Choral

Joe Cadagin - November 10, 2015

Composer Amy Beth Kirsten has provided Volti with the right kind of challenge: one that takes the audience on an electrifying journey.

Niels Swinkels - November 4, 2015

The chorus joined the early music ensemble in honoring 17th-century female composers.

Niels Swinkels - October 20, 2015

Cal Bach Society celebrated the opening of its 45th season with a fine performance of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Votiva.

Steven Winn - October 19, 2015

The a cappella vocal quartet take a final turn through the repertory they did so much to reanimate.

Niels Swinkels - August 25, 2015

The Bay Area Russian choral ensemble more than doubles in size for weekend performances of the timeless masterpiece.

Be'eri Moalem - August 18, 2015

St. Ignatius Church, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay on Lone Mountain, was the perfect spot for the San Francisco Choral Society’s performance of the Mozart Requiem.

Rebecca Wishnia - June 17, 2015

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

Be'eri Moalem - June 16, 2015

In a far-ranging program that covered music from the 1400s to the present, the violinist accompanied the ensemble on five pieces as part of a new program called SFCA+1.

Jerry Kuderna - June 15, 2015

Beethoven’s Mass becomes a staged multi-media experience, complete with light show and wandering soloists.

Niels Swinkels - May 20, 2015

Volti’s Pandora’s Gift, performed with the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, leaves a lasting visual impression.