Chamber Music

Recent works by Christopher Rouse and James MacMillan highlight the 2016 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s opening concert.

Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian shine on a program spanning centuries of musical expression.

Lesser-known composers took center stage at Music@Menlo, where real masterworks by Erno Dohnányi and Anton Arensky were shadowed by early works from Mahler and Shostakovich.

A collaborative song cycle explores the intersection of photography and music.

The world’s best-known cellist celebrates collaboration in a new film: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. He discusses the film with SFCV.

The well-curated 2016 program adds voices to the mix of period instruments.

A great American composer shows his variety in a well-balanced, entertaining performance at chamber/text, the free concert series.

A new Jennifer Higdon suite highlights an evening of music inspired by — but not necessarily for — dancing.

Singing the praises of Mendelssohn’s underrated “Hymn of Praise” symphony in a powerhouse performance by Philharmonia Baroque and an augmented Philharmonia Chorale.

The new-music ensemble takes the audience on a sonic trip with Fausto Romitelli’s eerie video opera at the Freight and Salvage.