David Bratman

The summer festival presented a selection of pieces for voice with instruments.

Conductor Daniela Candillari led the festival orchestra in Missy Mazzoli's violin concerto, with Jennifer Koh as soloist, and works by Nina Shekhar and John Corigliano.

Performers Kristin Lee and Michael Stephen Brown curated the program to showcase arrangements for violin and piano.

Trios by Czech and German composers were boldly performed on July 20 at the Menlo School’s Spieker Center.

Under guest conductor Tatsuya Shimono, the reinforced orchestra turns in a spectacular performance of Gustav Holst’s popular showpiece.

This is a group going out at the top of its game, judging by the Alexanders’ brilliant performance in Burlingame on Sunday.

The all-star touring ensemble caps its weeklong residency with a stirring performance at Bing Concert Hall.

With crackling energy, the group enlivens death-haunted works by Felix Mendelssohn, Benjamin Britten, and Lera Auerbach.

Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera forges his own path in a concert that also features works by Grażyna Bacewicz and Saad Haddad.

A lucid performance of Beethoven’s Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor highlights a varied program for the San Jose Chamber Music Society.