Previews

The Oakland-East Bay Symphony's coming concert, Heroes and Giants, is a demonstration of Michael Morgan’s programming genius.

Conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini, the imaginative musician who founded Concerto Italiano 28 years ago, will be featured on an upcoming SFS program of Mozart and Haydn.

Charles Amirkhanian travels the world to find new music and innovative composers, and will soon convene his latest finds at the 17th Other Minds Festival in Woodside.

The Afiara String Quartet balances a lively interest in new works with deep insight into core classical repertoire.

A chamber choir probes music of the heart and soul, including a work inspired by Martin Luther King’s vision of freedom when in the Birmingham jail.

For the purest maverickism, attend the second concert honoring four rule-breakers and featuring top-notch artists.

This most sensitive artist presents Schubert’s emotionally chilling,
potentially cathartic Winterreise (Winter journey).

Manga meets Mozart in this colorful production.

A significant Baroque ensemble tops its 20th anniversary season with Monteverdi’s music on love and war.

Music@Menlo’s winter series gets a French twist, with a wind quintet imported from Lincoln Center.