Volti closed its 35th season with world premieres of music by American composers Melissa Dunphy and Ted Hearne, plus two Volti-commissions by Kirke Mechem.
Great exaltations ring out through Oakland's Paramount Theatre when the Oakland East Bay Symphony and Oakland Youth Orchestra ssemble for a performance of Berlioz’ stupendous Requiem.
From moments of tender lyricism to thrilling virtuoso expostulations, the Christian Tetzlaff-Tilson-Thomas axis held San Francisco Symphony patrons in thrall.
The second concert from the S.F. Symphony with Dutch guest conductor Ton Koopman offers a view of the great German composer through the eyes of a Bach scholar, and a lesson in why he considers Bach the center of his musical world.
Alessio Bax proves he has the chops, youthful stamina, and artistic insight to perform two monumental, exhausting works back-to-back in one Music@Menlo recital.
Baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau brought their brilliant interpretation Schubert’s stark Winterreise (Winter Journey) to golden-toned Weill Hall.
The inaugural season of maestro Donato Cabrera’s tenure at the California Symphony concluded last Sunday with the concert ‘A Russian Spectacular’ at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek.
