David Bratman

In a concert ostensibly about expressionism, the surprise was Kreisler’s 1919 string quartet.

Louis Spohr hits a double but Mendelssohn crushes a surprise home run with an early piano quartet.

The “Classical Style” concert focuses on chamber masterworks from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Meanwhile, conductor Vasily Petrenko made a meal of Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony, leading the San Francisco Symphony’s weekend program.

California Symphony contrasted Visconti’s lyrical concerto with big-boned, dramatic works.

The acclaimed young ensemble exhibit technical mastery and nuanced interpretations of Beethoven, Haydn, and Shostakovich.

The piano phenom offers fiery renditions of two long, very different concertos.

Herbert Blomstedt guides a taut, inspired reading of Beethoven’s masterpiece.

Guest artists Edvard Tshivzhel and Nikolai Demidenko help translate works from their compatriots.

In a marathon program, five performers find distinctly different musical expression in the composer’s piano studies.