Performances and Videos
Performances
Upcoming Events
Music at Kohl Mansion
Christopher Costanza - with violinist Owen Dalby and pianist Ilya Yakushev - perform a monumental program of music by Brahms, Martinu, Gershwin, and others.
Christopher Costanza Plays the Complete Britten Cello Suites at Stanford
Christopher Costanza will perform the complete cycle of Benjamin Britten’s Three Suites for Solo Cello, a rare offering.
The Stanford Chamber Chorale
This Stanford Chamber Chorale performance features Jake Runestad’s “Cello Songs” with Christopher Costanza as cello soloist. This concert previews the late March Stanford Chamber Chorale Hawaii tour, more info to follow!
Christopher Costanza Plays the Complete Bach Cello Suites at Stanford
Christopher Costanza will perform the complete cycle of J. S. Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Suites for Solo Cello in a single concert.
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet
The great Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, appears on the Bing Concert Hall stage with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
Sundays with the St. Lawrence
This “Sundays with the St. Lawrence” Stanford Live concert features pianist Stephen Prutsman and a string chamber orchestra including incredible students from the Stanford Department of Music.
Christopher Costanza Presents a Masterclass at Boston College
Christopher Costanza will present a masterclass at Boston College, free and open to the public.
The Pucker Gallery, Boston
An evening of Bach performed by Christopher Costanza, along with an inspiring conversation between him, Lisa Wong, and Shelter Music Boston’s Artistic Director Adrian Anantawan.
Christopher Costanza Plays the Complete Bach Cello Suites, Part 2
Christopher Costanza will perform suites 1,2, and 6 on this second of two concerts featuring the complete cycle of J. S. Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Suites for Solo Cello.
Christopher Costanza Plays the Complete Bach Cello Suites, Part 1
Christopher Costanza will perform suites 3,4, and 5 on this first of two concerts featuring the complete cycle of J. S. Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Suites for Solo Cello.
Classical at the Freight
A Mozart 286th Birthday Bash featuring two incredible Mozart quintets: the Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K.V. 407 and Viola Quintet in C Major, K.V. 515.
Holiday Musicale at Stanford
In this annual holiday-themed concert at Stanford’s iconic Memorial Church, Christopher Costanza directs the Stanford Cello Choir in a varied program including works by Bach, Dvorak, and others, including some holiday classics! This concert also features the incredible Stanford Chamber Chorale directed by Stephen Sano.
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Stanford Medicine Orchestra
Christopher Costanza - along with colleagues Owen Dalby, violin, and Stephen Prutsman, piano - will perform the Triple Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven with the Stanford Medicine Orchestra in Stanford’s magnificent Bing Concert Hall, conducted by Terrance Yan.
Masterclass for Young Chamber Musicians
Christopher Costanza gives a masterclass for the stellar Young Chamber Musicians Program at the Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, California, coaching string quartets by Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. Following the class, Christopher will perform an excerpt from Benjamin Britten’s First Suite for Solo Cello, Op. 72.
Chamber Music at San Miguel Chapel
The Juniper String Trio (Debra Fong, violin; Ezra Costanza, viola; and Christopher Costanza, cello) performs an exciting program of works by Jean Françaix, Paul Wiancko, and Ernst von Dohnányi
Chamber Music at San Miguel Chapel
In this unaccompanied cello recital, Christopher Costanza performs two iconic masterpieces from the solo cello literature: the first Unaccompanied Suite by J.S. Bach and the first Solo Cello Suite by Benjamin Britten. Two groundbreaking works performed in the intimate and historic San Miguel chapel!
Music at Oakmont
This concert features piano quartets of Mozart (a 1794 piano quartet arrangement of his piano and wind quintet, K. 452), Mélanie Bonis, and Johannes Brahms. Christopher Costanza will be joined by violinist Scott St. John, violist David Samuel, and pianist John Novacek.
Strauss’s Don Quixote with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra
The great Richard Strauss tone poem “Don Quixote” will be the featured work on this program.
Strauss’s Don Quixote with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra
The great Richard Strauss tone poem “Don Quixote” will be the featured work on this program.
Christopher Costanza Plays the Complete Bach Cello Suites, Part 2
Christopher Costanza will perform suites 4, 5, and 1 on this second of two concerts featuring the complete cycle of J. S. Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Suites for Solo Cello.
Christopher Costanza Plays the Complete Bach Cello Suites, Part 1
Christopher Costanza will perform suites 6, 2, and 3 on this first of two concerts featuring the complete cycle of J. S. Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Suites for Solo Cello.
The Stanford Cello Choir
An all J.S. Bach program featuring Christopher Costanza and an ensemble of excellent Stanford cello students!
Christopher Costanza Presents a Lecture on the Bach Cello Suites
Christopher Costanza presents a lecture on the the Six Unaccompanied Suites for Cello by J.S. Bach, the first of four Bach-centric cello events of the week.
The McKnight Chamber Music Festival
Featured on this program will be the exciting Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass by Dvorak as well as the rarely played Piano Quintet in G minor by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
The McKnight Chamber Music Festival
This concert is part of the fifth annual McKnight Chamber Music Festival and features the magnificent Piano Trio in A minor by Tchaikovsky, among other works.
Freight and Salvage, Berkeley CA
The Fong/Costanza Family String Trio performs music of Mozart, Bach, Dohnanyi, and the Canadian composer Violet Archer.
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Join the St. Lawrence String Quartet for an exciting program, performing in scenic and historic Tucson.
Fontana - Kalamazoo MI
The St. Lawrence String Quartet plays works of Haydn, Korngold (his third, Op.34), and Dvorak (his Op. 106 in G Major).
Music Toronto
This concert features four of the brilliant, uniquely innovative Op. 76 String Quartets of Haydn: Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Arizona State University
This is the first of three St. Lawrence String Quartet appearances at ASU this concert season.
Stanford Live - Sundays with the St. Lawrence
A program of cello quintets: the world premiere of a cello quintet by brilliant young cellist and composer Paul Wiancko paired with Franz Schubert’s sublime cello quintet. Paul Wiancko will be the guest cellist.