What could be better than an evening of string quintets with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra All-Stars? Masterpieces by the classical masters Mozart and Mendelssohn are featured in the program of great chamber music for the viola quintet, which is a string quartet improved by the addition of a second viola!

With Antoine van Dongen & Natasha Makhijani, violins; Jory Fankuchen & Ben Simon, violas; Eric Gaenslen, cello.

Classical at the Freight brings in some of the Bay Area’s best classical musicians for an hour of outstanding chamber music in an informal, friendly atmosphere. San Francisco Chamber Orchestra music director Ben Simon hosts. There’s no stuffiness, no mystification, just an invigorating evening with gifted musicians sharing the beauty and joy of this timeless art with new audiences of all ages.

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