Bing plans:
Yo-Yo Ma, Los Lobos on bill for new Stanford hall opening in January.
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University’s new 844seat performance venue, will be host to a range of musical artists including pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Mingus Big Band, Alarm Will Sound, Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet during its 2013 inaugural season.
The season, which will run from Jan. 11 to June 1, will be overseen by Stanford Live, a new campus organization that succeeds Stanford Lively Arts with Bing Hall as its home.
The hall’s opening weekend, Jan. 11-13, will include an event hosted by Anna Deavere Smith with appearances
by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, the St. Lawrence String Quartet and members of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra; a concert by Los Lobos; a community open house; and a showcase for the Stanford music department.
The season will also include the world premieres of two chamber operas by Stanford Professor Jonathan Berger, the U.S. premiere of a commissioned work by composer Steve Reich, and a seasonlong Beethoven Project by
the Stanford Symphony Orchestra led by Jindong Cai.
Tickets and information are at live.stanford.edu or (650) 725-2787. The full season schedule follows:
Jan. Francisco 11: Opening Symphony, night St. with Lawrence San String Quartet, Anna Deavere Smith; John Adams, Harrison, Haydn, Ravel
Jan. 12: Los Lobos
Jan. 13: St. Lawrence String Quartet with pianist Stephen Prutsman; Haydn, R.M. Schafer, Thuille
Jan. 16: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Corelli, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Durante Jan. 18 & 20, Feb. 2-3, Feb. 22-23, March 15 & 17, April 26-27, May 10 & 12, May 31 & June 1: The Beethoven Project; Stanford Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jindong Cai and pianist Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Jan. 22: Emanuel Ax, piano; Beethoven, Chopin
Jan. 25: Mingus Big Band
Jan. 26: Glenn Kotche, percussion; John Luther Adams’ “Illimaq Spirit Journeys”
Jan. 27: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Kathryn Stott, piano; Stravinsky, Falla, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, more
Jan. 30: Vusi Mahlasela
Feb. 1-2: Cappella Romana
Feb. 6: Midori, violin, and Özgür Aydin, piano; Bach, Beethoven, Brahms
Feb. 13: Philharmonia Baroque
Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Marc Schachman, oboe; Danny Bond, bassoon; Haydn, Mozart, J.C. Bach
March 8: The Chocolate Heads with special guest William Parker
March 9: William Parker’s Special Edition; “Essence of Ellington”
March 10: St. Lawrence String Quartet with James Austin Smith, oboe; Beethoven, Mozart
March 16: Alarm Will Sound; Alan Pierson, music director; music of Steve Reich
March 20: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Rachel Podger, violin and leader; Corelli, Vivaldi, Mossi, Pergolesi, Locatelli
March 24: Making Books Sing; “The Louis Armstrong Project”
April 3: Choir of New College, Oxford; Edward Higginbottom,
director
April 5: New York Polyphony; Brumel, Crecquillon, Jackson Hill
April 12-13: “Theotokia” and “The War Reporter” by composer Jonathan Berger and librettist Dan O’Brien
April 14: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
April 20-21: Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
April 28: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet; Mozart, Aho, Ibert, Milhaud, Françaix
May 19: Afiara String Quartet & Cecilia String Quartet; Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn