Music News

Janos Gereben - April 16, 2013

When Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the Vienna Philharmonic last week in Festival Hall, at "The Rest Is Noise," Southbank Centre’s festival of 20th-century music, the composition of the orchestra made some encouraging news "for those who thought that the Vienna Philharmonic not only hadn’t made it to the 21st c

Janos Gereben - April 16, 2013
Sherman Clay, 1870-2013
Sherman Clay, 1870-2013

When Sherman Clay, a San Francisco establishment since Leander Sherman opened the first store on Ke

Janos Gereben - April 16, 2013
Colin Davis
Colin Davis

On the week's obituary list: Sir Colin Davis, 85, and Adolph "Bud" Herseth, 91, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony for a

Michael Zwiebach - April 11, 2013
Cats
Cats by Broadway By the Bay

April 13, Saturday, 10 a.m.

Mark MacNamara - April 11, 2013
Todd Wedge
Todd Wedge directing students

When he first heard the San Francisco School of the Arts chorus sing at a Chanticleer youth fes

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013

Word came Tuesday afternoon concerning the delay in ratifying the tentative San Francisco Symphony contract agreement that "both parties have been working on the agreement steadily since the orchestra returned to work last week." This indicates further negotiations are under way, rather than the

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013

Merola's 2013 summer season includes Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in venues new to the program: 600-seat Everett Middle School Auditorium and 1,700-seat Nourse Theater, in addition to Yerba Buena Gardens and the War Memorial Opera House.

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013
In rehearsal for <em>battle hymns</em>
In rehearsal for battle hymns

Some 150 artists will come together for a musical spectacul

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013
From an <em>Into the Woods</em> production in Chicago
From an Into the Woods production in Chicago

Into the Woods, on