"New Works at Other Minds: Celebrated pianist Sarah Cahill has devoted her career to new music, and this weekend finds her premiering a new piece by composer Samuel Adams. Commissioned by Cahill and titled "Prelude: Hammer the Sky Bright," it's a tribute to the late composer Ingram Marshall, who was one of Adams' mentors. This much-anticipated new work is just one of the many featured pieces on this year's Other Minds Festival;"
""The Firebird!": Since his appointment as Music Director of the Oakland Symphony, Kedrick Armstrong has delighted audiences by producing one dynamic, wide-ranging program after another. This weekend, he makes Stravinsky's "Firebird" Suite the center of a lineup that also includes Anna Clyne's "This Midnight Hour," Adolphus Hailstork's Symphony No. 1, and Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, with Sara Davis Buechner as soloist."
"Kohl's 43rd season: Excellence is the only way to describe "Music at Kohl Mansion," the longtime chamber music series in Burlingame. The 1914 mansion offers a beautiful backdrop for music, and this year has a full schedule of Sunday evening events from this weekend, beginning with the Prague-based Bennewitz Quartet in a program of Haydn, Dvorak, and Janacek. Details: 7 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 19-May3; tickets are $62 adults, $60 senior, $30 youth; musicatkohl.org."
Sarah Cahill premieres Samuel Adams's commissioned piece "Prelude: Hammer the Sky Bright" as a tribute to mentor Ingram Marshall at the Other Minds Festival (Oct. 16–19, Brava Theater). The festival also features works by Pamela Z, William Winant, and Brian Baumbusch. Kedrick Armstrong leads the Oakland Symphony in a program centered on Stravinsky's Firebird Suite with Anna Clyne, Adolphus Hailstork's Symphony No. 1, and Ravel's Piano Concerto in G featuring Sara Davis Buechner (Oct. 17, Paramount Theatre). Music at Kohl Mansion opens its 43rd chamber season with the Prague-based Bennewitz Quartet performing Haydn, Dvorak, and Janacek (Sundays Oct. 19–May 3).
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