Schubert lived a tragic life, resulting in some dour music. But the third Schubertiade in [email protected] summer festival proved even the darkest music can be rewarding.

Cellist Arnold Choi performed four works, three unaccompanied, at the festival’s new venue in downtown San Jose.

Clarinetists Romie de Guise-Langlois and David Shifrin, occasionally joined by violin and piano, dazzled.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra performed Mozart, Haydn, and a work by Jonny Greenwood, better known as the guitarist from Radiohead.

The former LSO principal conductor and current San Francisco Symphony music director returned to the stage with the orchestra.

A suite by Edvard Grieg was the surprise highlight of a lively concert.

Stanford musicians and guests perform Haydn’s first and final symphony, written in the same key, 36 years apart.

Jon Nakamatsu teamed with Symphony Silicon Valley, the 1927-designed California Theatre, and works by Gershwin and Ravel to transport audiences back to the roaring ‘20s.