Winter Wandering Festival Pass
Standard Pass: $120 / Student Pass: $60
THE WINTER WANDERING FESTIVAL
Three days of music explore the human journey
and its connections to place, space, and the imagination.
Jan. 24 - Jan. 26
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2
SINGLE TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE
Schubert Quintet: Hay que caminar
7:30pm, Friday, January 24, 2025 (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
4:00pm, Sunday, February 2, 2025 (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)
The last works of Luigi Nono and Franz Schubert, performed back to back, reveal a sense of deep beauty, profound unease, and a sensitivity to the close connection between happiness and sorrow
on the threshold of life and death.
SAN FRANCISCO
BERKELEY
Echo Contest…Nearly (FREE)
11:30am, Saturday, January 25, 2025 (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
Left Coast will join with community members to create two improvisatory works which explore the spatial dimension of music within Maybeck’s innovative architecture.
BERKELEY ONLY
On the Threshold of Dreamland
7:30pm, Saturday, January 25, 2025 (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
7:30pm, Saturday, February 1, 2025 (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)
A lost highway, witches, folk songs… Volti joins Left Coast for an eclectic, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling sonic journey which delves into the role of place in the human imagination. New works by LJ White and Todd Kitchen, exploring instability and dreams, contrast with the humor of Laurie San Martin’s Witches and Benjamin Britten’s tender folk song arrangements.
SAN FRANCISCO
BERKELEY
A Dark Matter
11:30am, Sunday, January 26, 2025 (Berkeley Hillside Club, Berkeley)
11:30am, Saturday, February 1, 2025 (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)
A musical journey through Earth and Space is interpreted in live painting by artist Adrian Arias. Program highlights include a world premiere by Bay Area composer Addie Camsuzou and the performance of the winning piece from LCCE’s 2023 Composition Contest.
SAN FRANCISCO
BERKELEY
Winter Journey:
Schubert’s Winterreise
5:00pm, Sunday, January 26, 2025 (Berkeley Piano Club, Berkeley)
7:30pm, Friday, January 31, 2025 (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)
In Schubert’s last song cycle, the wanderer and his landscape become one in this journey into the depths of the human soul. Emotions from tenderness to despair come together
in a cathartic winter journey.
