Violinist Jennifer Koh was all reserved elegance but didn’t convey the music’s emotional content in her recital.
The small company proved once again that it can cast a difficult opera well.
The company’s programming is tone-deaf to the moment, while the dancers shine.
Shawna Lucey’s staging sharpens the drama in the classic double bill.
Sundays with Coleman presented the quartet in a concert of the “three Bs” on the Caltech campus.
Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris fashioned a new script for Beethoven’s Egmont, which the actress delivered powerfully.
The orchestra will perform works by its own composition competition finalists on Feb. 26 at the SF Conservatory of Music, free of charge.
The group offered a light but musically satisfying concert, backed by impressive musicianship and a little nerding out.
Cahill organized her recital around Jawaharlal Nehru’s quote, “The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light.”
Five world premieres of the Feb. 3 concert ranged from small etudes to an inventive piano concerto.