Reviews

Edward Ortiz - January 12, 2014

The London Haydn Quartet, expert interpreters of the First Viennese School repertoire, manage to shrink the largess of Davis Hall in Mondavi to chamber size.

Jeff Kaliss - January 10, 2014

A Salute and Birthday Party for Gordon Getty tribute by the S.F. Symphony and Chorus has the bubbly sweetness of a generous celebration.

Steven Winn - December 31, 2013

In the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra's warm-hearted year-end program, "The Virtuosi," musical fireworks brought a happy new year a few days early.

Jason Victor Serinus - December 30, 2013

Someone New, the latest CD from the men of Chanticleer, is both yummy and filling.

Michelle Dulak Thomson - December 28, 2013

In his centenary year, Benjamin Britten’s string quartets are winning a lot of attention, and clearly aren’t only for Brits.

Niels Swinkels - December 28, 2013

17th-century music specialists Magnificat returned to the stage with a splash in a beautiful recreation of a Christmas mass.

Niels Swinkels - December 17, 2013

Taking audiences on a delightfully fresh musical journey with a 271-year-old oratorio, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale hit all the right notes.

Robert P. Commanday - December 17, 2013

A repurposed organ debuts at UC Berkeley, with Davitt Moroney at the console, backed by the University Symphony Orchestra.

David Bratman - December 16, 2013

Raising bright seasonal sounds, S.F. Choral Artists team with The Whole Noyse for a superb concert of Renaissance-era Italian music plus two premieres.

Steven Winn - December 13, 2013

The S.F. Conservatory of Music’s New Music Ensemble served up a tantalizing program of nibbles from Kirke Mechem’s 1980 opera Tartuffe, with enough music and artistry to convey a tantalizing sense of the whole.