Chamber Music

Rebecca Wishnia - April 18, 2017

Composer Aaron Gervais pairs intriguing guitar music with expressive dancers to explore a culture steeped in pharmaceuticals.

Lucy Caplan - April 14, 2017

Composer Lucie Vítková stretches sonic boundaries to expose the essence of music-making.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 13, 2017

The Icelandic quartet plays brand-new music on Baroque-period instruments.

Lou Fancher - April 12, 2017

Guest soloists and dancers join the orchestra and chorale for a fully-staged presentation of Rameau’s opera-ballet Le Temple de la Gloire.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 4, 2017

Both polished performers shone, but not always at the same time.

Jessica Balik - March 28, 2017

The peerless ensemble illuminates quartets of Ravel, Berg, and Debussy.

Mark MacNamara - March 21, 2017

Ensemble for These Times presents a show grounded in a call-and-response piece to Picasso’s famous painting.

Steven Winn - March 20, 2017

A radiant performance of Pergolesi’s masterwork eclipses the balance of the program.

Jessica Balik - March 20, 2017

An inspired collaboration between the New Century Chamber Orchestra and Chanticleer features Franco-American themes.

Rebecca Wishnia - March 7, 2017

The student-run Hot Air Festival at S.F. Conservatory is always fresh, with a few highlights for new music fans.