2023 cultural events
This page lists 37 cultural events I attended in 2023. Movies are listed on my films page, not here. The program index page displays thumbnails of all the printed program images. Cities are in California, except as noted.
I started keeping event data in the format used by this page in 2010, so data from 2010 to date is accurate. I started keeping appointment calendar data in .txt format in August 2005. I later extracted 2005-2009 event data ex post facto, so data for 2005 to 2009 is less complete and a bit less accurate. I have older pocket calendars and hard copies of event programs going back to 1963, but I have not yet scanned programs for years before 2010 or entered event data for most years before 2005.
See also: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1971 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All
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| Date | Category | Description | Performers | Venue | City | Works | ||||
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| 01/23/23 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Old First Church | San Francisco | Program | Almétus: Tounen Magnan: Mirages Bouchard: Katakana Aldag: Songs of Majnun Leyla |
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| 02/09/23 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Steven Isserlis, cello Richard Egarr, conductor |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 2 |
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| 02/21/23 @ 19:00 | Theater | Leopoldstadt | Longacre | Manhattan NY | Program | Stoppard: Leopoldstadt | ||||
| 02/26/23 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Sam Reider | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | ||||
| 03/19/23 @ 15:00 | Opera | West Edge Opera | West Edge Opera | Atrium | San Francisco | Program | Au Yong: Port City Woolf: The Limit of the Sun Li: When Purple Mountains Burn Recio: L'Autre Moi Ratay: Morpheus Quartet |
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| 03/25/23 @ 19:30 | Opera | Prospero's Island | Ninth Planet | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Shearer: Prospero's Island | |||
| 03/26/23 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Noe Music | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Françaix: String Trio Ravel: Sonata for violin and celllo Korngold: String Sextet |
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| 03/27/23 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Salonen: knock, breathe, shine Festinger: James Joyce Settings Whitley: Three Pieces Rocha: Scenes of Night Schwendinger: A Flock Ascending |
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| 03/30/23 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Mahler: Symphony No. 6 | |||
| 03/31/23 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Kristian Bezuidenhout, conductor/fortepiano | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Kraus: Overture to Olympie Mozart: Concerto for Fortepiano No. 20 Bach, J.C.: Symphony in g minor Mozart: Symphony No. 33 |
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| 04/21/23 @ 20:00 | Opera | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Richard Egarr, conductor | Taube | San Francisco | Program | Händel: Amadigi di Gaula | |||
| 04/27/23 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Richard Egarr, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Bates: Appalachian Ayre Schmelzer: Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinandi III Biber: Mensa Sonora Muffat: Missa in labore requies |
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| 05/10/23 @ 12:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Nationals vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 05/11/23 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Rafael Payare, conductor Bruce Liu, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Still: Darker America Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Strauss: Ein Heldenleben |
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| 05/14/23 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | |||||
| 05/15/23 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Old First Church | San Francisco | Program | Cannon: Parietal Eye Portera: Algoritmo Intuitivo Ahn: Lapis Reprobatus Banks: A Bonsai Garden, Set VII Kim, Jihyun: Once Upon a Time |
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| 05/17/23 @ 12:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Phillies vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 05/25/23 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Wolfe: Her Story |
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| 05/31/22 @ 12:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Pirates vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 06/19/22 @ 18:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Padres vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 06/22/23 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Igor Levitt, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Busoni: Piano Concerto | |||
| 07/23/23 @ 15:00 | Opera | West Edge Opera | West Edge Opera | Scottish Rite | Oakland | Program | Martinez: Cruzar | |||
| 07/30/23 @ 15:00 | Opera | West Edge Opera | West Edge Opera | Scottish Rite | Oakland | Program | Monteverdi: Coronation of Poppea | |||
| 08/03/22 @ 12:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Padres vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 08/06/23 @ 15:00 | Opera | West Edge Opera | West Edge Opera | Scottish Rite | Oakland | Program | Stravinsky: The Nightengale Schoenberg: Erwartung |
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| 08/16/23 @ 12:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Rays vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 09/07/23 @ 13:30 | Theater | Romeo and Juliet | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Bowmer | Ashland OR | Program | Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet | |||
| 09/07/23 @ 20:00 | Theater | Twelfth Night | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Allen | Ashland OR | Program | Shakespeare: Twelfth Night | |||
| 09/08/23 @ 13:30 | Theater | Where We Belong | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Thomas | Ashland OR | Program | Sayet: Where We Belong | |||
| 09/08/23 @ 20:00 | Theater | The Three Musketeers | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Allen | Ashland OR | Program | Childs: The Three Musketeers | |||
| 09/14/23 @ 12:45 | Sports | SF Giants Baseball | Guardians vs. Giants | Oracle | San Francisco | |||||
| 09/17/23 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Seven Chances | Noe Music | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Schubert: Trout Quintet Keaton: Seven Chances |
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| 10/12/23 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn Hillborg: Piano Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 |
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| 10/15/23 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Dreamer's Circus | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | ||||
| 10/19/23 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Richard Egarr, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Händel: Overture to Orlando Händel: Arias Händel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #4 Wallen/O'Regan: Ancestor Händel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #7 Händel: Arias |
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| 11/11/23 @ 17:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Dior String Quartet | Hosfelt Gallery | San Francisco | Program | Schubert: Quartettsatz Hemsi: Three Ancient Airs Ravel: String Quartet |
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| 11/12/23 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Dior String Quartet | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Haydn: String Quartet Op. 74 No. 1 Lau: String Quartet No. 3 Shostakovich: String Quartet Op. 117 |
