To mark this summer’s major anniversary, the Napa Valley chamber festival is returning to four commissioned pieces from previous years.
An intriguing, well-played concert features local stars and a late 19th-century Chickering grand piano.
Ever more detailed information on how the human brain reacts to music is fueling novel kinds of performances.
Tendler has used a bequest from his father to commission 16 pieces reflecting the two’s complicated relationship.