Previews

The Portland Cello Project plays almost anything, almost anywhere, in its mashed-up world of all-embracing music.

Steven Isserlis performing all of Beethoven’s cello music is a treat; his doing it in company with fortepianist Robert Levin promises to be an adventure.

Fans of the Oakland East Bay Symphony should be on pins and needles for its upcoming May concert.

The New Century Chamber Orchestra is one of the great Bay Area institutions.

The rip-roaring days of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast come alive, courtesy of the S.F. Symphony.

You put on your explorer hat, experience something that you may not be fully prepared for, and have a reaction. That’s what new music is all about.

San Francisco Choral Society is run by wizard chorus master Robert Geary, who always manages to inject drama, and even subtlety into the group’s productions.

The reliable, well-balanced California Bach Society’s next concert presents a selection of Handel's vibrant, public pieces.

There isn’t a concert in the Quartet’s 2012 lineup that I’d want to miss.

Those who have been waiting to hear this marvelous soprano live will finally get their wish.