Previews

Let’s hear it for “More power to the cello!” The L.A. Philharmonic and its dynamic director arrive in town with Johannes Moser his plugged in instrument.

The radical, sometimes wacky, music of composer/pianist John Cage receives a hearing on the Stanford campus.

Singing “in the key of life” continues to be the mission of Cantare Con Vivo, now celebrating its 25th year of song and service.

The San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music provide a nice classical chamber series at the Legion of Honor, but their signature event has quickly become Chamber Music Day at the de Young Museum.

New twists (and languages) in works by Ravel and Schoenberg mark the treatment of the Sounds New ensemble.

If you’ve been dying to hear Shostakovich, his Symphony No. 14 is the one for you

Possessed of a large, rich, flexible voice that works equally well in Verdi, Wagner, and Handel, Stephanie Blythe leaves all that behind to once again champion American music in recital.

Music fans and film buffs can meet on the same territory as the Mill Valley Film Festival explores music in three wildly different documentaries.

One of Russia’s premier performing arts organizations under its charismatic leader, Valery Gergiev arrives at Cal Performances in Berkeley, after opening the Carnegie Hall season.

Composer Steve Reich turns 75 this year and keeps on rolling. And the 38-year-old Kronos Quartet keeps going with him. On its Cal Performances recital this Sunday, Kronos plays Reich's music composed for the quartet; likely to make it one of the most life-affirming concerts of the season.