Reviews

Janos Gereben - May 13, 2011

No music is an island and the San Francisco Symphony's performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony is a case in point.

Thomas Busse - May 10, 2011

Antonio Lotti’s astonishingly good Mass emerges from history’s shadows, thanks to the American Bach Soloists’ efforts.

David Bratman - May 10, 2011

Four players, or three: Every work came up a winner in this Music@Menlo recital, capping off its season.

Lisa Hirsch - May 9, 2011

As the San Francisco Symphony preps for its European tour, its Mahler is heating up wonderfully.

Anna Carol Dudley - May 9, 2011

Joined by the Alexander String Quartet, the San Francisco Choral Artists brings off four new works, with marvelous results.

Steve Osborn - May 9, 2011

Jon Nakamatsu outdoes himself in his splendid engagement of all-Russian works with the Santa Rosa Symphony.

Janos Gereben - May 7, 2011

Michael Tilson Thomas and the S.F. Symphony Mahler Machine provide a deeply moving experience in a presentation of the Ninth Symphony, one that audiences can't help but celebrate.

Jason Victor Serinus - May 6, 2011

A special evening of all-American songs sung by tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, gave strong indication that something special was afoot, the cycle of 10 songs riveted attention with its deeply evocative beauty and wealth of tonal inventiveness.

Composer Gabriela Lena Frank, a master miniaturist, presents colorful chamber works drawn from her Peruvian heritage.

Be'eri Moalem - May 5, 2011

At the Marin Symphony, Zuill Bailey cannily controls his sound in the Dvořák Cello Concerto; and a Persian-style work by Behzad Ranjbaran gets its first outing.