Previews

With ambitious programming, as well as forums and lectures, American Bach Soloists is launching a Bach Festival in San Francisco.

Audiences are discovering a wealth of Latin American music through a woodwind quintet’s missionary efforts.

Johannes Brahms' identification with an old tradition of music is the subject of the upcoming California Bach Society concerts, and choral music the composer wrote in this era has exceptional drama and impact.

A Mass by a contemporary of Bach’s receives its first West Coast hearing, performed by American Bach Soloists.

Guitarist David Russell has walked away with every competition he has ever entered and has energized a huge fan base with his nearly perfect technique and musicality. His S.F. Performances show this weekend promises to be pretty special.

Opera San José opens its production of La bohème this weekend. Puccini's bittersweet love story reliably leaves new operagoers in tears and is tailormade for young casts, OSJ's specialty.

The Ives Quartet is taking a musical journey that stretches well beyond a single concert and focuses on education and audience involvement.

Violinist Dawn Harms (member of several Bay Area music groups) performs her entertaining one-woman family show across the U.S., to squeals of delight and smiles of pleasure.

Frederica von Stade tells an engaging musical story together with composer/pianist Jake Heggie and talented teenagers from the Young Musician's Program at UC Berkeley on May 1.

Despite a funding setback, Gold Coast Chamber Players still hosts the Amati Ensemble from the Netherlands for a rich chamber concert in Lafayette.