Previews

Jeff Dunn - April 14, 2009
Yan Pascal Tortelier

The British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is beloved for his evocation of pastoral, folk-song-infused landscapes in works like

Anna Carol Dudley - April 14, 2009
Chamber Chorus
Benjamin Britten's monumental War Requiem will be heard Wednesday, April 22 at the UC Berkeley campus.
Kathryn Miller - April 13, 2009
Ragnar Bohlin
During a season otherwise filled with the iconic works of Beethoven, Mahler, and Handel, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus under the baton of R
Janos Gereben - April 10, 2009
Michael Morgan

The Oakland East Bay Symphony's April 17 concert at the Paramount Theatre "pairs two composers who were revolutionaries in their time, and who cha

Michael Zwiebach - April 7, 2009
Benjamin Simon

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra concerts are always lively affairs.

Michael Zwiebach - April 7, 2009
Carmen

Few classical works are as recession-proof as Opera San José's next production, Georges Bizet's Carmen.

Michael Zwiebach - April 7, 2009
Rossetti Piano Quartet

Put three-quarters of a string quartet (violin, viola, cello) together with a piano and you have a grouping that has inspired some of the g

Janos Gereben - April 7, 2009
“My name is Dylan Mattingly, I’m 17 (though for only three more hours ...), and I, along with Preben Antonsen (also 17), run a local new music ensemble made up of kids our age which plays music written in our lifetimes,” said the irresistible e-mail.
Catherine Getches - March 31, 2009
Krystian Zimerman

Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman is known for his technical polish, recently seen here

Jeff Dunn - March 31, 2009
Bruno Ferrandis

Live performances of the vast catalog of symphonic music by Russian composer Nicolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950) occur with near-hen’s-tooth f