If you can’t get enough of trombones (see Berlioz’ Te Deum), you can return in May to Davies Symphony Hall for a celebration of Beethoven's middle years, which includes his rarely performed Equali for four trombones.
A trailblazing ambient-music conference, with talks and live concerts featuring a range of composers and artists, revs up for its time in the sun, in San Rafael on May 3–5.
Mattias Goerne, one of the great baritone lieder specialists of this or any age, partners with pianist/conductor Christoph Eschenbach in a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise.
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.
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.
