Previews

Each week, SFCV looks behind the scenes to give you a sneak peak of what's coming up on stages around the Bay Area...so you can learn about concerts before they happen.

Upcoming Concert
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    Sat June 9, 2012 7:00pm

    A prolific composer of choral works beloved by choirs worldwide is profiled in a documentary by a first-time filmmaker.

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    Critics' Picks
    PBO 2012
    • Critics Pick
    June 3

    The divine Dominique  Labelle, Nic McGegan, and a few pals from Philharmonia Baroque lead off the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition with the kind of concert that you only wish came around more often.

    More about Berkeley Festival and Exhibition »

    Critics' Picks
    Boys Choir 2012
    • Critics Pick
    June 3

    Take one day for choral music and look in on this appropriately ambitious concert.

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    Aida West Bay Opera 2012
    • Critics Pick
    May 25 - June 3

    Don't miss the opportunity to experience the intimacy and immediacy of that drama in this first-ever fully staged production by West Bay Opera at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.

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    Upcoming Concert
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      Sat June 2, 2012 7:00pm

      The world’s most famous singer of Afghani music (now a Fremont resident) is set to perform her captivating songs in Richmond.

      More about Cal Performances »

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      Gold Coast Chamber Players
      • Critics Pick
      June 1

      As an introduction to the riches of the Spanish classical tradition, you could not do any better than this concert.

      More about Old First Concerts »

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      • Critics Pick
      May 24 - 27

      One of the best concerts of the season will be heard in May.

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      Upcoming Concert
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        Fri May 25, 2012 7:30pm

        An unknown piano work by the iconoclastic Lou Harrison will rise from the dead, along with an East–West fusion work for large chorus, La Koro Sutro.

        More about Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive »

        Critics' Picks
        Steven Isserlis 2012
        • Critics Pick
        May 19 - 20

        Steven Isserlis performing all of Beethoven’s cello music is a treat; his doing it in company with fortepianist Robert Levin promises to be an adventure.

        More about San Francisco Performances »

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        MTT 2012
        • Critics Pick
        May 17 - 19

        An example of how, through great programming, classical and contemporary music can illuminate each other.

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