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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
May 19, 2013
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra closed its 2012-2013 season with an inspired concert that included interesting and meaningful juxtapositions.
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May 19, 2013
The L.A. Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel presentation of Marriage of Figaro is a perfectly balanced confection of interweaving vocal and orchestra layers, combining dramatic intensity and social commentary with music-making at a level that could only be described as sublime.
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May 18, 2013
The San Francisco Bach Choir let historic sheet music be their guide on a breezy tour of songs about the city.
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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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May 11, 2013
Using a program trend of multimediazation Pamela Freund-Striplen and the Gold Coast Chamber Players commanded attention of patrons with seven revelatory treats for the ears and eyes.
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May 11, 2013
The Santa Rosa Symphony, with guest pianist Olga Kern, parade Russian classics in a resounding season-capper.
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May 11, 2013
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson’s remarkable versatility in both classical and Romantic repertoire gets fine hearings around the Bay Area.
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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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May 5, 2013
The Marin Symphony, with pianist Joyce Yang, provides an illuminating session of compare-and-contrast of Debussy’s La Mer, along with some delicious Ravel.
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May 4, 2013
There was a lot of excitement at the San Francisco Symphony Saturday night. But even by this orchestra’s high standards, this was a thrilling, surprising — and even alarming — night.
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