The performance captured cornerstones of the David Byrne experience: confusion and childlike wonder.
The Berkeley-based group's “Wandering Dove” program drew from Iberia, Yemen, and North Africa with fluid grace.
Los Angeles Master Chorale performed the lesser-known Mendelssohn’s work, alongside Mozart’s canonic Requiem.
Her SF Performances recital was powerful, playful, virtuosic, and dramatic.
In his penultimate production as music director, Conlon directs a terrific cast with spontaneity and emotional clarity.
The world-class American violinist put his characteristic stamp on works by Ravel, Schubert, Grieg, and Prokofiev.
The conductor distilled The Ring of the Nibelung at the SF Symphony, and Gautier Capuçon played Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto.
The latest in a long line of conductors to tackle the piece with the LA Phil delivers an urgent, exquisitely paced performance.
Guest conductor Robert Spano led the orchestra in a concert featuring composers who have lived in the state.
Alonzo King’s brilliant new work about heritage is complemented by Ode to Alice Coltrane, a tribute to a jazz great.
