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David Lang’s battle hymns evokes emotions related to the Civil War, as well as substantial music and dance forces.

Mixing it up, Lara Downes brings adventurous music lovers up close and personal with performers, in a lively, jazz club setting.

Launching its west coast tour, the Handel and Haydn Society, America’s oldest continuously performing arts organization, once again made history in Berkeley over the weekend.

San José’s best venue for chamber music is continuing through a financial restructuring. But as the time to announce next year’s season arrives, some presenters are unsure of its availability and are making other plans.

Opera Parallèle’s Trouble in Tahiti is brought to life by an excellent cast and fine instrumental ensemble, and shines as the engaging, moving, and oft-delightful romp that Bernstein intended.

For its final regular season concert, American Bach Soloists will present Handel’s dramatic cantata Apollo e Dafne (1709-1710). 

Virtually a year after releasing their delicious recording, Los Pájaros Perdidos, Christina Pluhar and her early music ensemble, L’Arpeggiata, journey to the Mediterranean.

Alasdair Neale and the Marin Symphony have put together a great Debussy/Ravel concert, ending with Debussy’s marvelous sea symphony, La mer. 

It doesn’t exactly take insider knowledge to proclaim that the San Francisco Ballet’s Cinderella — with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, scenery and costumes by Julian Crouch (who designed Broadway’s The Addams Family among other things), and puppetry by renowned master Basil Twist, not to mention Prokofiev’s music — is likely to be a big hit. 

It’s almost essential to see this production of Little Women at the S.F. Conservatory of Music for anyone planning on seeing the composer/librettist’s latest opus, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, at the S.F. Opera in June.