Previews

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - April 11, 2011

With all the Bay Area choral groups around (more than 300 and counting), you may be forgiven if you've missed a few, here and there. But Schola Cantorum is worth going out of your way to hear, even if it does spend most of its time hiding its light under bushels.

Michael Zwiebach - April 5, 2011

Fans of orchestral music are heading for the San Francisco Symphony this weekend, where Osmo Osmo Vänskä is set to lead the orchestra in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.

Michael Zwiebach - April 5, 2011

Dubravka Tomsic is one o f those really wonderful pianists who never seem to garner the accolades and recognition their excellence deserves. She's back at S.F. Performances.

Michael Zwiebach - April 5, 2011

Stile Antico, a great vocal group from England that's young but much-heralded, appears at Calvary Presbyterian Church this weekend.

Michael Zwiebach - March 29, 2011

Chances are, with all the concerts going on this weekend, Jennifer Stumm's is the only viola solo recital. Presented by the Mill Valley Chamber Music Society, Stumm is going for the gusto: Rebecca Clarke's extraordinary, underplayed sonata, one of Brahms' Op. 120 clarinet sonatas in transcription, and Benjamin Britten's inspired Lachrymae.

Michael Zwiebach - March 29, 2011

This weekend's American Bach Soloists concerts allow you to discover a recently unearthed concerto by the underrated, yet adventurous, composer Telemann, in a concert set that features virtuoso Judith Linsenberg on recorder.

Michael Zwiebach - March 29, 2011

One of the least noted, but potentially most exciting, upcoming Bay Area premieres is the Calder Quartet introducing Christopher Rouse's third string quartet at Stanford Lively Arts on Wednesday.

Michael Zwiebach - March 29, 2011

Lara Downes, aided by the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet, presents a program inspired by the great African-American pianist/composer.

Jim Farber - March 28, 2011

The celebrated pianist essays an all-Schubert recital at three Bay Area venues, with his friend and colleague Jamie Laredo on violin.

Joseph Sargent - March 28, 2011

To fete Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s 30th season, it is mounting a new, enhanced version of Haydn’s profound oratorio, including some of the original vocal ornamentation from 1798.