Previews

Michael Zwiebach - May 25, 2012

The divine Dominique  Labelle, Nic McGegan, and a few pals from Philharmonia Baroque lead off the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition with the kind of concert that you only wish came around more often.

Michael Zwiebach - May 25, 2012

As an introduction to the riches of the Spanish classical tradition, you could not do any better than this concert.

Michael Zwiebach - May 25, 2012

Take one day for choral music and look in on this appropriately ambitious concert.

Jason Victor Serinus - May 25, 2012

Don't miss the opportunity to experience the intimacy and immediacy of
that drama in this first-ever fully staged production by West Bay Opera
at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.

Jeff Kaliss - May 24, 2012

The world’s most famous singer of Afghani music (now a Fremont resident) is set to perform her captivating songs in Richmond.

Stephanie Jones - May 23, 2012

A prolific composer of choral works beloved by choirs worldwide is profiled in a documentary by a first-time filmmaker.

Jeff Dunn - May 17, 2012

One of the best concerts of the season will be heard in May.

Michael Zwiebach - May 17, 2012

Old First Concerts has a sharp eye for artists who are on the edge of stardom, which is what makes this low-priced concert series so successful.

Michael Zwiebach - May 17, 2012

An example of how, through great programming, classical
and contemporary music can illuminate each other.

Jason Victor Serinus - May 14, 2012

An unknown piano work by the iconoclastic Lou Harrison will rise from the dead, along with an East–West fusion work for large chorus, La Koro Sutro.