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In a program of difficult Bach cantatas, the singers of the Pacific Collegium — men and boys — came through impressively.

Choruses want to do Bach's B-Minor Mass the way that symphony orchestras want to do a Beethoven cycle, or opera companies want to do Wagner's Ring. The trick is not to actually get through it, but to render the seemingly endless details in the piece precisely and clearly while summoning the passion to do this powerful work justice. For the conclusion of its anniversary season, the S.F. Bach Choir will show us how it measures up to the Big One.

SFCV's longtime expert on all things stringed highlights seven fantastic new recordings by star violinists, including a few surprises.

New Century Chamber Orchestra has had a few interesting featured composers the last few years, none more so than this year's selection, Mark O'Connor. His new work Elevations premieres this weekend.

Jennifer Koh and Anssi Karttunen joined the brilliant Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg in piano trios, and duos, that knocked everybody’s socks off.

The women’s quintet strives to present beautiful singing in well-trained bodies, as they perform medieval music, to approach the “feminine divine.”

Denis Matsuev continues to move audiences with his bravura and his sensitive keyboard style.

An ingenious technical kinetic/musical work strives for profundity, but lacks the “wow” factor listeners might have expected.

In her upcoming recital the English soprano (and young mother) Kate Royal traces a dramatic journey of a woman in and out of love.