Brett Campbell

Composer Arvo Pärt remains haunted by the Bible’s Adam, and a new CD reflects his probing musical ideas.

One of last century’s most powerful works of sacred music, which is virtually unknown: Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro, was performed in Berkeley.

Gamelan holds surprisingly wide appeal in America, which has more than 200 ensembles. SFCV profiles Gamelan Sekar Jaya, easily the best-known gamelan orchestra in the Bay Area, as it continues to reach a fascinating cross-section of music lovers.

Lou Harrison's seductive setting offers cross-cultural history and eroticism in a Javanese structure that begs for more pianos to be retuned for concertos featured on this disc.

Ensemble Parallèle stages a vivid reimagining of Gertrude Stein’s and Virgil Thomson’s masterwork; Luciano Chessa adds his imaginative response, called A Heavenly Act.

Like his career, Philip Glass’ new Days and Nights Festival will embrace a plethora of arts, with pride of place going to new music.

Popular British composer Roxanna Panufnik has composed a section of Chanticleer’s new musical tale about the young Jesus, The Boy Whose Father Was God, set for four Bay Area performances.

Cappella Romana has become the premier exponent and explorer of the musical traditions of Byzantium and other early Christian music. An upcoming concert showcases that expertise, before a return to Stanford to begin a research project aiming to re-create the acoustics of ancient Byzantine churches.

A visit from Les Percussion de Strausbourg treats the Bay Area to performances by the oldest continuing Western percussion ensemble.

Slide is the latest in a series of opera, oratorio, and experimental theater projects that librettist Rinde Eckert has created with composer Steven Mackey.