Reviews

Richard S. Ginell - October 29, 2024

The conservatory’s head of conducting studies draws a poised performance from these student musicians.

Andrew Gilbert - October 28, 2024

The ensemble has partnered with the de Young Museum for this season’s commissioning project, blending music and visuals with intriguing results.

Jeff Kaliss - October 28, 2024

In his new book, Missing Music, record producer Ian Brennan relates the journeys he’s taken around the world.

Steven Winn - October 28, 2024

Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director Eun Sun Kim.

Josef Woodard - October 27, 2024

Stephen Drury plays the composer’s sonatas in a memorable recital for Piano Spheres.

Rebecca Wishnia - October 27, 2024

Guest conductor Thomas Wilkins leads an appealing program that also includes music by William Grant Still and Leonard Bernstein.

Tamzin Elliott - October 22, 2024

David T. Little’s composition is a challenging experiment in form and genre, part film screening and part live performance.

Nicholas Jones - October 22, 2024

Meyer, violinist Tessa Lark, and cellist Joshua Roman perform three of the bassist’s crossover compositions in advance of recording them.

Michael Zwiebach - October 22, 2024

Kedrick Armstrong conducts his first concert as music director, featuring jazz artists with Bay Area ties and Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4.

Lisa Hirsch - October 21, 2024

Richard Wagner’s epic of love and death comes to glorious life in a dramatically sung production led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.