David Bratman

David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize–winning work is paired with Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at Carmel Bach, with some “holy minimalists” included for contrast.

Zemlinsky's time came when the Escher Quartet played all four of his canonical string quartets for one of Music@Menlo’s Carte Blanche concerts.

The Silicon Valley Music Festival, now in its third season, has acquired some desirable accoutrements: an attractive program book and a set of venues concentrated in downtown San Jose.

Symphony Silicon Valley wraps up its season with a tasty meat-and-potatoes program, including a Weber bassoon concerto side dish.

The Symphony Silicon Valley offers a Brahms inspired concert with guest conductor Karen Kamensek and guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu.

The Ives Quartet performs a program that would have drawn a spectrum of reactions from the namesake composer.

We may not know much about how Bach or Mozart expected to hear their music, but we have a great deal of information about later 19th-century composers, thanks to early recordings.

German’s Auryn Quartet (now in its fourth decade of prominence) plays Beethoven to a fare-thee-well in San José.

As old as its town, the Fremont Symphony continues to surprise and delight, this time harking back to its roots and then displaying youthful local talent.

A superbly vital performance of Carmina Burana is the centerpiece of a rousing concert by Symphony Silicon Valley and several choruses.