Jörg Widmann’s eerily beautiful Violin Concerto is the perfect complement to this concert led by guest conductor Robin Ticciati.
The legacy of American experimental music is what connects the groundbreaking composer and the Bay Area presenter in a lecture-concert at Mills.
Now a decade old, Prototype continues to introduce work that will soon reach audiences everywhere, like a winning double bill from Emma O’Halloran.
But it’s the Clara Schumann Piano Trio that makes this recording particularly valuable.
The prodigious player is joined by pianist Elliot Wuu for Felix Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 2 and adds in a Bach suite.
A memorial concert for the experimental composer shows his genius at making us aware of how we listen and how that connects us to one another.
Mahler’s last completed symphony gets a daring, all-encompassing interpretation at Disney Hall.
The guest conductor finds the brilliance in the premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek’s Moondog and a concerto with violinist James Ehnes.
Collaborating with other specialists in the genre, Lattimore cultivates her own brand of improvisation at L.A.’s Zebulon.
In Dido Reimagined, Dawn Upshaw and the Brentano String Quartet offer a new take on a famous operatic heroine.
