A composer/pianist dares to perform his own wintry sonata, alongside several by history’s greats.
A noted Bach choir delves into the Renaissance, with delightful results in its songs and madrigals.
Artistic Director Robert Battle brings an enhanced repertory and an energized company to Cal Performances.
Katarzyna Myćka marimba joins sonorous strings in a program of unusual quintets.
A French composer doesn’t quite respond to quartets by Beethoven and Haydn, but speaks in his own evocative voice.
Pairs of contrasting works illustrated 20th-century extremes and 21st-century frontiers of orchestration at the Mavericks Festival were brilliantly juxtaposed and together made for a wonderful concert.
A Dutch early-instrument orchestra and choir give a fine rendition of a Bach Mass, despite the hall’s acoustic limitations.
Brilliance and “guts” define the work of a cello soloist and a period-instrument orchestra.
Two sterling violinists “mess about” with Bach, producing interesting but mixed results.
Songs by guitarist Trey Anastasio experience new life in an amazing space, backed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
