You can’t scotch S.F. Ballet’s vigor and its ever-venturesome choreography, whether old or young.
The San Francisco Symphony memorializes one of its great members, oboist William Bennett, with a moving concert of Bruckner and Mozart.
Baritone Thomas Hampson’s artistry guarantees a memorable evening of art songs, by Schumann, Barber, and Michael Hersch.
Yuri Possokhov's Rite of Spring is extraordinary, demonstrating his mastery of the rhythms and impulses of the score, conducted and played with beauty and precision by Martin West and the S.F. Ballet Orchestra.
Even though a bit hampered, soprano Susanna Phillips charms with her distinctive recital of songs by Berg, Chausson, Messiaen, Granados, and Schubert.
It takes a family to make a musical dynasty, as the innumerable Bach composers proved, with works well-performed by the California Bach Society.
The Escher Quartet comes to rescue to fill a program in San José, with its amply satisfying playing of Beethoven quartets.
Thriving in an area blessed with myriad composers, the Kronos Quartet chooses some novel ones, plus a long-term arranger.
A S.F. Chamber Orchestra program transverses three centuries of music with consistent liveliness, grace, and skill.
Uneven playing, despite her brilliant pianistic gifts, marks Valentina Lisitsa’s latest CD.
