Music Articles

Every week, our writers take an in‐depth look at an artist, program or topic of interest to us. Spend some time with this week's classical music feature, or scroll through the extensive SFCV archive for insights in many music topics.

Feature Article
Best of the Bay 2017–2018 Winners
August 27, 2018
Best of the Bay 2017–2018 Winners
BY Paul Kotapish

Congratulations to the winners of our annual Best of the Bay reader poll.

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Feature Article
Bright Moments Celebrating Rahsaan Roland Kirk
August 6, 2018
Bright Moments Celebrating Rahsaan Roland Kirk
BY Andrew Gilbert

One of jazz history’s most idiosyncratic individuals gets a Bay Area festival all his own.

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Let Them Eat Cake: How Young Professionals Clubs Bring Millennials Into the Concert Hall
July 30, 2018
Let Them Eat Cake: How Young Professionals Clubs Bring Millennials Into the Concert Hall
BY Jeremy Reynolds

The quest for a younger arts audience often involves these social clubs.

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Photo Essay
Take a Tour of the 2018 Music@Menlo Festival
July 23, 2018
Take a Tour of the 2018 [email protected] Festival
BY Paul Kotapish

Photographer Geoff Sheil shares some images from inside the expansive chamber-music program.

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Feature Article
Going Solo: New Music With Personality
July 20, 2018
Going Solo: New Music With Personality
BY Allan Kozinn

In the latest recordings from Robert Honstein and Rob Schwimmer, the soloist is the whole story, while Simone Dinnerstein and A Far Cry take on Philip Glass's Piano Concerto No. 3.

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Feature Article
Philharmonia Baroque Go for <em>Glory</em>; Los Cenzontles Go Baroque
July 17, 2018
Philharmonia Baroque Go for Glory; Los Cenzontles Go Baroque
BY Michael Zwiebach

The orchestra issues a live recording of Le temple de la gloire. The band mixes roots music with classical training.

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How to Hear Through Your Hands and Other Lessons from the Stanford Music and the Brain Conference
July 10, 2018
How to Hear Through Your Hands and Other Lessons from the Stanford Music and the Brain Conference
BY Lou Fancher

New research shows how music helps Alzheimer’s patients and inspires us to cooperate.

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Music Is a Fount of Optimism for Gabriela Lena Frank
July 2, 2018
Music Is a Fount of Optimism for Gabriela Lena Frank
BY Lou Fancher

The prolific composer talks about her creative life and her new opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

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Playlist
Seven Serenades for Summer
June 26, 2018
Seven Serenades for Summer
BY Michael Zwiebach

Need a mood lift? Here's a look at a little genre that produced some of classical music's biggest hits.

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Feature Article
S.F. Opera Brass <em>Ring</em> Glory: Grabbing the Brass Ring
June 26, 2018
S.F. Opera Brass Ring Glory: Grabbing the Brass Ring
BY Janos Gereben

The brass section gets a workout in Wagner's magnum opus, striking both joy and terror in the hearts of the players.

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