Under General Director Mark Streshinsky, the company scored another hit with a new production of L’incoronazione di Poppea (the Coronation of Poppea).
A performance by Cappella Romana at Bing Hall is capped by an astounding and mesmerizing finale.
At an S.F. Contemporary Music Players’ concert, Steve Reich’s music became the sum of its electronic amplifiers, rather than its parts. Is there a way to tame this problem?
Charles Dutoit guest conducts, with mixed success, two works of French composers evoking Spain, plus an Elgar work mystifying Britain.
A standout ensemble from Chicago, Axiom Brass, makes a sterling West Coast debut, performing challenging and rewarding works.
A dazzling trio of works shows off the San Francisco Ballet in top form. A new Wayne McGregor ballet stuns and amazes.
Cellist Steven Isserlis teams with composer/pianist Thomas Adès to record a recital they devised of rarely heard works, playing them superbly.
A terrific threesome provided an evening of delectable works for flute, voice, and piano.
Eco Ensemble admirably delivers some unsettling, foreboding music, with a noted film-score composer present.
The welcome return visit of the Joffrey Ballet to Berkeley features a mixed bill, both moving and wondrous, and beautifully danced.
