“This tour is based on the simple idea that high art and accessibility are not mutually exclusive.” So says the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser, in his straight-to-the-point manifesto for “The Sounding Off Tour: A Fresh Look at Classical Music.”
Moser has joined forces with keyboardist and performance artist Phyllis Chen for a six-city U.S. swing that lands in San Francisco Jan. 19-20.
There’s a good reason that Pennsylvania-born Paul Jacobs, 32, is frequently dubbed an organ evangelist. Even before he made music history at age 23, when he played J.S.
As memories of holiday carols and sing-alongs fade into the distance, harbingers of enticing performances for the new year are beginning to take their place.
What do Elvis, Mozart, and Beethoven have in common? The connection is not what you might expect.
Besides the fact that all three are dead, Maestro David Ramadanoff had one reason for putting Michael Daugherty’s Dead Elvis and Mozart’s Serenade in D major K. 239 (Serenata notturna) together with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony on the Vallejo Symphony's Jan. 9 concert.
Working closely with Steve Reich, percussionist Adam Sliwinski realized that the powerful pulse that propels Reich’s music seems embodied by the septuagenarian composer himself.
The holiday concert season climaxes this weekend, and the San Francisco Symphony is pulling out its last stops – literally. The Symphony Chorus and is enlisted for a “Choral Christmas Spectacular” that brings out the flavor in your holiday faves.
The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Benjamin Simon give a nod to the holidays this Saturday with Arcangelo Corelli's perennial Christmas Concerto.
The penny-whistle, harp, and bodhran will be in full cry this Friday evening as Old First Church presents Golden Bough, a trio of minstrels who do Christmas Celtic style. You don't need an Irish (or Galician) aunt to enjoy the rare carols and toe-tapping folk tunes this group performs.
For those ready to cleanse their palates of holiday music and dig into something savory for the New Year, Benjamin Simon and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra offer a smattering of everything at which they excel.
