Led by conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, French Baroque ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée pairs an ode by Handel with operas by Rameau.
The group spotlights lesser-known masters like Giovanni Legrenzi and Francesco Cavalli in a concert for the San Francisco Early Music Society.
The orchestra under guest conductor Juraj Valčuha plays a subtly defiant program that spotlights strong soloists, including violinist Gil Shaham.
In a program dedicated to The Four Seasons, the group explores the roots of Venetian style, bringing out the drama of these concertos.
VOX Femina Los Angeles performs a concert of choral works inspired by literature that has, in various times and places, faced censorship.
Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera forges his own path in a concert that also features works by Grażyna Bacewicz and Saad Haddad.
The orchestra’s concert at Davies Symphony Hall sees demonstrations, but conductor Lahav Shani and the musicians press forward.
Mary Shelley’s classic story is duly retold in choreography by Liam Scarlett and music by Lowell Liebermann.
For her new album, Root Progressions, Cheng commissioned six composers to write music that goes beyond genres and idioms.
Tenor Michael John Butler gives a stunning account of Schumann’s Dichterliebe in a program that also features baritone Olivier Zerouali.