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CD REVIEW
  Gardiner: <em>Bach Cantatas</em> Gardiner Brings Bach Home
May 17, 2013

John Eliot Gardiner’s 28th CD in a series of Bach cantatas is a must-have recording, for its superb music-making as well as its detailed essays.

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Playlist
May 16, 2013

We had so many possibilities for last week’s three-minute mixtape, we had to create another playlist featuring classical music’s most famous dance tunes, all under three minutes (with one minor exception).

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Upcoming Concert
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    Sun May 19, 2013 4:00pm

    After two remarkable decades of presenting music in San Francisco, the Noe Valley Chamber Music series celebrates with a gala.

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    Feature Article
    May 8, 2013

    Can the modern piano evolve any further? Pianist and inventor Christopher Taylor thinks so, and has been laboring to perfect a two-keyboard instrument, performing with an early near-equivalent wherever he can.

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    Feature Article
    May 7, 2013

    You expect to see a folk singer with a battered guitar busking at a train station, but an operatic baritone? A quartet of cellos? Here’s what that’s about.

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    Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra REVIEW
     San Francisco Symphony  SF Symphony Scales the Heights of <em>Missa Solemnis</em>
    May 11, 2013

    The San Francisco Symphony’s Beethoven Project reached a radiant high point over the weekend, as Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas returned to the composer’s Missa Solemnis.

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    DVD REVIEW
      John Wilson Orchestra: <em>Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies</em> Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies
    May 10, 2013

    So unerring in the selections on Rodgers & Hammerstein At the Movies, the John Wilson Orchestra’s new disc, you will likely enjoy yourself immensely and maybe even swoon.

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    Upcoming Concert
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      May 18, and 19

      What happens when boys from the Ragazzi Boys Chorus seek that camaraderie and unique experience of the renowned choral group they grew up in? Ragazzi Continuo to the rescue.

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      Grab Bag


      An imaginative dance piece choreographed by Mark Morris, "Polka" is set to music by Lou Harrison.

      Critics' Picks

      Sat May 18, 2013 8:00pm
      Old First Concerts
      Sat May 18, 2013 8:00pm
      San Francisco Bach Choir
      Sun May 19, 2013 3:00pm
      Chamber Music San Francisco
      Sun May 19, 2013 4:00pm
      Cantare Con Vivo
      Sat May 25, 2013 8:00pm
      San Francisco Performances
      Sat May 25, 2013 8:00pm
      San Francisco Symphony