Dark in the Swedish Winter: Strindberg at the Cutting Ball
Rob Melrose astutely writes that in many ways, The Pelican is "the modern chamber version of Hamlet and Electra – a father murdered by the…
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More than the History of R&B: ‘Memphis’ rocks San Jose
The musical energy in Memphisis everything that you'd expect from a score written by Bon Jovi keyboard player, David Byron, and with lyrics penned by…
SJ Rep Brings Back ‘A Christmas Carol’ for Holiday Season
Artistic director Rick Lombardo says, "I created this adaptation to not only be faithful to Dickens’ vision, but also to celebrate the actor and the…
San Francisco Symphony: Channelling Bach, Schiff brings out the best of us
Bach’s Prelude in C Major from Book I of the Well Tempered Clavier might be the classical equivalent of Stairway to Heaven.
Berkeley Symphony announces 2012-13 ‘Under Construction’ composers
Three selected composers—Andrew Ly, Michael Nicholas and Davide Verotta—will each write a symphonic work to be read and performed by Berkeley Symphony at the Under…
Before the Bombs Fall: A conversation between Freud and C.S. Lewis at San Jose Rep
In 'Freud’s Last Session' at San Jose Repertory Theatre the issue becomes more palatable wrapped as it is in everything from Freud’s 'Moses and Monotheism'…
San Francisco: Vertical Dance Company Bandaloop presents ‘Touching Up’
The two performances take place on Thursday, November 1st at 12:30pm at the Mint Plaza in San Francisco; and Saturday, November 3rd at 1pm at…
With ‘Osmosis’ Ives Quartet flouts convention
Performed by the IQ, these errors seemingly get magnified, as a delicious bit of silliness, to let the audience in on a joke that hasn’t…
Not in an Election Year: Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
By the time Andrew Jackson opined “I’m so that guy,” one wished that Romney or Obama had Davaran’s kind of energy.
András Schiff: In Residency at San Francisco Symphony (Verdict: A Gem)
The two main foci of all three movements of this concerto were: (1) Schiff the soloist; and (2) Schiff and the symphony playing together. While…