An eclectic, thrilling concert can only scratch the surface of black musicians’ contributions to classical music.
The premiere of Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth is timely in many ways.
Witold Lutosławski’s 50-year-old Cello Concerto has its first San Francisco performances.
Jon Kimura Parker makes light work of a challenging Brahms piano concerto.
Salonen’s approach was particularly apt on a new work from Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
The massive symphony, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, was set off by Kaija Saariaho’s precise Trans.
The peripatetic cellist chats with SFCV about taking artistic risks and his own development.
Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong shows his stuff in symphonies from Mozart and Mahler.
Soloist Carey Bell is masterful in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.
The composer’s third David Bowie homage falls flat.
