Early Music/Baroque

Michael Zwiebach - June 12, 2018

Voices of Music and the San Francisco Girls Chorus create a version like the one performed in Purcell's lifetime.

Nicholas Jones - June 12, 2018

Sequentia performs compellingly reconstructed music from a thousand years ago.

Jason Victor Serinus - June 5, 2018

Soprano Christine Brandes brought the fury and darkness, though the venue was unsuitable.

Steven Winn - May 22, 2018

The West Coast premiere of Philip Glass’s Third Piano Concerto dominates the program.

Steven Winn - May 15, 2018

Bach’s orchestral suites, masterfully interpreted.

Steven Winn - May 5, 2018

Foot-stomping, exuberant, and unabashedly sentimental, Jordi Savall’s latest musical tour is still about sensitive, extraordinary performances.

Steven Winn - April 10, 2018

A program of ravishing beauty draws from the timeless Vespro della Beata Vergine.

David Bratman - March 13, 2018

Works from Corelli, Georg Muffat, and George Frideric Handel explore variations on the concerto grosso form.

Nicholas Jones - March 13, 2018

The viol virtuoso brings French Baroque chamber music to the Bay Area.

Niels Swinkels - February 27, 2018

Drama there was, but ABS’s revivifying take on Bach’s masterpiece was mainly gorgeous.