Gala at Davies

SF Symphony knows how to throw a party Soprano Jessye Norman made up for any lack of substance with incomparable style last Tuesday in a rare appearance with the San Francisco Symphony. At 65 she is semi-retired from operatic arias, the mainstay of a famous career, but helped open the Symphony’s 2010 season with Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning and a set of Duke Ellington jazz songs. ...

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Contemporary Festival at Santa Cruz

  Promise fulfilled—Santa Cruz Festival delivers The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music opened in Santa Cruz August 6 and 7 with two well-balanced programs, running the gamut from energetic virtuosos to dark and disturbing excursions.   On a Wire ...

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Preview of Cabrillo Festival

  Cabrillo locks and loads—Santa Cruz new music festival opens Friday Dedicated musicians have been gathering from across the country this week to descend on Santa Cruz for a two-week festival that has...

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Preview of Music@Menlo

Summer nights filled with music There is very little more soothing to the heart and mind than filling soft summer nights with music. And there is little more appealing music than chamber music, with its kaleidoscopic variety and...

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Festival del Sole in Napa

Fifth Season—a return of top names and luminous moments This July Napa Valley was again abuzz with visits by the famed and fortunate as the Festival del Sole filled Napa...

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Contemporary Electronics on Capp St.

High energy—and voltage—in SFSound concert The musician/composers of SFSound chose a program for their July 16 concert that probed the interaction between solo instruments and electronics. Introduced and organized by...

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