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Final Gold Coast concert this season: BOUNDLESS
San Francisco Symphony's associate concert master, Nadya Tichman leads all-star group of musicians
Gold Coast Chamber Players joined by San Francisco Symphony musicians for their season finale, ‘Boundless’.
Boundless, the fifth and final concert of Gold Coast Chamber Player’s 2015-2016 series, showcases music by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy and Dmitri Shostakovich for piano and strings. The concert will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM at the Lafayette Library Community Hall, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette. A pre-concert talk will start the evening at 7:00 PM.
San Francisco Symphony, associate concertmaster, Nadya Tichman, returns to Gold Coast for the first time in over twenty years and brings with her some of her most distinguished colleagues from the SF Symphony, including Gold Coast favorite, cellist Amos Yang.
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Famed violinist Midori writes: “The challenge for the Debussy Violin Sonata is the collaboration of senses and spirit. Unlike sonatas from earlier periods, or other sonatas of Debussy's time, the two instruments do not accompany each other per se; rather, one instrument leads with a pulling energy against the counter melody or motif of the other. Ultimately, this creates a different kind of sonority and texture; the two instruments challenge one another but their arguments ultimately bring them closer together.”
The Shostakovich piano quintet is a rare, thought-provoking work. Even a first hearing leaves listeners with the uncanny sense that they already know this work well, and that they have heard something significant. At the same time one is struck with the quintet's originality; nothing sounds hackneyed and Shostakovich’s score comes across as fresh and immediate.
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J.S. Bach’s influence on Shostakovich was tremendous. The choice to begin the program with his fifth cello suite will offer the listener a foundation for the entire program.
The Gold Coast Chamber Players are known for their engaging and vibrant performances. Audiences have been responding with such enthusiasm that tickets are in great demand.
Ticket price includes complimentary champagne, a pre-concert talk at 7:00 PM, and a reception with the musicians following the performance. Tickets are $37.50 general, $32.50 seniors and $15 for students and are available at www.gcplayers.org and by phone at (925) 283-3728. Free garage parking at the library on Golden Gate Way. Limited seating, please reserve early.
