Previews

Choral enthusiasts are likely to be flocking to Grace Cathedral and Livermore's Bankhead Theater later this week to hear the Vienna Boys' Choir.

Younger chamber music players are an inspiring bunch. They'll try anything, and since these groups have chops to spare, they usually succeed wildly. The Israeli Chamber Project is an example of this diversity.

The Borodin Quartet needs no introduction to chamber music fans. The group is playing two of Shostakovich's most popular quartets in its upcoming concerts, making this is the pick of the litter of this week's chamber performances.

Even people who don't generally like opera make an exception for Rossini's The Barber of Seville. What better way to perk up your February than to see this comic fireball performed with a young, good-looking cast of up-and-comers at the OSJ?

The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra brings new life to the silver screen with the upcoming concert series, Now or Never.

Mario Guarneri is no more a classical purist than he is a violinist. Instead, the Juilliard-trained trumpeter, who spent 15 years with the L.A. Philharmonic, is a proponent of both the jazz and classical repertoires, as he’ll demonstrate with his appearance for the Healdsburg Jazz Festival.

Gabriele Cassone came to all his instruments — the modern trumpet, the natural trumpet, and the keyed trumpet — almost by accident. But what a series of happy accidents they proved to be; showcased in a concert this weekend by Philharmonia Baroque.

Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman of the Guard contains some of the pair's best songs and when performed by Lamplighters Musical Theatre, it's an entertaining way for anyone to spend two carefree hours.

In Eonnagata, coming to Cal Performances, three major artists challenge themselves outside their comfort zones.

Leave it to the enterprising Nicole Paiement and the San Francisco Conservatory's ongoing BluePrint series to celebrate Bowles' musical legacy on the 100th anniversary of his birth.