David Bratman

The orchestra and director Donato Cabrera brilliantly interpret pieces that would have been intimately familiar to the composer.

Pianist Jon Nakamatsu plays Grieg’s concerto in a program emphasizing folk styles of different ethnicities.

In Berkeley, the orchestra and conductor Christian Thielemann applied their unique sound to the music they’re most associated with.

Paul Huang and Danbi Um share a program for Chamber Music San Francisco, collaborating on a rarely played piece by Moritz Moszkowski.

Sam Adams’s piano concerto makes a big impression, while Esa-Pekka Salonen chivvies Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony along.

The orchestra’s conductor laureate may work seated on the podium now, but his interpretations are still vital as ever.

The Chicago quartet is in its element with a program of recent works written expressly for the group.

Dvořák’s masterpiece shares space with a couple of unusual works in a brilliantly played concert.

Meta4 makes its West Coast debut with a fascinating concert of works inspired by the far north.

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a program of dark favorites by Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Liszt, and Hector Berlioz.