Reviews

Rebecca Wishnia - November 19, 2018

Brilliant performances often outshine the material in this program featuring three premieres.

Richard S. Ginell - November 19, 2018

Fives hours of performances — from Berio to Yoko Ono — make for a fun, irresistible evening.

Lisa Hirsch - November 19, 2018

The quartet searches for the intersection of Beethoven and four new commissions in “Healing Modes.”

David Bratman - November 19, 2018

A program that also features Beethoven’s “Eroica” is profoundly personal and often moving.

Nicholas Jones - November 19, 2018

The world premiere of Richard Marriott’s Ghost Ship Concerto headlines the somber program.

Jim Farber - November 17, 2018

Susanna Mälkki showcases avant-garde works from five European composers.

Jason Victor Serinus - November 17, 2018

A deluxe set captures the highpoints and variations in the revered ensemble’s marvelous sound over the decades.

Janos Gereben - November 13, 2018

The storied orchestra returns to San Francisco with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and an all-Dvořák program.

Roger Wallace - November 13, 2018

The electronic-music pioneer’s work continues to fascinate and confound.

David Bratman - November 13, 2018

Two 19th-century literary heroes and their impact on Romantic music.