Abby Wasserman has published hundreds of articles in magazines and newspapers during her writing career. Posted below are concert reviews written for classicalsonoma.org; major articles for Sonoma magazine, World View magazine, and Front Porch Republic 'zine; personal essays; and features about California artists written between 1985 and 2003 for the Oakland Museum of California's magazine: Robert Bechtle, Charles Schulz, David Ireland, Noah Purifoy, Joan Brown, Garry Knox Bennett, Harry Fonseca, Frank Day, and Beatrice Wood.
(Note: Publication year is shown in the titles; the full dates below are posting dates on this website)
Eight months into the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of music lovers were treated to a rare live performance.
Read moreBeethoven, Berg and Bartók by the Telegraph Quartet
Read moreProgram features music by Ferranc, Rachmaninoff, Gordon-Canosa and Schubert
Read morePiano quartets are relatively rare in the classical literature, and there are only about 40 compositions for the combination of piano, violin, viola and cello, mostly from the Romantic period of the mid to late 1800s.
Read moreA big portion of the capacity audience in Weill Hall February 8th came to hear violinist Joshua Bell’s virtuosity, and were treated as well to splendid playing from Sam Haywood, Mr. Bell’s regular pianist since 2010. (classicalsonoma.org review)
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