At the American Bach Soloists’ Festival and Academy, another generation of phenomenal players and singers is learning the fine points of early-music interpretation from some of the best in the business.
Takemitsu’s journey from European Modernism back to traditional Japanese aesthetics made him one of the most original and beautiful composers of the 20th century.
If there’s a single event that parents and kids should enjoy together, it is the Garden of Memory mini-festival on June 21 at the Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium in Oakland.
Surprisingly, the upcoming performances of the great American musical at the San Francisco Symphony, with a high-powered cast, will be the first-ever concert run-throughs of the entire show.
The S.F. Symphony celebrates the centennial of The Rite of Spring with four concerts, and MTT credits Stravinsky's with a score that is as "exhilarating and liberating as music can be."
The latest concert of the young, well-received duo ZOFO features music from several space-age composers and, of course, excursions to Gustav Holst’s The Planets.
Hats off to Susan McMane, who will be taking her Young Women’s Choral Projects charges through a sampling of music, including Galuppi’s marvelous Dixit Dominus.
The master, music director of Cal Performances’ Ojai North festival (not to mention Ojai itself), brings his company to Zellerbach Hall for one night only.
The S.F. Silent Film Festival will feature nine near-forgotten Hitchcock silent films, June 14-16, recently restored and presented with live musical accompaniment, including new compositions.
