Benjamin Frandzel

LCCEʼs excellent guitarist, Michael Goldberg, curated a concert of world premieres and 20th-century gems.

SFCMP has come up with a laudable concept for their new season, commissioning work from 10 composers who, stylistically and generationally, cover a wide spectrum of new music.

Composer in Residence Derek Bermel shines in three rich works at NCCO; Arvo Pärt also does his part.

Old to freshly minted music highlights the pan-stylistic nature of much contemporary music in the bracing Ojai North festival.

There is no question of the San Francisco Symphony’s mastery of Mahler’s symphonies, as they proved again last week.

With a nod to Bach, the thematic link behind this season’s Music@Menlo Festival, Christopher Froh and friends took an audience on an exhilarating tour of percussive possibilities.

In an outstanding concert at the Carmel Bach Festival, Thea Musgrave’s new paean to J.S. Bach was both rich and exciting.

Themes related to Jewish superstitions are woven into a culturally rich program by S.F. Choral Artists and Veretski Pass.

That sublime pianist András Schiff reveals rarely heard colors and complexity in his performance of Book II of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.

Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot lofts his sublime music into the air, buoyed by Itzhak Perlman’s violin and assorted klezmer musicians.