What’s on tap: Violins of Hope return to Bay Area; ‘Bluey’s Big Play’ in San Jose; Xerox art in S.F.; California Symphony explores ‘Chopin in Paris.’
There’s plenty of great shows and exhibits to see this weekend in the Bay Area. Here’s a partial rundown.The Livermore-Amador Symphony, led by music director Lara Webber, will perform a trio of concerts beginning Sunday featuring the famed “Violins of Hope.” This is a collection of violins, violas, and cellos that were played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust and have since been restored by Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein and his son Avshalom.
The instruments will be played by acclaimed Los Angeles violinist Lindsay Deutsch, a guest soloist, as well as the orchestra’s cello soloist Peter Bedrossian and several members of the orchestra’s string section. The program includes Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, segments of the Oscar-winning score from “Schindler’s List,” composed by John Williams, and Max Bruch’s Jewish folk song-flavored composition “Kol Nidrei.
During the concerts, presented by the East Bay Holocaust Education Center, Avshalom Weinstein will relate the history of some of the instruments. The instruments, which have made several tours and appeared in countless concerts since the early 2000s, will also be on display at the Bankhead Theater 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Feb. 12.Concerts are 3 p.m. Feb. 5; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6-7; Bankhead Theater at Livermore Valley Arts Center, Livermore; $35-$500;“Artists Holiday,” by Bay Area artist Mary V.
The art form gained popularity through the 1970s and ‘80 and the Bay Area had a particularly active scene, with artists and appreciators gathering at such hubs as the Postcard Palace in North Beach, the San Francisco Art Institute and Mama Bears Bookstore in Oakland.Positively Charged: Copier Art in the Bay Area Since the 1960s,” looks back at the birth and development of the art form and includes plenty of works, including the grainy and surreal “Artists Holiday” by Bay Area artist Mary V.
Details: Through March 19; exhibits located at both at the Center for the Book, 375 Rhode Island St.,
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