David Bratman

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.

Amid their California residency in Berkeley and Orange County, conductor and orchestra shine in symphonies by Schubert and Dvořák.

El amor brujo shares a concert with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 featuring soloist Alex Eisenberg.

In a recital for the San Jose Chamber Music Society, members of the former St. Lawrence String Quartet partner with pianist Ilya Yakushev.

The orchestra, under Music Director Eric Kujawsky, gives an impressive performance of the Soviet composer’s daunting Fourth Symphony.