Event Title:

Organization:

  Concert

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  12/3/2024

End Date:

  12/3/2024

Start Time:

  7:30 PM

End Time:

  9:30 PM

Event Info: 

  The prestigious first clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, Anthony McGill is an acclaimed soloist and chamber musician in his own right. Hailed for his "trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character" (The New York Times), he is one of classical music's most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. McGill is joined by the multiple Grammy(R) Award-winning Pacifica Quartet, which has been described as "nothing short of phenomenal" by The Telegraph (UK).

Hailed for his "trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character" (The New York Times), clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music's most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. In addition to his dynamic international solo and chamber music career, McGill is principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic-the first African-American principal player in the organization's history.

With a career spanning nearly three decades, the multiple Grammy(R) Award-winning Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. The Quartet is known for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often daring repertory choices. Having served as quartet-in-residence at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music for the past decade, the Quartet also leads the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School and was previously the quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2021, the Pacifica Quartet received a second Grammy Award for Contemporary Voices, an exploration of music by three Pulitzer Prize-winning composers: Shulamit Ran, Jennifer Higdon, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

The program will include:
DVORAK: String Quartet Op. 96 "American"
BEN SHIRLEY: High Sierra Sonata for Clarinet and Quartet
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115

https://sfperformances.org/performances/2425/mcgill-pacifica.html

Location:

  Herbst Theatre

Room:

Address:

  401 Van Ness Avenue

Phone:

  415-392-2545

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA