David Bratman

David Bratman is a librarian who lives with his lawfully wedded soprano and a wall full of symphony recordings.

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David Bratman - March 21, 2023

Pianist Jon Nakamatsu plays Grieg’s concerto in a program emphasizing folk styles of different ethnicities.

David Bratman - March 13, 2023

In Berkeley, the orchestra and conductor Christian Thielemann applied their unique sound to the music they’re most associated with.

David Bratman - March 8, 2023

Paul Huang and Danbi Um share a program for Chamber Music San Francisco, collaborating on a rarely played piece by Moritz Moszkowski.

David Bratman - February 28, 2023

Sam Adams’s piano concerto makes a big impression, while Esa-Pekka Salonen chivvies Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony along.

David Bratman - February 13, 2023

The orchestra’s conductor laureate may work seated on the podium now, but his interpretations are still vital as ever.

David Bratman - January 31, 2023

The Chicago quartet is in its element with a program of recent works written expressly for the group.

David Bratman - December 6, 2022

Dvořák’s masterpiece shares space with a couple of unusual works in a brilliantly played concert.

David Bratman - November 15, 2022

Meta4 makes its West Coast debut with a fascinating concert of works inspired by the far north.

David Bratman - October 24, 2022

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a program of dark favorites by Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Liszt, and Hector Berlioz.

David Bratman - October 16, 2022

It’s a gigantic new piece that, perhaps surprisingly, is entirely at home on a program of 20th-century masterworks.