Reviews

The S.F. Girls Chorus' season opener, featuring Vivaldi's Gloria, was conducted by Jeffrey Thomas, the American Bach Soloists orchestra provided accompaniment, and soloists gave variety to the vocal fare.

A program that the S.F. Symphony will play on an upcoming tour featuring Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 will show the Asian audiences what our orchestra and its music director are really made of.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and a superb cast prove we can never have too many recordings of Don Giovanni.

Music inspired by Italy launches Marin Symphony’s 60th season, with tasteful and crowd-pleasing effect. A highlight is Jeremy Cohen’s new work for quartet and orchestra.

The Pacific Guitar Ensemble continues to tap the instrument’s potential with another enticing recital.

A good community choir singing masterworks of Renaissance polyphony gets a passing grade and an A+ for effort.

The Modigliani Quartet, visiting from Paris, and pianist Joyce Yang render a delightful recital on a sunny Sunday in the North Bay.

While it’s hard to explain the artistic alchemy that makes Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s opera a success, it is surprisingly entertaining in the theater.

Tis the season for late Brahms, and the San Francisco Symphony under late replacement conductor Asher Fisch delivered a somber, powerful reading of the composer’s last symphony.

We were all grateful for Esa-Pekka Salonen’s tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. But we’re even happier to see him creating works like this brilliant Violin Concerto.