CLASSICAL
Anne Sajdera and Davide Verotta “Music for 2 Pianos.” 7:30 p.m. p.m. Fri. $12-$20. Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St., S.F. (415) 275-2466. www.centerfornewmusic.com. Audrey Vardanega, Kenneth Renshaw Violin; piano. “Sundays@Four.” Works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Bach. 4 p.m. today. $20-$25, under 18 free. Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St., Berkeley. (510) 5596910. www.crowden.org. Bella Sorella Works by Bizet, Herbert, others. 3 p.m. next Sun. $10-$20. First Presbyterian Church, 1350 Amador St. Vallejo. (707) 643-4441. www.bellasorella.net. California Bach Society “St. Matthew Passion.” Bach. $40. 7:30 p.m. Fri. at First Universalist Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin St., S.F. 7:30 p.m. Sat. at First Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton, Palo Alto. 3:30 p.m. next Sun. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing, S.F. (650) 485-1097. www.calbach.org. Cantare Con Vivo “I’ll be on My Way.” 4 p.m. today. $25$60. Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Dr., Lafayette. (510) 836-0789. www.cantareconvivo.org. Classical Revolution “Battle of the Centuries.” 7 p.m. Wed. Monroe SF, 473 Broadway, S.F. (415) 797-8331. www.classicalrevolution.org. Duo Moderna Monica Chew, Jerry Kuderna, piano. Works by Bartok. 4 p.m. today. $10-$20. 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley. (510) 545-2439. Elevate Ensemble “Stravinsky: Reconstructed.” Works by Nick Vasallo, Stravinsky, Aaron Gervais. With Zofo Piano Duet. 7 p.m. today. $20-$35. S.F. Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., S.F. www.elevateensemble.com. Fortnightly Music Club Chamber works by Beethoven, Clark, Belew, others. 7 p.m. next Sun. Free. Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. www.fortnightlymusicclub.org. Golden Gate Park Band 1 p.m. today, next Sun. Free. Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Bandstand, S.F. (510) 5300814. www. goldengateparkband.org. Hyun-Ju Sung, Sarah Hong, Hi Jung Lee Piano, cello; violin. Works by Rachmaninoff. 7 p.m. Sat. Free. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Jodi Levitz Viola. Faculty artist recital. 7:30 p.m. Mon. $15-$20. S.F. Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., S.F. www.elevateensemble.com. Lieder Alive “Lieder from the Great German Songbook.” Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano; George Fee, piano. 5 p.m. today. $35-$40. Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez, S.F. (415) 561-0100. www.liederalive.org. Livermore Vallery Opera “The Flying Dutchman.” Wagner. 2 p.m. today. $90. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. (925) 373-6800. www.livermoreperformingarts.org. Mahan Esfahani “Time Present and Time Past.” Harpsichord. Works by Steve Reich, Scarlatti, Bach, Takemitsu, others. 8:30 p.m. Sat. $25. Strand Theater, 1127 Market St., S.F. www.sfperformances.org. Meng Su “72 Transformations.” Guitar. Works by Bach, John Williams, Sergio Assad, others. 2 p.m. next Sun. $25. Strand Theater, 1127 Market St., S.F. www.sfperformances.org. Jerome Lenk Organ. 4 p.m. next Sun. $10. Mission Dolores Basilica, 3321 16th St., S.F. www.missiondolores.org. Jonah Kim, Miles Graber Cello; piano. Works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff. 12:30 p.m. Tues. Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., S.F. (415) 777-3211. www.noontimeconcerts.org. New Millennium Chamber Orchestra “Outside The Lines: Not The Usual Repertoire.” James Richard Frieman conducts works by Mark O’Connor, others. Colyn Fischer, violin. 7 p.m. today. $8-$23. Lucie Stern Community Center Ballroom, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. (650) 814-9446. www.nmchamberorchestra. org. OakSym Essentials: Delphi Trio 6 p.m. Thurs. Free. Piedmont Piano, 1728 San Pablo Ave., Oakland. www.oaklandsymphony.org. One Found Sound Works by Martinu, Wagner, Haydn. 8 p.m. Fri. $20-$45. Monument, 140 Ninth St., S.F. www.onefoundsound.org. Opera Parallele Annual Gala “Come Fly with Us.” 6 p.m. Sat. $350 +. Marines Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St., S.F. (415) 626-6279. www.operaparallele.org. Philip Manwell Organ. 4 p.m. today. Free. St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., S.F. (415) 567-2020. Philharmonia Orchestra, London “Berkeley Radical.” Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts works by Beethoven, Sibelius, Stravinsky, 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 3 p.m. next Sun. $35-$150. Zellerbach Hall, Bancroft and Dana St., UC Berkeley. www.calperformances.org. Quiet Time Series “John Cage: Empty Words.” 3 p.m. p.m. next Sun. $8-$10. Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St., S.F. (415) 275-2466. www.centerfornewmusic.com. San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Takemitsu, Joe Pereira, Ken Ueno. 7:30 p.m. Sat. $15-$35. Taube Atrium Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 621-6600. S.F. Opera “Don Pasquale.” Donizetti. 2 p.m. today; 7:30 p.m. Tues., Fri. Through Oct. 15. $26-$417. War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 864-3330. www.sfopera.com. Vincent Dubois Organ. Works by Bach, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Liszt, others. 3 p.m. next Sun. $25-$35. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 864-6000. www.sfsymphony.org. San Jose Wind Symphony “Dawn in America.” 3 p.m. next Sun. $5-$20. McAfee Center, 20300 Herriman Ave, Saratoga. www.sjws.org. Santa Rosa Symphony “Magic of the Flute.” Bruno Ferrandis conducts works by Britten, Beethoven, Bernstein, Mozart. Jean Ferrandis, flute. 8 p.m. Sat. and Oct. 10; 3 p.m. next Sun. $20-$80. Weill Hall, Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. (707) 546-8742. www.srsymphony.org. Symphony Silicon Valley Lynn Harrell, cello. John Nelson conducts works by Berlioz, Brahms. 2:30 p.m. today. California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose. (408) 286-2600. www.sym phony siliconvalley.org.
Dance
Flyaway Productions “Grace and Delia are Gone.” Jo Kreiter, choreography. Carla Kihlstedt, and Matthias Bossi, music; Laura Elaine Ellis, Sonsherée Giles, Marystarr Hope, Yayoi Kambara, Megan Lowe, Karla Quintero, and Alayna Stroud, dancers. 7:30 p.m. today. $22-$30. Firehouse, Ft. Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., S.F. (415) 345-7575. www.fortmason.org. Jess Curtis/Gravity and Claire Cunningham “The Way You Look (at me) Tonight.” 7 p.m. today, next Sun.; 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Through Oct. 9. Counterpulse, 80 Turk St., S.F. www.counterpulse.org. Lenora Lee Dance “The Eye of Compassion.” Site-specific immersive, multimedia dance. 7:30 and 9 p.m. today. $15-$25. Donaldina Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St., S.F. (415) 816-9376. www.lenoraleedance.com. Mark Morris Dance Group with the Silk Road Ensemble “Layla and Majnun.” 3 p.m. today. $36—$126. Zellerbach Hall, Bancroft Way at Dana St., UC Berkeley. www.calperformances.org. Moscow Ballet Nutcracker Youth Audition Ages 7-17 years old may audition for ancillary roles such as party guests, mice, others. 6 p.m. Fri. Free. Los Gatos High School Community Room, 20 High School Ct., Los Gatos. www.nutcracker.com/youthauditions. Rotunda Dance Series: Axis Dance Company Noon Fri. Free. S.F. City Hall Rotunda, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl., S.F. www.www.dancersgroup.org. Rhythmix ’Round the World With Tezkatlipoka Aztec Dance and Drum, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Chinyakare Ensemble, Capoeira Mandinga. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. today. Free. Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda. www.rhythmix.org. Smuin “Dance Series 01.” Garrett Ammon, Michael Smuin, and Stanton Welch, choroegraphy. 2 p.m. today. $25-$68. Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. (415) 9121899. www.smuinballet.org.