Witold Lutosławski’s 50-year-old Cello Concerto has its first San Francisco performances.
Piano quartets by Mozart and Brahms had pride of place at the San José Chamber Music Society concert.
The peerless vocalist made her run at SFJAZZ a veritable love fest.
Four modern works showcase the outer ranges of string technique.
Jon Kimura Parker makes light work of a challenging Brahms piano concerto.
Works by living composers reveal the composer’s ongoing influence.
Third Coast Percussion proves a quirky, perfectly apt foil for the supple dancers.
Mark Adamo’s score and libretto capture the simplicity and charm of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel.
Salonen’s approach was particularly apt on a new work from Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
The massive symphony, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, was set off by Kaija Saariaho’s precise Trans.