The great pianist graced a Santa Cruz Symphony concert for the second time this year and the results were just as magical as the first.
Sometimes concert extras don’t add that much.
George Lewis’s Afterword, an opera has an original premise, and some beautiful music, but there’s one big fly in the ointment.
Meanwhile, conductor Vasily Petrenko made a meal of Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony, leading the San Francisco Symphony’s weekend program.
A festive cavalcade of opera talent pitches in to fete the venerable training program.
A musical tribute to the great jazz saxophonist by way of J.S. Bach and poet A.B. Spellman
Strong new music performed by Splinter Reeds, Kronos Quartet, and Ramon & Jessica’s sextet highlight a solid program.
The audience jumps to its feet for S.F. Symphony’s performance of a work that once inspired a riot.
S.F. Opera unveils a revival with spotty singing, less effective acting.
The success of this summer “reboot” hinges on the music, not the production.
