Reviews

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

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.

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.

Savor the artistic mastery of the composer/librettist team of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer at their imaginative best in their new DVD here/after, which presents one beautiful, provocative, moving, and occasionally hilarious exploration after the other.

PBO celebrates the life and work of Nelson Mandela by switching its program to feature a ceremonial work typically performed to honor state luminaries.

With a solo violinist sometimes off in her own world, Symphony Silicon Valley brings quality playing to its program of Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart.

An inspiring performance of Haydn’s Mass in Time of War is paired with some serious L. Bernstein and light L. Mozart.

Music Director Joana Carneiro made a welcome return to her conducting duties at the Berkeley Symphony evening, offering refreshing renditions of three works.

Spot-on tuning and fine phrasing mark the concert by the New Esterházy Quartet, performing Haydn and other composers in his orbit.

Semyon Bychkov's direction of the SFS at its very best and Ragnar Bohlin's brilliant SFS Chorus gave an utterly moving War Requiem without a smidgen of sentimentality.