United States Schubert, Mahler: Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Simon O’Neill (tenor), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 6.4.2016. (HS)
Harvey Steiman
Kaleidoscopic Schumann Brushes Against Copland’s Modernist Side
United States Copland, Schumann: Inon Barnatan (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 31.3.2016 (HS)
Via the Viola, a Vivid Italian Tour
United States Berlioz, Haydn: Jonathan Vinocour (viola), San Francisco Symphony, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 17.3.2016 (HS)
Rare Jazz Opera Punches Below Its Weight
United StatesTerence Blanchard, Champion: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Opera Parallèle, Nicole Paiement (conductor), co-presented by SFJAZZ, SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 19.2.2016 (HS)
A Warm, if Stodgy, Tour of Certified Classics
United States Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms: Itzhak Perlman (violin, conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 9.1.2016. (HS)
Plush Singing from Jamie Barton, and a Jake Heggie Premiere
United States Turina, Chausson, Schubert, Heggie, Dvořák: Jamie Barton (mezzo soprano), Robert Mollicone (piano), Emil Milland (cello), presented by San Francisco Performances, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, San Francisco. 16.12.2015 (HS)
An Intimate ‘Meistersinger‘ Arrives from Glyndebourne
United States Wagner, Die Meistersinger: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 24.11.2015 (HS)
Lumbering Ravel and a Plodding Eroica from the Israel Philharmonic
United Kingdom Bardanashvili, Ravel, Beethoven: Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 8.11.2015 (HS)