Month: February 2018

SFJAZZ Snarky Puppy – “… one of the most internationally respected names in instrumental music” says Jambase – is playing a sold-out season at SFJAZZ this week. Recipient of the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, this Brooklyn-based group has a revolving cast of around a dozen artists who lend their talents to…

In the final concert marking this season’s Bernstein Centennial, the San Francisco Symphony is led by Russian conductor Andrey Boreyko. The program opens with the legendary composer and conductor’s Divertimento for Orchestra, continues with his Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) – performed by guest violinist Vadim Gluzman – and concludes with the Shostakovich Symphony No 5.…

https://youtu.be/f6GFfDyqMyo The second San Francisco Ballet program to open this week takes the title Distinctly SF Ballet – ‘Distinctly’ being the operative word. Not only were these ballets created for the company – by three Bay Area choreographers – but each is decidedly different in character and style from the others. This triple bill opens…

Happy is the ballet company that has such a wealth of works in its repertoire that it can schedule six triple bills and a four-ballet program in one season. San Francisco Ballet enjoys this status – and is in the unique position of  including in this total  12 world premieres which have been written specifically…

From the archives of San Francisco Opera comes a performance of Richard Strauss’ romantic opera Arabella – which premiered at the War Memorial Opera House on October 29th, 1980. It’s to be broadcast tomorrow evening, February 4th, by Classical KDFC. The recording of this tale of love, mistaken identity and near-catastrophe, stars soprano Kiri Te…