Reviews

Technical bravura and emotional depth marked the recital of Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla, who consistently delighted his large audience.

Musicians from Marlboro tours are a chance to catch these artists when they’re mostly still young and little-known. The San Jose Chamber Music Society brought them to Le Petit Trianon in downtown San Jose on Wednesday, for an immensely vivid evening.

The Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili takes listeners on a mesmerizing tour of the Soviet and post-Soviet musical landscape, with seraphic stops and sights along the way.

The American Bach Soloists gave a perfectly timed concert of comic works in Berkeley, winning hearts.

Paul Taylor’s choreographies still stir, provoke, inspire, even in his company’s 56th year.

Soprano Jessica Rivera brings vividly to life a new work by Mark Grey, commemorating 9/11, that deals with peace, purification, and transcendence.

Provocative as usual, the Del Sol Quartet jumps cultures, continents, and even musical temperaments in its brilliant recital.

The Calder Quartet, with pianist Gloria Cheng, offered a concert that presented contrasts, alternating visions of hell, cryptic smiles, and a program promising doom and gloom ... all of which added up to a positively cathartic experience.

Stunning performances of 13th-century English music are Trio Mediaeval’s latest offering, music so perfectly blended that it almost hurts.