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Review

Strength and Grandeur

Jason Victor Serinus - March 15, 2010

Like the footsteps of a life partner, Beethoven’s music is heard so frequently that it’s easy to take it for granted. But listen to Austrian pianist Till Fellner’s ECM New Series CD of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos No. 4 and 5, performed with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under Kent Nagano, and the love affair is renewed.

Review

'Primal Light' Trumps Gigantism

Janos Gereben - March 13, 2010

Every time I hear what Gustav Mahler did not call his “Resurrection Symphony” — but others did — I think about what the work must have sounded like to the first listeners 115 years ago.

Preview

So a Silent Movie Sings??

Marianne Lipanovich - March 12, 2010

The Paramount Theatre returns to its roots and its “mighty Wurlitzer” takes center stage at the upcoming Oakland East Bay Symphony concert on March 19 and 21.

It’s not your standard concert evening — and that’s just the point.

Richard Stoltzman: Have Reed, Will Travel

Jason Victor Serinus - March 9, 2010

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman dates his professional career from his first performance as a student in San Francisco’s Douglass Elementary School.

Preview

Invitation to the Dance for Four Hands

Rebecca Liao - March 9, 2010

Back in the days when the piano ruled and recordings didn't exist, a lot of music for four hands (one piano, two players, as opposed to two pianos) got written or arranged for the home market.

Preview

Around the World in One Evening

Marianne Lipanovich - March 9, 2010

If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Joel Fan’s 2006 CD, World Music, you’re missing a wonderful introduction to contemporary classical music from around the globe. You’ll still have a chance to hear large parts of it live when he performs at Holy Names University in Oakland on March 20.

Review

Tough Nut Cracked

Michelle Dulak Thomson - March 9, 2010

The Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider has a taste for challenges. Two years ago, in his San Francisco Performances debut recital, he gave a stunning performance of Arnold Schoenberg's late Phantasy. The Schoenberg Concerto, a monumentally tough nut, is in his repertoire; so is Carl Nielsen's notoriously difficult one.

Feature

Music News: March 9, 2010

Janos Gereben - March 9, 2010

Win a House, Give Kronos a Home

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is running the second annual Dream House Raffle, a big fund-raising lottery with the grand prize a San Francisco house valued at $3 million or $1.5 million in cash.

Feature

Symphonic Youth

Jeff Kaliss - March 9, 2010

Restless adolescents and concerned parents alike, all around the Bay Area, have discovered that a symphony orchestra can be a great place for kids to hang out.