Classical

Iris Kwok - March 28, 2023

The veteran broadcaster chats with SFCV about his new podcast project, which explores the Black experience in classical music.

Date:
City:
Santa Cruz
Price Range:
FREE
Josef Woodard - March 28, 2023

The premiere of Esmail’s work about water and the environment makes a powerful impression alongside Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.

Victoria Looseleaf - March 28, 2023

With James Conlon conducting a sensitive account of the score, and a fine cast to boot, there is no mystery to the success of this production.

David Bratman - March 28, 2023

The orchestra and director Donato Cabrera brilliantly interpret pieces that would have been intimately familiar to the composer.

Richard S. Ginell - March 28, 2023

The U.S. premiere of Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto has the two players merging avant-garde sensibilities, with Susanna Mälkki conducting.

Tamzin Elliott - March 28, 2023

The USC Thornton grad is embracing multiple community roles and ignoring avant-garde hipness in favor of inclusive, polyglot music.

Janos Gereben - March 28, 2023

The 2023–2024 season sees Esa-Pekka Salonen realizing many of the ambitious plans he had previously set out to undertake.

Date:
City:
San Francisco
Price Range:
$35 to $50
Lisa Hirsch - March 27, 2023

Allen Shearer and Claudia Stevens’s operatic take on The Tempest succeeds most in musical moments that depart entirely from the original.