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Sergei Prokofiev wrote some of the most lyrical and melodic classical music of the 20th century.

Laura Arthur is a 21-year-old lyric soprano, a budding ingénue who imagines one day becoming a ful

For the first full summer series in

They come at this time of the year, announcements of both summer festival programs and the fall seasons. Below, some of the highlights, beginning with what is paradoxically the closest to home, London's BBC Proms, available right where you sit, at your computer.

The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony will present a solidarity concert in support of the locked out musicians of the Minnesota and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras at 7 p.m. April 29, in St. Ignatius Church, Parker at Fulton.

Noe Valley Chamber Music hit the jackpot for the celebration of its 20th anniversary on May 19 in San Francisco's St. Mark's Lutheran Church: the event will feature Frederica von Stade, soprano Lisa Delan, tenor William Burden, baritone Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek, pianist/composer Jake Heggie, violinist Dawn Harms, and cellist Emil Miland.