United States Britten, Mozart, Dvořák: Jan Lisiecki (piano), San Francisco Symphony, James Conlon (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.6.2016 (HS)
Harvey Steiman
No Sanitized Love Affair in a Gritty Carmen
United States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Carlo Montanaro (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 27.5.2016. (HS)
San Francisco Goes ‘On The Town’
United States Bernstein, On the Town: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin, director), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.5.2016. (HS)
The New York Philharmonic, on Tour, Finds Its Stroke With Sibelius
United States Beethoven, Sibelius: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 6.5.2016. (HS)
Sounds from Outer Space in Terry Riley’s Sun Rings
United States Terry Riley: Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba, violins; Hank Dutt, viola; Sunny Yang, cello), Volti, Robert Geary (conductor), Willie Wiliams (visual designer), Laurence Neff (lighting designer), Mark Grey (sound designer), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 1.5.2016. (HS)
Heras-Casado Leads a Haunting New Work from Mason Bates
United States Bartók, Bates, Ravel, Shostakovich: San Francisco Symphony, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 27.4.2016. (HS)
Quartetto di Cremona’s Shapely Beethoven—and a Surprising Encore
United States Boccherini, Respighi, Beethoven: Quartetto di Cremona (Cristiano Gualco, Paolo Androili, violins; Simone Gramaglia, viola; Giovanni Scaglione, cello), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 16.4.2016. (HS)
Shaham in Bach Unaccompanied—Except for Moving Images
United States Bach: Gil Shaham (violin), David Michalek (films), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 14.4.2016. (HS)