Reviews

Philharmonia Baroque essays Henry Purcell’s rarely performed Dioclesian, a semi-opera chockful of stories of love, lust, and politics, all dressed in splendid music.

The Cypress Quartet embraces music that’s both beautiful and original, in new and recent works that respond to classic composers.

The California Symphony tests another guest conductor, Robert Moody, who makes the music flow with a sense of purpose.

The brilliant new Weill Hall starred in the Green Music Center’s gala opening, eclipsing even the playing of the Santa Rosa Symphony and Lang Lang and the work of three conductors.

Symphony Silicon Valley capitalizes on its popular appeal with a fine mixed program, with one Rossini ringer.

The singing at S.F. Opera makes I Capuleti e i Montecchi

The “imagined places” of Samuel Carl Adams’ Drift and
Providence enriched the orchestral palette with new sounds, alongside Mahler's all-encompassing Fifth, reminding patrons of the S.F. Symphony’s world-class status.

Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot lofts his sublime music into the air, buoyed by Itzhak Perlman’s violin and assorted klezmer musicians.

Flavors and vignettes of Iran are evoked by a new work premiered by the Delphi Trio, now in residence at Old First Concerts.

The Gold Coast Chamber Players kicked off its season at the Orinda Library by mining the treasure that is Schubert's String Quintet.