Previews

Michael Zwiebach - June 19, 2012

Every year, Sarah Cahill and New Music Bay Area’s Garden of Memory concert offers a special way to celebrate summer.

Michael Zwiebach - June 7, 2012

The Bay Area harbors a number of excellent composers who regularly fly under the radar. One of these is Kurt Rohde, a Rome-prize winner of a few years back. The Left Coast Ensemble regularly premieres his work and this week they’re taking on another of his pieces,...maestoso ...misterioso on a concert titled Delicacies for Diverse Ensembles.

Michael Zwiebach - June 7, 2012

Improbable as the revival of Handel operas might have seemed 30 years ago, many of them are now regularly programmed internationally. From being the province of early-music specialists, the fortunate Handelian few have escaped shelf-confinement into the broader repertory.

Michael Zwiebach - June 7, 2012

This piano competition, though it is not extremely well-known, has a first-class international jury headed by Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Instead of a final round with full orchestra and contestants playing concertos, this competition features a final round of piano trios (quite an assignment for the two string players hired).

Jason Victor Serinus - June 6, 2012

A slain leader in the gay rights movement, San Francisco’s own Harvey Milk, is the subject of a new cantata that employs some of his unknown speeches.

Jason Victor Serinus - June 4, 2012

In a new production by visual artist Jun Kaneko and sung in English, The Magic Flute is perfect for the whole family.

Jason Victor Serinus - June 4, 2012

John Adams’ first opera, Nixon in China, is a thoroughly modern, musically and visually irresistible masterpiece.

Jim Farber - May 30, 2012

Four days of musical pleasures by visiting luminaries await voyagers to the Ojai Music Festival in June.

Michael Zwiebach - May 25, 2012

The divine Dominique  Labelle, Nic McGegan, and a few pals from Philharmonia Baroque lead off the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition with the kind of concert that you only wish came around more often.

Michael Zwiebach - May 25, 2012

As an introduction to the riches of the Spanish classical tradition, you could not do any better than this concert.