Early Music/Baroque

Michael Zwiebach - January 14, 2013

Last year’s performance of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion by the American Bach Soloists was predictably one of the highlights of the spring season.

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - December 16, 2012

Under the baton of an acclaimed guest conductor, Philharmonia Baroque offers a joyful program of Christmas cheer.

Michael Zwiebach - November 28, 2012

Magen Solomon’s San Francisco Choral Artists, having justreceived a favorable review in Fanfare for their recent With Strings Attached CD, should makeanyone’s shortlist of choral concerts to attend.

Thomas Busse - October 29, 2012

A good community choir singing masterworks of Renaissance polyphony gets a passing grade and an A+ for effort.

Michael Zwiebach - September 26, 2012

This is music that we’re used to hearing from the Bay Area’s
old hands, so it will be interesting to hear the NextGen interpretations.

Michelle Dulak Thomson - January 5, 2012

Star violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock, in flight, doesn’t alight anywhere until she’s done, and she generally dazzles you before she deigns to perch on the smallest twig.

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - October 28, 2011

You probably haven't heard the music on these two CDs, but the high quality of the compositions and the playing will make you sit up and pay attention.

Michelle Dulak Thomson - June 7, 2011

Tanya Tomkins takes her sweet time on a new Bach disc, revealing a wealth of musical wisdom.

Trista Bernstein - March 1, 2011

The upcoming Philharmonia Baroque concerts unexpectedly celebrate the friendship of two singers.

Joseph Sargent - August 24, 2009

An aura of glamour seems to surround the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra these days. Its 2009-2010 season, auspiciously titled the “Season of Stars,” is tailor-made for the glitterati, with a lineup of celebrity guest artists that is exceptional even for this ensemble, including Susan Graham, Viktoria Mullova, and Jordi Savall.