The orchestra’s passionate playing of four meditative pieces is emotional and gratifying.
In a concert powered by Derrick Skye’s fascinating Prisms, Cycles, Leaps 3, LACO bids farewell to a longtime venue.
The Bay Area premiere of Daniel Catán’s opera is musically and theatrically spellbinding.
Complex, wide-ranging, and shot through with visual imagery, the guitarist’s new compositions could easily make for a film score.
Grace Cathedral was never so beautiful, the mix of DJ sets and classical excerpts contributing to an often moving experience.
The Quatuor Ébène displays a unity of sound and purpose in its Cal Performances debut.
With John Adams conducting, five world premieres precede Anthony Davis’s clarinet concerto featuring soloist Anthony McGill.
And Adès’s Wreath is a brilliant response, paired on a program with Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major.
With violin soloist Shunske Sato, PBO shows its wild side in a concert of Romantic-era favorites.
Composer Huang Ruo and puppeteer Basil Twist offer a multivalent embodiment of classic Chinese tales.
