The Brazilian singer who has long been based in the Bay Area reunites with some of her musical compatriots.
San Francisco is the connecting thread through this concert, from the featured composers to the stellar student and alumni performers.
At Cal Performances, the ambitious player takes in works we normally think of as for the piano.
Omar Offendum’s storytelling, rapping, and singing weave together past and present in a closely observed whole.
Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s work is bold and beautiful and couldn’t be timelier.
The collaborative work involves L.A.’s recent poet laureate, composer Sarah Hennies, and a women’s whistling group.
The countertenor with the clarion voice bestrides two J.S. Bach cantatas, but three youthful violin soloists steal the show.
The players give strong performances of Adolphe’s piece and the Romantic music filling out the concert.
With a premiere by Nicolás Lell Benavides and an appearance by mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, the show touches a lot of bases.
Conductor Ludovic Morlot leads a program that also includes new art to accompany Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
