The Berkeley Symphony, known for its devotion to adventurous, contemporary programming and support for local composers, has received $15,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Thursday's German Requiem offered yet another grand performance from the S.F. Symphony, an unforgettable one by Ragnar Bohlin's brilliant SFS Chorus, and yet something refreshingly different from other approaches.
Major changes are afoot to improve acoustics at the Herbst Theatre and to provide space in San Francisco’s Veterans Building for several arts organizations and amenities, necessitating a long closure.
Alan Gilbert led the S.F. Symphony in a brief concert that was long on good graces, establishing close and effortless contact with the orchestra, and polishing off the two similar classics with panache.
“Joyce DiDonato and Susan Graham are here courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera,” Marilyn Horne told a fu
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