The premiere of Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth is timely in many ways.
Weaving easily between 1940s jazz styles and more contemporary music, Shelby’s 2006 suite is a masterpiece.
Everything goes right in this charmer, as the S.F. Ballet puts its best foot forward in its regular season opener.
Witold Lutosławski’s 50-year-old Cello Concerto has its first San Francisco performances.
Piano quartets by Mozart and Brahms had pride of place at the San José Chamber Music Society concert.
The peerless vocalist made her run at SFJAZZ a veritable love fest.
Four modern works showcase the outer ranges of string technique.
Jon Kimura Parker makes light work of a challenging Brahms piano concerto.
Works by living composers reveal the composer’s ongoing influence.
Third Coast Percussion proves a quirky, perfectly apt foil for the supple dancers.