With a crackerjack quartet and a sheaf of exciting new material, the local saxophonist shows why his influence is so pervasive.
The well-cast revival of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen holds up.
Chamber Music in Historic Sites sponsors intimate music in architecturally significant chambers.
A dedicated ensemble playing unique instruments presents rarely performed microtonal works by Harry Partch and Ben Johnston.
Mussorgsky's original version stands on its own merits in this opulent, semi-staged S.F. Symphony production.
Jazz chanteuse Kay Kostopoulos joins local all-stars for a swinging romp at the historic peninsula venue.
Voices of Music and the San Francisco Girls Chorus create a version like the one performed in Purcell's lifetime.
Sequentia performs compellingly reconstructed music from a thousand years ago.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja strives to undo comfortable concertgoing rituals with exciting, dramatic gestures.
There are fireworks aplenty without the rock and pop.
