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Music@Menlo continues to make the most of virtual performances with its Explorer Series, which offers performances and artist discussions. The latest installment features the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet.
South Bay Clean Creeks and Trash Punx Cleanup at Coyote Creek
Help to reclaim, restore and revitalize a local watershed by spending the day before Valentine’s Day giving some love to a section of Coyote Creek. Please bring water and gloves and wear a mask.
8:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Free. 1505 Schallenberger Road, San Jose. sbcleancreeks.com
Valentine’s cookie decorating for kids
Napa Valley residents are invited to gather their little ones for a sweet Valentine’s Day treat making activity. A professional pastry team will supply the toppings. After the cookies are finished, participants can take home their tasty creations.
Wagner’s
Die Walküre. Conductor: Adam Fischer, director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf. With Christopher Ventris, Ain Anger, Waltraud Meier, Linda Watson, and Tomasz Konieczny. Production from January 2016. Register for free and view here.
1 pm ET: Copland House presents
Underscored: Jalbert’s
Crossings. Vermont-born composer Pierre Jalbert was inspired by the migration of people voyaging into new and unfamiliar places and traces Jalbert’s own French-Canadian-American ancestry.
Crossings is built around a folk song from Quebec,
Quand j’ai parti du Canada (When I Left Canada), which is deconstructed, reinterpreted, reassembled, and reordered in inventive and unexpected ways. The program features a complete performance of the work, preceded by an introductory conversation with the composer, and followed by a live Q&A with viewers. Register and view here.
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Giselle. Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov, choreography: Elena Tschernischova after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. With Nina Poláková, Masayu Kimoto, Rebecca Horner, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Alice Firenze, Leonardo Basílio, and Soloists and Corps de ballet des Wiener Staatsballetts. Production from September 2017. Register for free and view here.
2:30 pm ET: Philharmonie de Paris presents Casadesus conducts Debussy, Ravel, Schumann & Beethoven. Jean-Claude Casadesus conducts the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris in a Franco-German program of Debussy’s
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Ravel’s
Pavane pour une infante défunte Schumann’s Piano Concerto with soloist David Kadouch, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. View here. LIVE