David Bratman

New commissions by Gabriela Lena Frank and Sean Shepherd respond to the fires that devastated Santa Cruz County last year.

The chamber music festival is back to performing and at home in a new venue.

The online-only recital features spirited renditions of modern American songs.

Violinist Michael Barenboim leads a spirited string octet dedicated to building unity through musical conversation.

The Ariel Quartet plays two of the warhorses in the repertoire, in concert at Kohl Mansion.

With Giancarlo Guerrero wielding the baton, the Polish orchestra excels in a concert of works by Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutosławski.

Sergey Khachatryan earns his spotlight turn in the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

Pianist Nareh Arghamanyan discovers deep music in a work once dismissed as “Soviet kitsch.”

Eric K and ensemble add some spice to Copland’s El Salón México.

A lost Shostakovich piano trio emerges in “Art Under a Tombstone.”