Reviews

Richard S. Ginell - May 28, 2025

Jean-Yves Thibaudet solos in Gershwin on a concert that also includes Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory.

Andrew Gilbert - May 28, 2025

Concluding his two-season stint as a resident artistic director, Wiley brings the Bay Area music scene together in an all-embracing evening.

Harlow Robinson - May 28, 2025

Singing Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater and selections from Handel’s operas and oratorios, Mobley’s tone is celestial as promised.

Michael Zwiebach - May 25, 2025

The conductor leads a vivid performance of Stravinsky’s Firebird that shakes Davies, while Isabelle Faust plays Berg’s Violin Concerto.

Yoshi Kato - May 22, 2025

Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet partner in an American Songbook program with the SF Symphony, delighting fans in stories and songs.

Harlow Robinson - May 20, 2025

Tod Machover’s raucous theater piece is at UCLA this month, part of the Herb Alpert School of Music’s anniversary for Schoenberg.

Harlow Robinson - May 20, 2025

Julia Adolphe’s Chrysalis, her third LA Phil commission focusing on metamorphosis, shares the bill with music by Maurice Ravel.

Richard S. Ginell - May 19, 2025

The soloist resurrects the Armenian composer’s Piano Concerto and several solo works in a new recording.

Lisa Hirsch - May 17, 2025

Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Before we fall positively overwhelms in a performance from cellist Johannes Moser and conductor Dalia Stasevska.

Richard S. Ginell - May 13, 2025

The orchestra celebrates its connection to the modernist maestro with a bold, innovative concert.