Anna Presler, violin
Leighton Fong, cello

J.S. Bach: Andante from Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin in A Minor

Sam Nichols: ghost walk echo / drone song switch

Laurie San Martin: Vast Steppe 

Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello

Founded in 1992, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble communicates with audiences through inspiring performances of new and old chamber music. By embracing both musics, we enrich the audience’s experience — we reawaken a feeling of immediacy in performances of familiar masterpieces and we reveal the powerful expressive intentions in the music of our time. The ensemble’s fourteen musicians, many of whom have played together since the 1980s, perform in different combinations, using strings, winds, percussion, voice, guitar and piano to present a wide range of repertoire.

The group has commissioned over 100 new works, sponsors an annual composition contest that draws over 150 applicants each year, and carries on a tradition of performing the very best that the composers of today (whether established or emerging) have to offer. Left Coast’s five annual subscription concerts are offered in Berkeley and San Francisco.

Free, no tickets necessary (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)