Sequentia performs compellingly reconstructed music from a thousand years ago.
Soprano Christine Brandes brought the fury and darkness, though the venue was unsuitable.
The West Coast premiere of Philip Glass’s Third Piano Concerto dominates the program.
Bach’s orchestral suites, masterfully interpreted.
Foot-stomping, exuberant, and unabashedly sentimental, Jordi Savall’s latest musical tour is still about sensitive, extraordinary performances.
A program of ravishing beauty draws from the timeless Vespro della Beata Vergine.
Works from Corelli, Georg Muffat, and George Frideric Handel explore variations on the concerto grosso form.
The viol virtuoso brings French Baroque chamber music to the Bay Area.
Drama there was, but ABS’s revivifying take on Bach’s masterpiece was mainly gorgeous.
The orchestra shows versatility supporting Isserlis and in a lithe performance of a Haydn symphony.
