Paul Goodwin's conducting debut with S.F. Symphony was welcome, if belated, while soprano Lydia Teuscher stole the show.
One of SFCV’s emerging writers takes you into the world of contemporary master Wolfgang Rihm in a premiere with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Meeting the challenge of Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony is a struggle for both orchestra and audience, but the OEBS made it look easy.
Forget “autumnal”: The Budapest Festival Orchestra brought full-throated, heroic Brahms symphonies to Davies Symphony Hall.
A star-studded week wrapped up as John Adams conducted his Grand Pianola Music and Malcolm MacDowell and Elvis Costello headlined A Soldier's Tale.
Jon Nakamatsu teamed with Symphony Silicon Valley, the 1927-designed California Theatre, and works by Gershwin and Ravel to transport audiences back to the roaring ‘20s.
A night of stars that felt more like a great, improvised house concert, full of wit and humor.
Two works that are worlds apart but complement each other shared the bill at Thursday's Berkeley Symphony concert.
The Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series harbors a Frankenstein and other offbeat works conducted by John Adams.
The violinist's bravura playing dominated the concert, but it was Copland who triumphed, musically.
