Niels Swinkels

Consolation and beauty are offered to those mourning a loss, including SFCV founding editor Robert Commanday, in a spellbinding concert by the Marin Symphony and Orchestra.

Before making his S.F. Symphony debut, Augustin Hadelich talks about his musical upbringing in Italy with German parents, how he prepares for performance, and where he finds his extraordinary instruments.

The virtuoso recitalist Richard Goode speaks of how Beethoven chose him, and of how he loves to “enact the music” for himself and his rapt audiences.

Perhaps the world’s preeminent ensemble for Renaissance vocal music, the Tallis Scholars deliver eloquence to die for.

Musical fireworks from Italy light up the sky in Philharmonia Baroque’s latest outing, with four brilliant soloists.

In a recital, violinist Sarah Chang displays her intense, sometimes flashy style, but often lacks depth.

In an emotion-filled tribute, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis dazzle with their artistry.

A rare outing for two unusual instruments sets apart American Bach Soloists’ splendid performance, with soloists Elizabeth Blumenstock and Debra Nagy.

The period ensemble New Esterházy Quartet revives music by a prolific Viennese composer/publisher, one Franz Anton Hoffmeister.

Widely recorded and always giving recitals, the Danish recorder virtuoso Michala Petri talks about her love of contemporary music and jazz, and how music lives in in her finger-memory.