This is a group going out at the top of its game, judging by the Alexanders’ brilliant performance in Burlingame on Sunday.
Pekka Kuusisto plays Bryce Dessner’s Violin Concerto, and the orchestra speeds through Beethoven’s “Eroica” with verve.
In a packed concert, the orchestra and conductor Rachael Worby play many of the greatest hits from cinematic history.
Deutsche Grammophon’s live recording with Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman, and Ludovic Tézier is well worth a listen.
The world premiere of Chaya Czernowin’s timely lament highlights the orchestra’s latest Green Umbrella concert, curated by Daníel Bjarnason.
Premiering at Z Space over the weekend, this highly collaborative new work explores cycles of power and repose, movement and stillness.
Large, colorful works by Kaija Saariaho, Igor Stravinsky, and Ottorino Respighi bring out the best from the ensemble and its solo players.
Bancroft impresses in a Nordic-themed concert that also has pianist Yeol Eum Son playing Mozart.
The chamber ensemble’s BroadStage performance offers a guided journey from the Three Romances to Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll.
The SF Symphony’s gala concert, the conductor’s final onstage appearance, is fun, down-to-earth, touching, and memorable.
