Reviews

Jeff Dunn - August 20, 2012

Tom Chiu and Christopher Jones free notes from traditional shackles at a centenary concert in honor of a great 20th-century innovator.

Janos Gereben - August 19, 2012

The Merola Grand Finale, which presented — and said farewell to — one of the finest Merola classes in years, presented six tenors all of whom are ready for prime time.

Niels Swinkels - August 19, 2012

Massed forces of the S.F. Choral Society performs a musical collage for Mother Earth, plus a semistaged version of the always-challenging Carmina Burana.

Jason Victor Serinus - August 15, 2012

Soprano Miah Persson’s latest recital CD is essential to acquire, being so filled with beautiful, deeply felt singing.

Lisa Hirsch - August 13, 2012

The Cabrillo Festival celebrates 50 with an engaging program: a road-racer, a mult-cult piece by Golijov, a Harrison symphony, and a commissioned work by a mere youngster.

David Bratman - August 13, 2012

Brilliant playing enlivens Music@Menlo’s final program, in a mix of surprising instrumental combinations, coupled with formidable playing by young performers.

Fredric Lieberman - August 7, 2012

Playing a deceptively difficult piece by Lou Harrison, plus works with electronica, vocals, and other “extended techniques” the Del Sol Quartet shows its versatility.

Jeff Dunn - August 6, 2012

The Cabrillo Festival offers good and sufficient reasons to repeat phrases in compositions, or not.

Georgia Rowe - August 3, 2012

A ripe-to-bursting Mozart opera, rarely performed, dallies in the garden of earthly delights, peopled by stalwarts of S.F. Opera’s Merola Program.

Michelle Dulak Thomson - August 3, 2012

Magnificent playing, a fine new work commissioned from Lera Auerbach, and penetrating emotional currents mark violinist Vadim Gluzman’s new disc.