Previews

If you’re waiting for other orchestras in the area to do a similar program, well, don’t hold your breath.

You have to be ready to
receive it, but if you are, this concert of last masterworks by some of
history’s great composers is a refreshing find, and an all-too-rare opportunity
to take some time for yourself.

The Portland Cello Project plays almost anything, almost anywhere, in its mashed-up world of all-embracing music.

Steven Isserlis performing all of Beethoven’s cello music is a treat; his doing it in company with fortepianist Robert Levin promises to be an adventure.

Fans of the Oakland East Bay Symphony should be on pins and needles for its upcoming May concert.

The New Century Chamber Orchestra is one of the great Bay Area institutions.

The rip-roaring days of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast come alive, courtesy of the S.F. Symphony.

You put on your explorer hat, experience something that you may not be fully prepared for, and have a reaction. That’s what new music is all about.

San Francisco Choral Society is run by wizard chorus master Robert Geary, who always manages to inject drama, and even subtlety into the group’s productions.

The reliable, well-balanced California Bach Society’s next concert presents a selection of Handel's vibrant, public pieces.