ITZHAK PERLMAN, the esteemed Israeli-American violinist, will kick off the 2013-14 season of Stanford Live. Perlman’s Music Program (Sept. 22) showcases the talents of young musicians, with Perlman acting as conductor and mentor.
Other classical-music highlights of the upcoming season include perennial favorites the Kronos Quartet (Jan. 15, 2014) performing new pieces by Philip Glass and Valentin Silvestrov. Chanticleer and the New Century Chamber Orchestra will combine instruments for the first time next March. Their joint concert, called “Atlantic Crossing,” is designed to replicate the music of the period between the World Wars as experienced on a luxury liner. The program takes place March 20, 2014. Superstar violinist Joshua Bell performs Feb. 8.
One of the major projects of the season looks to be “Linked Verse” (Dec. 7), a multimedia concerto by Stanford composer Jaroslaw Kapuscinsky. It will feature the stage magic of OpenEnded Group, a digital-media collective, with music by sho player Ko Ishikawa and cellist Maya Beiser. The evening aims to compete with Avatar in its use of 3D stereoscopic videos—glasses provided.
The Stanford Lively Arts 2013-14 season begins Sept. 22. Most concerts take place at the new, highly touted Bing Concert Hall on the Stanford Campus; ticket prices range from about $20 to $75 for most shows. Subscription tickets go on sale June 3; single tickets will be available Sept. 7; see live.stanford.edu for ticket details. For a complete schedule, see Metroactive.com.
Stanford Lively Arts Schedule 2013-14
Sept. 22, 2:30pm: Itzhak Perlman and the Young Virtuosos of the Perlman Music Program
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $20-$75
Sept. 29, 7pm: A Night in Treme: The Musical Majesty of New Orleans with Preservation Hall Jazz Band and special guests Ivan Neville, Leo Nocentelli and Stanton Moore
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$60
Oct. 9, 7:30pm: Harmony for Humanity: Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert
Memorial Church. Free
Oct. 11, 8pm: Live Simulcast of San Francisco Opera’s “Falstaff”
Frost Amphitheater. Free
Oct. 13, 2:30pm: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
Oct. 27, 7pm: Jazz concert with Jon Batiste & Stay Human
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$60
Nov. 1, 7:30pm: Mariza, Portuguese fado
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$60
Nov. 2, 7:30pm: Estonian National Symphony
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
Nov. 10, 2:30pm: Christopher O’Riley’s “From the Top”
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $20-$50
Nov. 13, 7:30pm: Festival Jerome Bel, “The Show Must Go On”
Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $20-$50
Nov. 18, 7:30pm: Festival Jerome Bel, “Cedric Andrieux”
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $32-$50
Dec. 2, 7:30pm: Festival Jerome Bel, “Pichet Klunchun and Myself (2005)—A Film”
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $10-$20
Dec. 7, 7:30pm: Linked Verse
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $52-$75
Dec. 10, 7:30pm: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra—The Grand Tour
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
Dec. 11, 7:30pm: A Chanticleer Christmas
Memorial Church. Tickets: $10/$56
Dec. 15, 2:30pm: San Francisco Boys Chorus
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $20-$60
Jan. 12, 2:30pm: Dvorak: Viola Quintet with guest violist Jonathan Vinocour
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
Jan. 15, 7:30pm: Kronos Quartet
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
Jan. 25, 7:30pm: Takacs Quartet—The Complete Bartok String Quartets
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
Jan. 26, 2:30pm: Takacs Quartet—The Complete Bartok String Quartets
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
Jan. 31, 7:30pM: Grupo Corpo, dance program
Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $30-$75
Feb. 5, 7:30pm: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra—The Grand Tour
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
Feb. 8, 7:30pm: Joshua Bell, violin
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$175
Feb. 23, 2:30pm: Angela Brown, soprano; and Kelleen Strutz, piano; “Opera…From a Sistah’s Point of View”
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
March 6, 7:30pm: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra—The Grand Tour
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
March 16, 2:30pm: Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
March 20, 7:30pm: Chanticleer & the New Century Chamber Orchestra
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
April 1, 7:30pm: Asif Ali Khan, Sufi music
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$60
April 2, 7:30pm: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra—The Grand Tour, “Vivaldi’s Venice”
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
April 6, 2:30pm: Aeolus Quartet
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
April 11, 7:30pm: Deborah Voigt, soprano
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95
April 24, 7:30pm: Jake Shimabukuro
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$60
April 26, 7:30pm: Special Spring Event: Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin in Concert
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: Available at this time as a benefit to Bing Members or Performance Sponsors.
April 27, 2:30pm: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$75
May 4, 2:30 and 7pm: Tomas Kubinek, comedy
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $16-$50
May 16, 7:30pm: Richard Goode, piano
Bing Concert Hall. Tickets: $25-$95