Rebecca Wishnia

Joshua Bell leads the nimble orchestra in a familiar program.

Taking musical risks results in sonic treasures with this dedicated new-music ensemble.

Cyril Deaconoff’s The Last Tycoon is the standout in an evening of exciting excerpts that left listeners wanting more.

The lauded string quartet gives Bartók and Beethoven romantic readings.

Lemon Bucket Orkestra’s “Guerilla Folk Opera” isn’t a passive experience.

A thought-provoking concert at Mills College presents startling ways of making sounds and music.

The pianist cleverly interweaves new compositions with Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path.

Fine performances fail to lift the music above the pleasantly familiar.

Great performances mark Left Coast Chamber Ensemble’s ambitious program of two new Kurt Rhode operas.

The S.F. Symphony gave a stellar account of a 20th-century masterwork, and Joshua Roman carried Dvorak’s Cello Concerto.