Michael Zwiebach

The Borodin Quartet needs no introduction to chamber music fans. The group is playing two of Shostakovich's most popular quartets in its upcoming concerts, making this is the pick of the litter of this week's chamber performances.

Even people who don't generally like opera make an exception for Rossini's The Barber of Seville. What better way to perk up your February than to see this comic fireball performed with a young, good-looking cast of up-and-comers at the OSJ?

Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman of the Guard contains some of the pair's best songs and when performed by Lamplighters Musical Theatre, it's an entertaining way for anyone to spend two carefree hours.

Leave it to the enterprising Nicole Paiement and the San Francisco Conservatory's ongoing BluePrint series to celebrate Bowles' musical legacy on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The Eos Ensemble shows up at the Music at Meyer series at Temple Emmanu-El, and they're bringing horn player Kevin Rivard to round out an exciting program likely to have you calling for a shot of pálinka (Hungarian brandy).

Last week, as SFCV’s newsletter was being sent out, the sale of KDFC, the Bay Area’s major classical music radio station, was announced. The station was taken on by nonprofit KUSC, a move that has caused supporters of the college radio station to protest vehemently.

Early music groups have done the Baroque concerto program, but Voices of Music is one-upping the formula for its San Francisco Early Music Society presentation.

The Oakland East Bay Symphony is doing the Brahms Requiem on Friday and it will do right by it with soloists Brian Leerhuber and Carrie Hennessy. But that's obviously not the whole story: new music by Armenian composer Avetis Berberyan, which casts the Requiem's message of solace in a wholly modern light.

If you're a guitar lover, then the easy winner of this week's concert offerings is the free recital by Marc Teicholz at the S.F. Conservatory of Music. Teicholz, a Conservatory faculty member, is one of the masters who make the guitar department the best in the country.

Soprano Emily Albrink has been quickly building a career after her apprenticeship in Washington Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. She comes to Music at Meyer, the concert series sponsored by Temple Emmanu-El.