David Bratman

Soloists are at the fore in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, but the orchestra was at its best in the Stravinsky ballet.

Adapting the piano accompaniment for string quartet elicited the operatic quality of Schubert’s songs.

Pianist Tamami Honma, violinist Julian Brown, and cellist Yong-Zi Ma bring infectious joy to a program of Beethoven and Shostakovich.

The remarkable 12-year-old prodigy performs her own violin concerto with aplomb.

New settings of the Nobel winner’s classic songs raise philosophical questions about the relationship of text and music.

From von Biber’s bombastic Battalia to the subtleties of a recent Andrew Norman piece, the NCCO played everything with grace and beauty.

A small piece from composer Frank Ticheli ignites while Ola Gjeilo’s Sacris Solemniis merely soothes.

High modernism is alive and well and cellist Karttunen brought some fine, new examples to Cal Performances.

Soloist Mayuko Kamio stands out in Khachaturian Violin Concerto.

The veteran ensemble champions new and vintage works for the modern brass quintet.