Previews

Esa-Pekka Salonen, the composer/conductor who until recent years led the Los Angeles Philharmonic, brings to the Pacific shore the same Philharmonia Orchestra whose many recordings with some of the greatest conductors of the latter 20th century have achieved legendary status.

The Oakland East Bay Symphony concludes the national election work week with all American composers.

This Sunday, the prodigiously accomplished David Requiro joins forces with the excellent pianistRoy Bogas for a recital that leads off a fantastic season of concerts at the Crowden School intheir Sundays@Four series.

This Sunday, the prodigiously accomplished David Requiro joins forces with the excellent pianistRoy Bogas for a recital that leads off a fantastic season of concerts at the Crowden School intheir Sundays@Four series.

Other Minds, in collaboration with Cal Performances, is putting on a major retrospective of Conlon Nancarrow’s music this weekend. It’s music that, as Frank Zappa said, “will kill you.” (And he meant that in a good way.)

“Improv queens” the Real Vocal String Quartet, on deck Nov. 14 at Salons at the Rex, is classically trained but embraces many musical idioms.

Two superstars will be playing two No. 2 concertos too difficult for most other mortals.

The Pacific Guitar Ensemble is a group dedicated to keeping this dynamic process alive, and it invites audiences to come along for the ride.

With Locaphonic, Hannah Addario-Berry melds two of the Bay Area’s salient obsessions, food and music, in concerts that have all the right ingredients for success.

There are some anniversaries that have to be celebrated by those who really care. The hundredth anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire is one of those.