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After-hours at the Symphony, Joan Jeanrenaud and PC Munoz promise to stir up the joint with mashups for cello and percussion/beats.

Christian Tetzlaff, visiting S.F. with his longtime quartet, insists that a chamber musician’s job is to draw listeners into the story — whether of friendship, compassion, intimate feelings, or terrible things happening.

Provocative as usual, the Del Sol Quartet jumps cultures, continents, and even musical temperaments in its brilliant recital.

News from the Kids and Families beat: A weekly roundup of what’s happening with young musicians and their dedicated educators.

The Calder Quartet, with pianist Gloria Cheng, offered a concert that presented contrasts, alternating visions of hell, cryptic smiles, and a program promising doom and gloom ... all of which added up to a positively cathartic experience.

Chances are, with all the concerts going on this weekend, Jennifer Stumm's is the only viola solo recital. Presented by the Mill Valley Chamber Music Society, Stumm is going for the gusto: Rebecca Clarke's extraordinary, underplayed sonata, one of Brahms' Op. 120 clarinet sonatas in transcription, and Benjamin Britten's inspired Lachrymae.

This weekend's American Bach Soloists concerts allow you to discover a recently unearthed concerto by the underrated, yet adventurous, composer Telemann, in a concert set that features virtuoso Judith Linsenberg on recorder.

One of the least noted, but potentially most exciting, upcoming Bay Area premieres is the Calder Quartet introducing Christopher Rouse's third string quartet at Stanford Lively Arts on Wednesday.

Stunning performances of 13th-century English music are Trio Mediaeval’s latest offering, music so perfectly blended that it almost hurts.