The young string quartet, the first quartet-in-residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, also performed early works by Webern and Beethoven.

Pieces by Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly were the only standouts in a program of music that lacked ambition and scale.

The chamber opera follows the transition of a transgender person to womanhood, sung simultaneously by baritone Dan Kempson and mezzo-soprano Brenda Patterson.

New arrangements refresh Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.

The concert featured works from young composers inspired by two sculptures housed in the de Young Museum’s Gallery 16.

The quartet played for a smaller crowd in the intimate setting of the Presidio Officers’ Club.

High level of musicianship from the Earplayers lifts up a diverse program with hits and misses.

The musicians flawlessly played the composer’s complete string quartets — though sometimes the performance was more procedural than passionate.