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Contemporary Music
The Music of Steve Reich:
So Percussion
Saturday | January 9, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
It’s “So” Reich: World premiere of 2009 Pulitzer-winner’s Mallet Quartet and more—with guest appearance by the composer.
A CHINESE HOME
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man, pipa
Saturday | January 16, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium
West Coast premiere of collaborative composition A Chinese Home, plus Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera.
Sundays with the St. Lawrence:
St. Lawrence String Quartet with Michael Tree, viola
Sunday | January 31, 2010 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Guarneri String Quartet founding violist Tree joins SLSQ in Mozart and Dvorak quintets—plus Viñao West Coast premiere.
Tea with Chachaji: Making Books Sing
Sunday | February 28, 2010 | 11:00 am & 2:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Innovative children’s-theater company Making Books Sing brings modern literary favorite Chachaji’s Cup to life onstage.
Tea with Chachaji: Making Books Sing
Sunday | February 28, 2010 | 11:00 am & 2:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Peter Serkin, piano, and The Orion String Quartet
Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Piano maestro Serkin joins the Orion in Brahms’ Piano Quintet—plus quartet performances of Beethoven, Bach, and more.
A TALE OF GOD’S WILL (A REQUIEM FOR KATRINA):
Terence Blanchard Quintet and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor
Saturday | March 6, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium
Jazz trumpeter/composer Blanchard joins SU’s orchestra in a powerful multimedia work in response to Hurricane Katrina.


