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All-Copland in Marin

Georgia Rowe - April 21, 2009
Alasdair Neale
Orchestral concerts often include a single Aaron Copland work as a nod to American music, but this month’s Marin Symphony program gives the gre
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Frederick Rzewski

Michael Zwiebach - April 21, 2009
Frederick Rzewski

Frederic Rzewski is still playing his 1975 masterwork, The People United Will Never Be Defeated, 36 variations on a Chilean song associat

Eidolon String Quartet

Michael Zwiebach - April 21, 2009
New chamber groups spring up all the time, usually without fanfare. But the new Eidolon String Quartet deserves attention because its founder is Franklyn D’Antonio, concertmaster of the Berkeley Symphony, and former member of the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Vallejo's Fortune

Jesse Hamlin - April 20, 2009
David Ramadanoff
David Ramadanoff first encountered Carl Orff’s irresistible Carmina Burana as a student at Temple University in the late 1960s, sing
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Krystian Zimerman

Catherine Getches - April 14, 2009
Krystian Zimerman

Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman is known for his technical polish, recently seen here

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Handel's Wicked Queen

Janos Gereben - April 14, 2009
Nicholas McGegan
Music Director Nicholas McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra conclude their 28th season with Handel’s Athalia (see
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Quatuor Mosaïques

Michelle Dulak Thomson - April 14, 2009
Quatuor Mosaïques

For those who know the quartet through its recordings — more than 20 years’ worth, spanning Haydn, Mozart, and early Beethoven, and stretch

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Mr. Folk and His Dark Side

Jeff Dunn - April 14, 2009
Yan Pascal Tortelier

The British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is beloved for his evocation of pastoral, folk-song-infused landscapes in works like

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War Requiem

Anna Carol Dudley - April 14, 2009
Chamber Chorus
Benjamin Britten's monumental War Requiem will be heard Wednesday, April 22 at the UC Berkeley campus.
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Carmina Lures You In

Kathryn Miller - April 13, 2009
Ragnar Bohlin
During a season otherwise filled with the iconic works of Beethoven, Mahler, and Handel, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus under the baton of R