An airy afternoon of dances and a Bach concerto ends with Bartók’s spirited and spooky Divertimento.
Orchestra and conductor were in top form, but Latvian violinist Baiba Skride stole the show.
A mostly somber Día de los Muertos program casts the limelight on choral works by Latin American composers.
Echoes of 19th-century American music permeate works by George Crumb and Caroline Shaw.
High modernism is alive and well and cellist Karttunen brought some fine, new examples to Cal Performances.
The pianist with deep ties to the county and the string quartet brought music back to the Green Music Center.
Alasdair Neale and Marin Symphony offer a vivid program of Tchaikovsky, Barber, and Mussorgsky.
Hans Abrahmsen’s hour-long meditation, Snow, anchors an entertaining program from S.F. Contemporary Music Players.
Vocalists, orchestra, and conductor are in perfect synch in this intense, spiritual program.
No waiting for the encores for the smiles and fun to appear: the guitarist and accordionist were on the same page from the beginning.
