This page lists 48 cultural events I attended in 2011. 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.
Highlights of 2011 to date:
And a couple lowlights, both involving the generally magnificent SF Symphony:
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 2024 All
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02/13/11 @ 15:00 | Chamber | Borodin Quartet | Ruben Ahronian, violin Andrei Abramenkov, violin Igor Naidin, viola Vladimir Balshin, cello |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 'Razumovsky' Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 |
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06/01/11 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Mary Chun, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Neuwirth: Spleen Harvey: Lotuses Parra: Time Fields III Roberts: Sinews Campion: Musica |
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03/28/11 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Mary Chun, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Harvey: Tombeau de Messiaen Cage: Six Melodies Lou: Alluvium Lin: Friction Carter: Triple Duo |
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02/07/11 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Mary Chun, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Harvey: String Trio Crumb: Celestial Mechanics Jolas: Ah! Haydn Berger: Yaqira |
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05/22/11 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Valley Chamber Music | Holy Innocents | San Francisco | Program | Thomas: Aria from Mignon Massenet: Gavotte from Manon Heggie: Facing Forward/Looking Back Seiber: Margarite elle est malade Chamorro: Quasi una malagueña Brown: Practice your flamenco Crumb: Little Suite for Chrismas Wade: Minicabs Mozart: Aria from Le Nozze di Figaro |
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10/09/11 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Valley Chamber Music | Karsten Windt, violin David Kim, viola Angela Lee, cello Jeffrey Sykes, piano |
Holy Innocents | San Francisco | Program | Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole Piazzolla: Tangos Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2 Turina: Quartet Op. 67 |
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10/03/11 @ 20:00 | Chamber | SF Contemporary Music Players | Steven Schick, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Levine: Transparency (Part I) Varèse: Octandre Adams, John Luther: Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing |
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12/07/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Boston Symphony | Ludovic Morlot, conductor Richard Goode, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 Carter: Flute Concerto Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin Suite |
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06/18/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Ojai North! | Dawn Upshaw, soprano Gilbert Kalish, piano red fish blue fish, percussion Peter Sellars, director Sakhi Ensemble Farida Mawash, vocal Homayoun Sakhi, rubab |
Zellerbach Playhouse | Berkeley | Program | Crumb: The Winds of Destiny Music of Afghanistan |
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07/10/11 @ 15:00 | Concert | PCO Scholarship Benefit | Anne Saunders, soprano Sue Hart, keyboard Kim Manuel, bass Keith Evans, guitar |
Cahill's | Arnold | Program | ||||
03/04/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor Zheng Cao, mezzo-soprano |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Rebel: Les Caractères de la danse Händel: Scherza infida from Ariodante Gluck: Selections from Orfeo ed Euridice Stookey: Into the Bright Lights Rameau: Les Indes galantes, orchestral suite |
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02/11/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor Gabriele Cassone, keyed trumpet |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Spohr: Symphony No. 2 Hummel: Concerto for Keyed Trumpet Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 |
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04/08/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor Philharmonia Chorale Dominique Labelle, soprano |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Haydn: The Creation | |||
01/21/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor David Daniels, countertenor |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Telemann: Concerto for Three Horns and Violin Vivaldi: Stabat Mater Händel: Arias Telemann: Suite in F Major 'Alster Overture' |
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11/18/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Ottavio Dantone, conductor Marion Verbruggen, recorder |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 2 Gregori: Concerto Grosso, Op. 2 No. 2 Geminiani: Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 4 Vivaldi: Concerto for Alto Recorder 'La tempesta di mare' Sammartini: Concerto for Soprano Recorder Scarlatti, Alessandro: Concerto Grosso No. 4 Vivaldi: Concerto for strings Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 4 |
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10/30/11 @ 19:30 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano |
First Congregational | Berkeley | Program | Fasch: Concerto for two oboes, two flutes, and two bassoons Vivaldi: Arias Telemann: Concerto 'Sinfonia Spirituosa' Porpora: Arias Broschi: Aria Rameau: Orchestral suite from La Guirlande |
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12/02/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Bach: Mass in B Minor | |||
09/23/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor R. J. Kelley, horn |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Mozart: Symphony No. 38 'Prague' Mozart: Concerto Pasticcio for horn Beck: Overture from La mort d'Orpheé Haydn: Symphony No. 98 |
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02/17/11 @ 17:30 | Concert | San Francisco Chamber Orchestra | Ben Simon, conductor | Contemporary Jewish Museum | San Francisco | Program | Stravinsky: Octet for winds Cox: Cañon for wind octet Sosin: Now or Never film score |
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03/03/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Hindemith: Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass Stenhammar: Song Nielsen: Song Grieg: Songs Sibelius: Songs Brahms: Serenade No. 1 |
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05/12/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Mahler: Symphony No. 6 | |||
04/28/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Peter Oundjian, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Rouse: The Infernal Machine Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' Brahms: Symphony No. 3 |
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09/15/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Hindemith: Cello Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 1 |
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06/23/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | |||
09/29/11 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Tal Rosner, video artist |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Mozart: Symphony No. 35 'Haffner' Adès: Polaris Stravinsky: Petrushka |
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11/05/11 @ 19:30 | Concert | Turqoise Yantra Grotto | Joe Lasqo, pianos & percussion David Samas, vocals Sung Kim, electronic fiddle Dave Dupuis, mariners trumpet |
Turquoise Yantra Grotto | San Francisco | |||||
02/27/11 @ 15:00 | Concert | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Semyon Bychkov, conductor | Zellerbach | Berkeley | Program | Mahler: Symphony No. 6 | |||
09/17/11 @ 17:30 | Indian | Hindustani vocals | Ritesh Mishra, vocal Rajnish Mishra, vocal Subhen Chatterjee, tabla Sanatan Goswami, harmonium |
Jain Temple | Milpitas | Khayals & bhajans | ||||
10/07/11 @ 20:00 | Indian | Sitar recital | Ravi Shankar, sitar Tanmoy Bose, tabla Ravichandra Kulur, flute Samir Chatterjee, tabla |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Evening ragas | |||
10/02/11 @ 16:30 | Music & Conversation | SF Contemporary Music Players | Steven Schick, artistic director | ODC Studio B | San Francisco | Program | Adams, John Luther: Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing [excerpts] | |||
11/19/11 @ 09:55 | Opera broadcast | Satyagraha | Metropolitan Opera Dante Anzolini, conductor |
Century 20 | Daly City | Program | Glass: Satyagraha | |||
09/22/11 @ 19:00 | Reception | Noe Valley Chamber Music | Ann Moss, soprano Hillary Nordwell, piano |
Private | San Francisco | Program | Duke: Three Songs Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39 Heggie: At the Statue of Venus |
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05/09/11 @ 18:00 | Reception | Philip Glass | Philip Glass, piano | Private | San Francisco | Glass: Metamorphosis Glass: Etude No. 10 |
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04/12/11 @ 20:00 | Recital | Elisso Virsaladze | Elisso Virsaladze, piano | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Mozart: Fantasy in c Mozart: Sonata in c Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 Chopin: Polonaise Fantasie Schumann: Fantasie in C |
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04/10/11 @ 15:00 | Recital | Laredo & Fleisher | Jaime Laredo, violin Leon Fleisher, piano |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Schubert: Sonatina No. 1 in D Schubert: Sonatina No. 2 in a Schubert: Sonatina No. 2 in g Schubert: Grand Duo in A |
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01/26/11 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francicso Symphony | David Robertson, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Dorman: Uriah: The Man The King Wanted Dead Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 'Classical' |
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02/02/11 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Marek Janowski, conductor Chee-Yun, violin Alisa Weilerstein, cello Jeremy Denk, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 Beethoven: Triple Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 |
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04/07/11 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Osmo Vänskä, conductor Alexander Barantschik, violin |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Larcher: Red and Green Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony |
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10/05/11 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Vasily Petrenko, conductor Joshua Bell, violin |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Shostakovich: Festive Overture Tchaikovsky: Mèditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher Glazunov: Violin Concerto Elgar: Symphony No. 1 |
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03/30/11 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Yundi, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 |
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07/23/11 @ 21:00 | Rock | Tour Guides | Tour Guides | Tommy's Backyard | Camp Connell | |||||
05/10/11 @ 19:15 | Sports | SF Giants baseball | Diamondbacks vs. Giants | AT&T Park | San Francisco | |||||
08/08/11 @ 19:15 | Sports | SF Giants baseball | Pirates vs. Giants | AT&T Park | San Francisco | |||||
06/22/11 @ 19:15 | Sports | SF Giants baseball | Twins vs. Giants | AT&T Park | San Francisco | |||||
07/22/11 @ 20:00 | Theater | A Flea in Her Ear | Main St. Theater Works | Kennedy Mine | Jackson | Program | Feydeau: A Flea in Her Ear | |||
11/20/11 @ 19:30 | Theater | A Soldier's Tale | Aurora Theater | Aurora | Berkeley | Program | Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale | |||
08/12/11 @ 20:00 | Theater | Scapin | Murphys Creek Theater Co. | Munari Vineyards | Murphys | Program | Molière: Scapin | |||
08/23/11 @ 19:30 | Theater | Days and Nights Festival | John Moran Saori Tsukada |
Hidden Valley | Carmel Valley | Program | Moran: John Moran + Saori (... in Thailand) |