Rebecca Wishnia

The young string quartet, the first quartet-in-residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, also performed early works by Webern and Beethoven.

The ensemble’s interpretations of Beethoven’s late quartets at The Berkeley Hillside Club were too temperate.

Pieces by Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly were the only standouts in a program of music that lacked ambition and scale.

The cellist shows polish and musicality in new, experimental works.

The chamber opera follows the transition of a transgender person to womanhood, sung simultaneously by baritone Dan Kempson and mezzo-soprano Brenda Patterson.

The annual event, commemorating the summer solstice, brings together over 40 groups for a unique experience.

New arrangements refresh Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.

The trio, adjusting to a personnel change for the performance, brought interpretative daring to a performance of Beethoven trios.

The concert featured works from young composers inspired by two sculptures housed in the de Young Museum’s Gallery 16.

Derek Bermel’s 2015 work received its West Coast premiere by the ensemble at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.