United States Tchaikovsky, Saariaho, Scriabin: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7.6.2018. (HS)
Mälkki Conjures Glorious Tone Poems
Harvey Steiman
Jordi Savall Leads a Sextet in Celtic Rarities
United States Various, Celtic Universe: (Jordi Savall, viols; Carlos Núñez, Galician bagpipes, pastoral pipes; Pancho Álvarez, viola caipara; Xurxo Núñez, percussion; Andrew Lawrence, Irish harp and psalterium; Frank McGuire, bodhrán), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 3.5.2018. (HS)
An Eclectic Menu Shows Off Julia Bullock’s Technique
United States Schubert, Barber, Fauré, Williams, Pinkard, Siskind, Holiday, Simone: Julia Bullock (soprano), John Arida (piano), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 25.3.2018 (HS)
Berg and Mahler Caught for a New Recording
United States Berg, Mahler: Gil Shaham (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 23.3.2018. (HS)
At 77, Chick Corea Remains at the Top of His Game
United States Chick Corea: Chick Corea (piano), Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 22.3.2018. (HS)
Glorious Pipa, a Village Band, and Puppets
United States Various composers: Wu Man (pipa), Huayin Shadow Puppet Band, presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 11.3.2018. (HS)
Copland, the Magnificent
United States Wuorinen, Prokofiev, Copland: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 15.3.2018. (HS)
(c) Stefan Cohen
Venerable Academy Shows an American Openness
United States Edgar Meyer, Mozart, Beethoven: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Joshua Bell (conductor and violin), presented by San Francisco Symphony Great Performers Series, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.3.2018. (HS)
