New Music

Composer Catherine Lamb creates a composition/soundscape that is both suggestive and familiar.

The lights were more than dimmed at S.F. Performances’ inaugural PIVOT program at the Strand Theater. They were turned off, and they stayed off for the concert’s duration.

The premiere of one of the first Fifty for the Future Commissions highlighted the final night of the Kronos Quartet’s second annual festival.

The singer-songwriter/composer joined string quartet Brooklyn Rider for a different kind of Schubertiade.

The three pieces that made up San Francisco Contemporary Music Players’ Jan. 19 concert played with sound as a physical presence in the environment of the concert hall.

Still active at 80, Terry Riley’s music continues to engage us, as the Del Sol’s recent performance demonstrated.

The ensemble joined students from Aragon High School in the West Coast premiere of Thomas Trachsel’s The Apocalyptic.

The 31-member ensemble started its residency at UC Berkeley with a performance at Hertz Hall.

Kaija Saariaho is being given a great composer’s retrospective this month, and her music more than justifies the celebration.

Despite a last-minute cancellation in the opening concert, the festival debuted with panache and excitement to a delighted audience.