration remains SFCM-owned. Quartet membership comes from this programme’s Performers billing, not a generic bio; unknown adult price not free or computed from donations, no Zeffy request.

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor. ProgramFinal program details will be announced upon availability.