San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
CLAUDIA BAUER’S DANCE PICK
The holidays may be over, but Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will arrive in Berkeley on Friday, Jan. 18, bearing gifts: nine contemporary works by international choreographers, plus a squad of exquisite dancers to interpret them. Hubbard’s repertoire is broad, deep and refreshingly varied, and their two Zellerbach Hall programs range from a recent commission by 24-year-old commercialdance superstar Emma Portner to Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato’s “Jardi Tancat,” created a decade before Portner was born.
Duato shares Program 1 with William Forsythe’s “N.N.N.N.,” Alejandro Cerrudo’s “Lickety-Split” and Crystal Pite’s “Grace Engine.” Pite, of Vancouver, is one of the most sought-after dance makers today, but her work is rarely seen in the Bay Area (Cal Performances staged her “Betroffenheit” in 2017); fortunately, Hubbard put her “Solo Echo” on Program 2. Also on that bill are Portner and her commercial comrade Teddy Forance, both with original music by Dev Hynes and performed live by Third Coast Percussion, plus Ohad Naharin’s “Decadance/Ignore” and Cerrudo’s “Pacopepepluto.” The weekend’s playlist also includes Devendra Banhart, Arvo Pärt, Thom Willems, Brahms and Dean Martin.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago:
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18 and 19; 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20. $30-$68. Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley. https:// calperformances.org Avedis Chamber Music Series With Stanford Woodwind Quintet; Robin Sutherland, piano; Désirée Goyette, soprano. Works by Josef Rheinberger, Joseph Jongen, Ferenc Farkas. 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 20. $20-$30. Gunn Theater, Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, at 34th Ave. and Clement St., S.F. 415-392-4400.
Benicia Chamber Players Clif Foster, and Elbert Tsai, violin; Meg Eldridge, viola; Brady Anderson, cello. Works by Schubert, Haydn. 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 20. $5-$20. Community Congregational Church, 1305 West 2nd St., Benicia.
Berkeley Chamber Performances Presents: Daedalus Quartet 8 p.m. Tues., Jan. 15. $15-$30. Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley. www.berkeleychamberperform.org
Cal Performances: David Finckel, Wu Han Cello; piano. Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn. 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 20. $68. Hertz Hall, Bancroft Way at College Ave., UC Berkeley. www.calperformances.org Cathedral Concerts Agnieszka Kosmecka, organ. 4 p.m. Sun., Jan. 20. St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., S.F. 415567-2020.
Daniel Glover Piano. Works by Debussy, Liszt, Copland, Gershwin. 7:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 13. $25. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma. 707-763-8920. www.cinnabartheater.org Delphi Trio Works by Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert. 4 p.m. Sun., Jan. 13. $20-$25, under 18 free. Crowden Music Center., 1475 Rose St., Berkeley. 510-559-6910. www.crowden.org
Echo Chamber Orchestra, Mana Quartet Works by Milhaud, Sally Beamish, Belinda Reynolds. 7:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 20. $15-$35. First Presbyterian Church, 72 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. www.echorchestra.com
Frisson Chamber Ensemble Jeremías Sergiani Velázquez, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; Julian Schwarz, cello; Ji Weon Ryu, flute; Thomas Gallant, oboe; Stas Chernyshev, clarinet. Works by Mozart, Bach, Gershwin. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 19. $30. Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy. North, Sebastopol. 707-874-1124. www.redwoodarts.org
Itzhak Perlman “In the Fiddler’s House.” Violin. 8 p.m. Mon., Jan. 14. $110-$275. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. 415-8646000. www.sfsymphony.org
Katsuya Yuasa Clarinet. Earnest Little, piano. 12:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 19. Recital Hall, CSUEB Music Bldg., 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward.
Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble and Vajra Voices “The Eve of the March.” 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 18. $10-$45. Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., S.F. 415-749-6300. www.kitka.org
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble “The Sound of Nature.” Works by Crumb, Clarice Assad, Bach, Evan Hause. $18-$35. 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 14 at S.F. Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., S.F. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 19 at Hertz Hall, 101 Cross-Sproul Path, UC Berkeley. 415-617-5223. www.leftcoastensemble.org
Les Violettes Early Music Ensemble “Render Unto Caesar: Music from the Court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.” 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 20. $85. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center, 100 California Drive, Yountville. www.lincolntheater.com
Liaison Ensemble, Helia Collective Works by Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, Emily Koh, Lily Chen, Julie Barwick, Emma Logan. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 19. $15-$20. Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1750 29th Ave., S.F. sunsetarts.wordpress.com
MusicSources Presents: Ingrid Matthews, Byron Schenkman Baroque violin; harpsichord. “Musical Fireworks of the 17th Century.” 5 p.m. Sun., Jan. 13. $10-$30. St. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman St., Berkeley. 510528-1685. www.musicsources.org
Nikolay Khozyainov Piano. Works by Chopin, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Jorg Widmann. 5 p.m. Sun., Jan. 13. $35, under 18 free. Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley. 415-3814453. www.chambermusicmillvalley.org
Noontime Concerts: Mana Saxophone Quartet Works by Bach, Philip Glass, others. 12:30 p.m. Tues., Jan. 15. Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., S.F. www.noontimeconcerts.org
Noon Concerts: Frequency 49 Katrina Walter, flute; Adrienne Malley, oboe; Jeannie