Rebecca Wishnia

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s departure is the elephant in the room during a satisfying presentation of works by his fellow Finn.

The orchestra presents a ravishing reading of Bartók’s opera, plus a colorful — and perfumed — account of Scriabin’s tone poem.

After 50 years of Mahler performances, the orchestra’s music director laureate delivers a moving account of the Fifth Symphony.

But draw your own conclusions about the ending of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, the other piece on the program.

The everyday magic of Tokyo inspired Stone’s new multimedia work Re:gendo.

San Francisco is the connecting thread through this concert, from the featured composers to the stellar student and alumni performers.

Conductor Ludovic Morlot leads a program that also includes new art to accompany Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

These star soloists are starting to delve deeper the more they play together.

At SF Performances, the group premieres a new quintet that has its moments, with Andres on piano.

The San Francisco Symphony plays Naïve and Sentimental Music, plus a new violin concerto with soloist Pekka Kuusisto.