Michael Zwiebach

The S.F. Choral Society swings into action with Maurice Durufle's beautiful Requiem, accompanied by Rodney Gehrke on organ, and the California Chamber Symphony. Bob Geary's groups regularly produce wonders. This will be another.

Leighton Fong and Anna Presler (of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble) and Karen Rosenak (Earplay) join forces for another of the Crowden Music Center's Sunday@ Four concerts. What's not to love?

Voices of Music, the little band of hard-core early music players, is a presence on the Web. You can hear them live this weekend in a concert of 17th-century fantasias by a group of composers you may never have heard of.

Arnaldo Cohen is rightly esteemed by afficionados of classical piano; now is your chance to catch him in his four-hand recital with up-and-comer Nareh Arghamanyan at Herbst Theatre.

It's dance, it's drumming, it's earsplitting. It's the 2010 International Taiko Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, an event you won't forget.

It's rare that we give a shout out to the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus in this space, but they're a really good group. This weekend, it performs Morton Feldman's deep, meditative work Rothko Chapel, a reason to attend by itself.

She's not a household name, but Elizabeth Blumenstock is a world class violinist who has been wowing Bay Area early music lovers for years. So when she and the Philharmonia Baroque take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons, it's time to declare a holiday and take the kids.

One the eve of the 25th anniversary of S.F. Conservatory's chamber music master's degree program, Bonnie Hampton talks about her life, the founding of the program, and the value of being present every day.

Fans of Halloween creep-outs may enjoy the screening of the newly restored 1920 silent film classic about murder and the evil within us, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, at Davies Symphony Hall, this Sunday.

Up at UC Davis' Mondavi Center, the coming weekend will see several performances on the theme of “Madness and Music.” The one you want to catch, if you can, is Alarm Will Sound, a genre-bending, electrifying, 20-member band that wears its virtuosity lightly and is game for anything.