I've created this page to provide links to my professionally-published concert reviews, a few other selected reviews, and my other musical journalism -- David Bratman
"Reactions to the Record", reports on Stanford historical performances symposia. April 2007. Letters and reply. January 2009. April 2012. April 2014. April 2015.
Composer gallery, Bruckner, Hindemith, and Rimsky-Korsakov
Eight is Enough - listing and commentary on the "Symphony No. 8" by 24 different composers
Classical recordings for folks who don't listen to much classical, December 2006
Shostakovich At His Centenary, Part One and Part Two
Music in Arizona, January 2015
Thirtieth anniversaries: Mitchell Sardou Klein and the Peninsula Symphony, March 2015; Eric Kujawsky and the Redwood Symphony, July 2015
Panel discussion, Bach and anti-Semitism, April 2018
Previews and highlights of upcoming events
San Mateo County, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2021-2022
San Mateo County under the coronavirus, April 2020, and online, October 2020
Music@Menlo, Summer 2013, Summer 2021
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose, April 2013
Stanford's Bing Concert Hall, November 2012, and Frost Amphitheater, May 2019
South Bay and Peninsula, Fall 2011, Fall 2012
The Vienna Philharmonic visits the Bay Area, February 2011
The Violins of Hope in the Bay Area, January-March 2020
Portrait of music in San Jose, May 2006, June 2008
Australian Chamber Orchestra
March 31, 2019: S. Adams, Mozart, Brahms
April 10, 2015: Haydn, Mozart, Greenwood
Bruckner Orchestra of Linz
February 12, 2017: Ellington, Barber, Glass
Budapest Festival Orchestra
January 25, 2015: Brahms
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
August 6-7, 2022: Reinkemeyer, Silvestrov, Puts, Rouse, Danielpour, Heggie, Bizet-Shchedrin
July 31/August 8, 2021: Frank, Shepherd
August 11, 2019: Marsalis
August 11, 2018: Tarrodi, Corigliano, Shepherd, Shin, Clyne
August 11, 2013: Walker, Lindberg, Clyne
August 6, 2011: Kats-Chernin, Ranjbaran, Adamo, Mizuno, Corigliano
August 2, 2008: Chang, Bates, Corigliano
Cadenza (Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra)
May 29, 2010: Britten, Hindemith
October 24, 2009: Honegger, Vasks, Shostakovich
October 11, 2008: Sibelius, Vasks, Dvořák
California Symphony
September 15, 2019: Beethoven, Frank, Mahler
May 7, 2017: Beethoven, Visconti, Bruckner
May 8, 2016: Glass, Visconti, Brahms
September 30, 2012: Márquez, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
November 2, 2013: Pärt, Dvořák, Sibelius
Fremont Symphony Orchestra
September 26, 2015: Mozart, Jenkins, Chen, Poulenc, Takemitsu, Tchaikovsky
March 30, 2014: Rossini, E. Strauss, Dvořák, Beal, Copland
Symphony Orchestra of the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory
November 17, 2009: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Raimkulova, Bernstein
London Symphony Orchestra
March 23, 2015: Matthews, Gershwin, Shostakovich
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
October 13, 2018: Bernstein, Mozart, Revueltas, Creston
January 28, 2018: Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Mendelssohn
May 13, 2017: Sibelius, Brahms
January 24, 2016: Nielsen, Bartók, Stravinsky
October 18, 2014: Cavaterra, Chopin, Dohnányi
April 26, 2014: Cavaterra, Rachmaninoff, Dvořák
Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose
September 21, 2019: Mason, Beethoven, C. Schumann, Avshalomov, Tchaikovsky
April 30, 2011: R. Schumann, Gluck, Ewazen, Beethoven
New Century Chamber Orchestra
February 8, 2019: Vaughan Williams, Schumann, Warlock, Purcell, Richter
November 10, 2017: Biber, Stravinsky, Bach, Norman, Beethoven
May 6, 2016: Khachaturian, Higdon, Stravinsky, R. Strauss
February 5, 2016: Bach, Pärt, Glass, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, el-Khoury, Takemitsu, Bartók
March 6, 2015: Mozart, Grieg, Holst, Brahms
September 12, 2014: Bermel, Pärt, Bizet-Shchedrin
December 12, 2012: Handel, Auerbach, Assad, Vivaldi
March 25, 2011: Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn
September 11, 2009: Bach-Reitz/Starr, Mussorgsky-Assad
December 12, 2008: Handel, Bach, Cristo, Brumel, Buxtehude, Lauridsen, Assad
New Millennium Chamber Orchestra
May 8, 2022: Albert, Pärt, Mayer, Sigfúsdóttir, Prokofiev
November 3, 2019: Smetana, Mozart, Dvořák, Mahler, Kaprálová
June 2, 2019: Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Ravel
August 27, 2017: Albert, Bloomer Deussen, Esmail, Chaminade, Hensel
August 29, 2015: Copland, Barber
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
January 31, 2020: Lutosławski, Szymanowski, Brahms
Oakland Symphony (Oakland East Bay Symphony)
May 20, 2016: Stravinsky, Barber, J. Adams, Ravel
April 21, 2006: Mozart, Ravel, Stenhammar
January 20, 2006: Puts, Mozart, Brahms
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
November 2, 2014: Grieg, Bach, Clyne, Mozart
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
June 11, 2016: Boyle, Holst, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Heidrich, Bach, Ungar
December 16, 2006: Fish, Spohr, Beethoven
Palo Alto Philharmonic
December 11, 2021: R. Strauss, Wagner, Respighi, Mozart
December 10, 2016: Chabrier, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Beethoven
Peninsula Symphony
October 22, 2022: Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff
April 8, 2022: Askin, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Bloch
March 22, 2019: Miller, Vivaldi/Ferguson, Reinecke, Dvořák
May 11, 2018: Bates, Elgar, Brahms
March 17, 2018: Bloomer Deussen, Bernstein, Copland, Hanson
November 5, 2016: Bremer, Schumann, Elgar
May 21, 2016: Copland, Tower, Arnaud, Glazunov, Beethoven
March 21, 2014: Mendelssohn, Lalo, Grieg, Debussy, Russell
October 25, 2013: Brahms, Grieg, Walton, Handel, Beethoven (Preview)
May 15, 2009: Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Orff
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
February 12, 2020: Bach
March 9, 2018: Corelli, Muffat, Handel
February 13, 2013: Haydn, J.C. Bach, Mozart
October 21, 2005: Boccherini, Arriaga
Redwood Symphony
June 4, 2022: Poznansky, Ravel, Tchaikovsky
April 9, 2022: Copland, J. Adams, Beethoven
November 23, 2019: C. Wong, Desplat, Bates, Portman, Copland
September 28, 2019: Kodály, Tilson Thomas, Stravinsky, Brahms-Schoenberg
February 9, 2019: Rimsky-Korsakov, Brahms, Stravinsky
September 22, 2018: Bates, Britten, Brahms
June 23, 2018: Rimsky-Korsakov, Mendelssohn, Bizet
February 10, 2018: Mechem, Mozart, Stravinsky
November 18, 2017: Corigliano, Bartók
April 8, 2017: Herrmann, Britten, Takemitsu, Harrison
July 30, 2016: Mahler
April 16, 2016: Berlioz, Mollicone, Waxman, Bates (preview)
November 21, 2015: Britten, Barber, Tchaikovsky
March 28, 2015: McCracken, Sibelius, Bartók
February 14, 2015: Rossini, Daugherty, Berlioz
November 22, 2014: Mahler
November 23, 2013: Rimsky-Korsakov, Scott, Mozart, Holst
April 13, 2013: Debussy, Garner, Theofanides
February 9, 2013: Corigliano, Harrison, Higdon
February 12, 2011: Rimsky-Korsakov, Vaughan Williams, Glass
September 25, 2010: Shostakovich, Paganini, Adès, Copland
April 24, 2010: Bartók, Shostakovich
April 4, 2009: Bartók, Khachaturian, Janácek (Preview)
April 6, 2008: Lutoslawski, Mahler
June 10, 2007: Dvořák, Bartók, Copland
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
January 27, 2008: Debussy, Berlioz
Royal Philharmonic
January 28, 2012: Kodály, Liszt, Brahms
Russian National Orchestra
February 14, 2008: Schubert, Safronov, Brahms
March 26, 2006: Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky
St. Peter's Chamber Orchestra
May 1, 2010: Beethoven, Salieri, Holst, Prokofiev
October 10, 2009: Beethoven, Schubert
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
January 1, 2023: Schubert, Schickele, Mendelssohn, Haydn
January 1, 2012: Beethoven
February 7, 2009: J.C. Bach, Festinger, Mahler, Copland
January 1, 2009: Handel, Mozart, Coleman, Haydn, Gershwin
San Francisco Symphony
February 25, 2023: S. Adams, Bruckner
February 10, 2023: Voříšek, Dvořák
October 20, 2022: Mussorgsky, Liszt, Berlioz
October 13, 2022: Nielsen, Lindberg, Bartók
June 3, 2022: Wennäkoski, Bates, Dvořák
April 28, 2022: López, Berg, Shostakovich
January 23, 2020: Widmann, Sibelius, Beethoven
July 13, 2019: Ravel, Beethoven
May 30, 2019: Bach, Shostakovich
April 26, 2019: Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart, Barber
April 14, 2019: Brahms, Zemlinsky
November 17, 2018: Tilson Thomas, Beethoven
June 21, 2018: Sibelius, Rachmaninoff
May 10, 2018: Ibert, Saint-Saëns, Connesson, Respighi
April 13, 2018: Beethoven, R. Strauss
June 15, 2017: Glinka, Lalo, Rachmaninoff
February 1, 2017: Beethoven
May 14, 2014: Sibelius, Bartók, Brahms
May 29, 2013: Dvořák, Kodály, Bartók
May 2, 2013: early Beethoven
April 17, 2013: Beethoven, Nielsen
January 11, 2013: J. Adams, Debussy, Bernstein
October 31 & November 1, 2012: Harrison, Cowell, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff
October 4, 2012: Pärt, Bartók, Respighi
June 14, 2012: Fauré, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff
Barbary Coast and Beyond, May 10, 2012: Meyerbeer, Foster, Délibes, Bull, Liszt, Gottschalk, Wieniawski, Bellini, Offenbach, Stockman, Kreisler, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Sousa, Saint-Saëns
February 17, 2012: Schreker, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns
November 23, 2011: Wagner, Brahms, Brahms-Schoenberg
November 11, 2011: Schubert
December 2, 2010: J. Adams
November 3, 2010: Schnittke, Haydn, Orff
May 5, 2010: Dalbavie, Beethoven, Brahms
February 5, 2010: Schubert, Ives-Brant
June 17, 2007: Prokofiev
May 17, 2006: Varèse, W. Schuman, R. Schumann
November 19, 2004: Martinu, Mendelssohn, Haydn
Beethoven's Vienna Festival, May 2004: Beethoven, Clementi, Wölfl, Steibelt, Reicha, Cherubini, Dussek
June 7, 2000: Ives, Cage, Feldman, Babbitt, Riley
San Jose Chamber Orchestra
January 6, 2019: Frank, Copland, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Touchi
March 25, 2018: Dvořák, Musgrave, Fung, Shatin, Susman
October 6, 2013: Bacewicz, Lewis, Pratorius
January 6, 2013: Fung, Lewis, Harrison, Dee, Heisinger
April 10, 2011: E. Wong, Martin, Bohmler, Mahler, Avshalomov, Furman
January 9, 2011: Bach, G. Galindo, Pärt, Villa-Lobos
January 10, 2010: Furman, A. Galindo
Santa Cruz Symphony
February 18, 2017: Prokofiev, Brahms
Sphinx Virtuosi
October 19, 2011: Mozart, Halvorsen, Perkinson, Plaza, Ginastera, Bach
Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra
January 15, 2015: "Haydn: Patronage & Enlightenment" (with Stanford Chamber Strings and Stanford Chamber Chorale)
Stanford Symphony Orchestra
April 18, 2015: Grieg, Ravel, Gershwin, Nancarrow, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, d'Escriván
St. Olaf Orchestra
October 10, 2015: Shostakovich, Dvořák, Kallman, Elgar
Symphony San Jose (formerly Symphony Silicon Valley)
December 3, 2022: Turina, Lalo, Dvořák (and Cassadó)
October 2, 2021: Mendelssohn, Ortiz, Dvořák
December 7, 2019: Glinka, Khachaturian, Brahms
October 26, 2019: Boulanger, Amram, Rachmaninoff
October 5, 2019: Kodák, Tchaikovsky
May 4, 2019: Mollicone, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff
March 2, 2019: Adam Schoenberg, Barber, Tchaikovsky
January 19, 2019: Brahms, Dvořák
December 8, 2018: Mendelssohn, Mozart
October 27, 2018: Debussy, R. Strauss
October 6, 2018: Barber, Prokofiev, Sibelius
March 16, 2018: Debussy, Beethoven, Carreño, Respighi
December 2, 2017: Ginastera, Deutscher, Elgar
October 21, 2017: Dvořák, Khachaturian, Brahms
October 22, 2016: Scriabin, Rachmaninoff
June 4, 2016: Falla, Saint-Saëns, Franck
March 18, 2016: Fauré, Borodin, Mussorgsky-Ravel, Paillot
January 23, 2016: Schubert, Bruch, Hindemith
October 3, 2015: Beethoven, Schumann
March 14, 2015: "Shostakovich: Gentleman Comrade"
January 16, 2015: Ravel, Gershwin
December 6, 2014: Mozart, Schubert-Ernst, Bruckner
October 25, 2014: Weber, Beethoven, Brahms
June 7, 2014: Haydn, Weber, Beethoven
May 16, 2014: Brahms-Schoenberg, Rachmaninoff
March 22, 2014: Jofre, Orff
December 7, 2013: Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
October 26, 2013: Kraft, Shostakovich
September 28, 2013: Glinka, Prokofiev, Berlioz
December 1, 2012: Brahms, Tchaikovsky
September 29, 2012: Rossini, Berlioz, Liszt, Beethoven
June 2, 2012: Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius
October 1, 2011: Amram, Holst
June 4, 2011: Piazzolla, Dorman, Mendelssohn
October 16, 2010: Dohnányi, Ravel, Kodály, Bartók, Brahms, Sarasate
May 15, 2010: Mendelssohn, Bruch, Tchaikovsky
June 6, 2009: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Haydn
May 9, 2009: Shostakovich, Beethoven
March 26-29, 2009: Berlioz, Brahms, Dvořák (Preview)
March 29, 2008: Brahms, Beethoven
September 29, 2007: Beethoven, Amram, Janácek
January 20, 2007: Beethoven, O'Connor, Dvořák
September 30, 2006: Borodin, Higdon, Tchaikovsky
October 1, 2005: Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Beethoven
April 30, 2005: R. Strauss, Beethoven
October 30, 2004: Vaughan Williams, Corigliano, Higdon, Tchaikovsky
October 9, 2004: Copland, Korngold, Gershwin
Vienna Philharmonic
March 8, 2023: Mendelssohn, Brahms
March 9, 2014: Mozart, Bruckner, Josef Strauss
February 25, 2011: Schubert, Wagner, Bartók
Agave Baroque
February 25, 2022: J.S. Bach, J.M. Bach, J.L. Bach, J.B. Bach, J.C.F. Bach, W.F. Bach
Alexander String Quartet
January 24, 2021: Beethoven
September 24-25, 2006: Shostakovich (with Roger Woodward)
American Brass Quintet
October 15, 2017: Morley, Reinagle, Franklin, Fuchs, Josquin, Palestrina, Ewazen
Antic Faces
May 11, 2019 (p. 19): Byrd, Lupo, Gibbons, Dowland, Nicholson, etc.
Ariel String Quartet
February 16, 2020: Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Schubert
Aulos Ensemble
An Evening in the Home of J.S. Bach, December 16, 2012: Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach
Auryn String Quartet
February 21-22, 2015: Beethoven
April 6, 2014: Beethoven
Boreal Trio
February 14, 2016: Mozart, Schumann, Bruch, Françaix, Vanchestein
Bridge Piano Quartet
July 7, 2018: Mozart, Bridge, Cannon
Cal Arte Ensemble
December 10, 2017: Shostakovich, Beethoven
Calder String Quartet
November 5, 2012: Stravinsky, Mozart, Adès, Mendelssohn
March 30, 2011: Shostakovich, Rouse, Schnittke (with Gloria Cheng)
Calidore String Quartet
October 20, 2019: Ravel, Shaw, Beethoven
Carducci String Quartet
October 21, 2012: Haydn, Debussy, Mendelssohn
Carmel Bach Festival
July 23, 2013: Marais, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Ewazen, Machaut, Josquin, Lully, Bach, Debussy, Canteloube, Poulenc, Delibes, Bizet
July 22, 2013: Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Muffat, Telemann
July 24, 2008: Bach (and Brahms)
Claremont Piano Trio
April 5, 2006: Haydn, Kirchner, Schumann
Cypress String Quartet
February 14, 2016: Brahms (with Barry Shiffman and Zuill Bailey)
April 19, 2013: Dvořák, Higdon, Schubert (with Christine Brandes)
January 10, 2010: Beethoven, Furman
Dalí String Quartet
October 25, 2015: Turina, Mozart, Amaya, Villa-Lobos, Gardel, Valdes, D'Rivera (with Ricardo Morales)
Danish String Quartet
November 17, 2013: Abrahamsen, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
July 27, 2013: Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn
Del Sol String Quartet
December 7, 2012: Ward, Beecher, Frank, Cmiel, Duddell, Dong
November 9, 2006: Blitzstein, Body, Lindsay, Vali
Dover String Quartet
February 17, 2019: Tchaikovsky, Bates, Schubert
April 22, 2017: Haydn, Shostakovich, Beethoven
Elias String Quartet
March 29, 2013: Purcell, Schumann, Andres (with Jonathan Biss)
Emerson String Quartet
February 14, 2021: Purcell, Beethoven
October 15, 2008: Shostakovich
January 13, 2006: Nielsen, Sibelius, Grieg
Ensemble San Francisco
June 19, 2015: Debussy, Ravel, Franck
Escher String Quartet
January 20, 2019: Dohnányi, Mozart, Brahms (with Jon Nakamatsu)
July 19, 2015: Mozart, Schubert
November 16, 2014: Haydn, Shostakovich, Dvořák
July 23, 2014: Zemlinsky
February 22, 2013: Beethoven
September 28, 2008: Mozart, Zemlinsky, Shostakovich, Beethoven
July 23, 2007: Mendelssohn
Fauré Piano Quartett
November 1, 2020: Fauré
Flanders Recorder Quartet
February 25, 2018: Praetorius, Campo, Locke, Schein, Sieg, Bach, Piazzolla
Garden of Memory
June 21, 2017 (Preview)
Hermitage Piano Trio
April 30, 2017: Beethoven, Schubert, Cassadó, Rimsky-Korsakov
Imani Winds
November 15, 2015: Coleman, Nielsen, Mozart, Schubert, Piazzolla, Rimsky-Korsakov (with Jon Nakamatsu)
Ives String Quartet
April 25, 2014: Pollack, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich (with Miles Graber)
February 15, 2013: Haydn, Conte, Tchaikovsky
October 7, 2012: Haydn, Cowell, Smetana
Jasper String Quartet
January 28, 2018: Schubert, Britten (with Nicholas Phan)
Kronos String Quartet
Music for Change: The Banned Countries, October 20, 2018: Ali-Zadeh, Darvishi, Aminikia, Yanov-Yanovsky, El Din
January 15, 2014: Dessner, Lizée, Glass, Wagner, Webern, Silvestrov
August 4, 2013: Boguinia, Gordon, Lizée, Võ, Wagner, Z
Lark String Quartet
October 24, 2010: Dvořák, Wiprud, Higdon, Mendelssohn, Ruehr
Mandelring String Quartet
March 16, 2012: Mendelssohn, Séjourné, Debussy, Rosauro (with Katarzyna Mycka)
Meta4 String Quartet
November 12, 2022: Saariaho, Beach, Nagaraja, Sibelius
Miami String Quartet
August 3, 2005: Beethoven
Miró String Quartet
January 23, 2011: Schubert, Beethoven
July 30, 2005: Beethoven
Morgenstern Piano Trio
November 12, 2017: Martin, Ravel, Schubert
Music@Menlo Festival
Juy 17, 2022: Haydn, Beethoven, Bartók, Saint-Saëns, Mozart
July 16, 2022: C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, J.S. Bach
July 18, 2021: Janácek, Ligeti, Brahms
July 16, 2021: Castillo, Brahms, Schubert
Jan. 24 and Feb. 14, 2021: Ravel, Gershwin; Purcell, Beethoven
Art Under a Tombstone, November 8, 2019: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich
Classical Twilight: The 1820s, July 21, 2019: Beethoven, Schubert
July 14, 2019: Ravel, Ives, Bartók, Webern, Szymanowski
Folk Tales, May 3, 2019: Dvořák, Ysaÿe, Kodály, Taneyev
Shakespeare and Goethe, November 9, 2018: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Brahms
Creative Capitals: Vienna, August 4, 2018: Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Schoenberg
Creative Capitals, Budapest, July 31, 2018: Kodály, Bartók, Ligeti, Dohnányi
July 29, 2018: Penderecki, Shostakovich, Bloch, Dale, Mana-Zucca, G. Boulanger
Creative Capitals: Leipzig, July 25, 2018: Bach, Telemann, Mendelssohn, Schumann (plus Bloch)
Creative Capitals: Paris, July 17, 2018: Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Françaix, Franck (plus Dohnányi, Beethoven)
Creative Capitals: London, July 14, 2018: Handel, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Grieg
January 19, 2018: Dvořák, Brahms
August 2, 2017: Borodin, Respighi, Ysaÿe, Kreisler
July 20, 2017: Rode, Beethoven, Spohr, David, Mendelssohn
July 16, 2017: Viotti, Haydn, Mozart, Kreutzer, Beethoven
July 15, 2017: Farina, Uccellini, G.B. Vitali, Locatelli, Tartini, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach
July 24, 2016: Cui, Stravinsky, Desyatnikov, Prokofiev
July 20, 2016: Shostakovich, Dohnányi, Mahler, Arensky
July 16, 2016: Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Stravinsky
August 5, 2015: Mendelssohn, Previn, Brahms, Harbison, Kreisler, Liszt, Schumann
July 28, 2015: Schubert
July 25, 2015: Schubert
July 19, 2015: Mozart, Schubert
Clarinet Celebration, May 17, 2015: Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Bartók, Schoenfield, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Ponchielli
July 23, 2014: Zemlinsky (plus Schumann, Brahms)
August 6, 2013: Bach
August 3, 2013: Bach, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Tourier, Franck (plus Kurtág, Dohnányi)
July 27, 2013: Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Debussy, Gershwin, Britten
August 11, 2012: Schoenfield, Mendelssohn, Moszkowski, Chausson (plus Mozart, Bartók)
July 29, 2012: Herrmann, Caplet, Respighi, Stravinsky (plus Beethoven, Mendelssohn)
August 10, 2011: Brahms, Chopin, Fauré (plus Brahms, Schumann)
July 30, 2011: Bach, C. Schumann, Vivaldi, Brahms
July 24, 2011: Brahms, Bartók, Enescu
May 8, 2011: Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann
July 27, 2010: Britten, Walton, Elgar (plus Brahms, Shostakovich)
July 31, 2009: Mendelssohn
July 24, 2009: Beethoven, Mendelssohn (plus Spohr, Larsen)
July 28, 2008: Dvořák, Wolf, Brahms, Schumann
August 9, 2007: Beethoven, Copland, Neikrug, Ravel, Brahms (plus Haydn, Stravinsky, Dvořák)
July 23, 2007: Schnittke, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky (plus Beethoven)
August 10, 2006: Bach, Messiaen, Mozart (plus Franck)
August 3 & 7, 2005: Beethoven
July 30, 2005: Beethoven
Music at Kohl Mansion (assorted performers)
November 13, 2022: Bacon, Carlson, Eshima, Mendelssohn
Music at the Mission
March 12, 2011: Rossini, Erb, Bottesini, Sydeman, Schumann, Bedrossian
March 13, 2010: Janácek, Hatzis, Schoenfield, Messiaen
Music of Remembrance Ensemble
January 27, 2019: Weinberg, Krása, Kattenburg, Schulhoff, Klein, Olivero
Musica Pacifica
March 16, 2016: Mattheis, Locke, Purcell, trad./anon.
A Baroque Holiday, December 21, 2014: Handel, Biber, Telemann, Rameau, Boismortier, D. Gabrielli, Bach, Vivaldi
Musicians from Marlboro
April 3, 2011: Janácek, Mozart, Mendelssohn
New Esterházy String Quartet
September 17, 2016: Mozart, Haydn
Orion String Quartet
March 3, 2010: Bach, Kirchner, Beethoven, Brahms (with Peter Serkin, piano)
Other Minds
September 17, 2011: Fluxus event
November 12, 2009: Cowell
Pacifica String Quartet
January 11, 2017: Beethoven, Shostakovich, Ravel
July 31, 2009: Mendelssohn
Paris Piano Trio
November 2, 2008: Fauré, Schumann, Mendelssohn
Prazak String Quartet
March 13, 2005: Smetana, Janácek, Dvořák
St. Lawrence String Quartet
October 14, 2018: Beethoven, Messiaen, Mendelssohn (with Anne-Marie McDermott)
October 11, 2017: Dvořák (with Rob Kapilow)
January 18, 2015: Haydn, J. Adams, Beethoven
October 19, 2014: Haydn, Berger, Schubert
January 12, 2014: Dvořák, Martinu
October 13, 2013: Haydn, S. Adams, Beethoven
January 11, 2013: Haydn
October 23, 2011: Haydn, Golijov, Schubert
April 5, 2009: Haydn, J. Adams, Dvořák
October 14, 2007: Haydn, Beethoven, J. Adams
December 3, 2006: Dohnányi, Shostakovich, Dvořák (with Jon Kimura Parker)
San Francisco Piano Quartet
March 22, 2009: Dvořák, Burleigh, Goldmark, Gershwin, Bernstein, Bass
San Francisco Opera Orchestra Musicians
January 11, 2015: Mozart, Eshima, Rachmaninoff, Korngold
San Francisco Symphony Chamber Musicians
March 6, 2022: Rossini, Price, Montgomery, Dvořák
October 30, 2005: Mozart, Rossini, Villa-Lobos, Dvořák
Santa Cruz Chamber Players
October 30, 2010: Glazunov, Pratorius, Schubert, Szymanowski, Ravel
Shanghai String Quartet
October 3, 2010: Zhou, Penderecki, Jiang, Schubert
Silicon Valley Music Festival/Chamber Music Silicon Valley
March 7, 2020: Higdon, Gershwin, Hinze, Bolcom
June 29 & 30, 2018: Akiho, Võ, Bartók, Das, Wahab; Copland, Ackley, Golijov
July 2, 2015: Reger, Crumb, Villa-Lobos, Bach
June 27 & 28, 2014: Ewazen, Copland, Still, Dvořák, Ginastera, Hosokawa, Berio, Golijov
June 18, 2013: Rzewski, Messiaen, Heggie, Applebaum, Hosokawa, Hinze, Sciarrino, Akiho
Takács String Quartet
January 25 & 26, 2014: Bartók
February 13, 2010: Schumann, MacMillan, Beethoven
March 12, 2006: Beethoven
Telegraph String Quartet
May 20, 2018: Mozart, Sirota, Ravel
Third Coast Percussion
January 25, 2023: Mazzoli, Connors-Dillon-Martin-Skidmore, Applebaum, Jlin
Trio Cavatina
February 2, 2014: Beethoven, Copland, Brahms (with Samuel Rhodes)
Vertavo String Quartet
January 26, 2011: Haydn, Janácek, Frank, Beethoven
Vilnius String Quartet
November 7, 2004: Schubert, Prokofiev, Beethoven
Violins of Hope Project
January 19, 2020: Schubert, Mendelssohn, Heggie
West-Eastern Divan Ensemble
March 4, 2020: Brahms, Attahir, Tartini, Mendelssohn
Joshua Bell (violin) and Alessio Bax (piano)
November 1, 2019: Schubert, Franck, Bach, Ysaÿe
Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers (piano)
May 17, 2019: Monk, Kendall, T. Wong, Armer, Fulton, Basu, Oliveros, Rzewski
Chee-Yun (violin) and Wendy Chen (piano)
May 7, 2006: T. Vitali, de Falla, Fauré, R. Strauss, Sarasate
Frederic Chiu (piano)
May 14, 2006: Bach-Busoni, Schubert-Liszt, Prokofiev-Chiu, Beethoven-Liszt
Arnold Choi (cello)
July 2, 2015: Reger, Crumb, Villa-Lobos, Bach
Bella Hristova (violin) and Shai Wosner (piano)
August 4, 2022: Mozart, Ludwig
Paul Huang (violin), Danbi Um (violin), and Amy Yang (piano)
March 5, 2023: Fauré, Moszkowski, Bloch, Barlowe, Sarasate
Steven Isserlis (cello) and Stephen Hough (piano)
April 15, 2005: Brahms, Hummel, Suk, Martinu
Anssi Karttunen (cello) and Nicolas Hodges (piano)
October 29, 2017: Behzadi, Beethoven, Dusapin, Lerdahl, Brahms
Kristin Lee (violin) and Orion Weiss (piano)
January 24, 2021: Ravel, Gershwin
Cecile Licad (piano)
October 14, 2012: Liszt, Chopin
Menlo Festival
January 16, 2011: Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Ravel
Jon Nakamatsu (piano)
October 20, 2013: Schubert, Chopin, Schumann
Paul Neubauer (viola) and Michael Brown (piano)
July 29, 2018: Penderecki, Shostakovich, Bloch, Dale, Mana-Zucca, G. Boulanger
New Piano Collective
August 14, 2016: Mompou, Liszt, Rameau, Debussy, etc.
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
January 12, 2014: Beethoven, Schubert, Griffes, Chopin
Amit Peled (cello) and Noreen Polera (piano)
November 15, 2020: Beethoven
Gil Shaham (violin)
November 6, 2011: Bach
Jeffrey Siegel (piano)
January 19, 2013: Gershwin, Gottschalk, MacDowell, Copland, Bernstein, Joplin
Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) and Wu Qian (piano)
July 24, 2016: Cui, Stravinsky, Desyatnikov, Prokofiev
Robert Stallman (flute) and Hélène Wickett (piano)
October 26, 2006: Schubert, Hindemith, Doppler, Roussel, Franck
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) and David Breitman (fortepiano)
January 18, 2014: Beethoven
Stanford piano festivals
The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass, Sept. 29, 2016: Glass
The Stravinsky Project, March, 2008: Stravinsky
The American Piano Festival, February 3, 2007: Gottschalk, Joplin, J. Johnson, Morton, Tatum, Rzewski, Cage, Cowell
"A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein"
November 7, 2009: Bernstein
"Remembering Geoff Nuttall"
January 29, 2023: Haydn, Purcell, Ponce, Golijov, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Mozart
Cappella Romana
May 3, 2009: anonymous Byzantine
Carmel Bach Festival
July 27, 2014: Tavener, Pärt, Górecki, Lang (and Bach)
Collage Vocal Ensemble
November 8, 2012: Menotti, Rutter, Brahms, Bach, Foster, Mozart, Weelkes, Grainger, Britten, Holst, Sondheim, Kodály, Haydn, Kuula, Vaughan Williams
Golden Gate Festival Orchestra and Temple Emanu-El Choir
July 1, 2008: Bloch
Haydn Singers
March 10, 2006: Mozart, Gasparini, M. Haydn, J. Haydn
The King's Singers
February 17, 2010: Bennet, Schütz, Weelkes, Monteverdi, Frank, Saint-Saëns
Kitka
December 11, 2022: Ukrainian carols
Lyric Theatre of San Jose
October 5, 2008: Sullivan
Masterworks Chorale, San Mateo
September 24, 2022: Orff (with Ragazzi Boys Chorus and Peninsula Ballet Theatre)
November 14, 2021: Walker, Hailstork, Moore, Quartel, Allen, Whitacre, Esenvalds, Brahms, Fauré, Gjeilo
November 10, 2018: Mechem, Schubert, Fauré
March 18, 2018: Palestrina, Barber, Runestad, Jenkins
November 5, 2017: Ticheli, Gjeilo, Mozart
March 20, 2016: Walker, Gjeilo, Corigliano, Heggie, Bolcom, Chilcott, Whitacre, Lauridsen
May 30, 2015: C.M. Schönberg
March 22, 2014: Brahms, Beethoven, Orff
November 9, 2008: Carlozzi, Schumann, Whitacre, Mozart
New Century Chamber Orchestra and Schola Cantorum San Francisco
December 12, 2008: Handel, Bach, Cristo, Brumel, Buxtehude, Lauridsen, Assad
Opera San José
November 26, 2006: Rossini
Peninsula Symphony and Stanford Symphonic Chorus
November 19, 2010: Gabrieli, Vaughan Williams
November 20, 2009: Reicha, Bach
Ragazzi Boys Chorus
March 26, 2022: Lowry, Bruckner, Choplin, Vivaldi, Schubert, Robertson, Gjeilo, Foster, Memley
December 3, 2017: Byrd, V. Johnson, Duruflé, Tallis, Elberdin, Gjeilo, Rahman, Halley
Ragazzi Continuo
An English Christmas, December 2, 2018: Handl, Holst, Byrd, Tavener, others
Redwood Symphony
April 6, 2019: Mechem
August 10, 2013: McCartney, Lennon, Harrison (with the White Album Ensemble)
June 1, 2013: Sondheim (preview)
San Francisco Choral Artists
December 14, 2013: Pitoni, Cima, Nanino, Pierson, Marenzio, Verdi, Taylor, Croce, Gesualdo, Pizzetti, Bassano, Gabrieli, Vlad
San Francisco Symphony and Chorus
December 2, 2010: J. Adams
November 3, 2010: Orff
San José State University, School of Music and Dance
May 10, 2019: Bernstein
Santa Cruz County Symphony and Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus
April 22, 2007: Tippett
Stanford Chamber Chorale
January 11, 2013: Berger
Symphony Silicon Valley and SSV Chorale
May 5, 2018: Haydn
May 9, 2015: Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Rachmaninoff
March 29, 2008: Brahms, Beethoven
Trimpin
May 14, 2011: Trimpin
Volti
November 15, 2009: Winges, Peterson, Fishbein, Zuckerman, Hawley, Moe, Garrop
January 29, 2021: Heggie, Schubert, Mendelssohn (Violins of Hope Project)
January 2, 2019: Berlioz (San Francisco Symphony)
December 3, 2018: Webern, Kirchner, Britten (Telegraph Quartet)
May 31, 2013: Beethoven (San Francisco Symphony)
April 6, 2012: Nielsen (London Symphony)
March 27, 2012: Roussel (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
February 3, 2012: Scarlatti, Currier, Debussy, Liebermann, Schumann (Joyce Yang)
January 20, 2012: Shostakovich (Basel Sinfonietta)