Reviews

In a program of difficult Bach cantatas, the singers of the Pacific Collegium — men and boys — came through impressively.

Jennifer Koh and Anssi Karttunen joined the brilliant Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg in piano trios, and duos, that knocked everybody’s socks off.

Denis Matsuev continues to move audiences with his bravura and his sensitive keyboard style.

An ingenious technical kinetic/musical work strives for profundity, but lacks the “wow” factor listeners might have expected.

Symphony Silicon Valley has fun with Stravinsky and a new work by Paquito d’Rivera, with Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse as well-matched soloists.

This strong early-instrument ensemble not only excels in Mozart and Haydn, but also performs an entertaining quartet by the latter’s contemporary (and a near-unknown) John Wikmanson.

Composer and performance artist Meredith Monk’s uncanny ability to express universal truths through highly evocative, elemental sounds has kept her in the forefront of contemporary music for over four decades. Her latest recording for ECM New Series, confirms that her work remains as vital as ever.

No music is an island and the San Francisco Symphony's performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony is a case in point.

Antonio Lotti’s astonishingly good Mass emerges from history’s shadows, thanks to the American Bach Soloists’ efforts.

Four players, or three: Every work came up a winner in this Music@Menlo recital, capping off its season.