Reviews

Conductor Edwin Outwater and pianist Stephen Hough teamed up for Saint-Saens’ Concerto No. 5, and the orchestra leapt through several other Eastern-themed pieces.

American Bach Soloists revisited two of the three Bach Cantatas from their inaugural concert for the opening of their 27th season.

Yefim Bronfman begins a survey of the composer’s career-spanning piano sonatas.

William Forsythe’s 1999 ballet, Pas/Parts, gets a makeover for its North American premiere.

The young company makes the most of its strong cast in a compact, economical staging.

Popular guest performers, conductor Tatsuya Shimono and soloist Ju-Young Baek, returned for a concert at San Jose’s California Theatre.

The three pieces that made up San Francisco Contemporary Music Players’ Jan. 19 concert played with sound as a physical presence in the environment of the concert hall.

Conductor Krzysztof Urbanski made an astonishing debut with the San Francisco Symphony, joined by pianist Emanuel Ax.

A star turn by a young violinist, and strong conducting from guest Mei-Ann Chen started the new year off right in at Weill Hall.

The group lived up to its “hip, unstuffy” reputation at St. Mark’s Lutheran in San Francisco.