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Cal Bach Society celebrated the opening of its 45th season with a fine performance of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Votiva.

The chorus and early music ensemble will collaborate in two performances Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 of music mostly written by female composers in 17th-century Italian convents.

The company presented Giselle as choreographed by Alicia Alonso, founder of the Cuban National Ballet.

Jake Heggie's music is everywhere, and Lisa Oman is named executive director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.

The a cappella vocal quartet take a final turn through the repertory they did so much to reanimate.

Guest conductor Mälkki led the symphony through a program of Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev.

Opera traditionalists will find plenty to like about West Bay Opera’s production, which lacks surprises.

The choreographer brought everything from Bach to jazz to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall.

In Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica and Hector Berlioz’s Les nuits d’ete, sound color is deployed in the evocation of light.

SFCV talks to the conductor about his time with the Marin Symphony and his vision for the future.