Classical Music Reviews
Every week, our professional critics attend concerts throughout the Bay Area to let you know what went well...and occasionally what didn't. Let their insights enrich your musical experiences, and feel free to share your own views!
Recital REVIEW
April 13, 2014
Georgian-born Khatia Buniatishvili’s deeply felt musicality proves right for Liszt and Ravel, but is a bit off for a Chopin sonata.
More about Steinway Society »Chamber Music REVIEW
April 13, 2014
The stars were aligned in Piedmont for the fifth and concluding program of the Berkeley Symphony’s season chamber series.
More about Berkeley Symphony »Choral REVIEW
April 13, 2014
In praise of Scarlatti, the estimable Voices of Music lament impressively.
More about Voices of Music »Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra REVIEW
April 12, 2014
The “Minimalist Jukebox,” a grand exploration of minimalism, is spinning Los Angeles itself. Two days belonged to the man who started it all: Terry Riley.
More »Festival REVIEW
April 12, 2014
Switch-ups mark the annual Switchboard Music Festival, with genres from all over the map (and then some) and a lot of radical playing going on.
More about Switchboard Music Festival »Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra REVIEW
April 9, 2014
When he is back in town to solidify his position as the Symphony’s Conductor Laureate, Herbert Blomstedt conducts the repertoire he loves, and that San Francisco audiences most love to hear from him.
More about San Francisco Symphony »Recital REVIEW
April 6, 2014
Effortlessly parsing Apollonian and Dionysiac aesthetics, Manuel Barrueco’s guitar enlivens arrangements of works by Bach and Scarlatti.
More about San Francisco Performances »Chamber Music REVIEW
April 5, 2014
A composer’s passing is considered with thoughts of the voice and spirit living on, an idea that was pervasive at the memorial concert for the late Conrad Susa, presented by the S.F. Conservatory of Music.
More about San Francisco Conservatory of Music »Chamber Music REVIEW
April 5, 2014
German’s Auryn Quartet (now in its fourth decade of prominence) plays Beethoven to a fare-thee-well in San José.
More about San Jose Chamber Music Society »Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra REVIEW
April 4, 2014
Vivaldi’s vocal whirlwinds are as nothing to the massed forces of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorus as they mount the extravagant oratorio Judith triumphans.
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