Reviews

Donna Stoering - March 3, 2013

Playing a fascinating program of Mozart and Haydn, the Gold Coast Chamber Players’ performance fell short.

Jeff Dunn - March 3, 2013

The first concert of the Other Minds Festival #18 juxtaposes music from Greenland, India, and the Faroe Islands.

Janice Berman - March 2, 2013

You can’t scotch S.F. Ballet’s vigor and its ever-venturesome choreography, whether old or young.

Lisa Hirsch - March 2, 2013

The San Francisco Symphony memorializes one of its great members, oboist William Bennett, with a moving concert of Bruckner and Mozart.

Steven Winn - February 28, 2013

Baritone Thomas Hampson’s artistry guarantees a memorable evening of art songs, by Schumann, Barber, and Michael Hersch.

Janice Berman - February 27, 2013

Yuri Possokhov's Rite of Spring is extraordinary, demonstrating his mastery of the rhythms and impulses of the score, conducted and played with beauty and precision by Martin West and the S.F. Ballet Orchestra.

Jason Victor Serinus - February 25, 2013

Even though a bit hampered, soprano Susanna Phillips charms with her distinctive recital of songs by Berg, Chausson, Messiaen, Granados, and Schubert.

Leon Chisholm - February 25, 2013

It takes a family to make a musical dynasty, as the innumerable Bach composers proved, with works well-performed by the California Bach Society.

David Bratman - February 24, 2013

The Escher Quartet comes to rescue to fill a program in San José, with its amply satisfying playing of Beethoven quartets.

Jeff Dunn - February 24, 2013

Thriving in an area blessed with myriad composers, the Kronos Quartet chooses some novel ones, plus a long-term arranger.