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.
The cast of The Tales of Hoffman is superb: tenor Matthew Polenzani, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn are at the top of their game.
The Oakland-East Bay Symphony is playing a tribute to Bay Area resident jazz legend Dave Brubeck, who died last year at the age of 92. The benefit concert will raise money for the OEBS education programs.
When pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin comes to town, it’s often to play something gnarly or seldom played. In his appearances with the S.F. Symphony this time he’s scheduled for Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
