The ensemble’s Cal Performances appearance brought a unique intensity to Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria and Schubert’s final quartet.
Pianist Jon Nakamatsu plays Grieg’s concerto in a program emphasizing folk styles of different ethnicities.
The annual showcase of excerpts from operatic works-in-progress confirms the future is bright for today’s composers and librettists.
The orchestra spends extended time in Paris and Hamburg, showing off a variety of music from its repertory.
