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’Regan: Seen 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’Regan: Seen 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 Naturelles, Brahms 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 Erickson, Kindra Scharich, Kirk 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—Strauss, Grieg, Chausson
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 Leben, Fantasie, 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
Printable Announcement Program
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
Printable Announcement Program
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 – Litanei, Nacht 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
- SONGS OF VOICE AND VIOLA
Kindra Scharich, Paul Yarbrough and John Parr at the Salle Music Salon [map]. June 13, 2013
LOEFFLER (sheet music), MARX (sheet music), BUSCH (sheet music), BRAHMS (sheet music) (program with texts and translations)“Both Scharich and Yarbrough opened up the rich center of their voices, to wonderful effect. Scharich’s easy flow of warm, plangent tone, marked by minimal vibrato, had an instrumental quality all its own, and she seemed without limitations at either end of her range.” … “It wasn’t just the extra-concert atmosphere, or the welcome casual dress of Yarbrough and Parr, that made the recital unusual. Not only were the songs for the infrequently encountered combination of voice, viola, and piano, but the second half also began, not with vocal music or a short instrumental interlude, but with an instrumental work of substantial length, Brahms’ gorgeous three-movement Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat.”
—Jason Victor Serinus, San Francisco Classical Voice - A WAYFARER’S JOURNEY
- Kirk Eichelberger and Simona Snitkovskaya at the Salle Music Salon [map]. May 25, 2013
BRAHMS (sheet music), MAHLER — Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (sheet music) (program with texts and translations)
- Kirk Eichelberger and Simona Snitkovskaya at the Salle Music Salon [map]. May 25, 2013
- A WAGNERIAN LIEDERABEND
- Professor Michael von Brück, guest speaker, in collaboration with Goethe Institut
“WAGNER AND BUDDHISM” - George Fee
WAGNER — Piano Sonata in A flat major for Mathilde Wesendonck - Kindra Scharich and Bryan Baker at the Salle Music Salon. April 27, 2013
WAGNER — Wesendonck-Lieder (sheet music) (program with texts and translations) - NIGHT AND DREAMS
- Heidi Moss Erickson and Steven Bailey at the Salle Music Salon. April 6, 2013
SCHUBERT, STRAUSS, ERICKSON (sheet music) - Marcelle Dronkers, Heidi Moss Erickson, Kindra Scharich and Bryan Bakerat the Salle Music Salon, November, 2012 announcement
Featuring ETHAN FILNER of the CYPRESS STRING QUARTET playing the stunningly beautiful violin solo in Beim Schlafengehn!
Allerseelen Fest – All Souls’ Day Celebration: “Three Ladies Who Strauss!” (sheet music: Op. 68 Op. 10 Op. 150)
- Heidi Moss Erickson and Steven Bailey at the Salle Music Salon. April 6, 2013
- Professor Michael von Brück, guest speaker, in collaboration with Goethe Institut
SPRING LIEDERABEND SERIES 2012 announcement reviewed by Janos Gereben
- Katharine Tier and John Parr at the Salle Music Salon. March, 2012
MAHLER — Kindertotenlieder (sheet music), STRAUSS, WAGNER — Wesendonck-Lieder (sheet music) - Kirk Eichelberger and John Boyajy at the Salle Music Salon. April, 2012
SCHUBERT (sheet music), BRAHMS — Vier Ernste Gesänge (sheet music: I – II – III – IV) - Kindra Scharich and John Boyajy at the Salle Music Salon. May, 2012
SCHUMANN (sheet music), BRAHMS (sheet music), STRAUSS (sheet music) - June Anderson and Jeff Cohen Gala Benefit Concert at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. October, 2011
- Heidi Melton and John Parr in a rare performance to benefit LIEDER ALIVE! May, 2011
- Ji Young Yang, Kindra Scharich and John Parr Salon Concert. February, 2011
- Kindra Scharich, Kirk Eichelberger and Simona Snitkovskaya Salon Concerts. October, 2010
- Kindra Scharich, Paul Harris and Tibor Szabo Salon Concert. August, 2010
- Ji Young Yang and John Parr Salon Concert. February, 2010
- Kindra Scharich and John Boyajy Salon Concert. January, 2010
- Kindra Scharich, Amber Mercomes and John Boyajy Salon Concert. March, 2009
- Heidi Melton, Eleazar Rodriquez and John Parr in Concert at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. October, 2009Artists Lobby Display Reviews