Reviews

Walnut Creek’s California Symphony tries out a potential leader in Sean Newhouse, with two classics and a New Agey filler.

The music itself and the quality of playing builds and builds, at a Kohl Mansion recital by the visiting Trio Solisti.

An expert pianist/lecturer, Jeffrey Siegel presents music by George Gershwin and other American icons.

Soprano Marnie Breckenridge shines in songs by many composers with Bay Area roots.

The Alexander String Quartet celebrates two giants of chamber music, doing more than justice to Benjamin Britten’s centennial, not to mention Béla Bartók.

In a bold and successful move, Michael Tilson Thomas and the S.F. Symphony have condensed Henrik Ibsen's 1876 Peer Gynt into an outstanding musical-dramatic multimedia production.

A Great Performers evening, featuring soprano Renée Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, was a glamorous musical journey through France’s belle époque, and a spectacular vocal night to remember.

Mezzo Laurie Rubin is a natural performer with a heart-warming life story and a series of admirable accomplishments, including a book.

The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra partners with an aggressively multitalented violinist to wow its diverse audience.

The Bay Area’s own Jon Nakamatsu ranges widely in his pianistic techniques when playing Schumann and Beethoven.