Previews

The S.F. Choral Artists are doing their best to capture both extremes of the Christmas season. If you're one of those people who wants it all, there are two more performances left of this holiday concert, as always with this adventurous group.

The Wizard of Six-String, guitarist John McLaughlin, is coming to Cal Performances this weekend and that's cause for joy for all music lovers.

Cellist Matt Haimovitz is a real pioneer in all the senses that matter. What he has to say to the students at the San Francisco Conservatory is certain to be enlightening in more than the usual ways.

Experience a composition where failure is perfection and perfection is failure in the upcoming the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble's concert, Conversation Pieces. Then, talk amongst yourselves.

Joseph Haydn's final oratorio, The Seasons, contains some glorious music, and it's not that often performed, so if you're a fan of Papa H. put the Marin Oratorio performances on your calendar.

A screening of a Swedish cinema classic is the venue for a live performance by The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle

Rara (film) shows us the composer Sylvano Bussotti wearing all his many hats.

Pacific Mozart Ensemble celebrates their 30th anniversary with two commissions, which they will sing this weekend at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.

If you like the violin, make plans to see Christian Tetzlaff perform the complete Bach sonatas and partitas at Cal Performances' Zellerbach Hall this weekend.

One of the most anticipated orchestra concerts of the season unfolds this Thursday, when Joana Carneiro takes up the baton with the Berkeley Symphony for “Música de Amor.”