Concert Archives

Kindra Scharich, mezzo soprano
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Gwendolyn Mok, piano 

Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; 
Debussy: Épigraphes Antiques;
Florent Schmitt: Trois Rapsodies

Kindra Scharich, mezzo soprano
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Fauré La Bonne Chanson;
Fauré Melodies
Special selections from solo piano repertoire

Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano; John Parr, piano
Erickson: Each Moment Radiant
Fauré: Strauss

Charlotte Kelso, soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano
Love, Longing and Fulfillment: 
Schubert, Wagner, Strauss, Marx…

Esther Rayo, soprano; 
Peter Grünberg, piano
A plethora of Spanish composers!

Sunday, November 5, 2023, 5pm

Simon Barrad, baritone
Kseniia Polstainkina Barrad, piano

Schumann, Wolf and an Odyssey of Ukrainian songs

Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
John Parr, piano

Richard Strauss, Lili Boulanger, Anton Webern, Kurt Erickson

Emily Dickinson Settings: Aaron Copland, George Walker, Lori Laitman

Tarik O’ReganSeen and Unseen (World Première)

Alice Chung, mezzo-soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano
special guest: Paul Yarbrough, viola
Brahms  Liebestreu, Sapphische Ode, Feldeinsamkeit, Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91
Berlioz from: La Damnation de Faust, D’amour l’ardente flamme  
Mahler  Rückert-Lieder

Alina Ilchuk, soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano

Songs for Lviv: Lysenko, Silvestrov & Mikuli — Ukrainian and Polish settings of Goethe and Heine

Julia Bae, soprano
Paul Schrage, piano
special guest Joel Pattinson, violin
Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

Sarah Cambidge, soprano
Kyle van Schoonhoven, tenor
Peter Grünberg, piano

Love songs and duets to celebrate their marriage

May 5, 2024

Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Culp, cello
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Schubert, Borodin, Schumann Brahms, Franck, Berlioz, Beach, Rachmaninoff, Greene. bernstein

Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
John Parr, piano

Richard Strauss, Lili Boulanger, Anton Webern, Kurt Erickson

Emily Dickinson Settings: Aaron Copland, George Walker, Lori Laitman

Tarik O’ReganSeen and Unseen (World Première)

Alina Ilchuk, soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano

Songs for Lviv: Lysenko, Silvestrov & Mikuli — Ukrainian and Polish settings of Goethe and Heine

Sarah Cambidge, soprano
Kyle van Schoonhoven, tenor
Peter Grünberg, piano

Love songs and duets to celebrate their marriage

Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
Paul Schrage, piano

Ned Rorem Aftermath; Strauss Four Last Songs

Oliver Herbert, cello
Carlos Ágreda,  piano
Esther Rayo, soprano (special guest)

Heitor Villa-Lobos and many more South American songsarranged by Carlos Ágreda for cello and piano (plus guest soprano)

Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Songs Without Words I 
Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Grieg

Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Purcell, Ravel Histoires NaturellesBrahms Vier ernste Gesänge, Walker, Cohen, Barber

Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Simona Snitkovskaya, piano

Rachmaninoff Romanzen
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Paul Yarbrough, viola
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano
with special guest
Kindra Scharich

Songs Without Words II
Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113
Brahms Sonata No. 2 in E flat Major, Op. 120
Dowland Flow My Tears
Britten Lachrymae (reflections on the Dowland song)

Oliver Herbert, cello
Peter Grünberg, piano

Songs Without Words
Beethoven: Sonata No.1in F Major, Op.5 No.1
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Opus 73
Beethoven: Sonata No.5in D Major, Op.102, No.2

Esther Rayo, soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano

Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Obradors Canciones classicas españolas, Ponce

Thomas Glenn, tenor
Amy Glenn, piano
John Parr, piano

Brahms Zigeunerlieder, Op.103; Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52, Liszt Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell, S292

with special guests: Heidi Moss EricksonKindra ScharichKirk Eichelberger

Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
John Parr, piano
Richard Strauss paired with Tarik O’Regan

Sarah Cambidge, soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano
Wagner, Strauss – Four Last Songs

Eugene Villanueva, baritone
Peter Grünberg, piano
Schubert, Mahler – Urlicht, Tosti

Pene Pati, tenor
Ronny Michael Greenberg, piano
Strauss, Tosti

Esther Rayo, soprano
Peter Grünberg, piano
Korngold, Wolf, Obradors, Montsalvatge, Granados, De Falla

Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano, Jeff LaDeur, piano
and special guests the Alexander String Quartet
Zakarias Grafilo, violin; Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola; Sandy Wilson, cello
Schubert Winterreise (selections), Brahms

Neue Lieder, Neue Welt Grand Opening!
Sunday, September 16, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Ricardo Ballestero, piano
Alberto Nepomuceno and his muses—StraussGriegChausson

Sunday, February 17, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Curtis on Tour
Mikael Eliasen, piano, with five marvelous musicians
Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Selected Lieder and Duets

Sunday, March 24, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry [map]
Eugene Villanueva, baritone
Peter Grünberg, piano
Schubert, Strauss, Tosti

Sunday, April 7, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry [map]
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Simona Snitkovskaya, piano
Veronika Krausas Kandinsky Lieder, Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death

Sunday, April 28, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry [map]
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano
Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Schumann Frauenliebe und LebenFantasie, Opus 17

Sunday, June 30, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
John Parr, piano
All-Richard Strauss

Mahler Recording Project CD Release Celebration!

Kindra Scharich and the Alexander String Quartet
Zakarias Grafilo, violin; Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola; Sandy Wilson, cello
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer,
Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder
University Club, San Francisco
Tuesday, October 30, 6:30pm

MahlerFest Grand Opening!
Sunday, September 10, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
Zakarias Grafilo, violin
Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Sandy Wilson, cello
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer, Rückert Lieder, Kindertotenlieder
Program

Sunday, October 15, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Marek Ruszczynski, piano
Wolf Mörike Lieder, Goethe Lieder, Mahler aus des Knaben Wunderhorn

Neue Lieder, Neues Jahr!
Sunday, January 14, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Ronny Michael Greenberg, piano
Kurt Erickson, piano
New works by Kurt Erickson, Luna Pearl Woolf and Mark Carlson

Sunday, March 25, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Eugene Villanueva, baritone
Peter Grünberg, piano
Brahms, Wolf aus dem Italienisches Liederbuch, Tosti

Sunday, July 1, 5pm   Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
John Parr, piano
Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Schubert
Anno Schreier Neue Lieder – A joint commission with the Deutsche Oper Berlin
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GRAND OPENING LIEDER GALA!
Sunday, October 2, 5pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
George Fee, piano

Sunday, October 30, 5pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Katherine Growdon, mezzo-soprano
Corey Jamason, piano
Schumann, Brahms, Lieberson Rilke Songs

MOZART and ERICKSON BirthdayFest!
Friday, January 27, 7pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Kurt Erickson, piano

Sunday, March 12, 5pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Ronny Michael Greenberg, piano
Kindra Scharich, guest mezzo-soprano
Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge, Schumann Wilhelm Meister Lieder

Sunday, July 9, 5pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Anthony Reed, bass
John Parr, piano
Schubert Schwanengesang

GALA OPENING CELEBRATION!  Sunday, September 13, 2pm
Noe Valley Ministry
Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
Daniel Lockert, piano
Neue und Alte Liederfest
David Conte, Jacques Desjardins, Kurt Erickson, Daron Hagen, Howard Miller, Henry Mollicone, Omari Tau, Erling Wold, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss
Printable Announcement   Program

Friday, October 9, 5pm     German Consulate General
In collaboration with the Goethe Institut
Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Daniel Lockert, piano
The Joy of Lieder   Schubert, Schumann, Brahms
Printable Announcement

Sunday, November 15, 5pm
Noe Valley Ministry
In collaboration with the Merola Opera Program
Eugene Villanueva, baritone
Hatem Nadim, piano
Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms
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BERNSTEIN 65th BIRTHDAY BASH BENEFIT!  Saturday, April 9, 5pm
Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Mark Peters, cello
Jeffrey LaDeur, piano
Serenade Chamber Choir—the gentlemen’s section
Bach, Schumann, and Brahms, culminating in the Alto Rhapsody

Printable Announcement   Program

Friday, May 20, 6pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
Zakarias Grafilo, violin
Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Sandy Wilson, cello
Mahler—Kintertotenlieder, Strauss—Vier letzte Lieder
Arranged for mezzo-soprano and string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo (World Première)
Printable Announcement   Program

Sunday, June 12, 5pm
Noe Valley Ministry
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Simona Snitkovskaya, piano
Schumann and Wolf
Printable Announcement   Program

Tuesday, July 5, 6pm
Noe Valley Ministry
Sol Jin, baritone
John Parr, piano
Schumann, Brahms and Strauss
Printable Announcement   Program

Sunday, June 14, 5pm     Noe Valley Ministry
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
Zakarias Grafilo, violin
Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Sandy Wilson, cello
Wagner—Wesendonck Lieder,
Mahler—Rückert Lieder
Arranged for mezzo-soprano and string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo (World Première)
Printable Announcement   Program

Sunday, May 17, 5pm
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
Simona Snitkovskaya, piano
Co-sponsored by the Merola Opera Program
Schubert, Mahler—Kindertotenlieder, Wolf
Printable Announcement   Program

Sunday, April 19, 5pm
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Bryan Baker, piano
Serenade Chamber Choir, choral lieder
All-Brahms program—Liebeslieder Walzes, Zigeunerlieder, and the Alto Rhapsody   

Printable Announcement   Program

Sunday, January 25, 5pm
Jessica Wan, soprano
Natalie Parker, clarinet
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Laura Dahl, piano
Schubert, Schumann, Mahler and Kaulkin   Printable Announcement   Program

Sunday, November 9, 7pm
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
George Fee, piano
Bringing Lieder to Life—Mozart, Beethoven, Reichardt, Zelter, Schubert, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Wolf
Printable Announcement   Program   Audio Excerpts

GALA OPENING CELEBRATION
Sunday, September 7, 5pm
Brian Asawa, countertenor
Kevin Korth, piano
Im Abendrot—Songs of Schubert and Strauss
Printable Announcement   Brian Asawa’s Rehersal Photos   Program   Audio Excerpts

The Music Salon at Salle Pianos

OUR ANNUAL ALLERSEELEN FEST!

Jessica Wan, soprano
Michael Anthony Schuler, piano

SCHUBERT – LitaneiNacht und Träume, SCHUMANN – Widmung, STRAUSS – featuring Allerseelen,
SCHULER – Erneute Widmung (world première)

Sunday November 17 at 5 pm doors open at 4:30 pm

GALA BENEFIT 2014

Sunday, June 22 at 6 pm

At the San Francisco home of Nancy Quinn and Tom Driscoll
460 Yerba Buena Avenue, San Francisco [map]

Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
Paul Yarbrough, viola
John Parr, piano

SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata and selected Lieder, BRITTEN Lachrymae and DOWLAND Flow My Tears, BRAHMS Zwei Gesänge, Opus 91

SPRING LIEDERABEND SERIES 2012   announcement   reviewed by Janos Gereben