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Old First Presbyterian Church classical concerts

Polk Gulch · San Francisco

Associated programming: Old First Concerts

Old First Presbyterian Church is the historic Sacramento Street sanctuary used by Old First Concerts for chamber music, recitals, new music, and guest ensembles.

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Noël Wan – Les fleurs du mal

Sunday, September 20 at 4:00 PM · Ticketed

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Planning a visit to Old First Presbyterian Church

Choose Old First for an independent recital or chamber program in a working church sanctuary. Confirm the presenter, seating and admission format, concert entrance, accessibility arrangements, neighborhood parking or transit, run time, and current ticket terms; worship schedules and concert operations are separate.

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Before or after the performance

Check current hours, performance-day service, travel time, and reservations before relying on any stop.

  • Restaurant

    Octavia

    A reservation-oriented neighborhood restaurant for a full dinner before the concert; coordinate the booking with curtain and walking time.

  • Restaurant

    Harris' Restaurant

    A traditional steakhouse option on Van Ness for a planned pre-performance meal; reserve and allow enough time for full service.

  • Quick bite

    Saint Frank Coffee

    A Polk Street coffee stop suited to an earlier recital or a lighter plan; verify the selected location's current hours before visiting.

  • Attraction

    Haas-Lilienthal House

    Visit the preserved Victorian house on a scheduled tour before the concert, checking tour dates, admission, and closing time in advance.

  • Attraction

    San Francisco Cable Car Museum

    A free daytime museum stop for the city's operating cable-car machinery and history; confirm hours and the route to the venue.

7 artists • 5 composers • 4 formats • 14 venues • 2 neighborhoods

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Date: Sun, Sep 20, 4:00 PM PDT

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Venue: Old First Concerts Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area Details

One of classical harp’s most distinctive emerging soloists, Noël Wan brings together her unique artistic voice and intellectual imagination in an all-new solo program, Les fleurs du mal. Pairing pieces by beloved late Romantic composers with exquisite twenty-first century works, she and her harp conjure a tangled, efflorescent world of decadence, perversion, and beauty.

Date: Sun, Sep 27, 4:00 PM PDT

Venue: Old First Concerts Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area Details

Atom String Quartet is one of the most original chamber ensembles in the world, combining the tremendous skills of a classical string quartet with broadly understood improvisation, inspired by Polish folklore, world music, as well as contemporary and classical music.

Date: Fri, Oct 16, 8:00 PM PDT

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Venue: Old First Concerts Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area Details

Women of Note is the Kloetzel-Chapman Duo’s multi-season project celebrating cello and piano repertoire by women which, through thoughtfully curated programs demonstrate that this music belongs at the center of the cello and piano repertoire, not at its margins. Their program with Old First Concerts features music by Hélène Liebmann, Luise Le Beau, Mel Bonis, and Leokadiya Kashperova.

Date: Sun, Oct 25, 4:00 PM PDT

Venue: Old First Concerts Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area Details

“Ari” is a Korean word with multiple meanings: big river, wisdom, and beauty. Ensemble Ari is a group of Korean American musicians in San Francisco who aim to share these qualities with the community. Their innovative program features three contemporary multi-media works for chamber ensemble and video by Luke Dzwonczyk, Danny Clay, and Jean Ahn, as well as Fauré’s beloved Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15.

Date: Sun, Nov 15, 4:00 PM PST

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Venue: Old First Concerts Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area Details

What does it mean to be home and yet not home? Award-winning new music group E4TT explores this duality with Shostakovich’s From Jewish Folk Poetry, the World Premiere of Alex Malinas’ Skazka (Fairytale), and new music by Mary Bianco, Andrea Casarrubios, David Garner, and Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby.

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