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Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony Is Done Justice in Detroit

2 days ago | sfcv.org | Richard Ginell

The ever-prolific trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis often thinks big when he writes for orchestras, seemingly subscribing to Gustav Mahler’s credo that a symphony should embrace the entire world. And Jader Bignamini, music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 2020, thinks likewise. In restarting the DSO’s recording agenda, Bignamini is leading off with one of Marsalis’s mammoth concoctions, the Blues Symphony (Pentatone).
Ariel Quartet Provides Catharsis at Kohl Mansion | San Francisco Classical Voice

5 days ago | sfcv.org

With crackling energy, the group enlivens death-haunted works by Felix Mendelssohn, Benjamin Britten, and Lera Auerbach.
Long Beach Opera Investigates Pauline Oliveros’s Library of Maps

1 week ago | sfcv.org | Jim Farber

Long Beach Opera could not have found a more ideal setting for its time-defying production of The Library of Maps: An Opera in Many Parts than the Art Deco splendor of the RMS Queen Mary. From the moment you crossed the gangplank onto the great ship’s Promenade Deck, you entered a different world, a floating historical relic where the ghostly spirits of generations mingled — from the glamour of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald to the wide-eyed wonder of today’s tourists.
Next Season, Cal Performances Stands Strong in Presenting Big and Inclusive Programs

1 week ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

In the face of economic uncertainties and changing international relations, Cal Performances is persisting in presenting large-scale shows and top-notch artists from around the world next season. Along with star-studded chamber concerts and recitals, the 2025–2026 lineup offers dance companies, visiting orchestras, new music, and theater presentations.
Opera San Jose Expands Its Spanish-Language Offerings With Zorro

1 week ago | sfcv.org | Emily Wilson

Stage director David Radamés Toro said that, of all things, it’s his background in mime that has helped him while working on the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s 2022 opera Zorro, which is set to run April 19 – May 4 at Opera San Jose. Mime forces you as a performer to boil down your point to its essence, Toro explained, which happens to be a great approach for opera, too.
Forgotten Folk Tunes of Ukraine and Belarus, Revived by Veretski Pass

1 week ago | sfcv.org | Andrew Gilbert

The Peacock and the Sunflower, the latest album by the Berkeley klezmer trio Veretski Pass, is something of a miracle, showcasing dozens of tunes gleaned from an archive of manuscripts collected in Ukraine and Belarus in the decades before World War II by educator and musician Zinovy Kiselgof and violinist Avrom-Yeshiye Makonovetsky. Long assumed to be irretrievably lost under Stalin, the treasure trove resurfaced about 30 years ago.
Opera San Jose Expands Its Spanish-Language Offerings With Zorro

1 week ago | sfcv.org | Emily Wilson

Stage director David Radamés Toro said that, of all things, it’s his background in mime that has helped him while working on the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s 2022 opera Zorro, which is set to run April 19 – May 4 at Opera San Jose. Mime forces you as a performer to boil down your point to its essence, Toro explained, which happens to be a great approach for opera, too.
Conductor Marin Alsop Makes High-Octane Debut With SF Symphony

1 week ago | sfcv.org | Michael Zwiebach

Conductor Marin Alsop has finally brought her love of big-boned, emotionally demonstrative music to the San Francisco Symphony. Making her subscription series debut at Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday, April 10, the renowned 68-year-old music director led a pulse-quickening program that matched her highly physical conducting style with two Latin American works, two fanfares, and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.
At SF Ballet, Death and Passion Collide in Mesmerizing Double Bill “Broken Love”

2 weeks ago | sfcv.org | Steven Winn

The specter of death arrives early for both heroines in San Francisco Ballet’s two-part program “Broken Love.” But don’t let this cast a pall. Mortality’s long shadow heightens and intensifies the evening’s drama in strikingly different ways.
New Century Chamber Orchestra Sends Out “A Prayer for Peace”

2 weeks ago | sfcv.org | Michael Zwiebach

It doesn’t matter whether New Century Chamber Orchestra and its music director, Daniel Hope, anticipated the cascading disruptions and anxieties of 2025 when they planned “A Prayer for Peace,” last weekend’s concert set. A well-balanced, beautifully played program like this one, which saw its first performance on Friday, April 4, at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, would be a welcome respite at any time.