Previews

The Ives Quartet has an interesting way of sandwiching the most novel or interesting piece between two standard masterworks. 

The point of this concert is to throw a spotlight on a range of cultures not normally represented on American orchestral programs in their own voices — an important component of keeping orchestral music healthy and relevant. 

The Tokyo String Quartet formed in 1969 will have one set of its farewell concerts at Chamber Music San Francisco.

Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson seem like they must have played together before.  And yet, their work at Stanford Live will be their first collaboration.

The Marin Symphony presents Brahms’s German Requiem, preceded by a beautiful and far more tender elegy to the transience of life by Anna Clyne.

KQED-TV will air a riveting documentary about a violin prodigy who founded an orchestra in Palestine and saved hundreds of Jews’ lives.

Some people don’t know when to quit, and sometimes that’s a good thing. 

New Century Chamber Orchestra is presenting a top-drawer concert that expertly mixes orchestra and chamber music, showcasing the versatility, that is the chamber orchestra’s trademark.

Bonjour M. Gauguin promises to be one of the most exciting, if strange and avant-garde, operas the West Edge company has ever done. And that’s saying something.

It might seem crazy to some, but the Bay Area is hosting two great harpsichordists in concerts on the same day over the first April weekend.