Glenview Classical Series Podcast

Our Sunday 9/27 concert with Town Quartet is postponed due to injury. Instead, Town Quartet cellist and Glenview Classical Series co-director, Lewis Patzner, is presenting a program called Cello Suite Evolution. Centered on J. S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, the concert explores music that influenced, both directly and indirectly, Bach’s solo string music, as well as Patzner’s original Suite for Solo Cello, and a to-be-determined rendition of a Duke Ellington tune.

Sunday September 27th 7:30PM

St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland

1658 Excelsior Ave. $20-$40 NOTAFLOF

Program:

Anonymous/Praetorius: Ballet Des Anglois CCLXXI from “Terpsichore”

Gabrielli: Ricercar No. 5

Westhoff: Violin Suite in D Minor

J. S. Bach: Prelude No. 1 in C Major from Well Tempered Klavier Book I

J. S. Bach: Largo from the Solo Violin Sonata in C Major

J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor

Intermission

Ellington: *not yet determined

Patzner: Suite for Solo Cello

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Ending music: Henriette Bosman Sonata excerpt.

Folksong and lyricism, sweeping romantic drama and restless 20th century fire – join Evan and Amy as they present two of the greatest cello sonatas in the repertoire, exploring the expressive and radiant extremes of the cello and piano literature. An added bonus of Schumann folksong thrown in for good measure!

Sunday 8/23 4PM

St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland

1658 Excelsior Ave. Suggested $20-$40.

Program:

Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102 - Robert Schumann

i. Mit Humor “Vanitas vanitatum”

ii. Langsam

v. Stark und markiert

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 - Bohuslav Martinu

i. Poco allegro

ii. Lento

iii. Allegro con brio

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff

i. Lento - Allegro Moderato

ii. Allegro scherzando

iii. Andante

iv. Allegro mosso

California-based cellist Evan Kahn has been praised as “a cellist deserved of serious listening” for bringing his “electrifying … nuanced and colorful” style to all of his collaborations, from concerti to chamber music to contemporary performances. He has commissioned and premiered over 60 works by composers from around the world, including his father’s Cello Concerto.

Evan holds principal positions in New Century Chamber Orchestra, Opera San Jose, and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Dedicated to the orchestral craft, he has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, LA Opera, San Francisco Symphony, and was previously principal cellist of the San Francisco Opera. In April/May 2018, he served as Artist-in-Residence with Performance Today at NPR, sharing some of his favorite works for cello and his philosophies on music and life. In February 2019, he was named Musical America’s New Artist of the Month. He is a resident cellist for a number of Bay Area collectives, including Ninth Planet, After Everything, and the Farallon Quintet.

Evan attended Aspen Music Festival on a fellowship for four summers, where he studied with Darrett Adkins and played co-principal in the Aspen Academy of Conducting Orchestra, the Aspen Philharmonic as an Orchestral Leadership Fellow, and as a fellow in the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Other summers were spent playing chamber music at the Taos School of Music, as resident cellist at the Cactus Pear Music Festival in San Antonio, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar, where he served as principal cellist.

Evan received a Master’s in Chamber Music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Jennifer Culp. He graduated with college and university honors from Carnegie Mellon University, studying with David Premo. Before college, he took lessons in Los Angeles with John Walz, Timothy Loo, and Karen Patch. Other important mentors include Paul Hersh, Thomas Loewenheim, Amos Yang, Mark Kosower, Robert DeMaine, and Bonnie Hampton.

In addition to performing and teaching, Evan enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons and watching British television. He plays on a cello by Italian luthier Carlo Carletti, c. 1900, and a bow made for cellist Lynn Harrell by archetier Paul Martin Siefried.

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Amy Zanrosso’s playing has been hailed as expressive, magnetic and masterful but since no one at the New York Times has said this, she’s not allowed to put it in quotes. Thanks to her attentive and industrious Italian immigrant mom, piano lessons started at the age of 6 and by the age of 15, Amy had made the decision to make music her life.

As a soloist, Amy is addicted to the thrill of performing with orchestra. Since 2016, concerto repertoire, similar to chamber music but on steroids, has forced her to push her limits, helping make her into the confident and electrifying player she always hoped to be. She has appeared as soloist with the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Symphony of the Kootenays, the Russian Chamber Orchestra, the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Symphony of the Redwoods and the Kensington Symphony Orchestra. Her intense love of chamber music has led her to more fully admire and explore her favorite composers while sharing the experience with countless inspiring, dedicated players and appreciative audiences.

Like performing, Amy finds teaching to be a highly rewarding part of a musician’s life. She is a faculty member and chamber music coach at the Pre-College Academy of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as well as at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA. She is constantly fueled by her fantastically inspiring students and enjoys forcing her favorite composers on them as well as telling them what to do. Amy is looking forward to all the superb music, musicians, students and enthusiastic audiences that will come her way in the future. Many thanks to Beethoven and Brahms for inspiring her to come this far – she wouldn’t change a thing. For more information, please visit www.amyzanrosso.com

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Randy Porter, guitar

Dan Plonsey, saxophone

Irene Sazer, violin

Jessica Ivry, cello

Ward Spangler, percussion

This virtuosic ensemble presents original compositions and spontaneous improvisations by master composer-improvisers. A reunion nearly four decades in the making, Plonsey, Sazer, Spangler, and Porter reunite after nearly 40 years of performing together in various ensembles.Joined by Jessie Ivry, the group blends traditional, extended, and prepared techniques to create adventurous, expressive, and unpredictable music.Inspired by Frank Zappa, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Olivier Messiaen, the music is rooted in East Bay life and shaped by an era marked by rising authoritarianism and threats to democracy in the United States, turning those tensions into a powerful, deeply personal experience.

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Hear about our upcoming concerts for the rest of 2026:

July 31st 7:30PM, The Randy Porter Show:

Randy Porter, guitar

Dan Plonsey, saxophone

Irene Sazer, violin

Jessica Ivry, cello

Ward Spangler, percussion

This virtuosic ensemble presents original compositions and spontaneous improvisations by master composer-improvisers.

August 23rd 4PM, Evan Kahn, cello, and Amy Zonrosso, piano:

Vaughan Williams: Six Songs in Folk Style

Martinu: Cello Sonata No. 1

Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata

September 27th 7:30PM, Town Quartet:

Puts: Credo

Montgomery: Strum

Patzner: Short Quartet 3, new quartet pieces

Kabalevsky: String Quartet No. 2.

October 25th 4PM, Gabriela Calderón-Cornejo

Solo Piano Music by Immigrant Women

November 22nd 4PM, Founders Concert: The Viennese Schools

Glenview Classical Series founders, Lewis Patzner (cello) and Derek Sup (piano), perform music from the 1st and 2nd Viennese Schools (picking from Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, The Mahlers, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern), in addition to original compositions by both.

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The Bridge Music Collective is performing at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland on Sunday March 8th at 4pm, featuring world premieres by 8 local composers:

MONICA CHEW

MARISSA DIETZ

EMIL MARGOLIS

LEWIS PATZNER

DEREK SUP

NATHAN SWEDLOW

SEAN EMMETT THOMPSON

ARIEL WANG

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Jacob Hansen-Joseph talks about Berkelium String Quartet in the Key of F 2/6/26 7:30PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland.

Ending Music: Berkelium String Quartet performs Beethoven String Quartet in E Minor Op. 59 No. 2, Movement 3: Allegretto - Maggiore, Thème russe.Glenview Classical Series presents Berkelium String Quartet, as they make their way through the Beethoven quartet cycle. Their current program consists of 3 Beethoven quartets, one from each of his style periods, and all in the key of F. Program:Op. 18 No. 1Op. 95IntermissionOp. 135Daniel Darmesin Flanagan - ViolinKaren Shinozaki Sor - ViolinJacob Hansen-Joseph - ViolaMichael Graham - CelloSt. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland1658 Excelsior Ave. 94602$20 Suggested Donation NOTAFLOFberkeliumquartet.comTickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/glenview-classical-series/berkelium-quartet-in-the-key-of-fglenviewclassicalseries.com

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Members of Women Composers Collective talk about their music on the upcoming concert, Saturday January 31st, 7:30PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland. As part of the Glenview Classical Series, which presents accessible concerts featuring a wide variety of music by local Bay Area musicians, Women Composers Collective presents a program featuring music for piano trio, with select pieces incorporating voice and percussion. There will be an intermission with a reception.

Works by:

Ariel Wang*

Lillian Yee

Rebecca Hass

Irene Sazer

Laura Klein*

Gail Gallagher*

* premieres of new works

Performed by:

Irene Sazer, violin

Jessica Ivry, cello

Rebecca Hass, piano

Laura Klein, piano

Lillian Yee, percussion, voice

$20 NOTAFLOF (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Reserve tickets here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/glenview-classical-series/women-composer-collective

Ending music:

Incendio by Laura Klein

Brazilian Trio #1 by Rebecca Hass (Mvt. 3: Samba) at Throckmorton Theatre 3/26/25

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Origin Stories and Neal Donovan talk about their upcoming concert on Friday, October 17th, at 7:30 PM. Origin stories is performing a set of jazzy originals, and Neal is performing a solo guitar set. Ending music is Quando Me’n vo’ from Puccini’s La Boheme, performed by Lewis Patzner.

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Molly McCann from Hensel Pushers talks about her upcoming lecture-concert with Town Quartet and Monica Chew on Sunday September 7th at 4PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland, 1658 Excelsior Ave. The program is:

String Quartet

Unfinished Piano Sonata (which got adapted into the string quartet).

4 arrangements for string quartet. 3 pieces originally for solo piano, and 1 originally for piano and voice.

Remarks by Molly McCann.

Ending music: “Warum willst du and're fragen” by Clara Schumann, arranged for string quartet by Lewis Patzner, performed by Town Quartet.

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The concert is at 7:30Pm on Saturday August 16th at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Oakland. 1658 Excelsior Ave.

In 'DEAR CAMILLA,', violinist Patrick Galvin honors the profound influence of his former teacher, Camilla Wicks, through a heartfelt program of works for violin and piano. Joined by pianist Jennifer Hou, Galvin performs music by Sibelius, Chopin, Kroll, Chausson, Higdon, Pärt, and Beach in a moving tribute to a mentor whose guidance shaped his musical path.

A San Francisco–based violinist known for his wide-ranging repertoire and engaging performance style, Galvin has toured extensively across North America, Europe, and Australia. He has premiered numerous contemporary works, and his debut album Violin Alone features solo pieces by Telemann, Bach, and Ysaÿe. Galvin studied under Wicks, Wei He, and Simon James at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and with Barbara Gorzynska in Vienna.

Pianist Jennifer Hou, based in Sydney and Canberra, brings her rich interpretive voice to this collaboration. Known for her passion for French Impressionist, Russian Romantic, and contemporary music, Hou has performed at venues including the Sydney Opera House and Steinway Hall (NYC), and was a concerto soloist with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, she earned her Master’s in Piano Performance with the 2022 President’s Award and support from several foundations. Hou also holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and a law degree from UNSW, and is an admitted solicitor in New South Wales.

Ending music: Bach Largo form the 3rd solo sonata, performed by Lewis Patzner.

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