Previews

The Uruguayan six-string virtuoso masterfully interprets music from Bach to contemporary guitar.

Who could ask for anything more? A singing/playing/dancing celebration of the Gershwin brothers’ genius takes the stage at Stanford.

An innovative ensemble gives wide latitude to a range of composers in its upcoming recital.

The San Francisco Symphony gives you plenty of choices of family holiday concerts—certainly enough to schedule around your holiday parties. And Davies Symphony Hall with its beautifully decorated lobby is resplendent during the season.

Anyone who’s followed this quirky (and preposterously skilled) ensemble for any time at all knows that it’s ill-inclined to sit still, and that when it does move, it’s nearly always in a startling direction.

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble presents Minette, an arrangement for two guitars of an opera by Hans Werner Henze constructed on the principles of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and based on a short story by Balzac about vegetarian cats that form the Royal Society for the Protection of Rats.

he opportunity to hear two great pros, the divinely voiced Karita Mattila in partnership with master accompanist Martin Katz, is irresistible.

Berkeley Symphony plays works by the beloved Lou Harrison, plus a West Coast premiere and the Sibelius Symphony No. 5.

Ancient songs with a festive yet spiritual flair set apart California Bach Society’s holiday program.

A hometown’s favorite pianist preps for a “concital” (recital plus concert) with Symphony Silicon Valley.