Music archive
2020
SA Symphony, SLL, Olga Kern: Russian – and rushin’ Jan. 25, 2020
SA Symphony, Christian Reif; Camerata SA: A luxury import from Germany Jan. 11, 2020
2019
SA Symphony, Mastersingers, Danzmayr, Gratz: Mozart Requiem with wings Nov. 23, 2019
Camerata San Antonio: Three Romantics with a common thread Nov. 22, 2019
Ariel String Quartet, Ilya Shterenberg: Between the shadows, a glow Nov. 14, 2019
SA Symphony, Kensho Watanabe, Zoltán Fejérvári: Sensuous, with a punch Nov. 9, 2019
YOSA Philharmonic, Troy Peters, Christine Lamprea: Kids these days Nov . 6, 2019
Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell: Dance to the music, and vice versa October 8, 2019 SA Symphony, A. Diehl, J. Weilerstein; Camerata SA: Doing right by Gershwin Oct. 5, 2019
SA Symphony, Mastersingers, SLL: ‘Resurrection’ resurrected Sept. 21, 2019
Olmos Ensemble: Dog days of August? Cool! August 29, 2019
23rd Cactus Pear Music Festival: Tradition, transition, luster July 24, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, Mastersingers, V. Williams: From Russia with spectacle June 8, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, Vadim Gluzman: Migrants welcome June 1, 2019
Camerata SA: Ravel’s Ravellier the second time around May 15, 2019
Finckel-Han-Setzer Trio; Agarita, Sofie Bertolini: Old school, new school May 5, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, V. Williams, Guadalupe Dance Co.: Spain and dazzle April 13, 2019
SA Symphony, Jeffrey Kahane: French revolutionaries April 6, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, David Portillo; Camerata: Pleasures of senses and spirit March 30, 2019
Eighth Blackbird: Pleasing and challenging March 14, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, Stephen Hough: A grand evening of Hough – and puff March 2, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, Viktor Valkov: Out of the shadows, a tour de force Feb. 23, 2019
SA Symphony, Jeannette Sorrell; Olmos Ensemble: From Berg to the ‘Burgs Feb. 9, 2019
Cavatina Duo; Viktor Valkov: Remembering Tal Feb. 1, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL: In Mahler’s Ninth, Beauty is the point Jan. 26, 2019
SA Symphony, SLL, Anne-Marie McDermott: A hearty winter menu January 12, 2019
2018
SA Symphony, Akiko Fujimoto, Eric Gratz: A great story teller on the violin Nov. 17, 2018
American String Quartet: ‘… men whose helmets now lie scattered' Nov. 14, 2018
SA Symphony, SLL, Lynn Harrell: In every phrase, a sense of recognition Nov. 10, 2018
SA Symphony, Gersen, Hadelich, Williams: Splashes of joy, and a Jeremiad Oct 13, 2018 Agarita (debut concert); SOLI: Counting cows, and sorrows Oct 12, 2018
SA Symphony, SLL, André Watts; Camerata SA: Fire and ice Sept. 22, 2018
Opera SA / Verdi’s La Traviata: Love conquers all? Not quite. March 24, 2018
Olmos Ensemble; Timothy Jones, Warren Jones: An August mini-festival Sept. 5, 2018
Alamo City Opera / Astor Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires: A tangoed web June 10, 2018
SA Symphony, SLL, O. Kern, V. Kern: Triumphant close to a troubled season June 2, 2018
Opera SA / Puccini’s La Bohčme: Old warhorse finds fountain of youth May 19, 2018
Money and music: The SA Symphony should aspire to be average April 4, 2018
SA Symphony, Salerno-Sonnenberg; Lueders, Valkov: Same old Seasons? March 24, 2018
SA Symphony; American Brass Quintet: From the new world March 10, 2018
SA Symphony, SLL, Philip Edward Fisher: Brahms, a voice for our time Feb. 24, 2018 Camerata San Antonio: Beethovenian Beethoven Feb. 21, 2018
Camerata SA, Olmos Ens., YOSA Phil, Jeffrey Biegel: Busman's holidays Feb. 5, 2018
SA Symphony, SLL, Veronica Williams: Remembering Dr. King Jan. 13, 2018
SA Symphony, SLL, Ana María Martínez: Happy ending, for a while Jan. 6, 2018
2017
SA Symphony, SLL: That sound! Nov. 18, 2017
SA Symphony, Brett Mitchell, Scott Cuellar; Camerata SA: A keeper Nov. 10, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL; Olmos Ensemble: Mendelssohn’s Elijah and … who? Oct. 28, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Augustin Hadelich: How’d that revolution work out? Oct. 21, 2017
Lamprea, Anastasio; Isbin, PacificaQuartet: Homecoming and other returns Oct. 18, 2017
Camerata, Musical Bridges, SOLI,: Almost too much music Oct. 5, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Olga Kern: French revolutions Sept. 23, 2017
Opera San Antonio / Macbeth by Verdi: This cauldron bubbles nicely Sept. 9, 2017
Olmos Ensemble, Euntaek Kim; Humdingers August 17, 2017
Olmos Ensemble: Old music, sounding new August 9, 2017
Santa Fe Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: A simple idea, a complex life July 26 2017
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Much delight, and a thread of lamentation July 16, 2017
AC Opera, La Hija de Rappaccini, by Catán: Stop and smell the roses? May 23, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Angel Romero: Finesse on guitar, and in the orchestra May 20, 2017
Olmos Ensemble, Timothy Jones; SOLI: A soul sells, and -isms go begging May 19, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Susan Graham: Harrowing descent into the abyss May 13, 2017
Opera SA The Barber of Seville: No need to split hairs – this Barber satisfies May 7, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Mane Galoyan: Heavenly mix of Mahler and Schubert April 1, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Christina & Michelle Naughton: Twin carburetor March 25, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL, Eric Gratz: Firebird? Sweet! March 18, 2017
Camerata SA, Viktor Valkov: Beethoven’s Holy Grails March 17, 2017
Les Amies Trio: An odd mix, perfectly melded March 4, 2017
Ch. Orch. SA, Opera SA; Olmos Ens.: Filet of Wagner, and a messa di voce Feb. 18, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL: A delicate balance Feb. 11, 2017
SA Symphony, Jeremy Denk, Eric Gratz: Expected and unexpected treats Feb. 4, 2017
SA Symphony, G&J Schwarz; Aeolus Quartet: A pčre, a fils, 2 US Romantics Jan. 28, 2017
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: In the Land of the Magic Flute Jan. 27, 2017 (At CVNA)
SA Symphony, Kolja Blacher: What integrity sounds like Jan. 14, 2017
SA Symphony, SLL: Why Mozart? Jan. 7, 2017
2016
Viktor Valkov: A Romanticist of the first order Dec. 10, 2016
San Antonio Symphony, SLL: Plunging into the darkness Nov. 19, 2016
Opera San Antonio: Carmen: No bull – love hurts Oct. 28, 2016
Danish String Quartet: Three Danes, one Norwegian, all polish Oct. 28, 2016
Olmos Ensemble, Camerata San Antonio: Golden-age music making Oct. 20, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, Garrick Ohlsson: A heroic labor, tamed Oct. 1, 2016
Camerata San Antonio, Viktor Valkov: Throwing caution to the wind Sept. 24, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL: In Carmina Burana, the power of simplicity Sept. 17, 2016
Olmos Ensemble: Bachs and ‘pops’ Aug. 26, 2016
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Cosmopolitan July 25, 2016
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Focus on youth July 13, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, Hadelich: Mahler 1 revisited, six years on June 5, 2016
SA Symphony, Feltz, Chang; SOLI: A strong case for works in eclipse May 21, 2016
SA Symphony, Fujimoto, Filjak: French romanticism at high tide March 26, 2016
SA Symphony, Lacombe, Long, Ferris; Camerata SA April 30, 2016
Olmos Ensemble; Kostov-Valkov Duo: Gone, in a blaze of glory April 16, 2016
Dover Quartet: Purrs like a kitten April 6, 2016
SA Symphony, Opera SA: In Il trovatore, the sweet sound of vengeance April 2, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, Olga Kern: Adrenaline rush March 26, 2016
Camerata San Antonio: A pianist with presence March 23, 2016
SA Chamber Choir: Mozart from (almost) the cradle to the grave March 10, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, Norman Krieger: In trouble? Better call Norman March 5, 2016
Shanghai Quartet, Wu Man: Sounds from China, familiar and strange March 4, 2016
Olmos Ensemble: A poem, a tango, a twilight dream, and more Feb. 18, 2016
SA Symphony 2016-17 season: Time to give Mozart his due Feb. 14, 2016
Opera Piccola/Abduction from the Seraglio: Theatrically Enterprising Feb. 9, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, JP Jofre: A little of this, a little of that, a lot of wow Feb. 6, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, Eric Gratz: A deluge of gorgeousness Jan. 30, 2016
SOLI Chamber Ensemble, Gryphon Trio: Round trip, Canada to Brazil Jan. 29, 2016
SA Symphony, Axelrod, Lamprea: Cellist shines in world premiere (at CVNA) Jan. 26, 2016
SA Symphony, SLL, Vincent Balse: Striving outliers of American music Jan. 16, 2016
Camerata San Antonio: Top-shelf start to Las Américas Festival Jan. 12, 2016
2015
SA Symphony, SLL, Inon Barnatan: Sibelius, tender and tough Nov. 21, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL, D’Drum: The sound of freedom Nov. 14, 2015
Zemlinsky Quartet; Rick Rowley: Acquaintance and reacquaintance Nov. 10, 2015
Dallas Opera / Great Scott, by Heggie and McNally: A funny thing happened…. Nov. 5, 2015
Olmos Ensemble, Camerata: Team-building, in music and marriage Oct. 29, 2015
Acad. of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens: There will always be an England Oct. 14, 2015
Olmos Ensemble: A great concert shouldn’t be over when it’s over Oct. 4, 2015
Opera San Antonio Madama Butterfly: Culture clash Oct. 3, 2015
SA Symphony, Akiko Fujimoto, Paul Lueders: Telemann at his most cinematic Sept. 29, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL, Mastersingers: A journey from despair to joy Sept. 19, 2015
Camerata SA: The old made new Sept. 17, 2015
Olmos Ensemble: New drivers, fresh energy at age 21 Aug. 29, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL: Name that tune June 7, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL, Gavrylyuk: High craft (and crash) in Shostakovich 10th May 30, 2015
Olmos Ensemble; SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Musical chairs, and music plus May 22, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL, Jennifer Koh: Luxurious goulash May 16, 2015
SA Symphony, Steven Sloane, Evelyn Glennie: An essay in color and nuance May 2, 2015
Olmos Ensemble, Camerata SA: A night to remember April 28, 2015
SA Symphony, Halffter, Villegas: “Aranjuez” adagio deeply considered April 11, 2015
Elias String Quartet: The strange in dialog with the strange March 31, 2015
SA Symphony, Raiskin, Volodin: Bravi to the musicians and the acousticians March 21, 2015
Opera San Antonio: Antonacci’s US stage début double triumph (CVNA) March 18, 2015
SA Symphony 2015-16: An unusually venturesome season March 15, 2015
Kostov-Valkov Duo, A. Small; SA Symphony: Play like there’s no tomorrow March 3, 2015
St. Lawrence String Quartet; Olmos Ensemble A violist, tout de suite! Feb. 24, 2015
SOLI, Ballet SA: Honoring Strauss, a spin on metamorphosis (CVNA) Feb. 20, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL, Eric Gratz: Chronicles of Germany at high tide and low Feb. 7, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL, Michel Dalberto: Gifted colorists — Strauss and Ravel Jan. 31, 2015
Simone Dinnerstein; NY Woodwind Quintet: An invasion of New Yorkers Jan. 29, 2015
A Symphony, SLL, Daniel Hope: In mostly-Strauss concert, the bad boys win Jan. 24, 2015
SA Symphony, SLL; Camerata: Richard Strauss — a man of the theatre Jan. 17, 2015
"Salome" puts lurid seal on Opera San Antonio (Diane Windeler for CVNA) Jan. 15, 2015
Musical muscle in Opera San Antonio 'Salome' (on Opera News) Jan. 15, 2015
2014
Camerata San Antonio: Music from Poland, lean and lush Nov. 25, 2014
Quartetto di Cremona: A rare treat — chamber music from Italy Nov. 18, 2014
SA Symphony, Abrams, Albers: Dispatches from America Nov. 15, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL, Jon Kimura Parker: Sibelius Second, reconsidered Nov. 8, 2014
Olmos Ensemble: Bach’s Chaconne — a vessel waiting to be filled Nov. 5, 2014
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Gerstein: DOA in Moscow, now very much alive Nov. 1, 2014
Jerusalem String Quartet: Revelations in sighs and whispers Oct. 21, 2014
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing: In Mahler's 'Resurrection,' life in its extremes Oct. 11, 2014
Camerata SA, Olmos Ensemble: Intense emotions, clothed and naked Oct. 8, 2014
The Meyerson at 25: In Dallas Symphony’s concert hall, that touch of mink Oct. 6, 2014
OPERA SA: Picker’s Fox tale merrily romps (Diane Windeler on CVNA) Sept. 27, 2014
SA Symphony finally ‘home’ in new hall (on CVNA) Sept. 24, 2014
Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio: ‘Carmen,’ with a twist Sept. 7, 2014
Tobin Center ‘Celebration of the Arts’: A new hall unveiled Sept. 5, 2014
Olmos Ensemble, Eric Gratz: Moonlighting in Mozart Aug. 19, 2014
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Teamwork July 13, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL, Joshua Bell: A reprise, 75 years on June 15, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL: Mahler 5: Love and death, tumult and triumph June 7, 2014
Camerata SA, Chamber Orchestra SA/Attic Rep: Super strings and samizdat June 3, 2014
A chat with Sebastian Lang-Lessing: SA Symphony in metamorphosis June 1, 2014
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Five young voices, all different May 22, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL, Nicholas Angelich: Prokofiev in high (Soviet) cotton May 17, 2014
Eric Owens: A singer of real substance May 13, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL, Tine Thing Helseth: Dispatches from Vienna May 10, 2014
Opera San Antonio: Heady ambition in first season April 29, 2014
Olmos Ensemble, Camerata SA: Wisdom and cleverness May 7, 2014
Fort Worth Opera: Giving voice to Sor Juana (at CVNA) April 29, 2014
A miraculous ‘Das Rheingold’ in Houston (at CVNA) April 16, 2014
SA Symphony, Bramwell Tovey, Lauren Snouffer: Felicitous moments April 12, 2014
Brentano Quartet; Olmos Ensemble: Chamber music, high-minded and not April 8, 2014
Jerusalem Quartet: Death and life meld in Shostakovich, Rothko (at CVNA) April 1 2014
Camerata SA; clarinetist Kinan Azmeh: Whiplash and fusion April 1, 2014
Dallas Opera’s ‘Die tote Stadt’: A rare and opulent gem, nicely polished March 25, 2014
Houston: Cryptic Actors Drive Final Nail Into ‘Coffin’ Opera (at CVNA) March 18, 2014
SA Symphony, Kolja Blacher: Cutting out the middleman March 8, 2014
Escher String Quartet: Romanticism, morning to dusk March 4, 2014
Duo Amal: Complementary strengths meet on the bridge Feb. 25, 2014
SA Symphony, Julian Kuerti, Lo-An Lin: Birds of a feather, and a wild beast Feb. 22, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL: From Dvořák, big ideas and little ideas Feb. 8, 2014
SA Symphony, The Opera San Antonio: In ‘Rusalka,’ Love, death and an auspicious start Feb. 1, 2014
Tempest Trio: Dvořák in full flight, Bernstein coasting Jan. 29, 2014
Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson: ‘Path of Miracles’ mapped on human psyche Jan. 26, 2014
Weinberg’s ‘The Passenger’ at
HGOHouston Grand Opera: Holocaust Specter Haunts Weinberg Opera Passenger Jan. 22, 2014 (at CVNA)
Camerata SA, Michel Dalberto, Nancy Zhou: Dvořák bash – Bohemia calling Jan. 22, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL, Michel Dalberto: More Dvořák, and an American pioneer Jan. 18, 2014
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Dispatches from the present, more or less Jan. 16, 2014
SA Symphony, SLL, Jian Wang: A feast of Dvořák begins Jan. 11, 2014
2013
Christine Lamprea & Daniel Anastasio: A homecoming, with fire and ice Dec. 16, 2013SA Symphony, Macelaru, Quint: The friendly Second Viennese School Nov. 26, 2013
The weekend – Modigliani Quartet; Austin Baroque: Music rarefied and rare Nov. 19, 2013
Andrew Garland, baritone: Let US sing Nov. 13, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Cecile Licad: In Bruckner's Sixth, pleasures of the spirit Nov. 9, 2013
Lachezar KostovThe weekend – Kostov/Valkov Duo; Younggun Kim: Outsized talent on cello Nov. 5, 2013
Musical Bridges/Mei Rui, Octavio Moreno: In San Fernando, thunder and song Oct. 28, 2013
American Brass Quintet, Olmos Ens.: Feast of chamber music, new and old Oct. 22, 2013
SA Chamber Choir, Scott MacPherson: Founder takes the first of his final bows Oct. 22, 2013
Opera Piccola/‘The Medium,’ by Menotti: The dead come to visit Oct. 21, 2013
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: The end of time, and fellow travelers Oct. 17, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Biss, Martin: The sea parts, in full orchestral color Oct. 12, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Karen Gomyo: Hypervivid tour of familiar territory Oct. 5, 2013
Camerata San Antonio: C Major changes its stripes Oct. 2, 2013
Martina Filjak: Making Schumann’s story her own Sept. 12, 2013
Olmos Ens., Miguel del Aguila, Christopher Guzman: Music from Latin America Aug. 16, 2013
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Golijov’s dreams and prayers from the depths July 18, 2013
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Messiaen’s Quartet, beyond place and time July 9, 2013
Gustavo Romero: Black and white keys, in full color July 1, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL: Mahler 3, big as life June 1, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Michel Dalberto: A fist in the face of stupidity May 18, 2013
Olmos Ensemble: Reach and grasp May 11, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Andreas Bach: Beauty and the beast May 4, 2013
Ebčne Quartet: Rigor in action, from Mozart to Miles April 16, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL: In Verdi’s Requiem, doom and grace in equal glory April 14, 2013
David Finckel & Wu Han; Olmos Ensemble: Still more Brahms, and more March 20, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Alexandre Da Costa: From factory floor to concert hall March 9, 2013
SA Symphony, Camerata, SLL, Gluzman, Wang: More Brahms, less 'Brahmsian' Feb. 17, 2013
SA Symphony, SLL, Gerstein, Camerata: A feast of Brahms, with plenty of feeling Feb. 10, 2013
Miró Quartet: Vox populi Jan. 31, 2013
SA Symphony, Kamensek, Gomyo: Ives, on the way to becoming Ives Jan. 26, 2013
2012
Olmos Ensemble, Andrew Garland: A baritone voice of startling beauty Nov. 21, 2012SA Symphony, SLL, Ewa Kupiec: Webs of influence Nov. 17, 2012
Opus One: E pluribus unum Nov. 14, 2012
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Filjak: Speaking French like a native Nov. 10, 2012
YOSA Philharmonic, Richard Stoltzman: Impressive leaps, forward and back Nov. 7, 2012
Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio: First hearing Oct. 27, 2012
SA International Piano Competition: The medalists, and the one that got away Oct. 24, 2012
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Skride: 'Symphonie fantastique' in high-def Oct. 20, 2012
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, James Dick: Autumnal Beethoven, springy Brahms Oct. 19, 2012
SOLI: New postcards from settled territory Oct. 12, 2012
SA Symphony, Tebar, Chi: New contract! New season! Ding, ding, ding! Oct. 6, 2012
Laura Claycomb, soprano: Agility to spare in 'Amor,' and more Oct. 1, 2012
Camerata San Antonio, Olmos Ensemble: The season begins Sept. 30, 2012
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Fresh coffee, recycled 'Seasons' July 16, 2012
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Mastering the style, and transcending it July 9, 2012
Report from St. Louis: An 'Alice in Wonderland' for our time July 3, 2012
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Scheps: Finding the song in Bruckner's granite June 2, 2012
SA Symphony, Macelaru, Simonyan: An Armenian soul May 26, 2012
SA Symphony: Honoring Jacques Barzun with Berlioz May 17, 2012
Olmos Ensemble: A rhapsody for the clarinetist May 9, 2011
San Antonio Symphony, Barry Douglas: Three (plus three) pieces in old style May 5, 2012
San Antonio Symphony: Venturing into the baroque April 14, 2012
Vienna Piano Trio: A walk in the moonlight, with a lighter step April 3, 2012
San Antonio Symphony, Masur, Zhou: Homecoming March 24, 2012
Camerata San Antonio: Invitation to the dance March 20, 2012
Red Priest: An authentically freewheeling blast March 6, 2012
SA Symphony, SLL, Vadim Gluzman: Fire and water March 3, 2012
Beethoven Festival: Swann, Dowling: The last word, and some along the way Feb. 21, 2012
Brent Watkins, pianist: Big sound, big risks, big payoffs Feb. 19, 2012
Beethoven Fest/SA Symphony: We're all brothers, till the music stops Feb. 11, 2012
Beethoven Fest/Ryo Yanagitani, Audrey Andrist: Voluptuary and empath Feb. 9, 2012
Beethoven Fest/Pacifica Quartet, Olmos Ens.: Concerts rarefied and earthy Jan. 31, 2012
Beethoven Fest/SA Symphony: In an old friend, unexpected charms Jan. 28, 2012
Beethoven Fest/Christopher Guzman: A Beethovenian Jan. 27, 2012
Beethoven Fest/SOLI Chamber Ens.: Collaborations across two centuries Jan. 24, 2012
Beethoven Fest./SA Symphony: Second, Fourth and ta-ta-ta-DAH Jan. 21, 2012
Beethoven Fest/Spencer Myer: Scenes from near the peak, and the approach Jan. 20, 2012
Beethoven Fest/SA Symphony: You've heard 'Eroica' before? Nope Jan. 14, 2012
Beethoven Fest/Naoko Takao: How much freedom is too much? Jan. 13, 2012
Beethoven Fest/Jeffrey Swann, Camerata: Concerts conversing Jan. 10, 2012
2011
Morgenstern Trio: A young troupe leaps to the top Nov. 23, 2011SA Symphony, Kolja Blacher: Appeals to the heart, the gut and the mind Nov. 19, 2011
SA Symphony, Sebastian Lang-Lessing: From Brahms, two views of the end Nov. 13, 2011
YOSA Philharmonic, Edgar Meyer: The bass reaches into the brilliant heights Nov. 10, 2011
Olmos Ensemble: A Glazunov Idyll and a magnum of wit Nov. 8, 2011
Austin Lyric Opera: A "Magic Flute" that plays up love and laughs Nov. 8, 2011
SA Symphony, SLL, Bernd Glemser: Music of, and from, the shadows Oct. 30, 2011
SA Symphony, SLL, A. Gavrylyuk: Opulence from '1001 Nights' and 88 keys Oct. 17, 2011
Jason Vieaux: A master colorist on the guitar Oct. 14, 2011
SA Opera: In 'R&J,' true love and a real-deal soprano Oct. 3, 2011
Olmos Ensemble: After Victorian clutter, Modern air and light Sept. 22, 2011
Camerata SA: New venue, no traffic noise, but what about that groan? Sept. 13, 2011
Cactus Pear Music Festival: The cat's meow, and other delights July 19, 2011
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Revelations from Prague, and points east July 11, 2011
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Gluzman: Modest Beethoven, immodest Strauss June 4, 2011
Camerata San Antonio: Cello quintets, forwards and backwards May 31, 2011
SA Chamber Choir: Unifying light on divided divinities May 25, 2011
SA Symphony, Alban Gerhardt: Pitching in Lang-Lessing's wheelhouse May 21, 2011
SA Symphony: In Tchaikovsky Sixth, longing for life in presentiment of death May 9, 2011
SA Symphony, Camerata: Tchaikovsky, from communal to personal May 2, 2011
Austin Lyric Opera: A memorable 'Flight,' grounded in life April 12, 2011
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Shterenberg: The oval track and the open road April 9, 2011
Lafayette String Quartet: A conversation, set in motion by Elliott Carter April 6, 2011
SA Symphony, McDuffie: Glass concerto nods to baroque, and contradicts it April 2, 2011
Augusta Read Thomas: Music of rigor, balance and feeling April 1, 2011
Olmos Ensemble: More zest, less filling March 25, 2011
SA Symphony, Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Charms of youth, ruminations of age March 19, 2011
Ysa˙e Quartet: From Fauré, a quartet worthy of limelight March 8, 2011
Camerata San Antonio: A sun and two rediscovered planets Feb. 22, 2011
Olmos Ensemble: Love leads, but laughter trumps Feb. 17, 2011
SA Symphony, Ricardo Cobo: Lang-Lessing's hallmark? Focus Feb. 12, 2011
SA Opera: A 'Figaro' long on beauty, short on bite Feb. 5, 2011
Cypress String Quartet with Amit Peled: Three great near-death experiences Jan. 31, 2011
SA Symphony, SLL, Zilberstein: The dark side of 'Power to the people' Jan. 29, 2011
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: East-West conversation goes deep Jan. 27, 2011
Lilya Zilberstein, Israeli Chamber Project: Dangerous Beethoven, and more Jan, 24, 2011
SA Symphony, Lang Lang, Lang-Lessing: An enfant terrible matures nicely Jan. 14, 2011
SA Symphony, Sebastian Lang-Lessing: Romantic start to a new marriage Jan. 9, 2011
2010
Musical Bridges Around the World: Sailing the EastWest Passage Dec. 15, 2010SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Small bites, big flavors Dec. 9, 2010
Conspirare, with Patrice Pike: Christmas perfected, and then some Dec. 5, 2010
Imani Winds: A whole world of music Nov. 16, 2010
SA Symphony, Prieto, Urioste: When worlds collide, sparks fly Nov. 13, 2010
Austin Lyric Opera: Conductor weaves a revelatory "La Traviata" Nov. 12, 2010
YOSA Philharmonic, Laredo, Robinson: Tales of love, with tragic coloring Nov. 8, 2010
SA Symphony, Ryo Yanagitani: The pianist as raconteur Nov. 6, 2010
Olmos Ensemble: A glorious night for Strauss, sung and bowed Oct. 27, 2010
San Antonio Symphony, Ken-David Masur: A young conductor blooms Oct. 23, 2010
Camerata San Antonio: From German culture to global culture Oct. 18, 2010
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Music for five Oct. 12, 2010
SA Symphony: Meticulous craftsman meets meticulous craftsman Oct. 9, 2010
SA Symphony: Lang-Lessing opens tenure with masterful Mahler First Oct. 3, 2010
Santiago Rodriguez: A trenchant 'Carnaval,' both nuts and not Sept. 25, 2010
SA Opera: The murderous clown and the suicidal nun Sept. 18, 2010
Cactus Pear: Speed's the thing in new works by Kramer, Sorgi July 18, 2010
Austin Lyric Opera: The opera that mistook a case study for a drama July 13, 2010
SA Opera: A lavishly cast "Rigoletto" June 19, 2010
SA Symphony: On Scalia, Souter and Salerno-Sonnenberg June 6, 2010
SA Symphony: Dawn Upshaw in a performance to cherish May 23, 2010
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Revisiting the work of a master craftsman March 18, 2010
Olmos Ensemble, Christopher Guzman: Once a Wunderkind, now an artist May 13, 2010
SA Symphony: Piazzolla's "Seasons," fattened up but with soul intact May 1, 2010
Lee Trio: From Golden Gate, a musical bridge between past and present April 29, 2010
ALO 'Hansel and Gretel': Whose house is this? Rhymes with 'rich' April 28, 2010
Camerata San Antonio: The Schoenberg piece that people like April 14, 2010
SA Symphony, conductor Andrew Grams: And the beat goes where? April 4, 2010
SA Symphony, Kuerti, Kuster: A luminous intro to Webern, for the wary March 27, 2010
Olmos Ensemble: When one plus one equals one March 18, 2010
Jupiter String Quartet: From civilization to Hell, and back again March 16, 2010
San Antonio Symphony: Fearless Prokofiev, jolly Shostakovich March 13, 2010
SOLI Chamber Enemble: An example of recycling at its best March 11, 2010
Camerata San Antonio: From England between the wars March 8, 2010
UTSA Lyric Theatre: Heuser's 'Root Vegetables' -- 24-carrot fun March 7, 2010
SA Symphony, pianist Benedetto Lupo: In Chopin concerto, a human voice Feb. 27, 2010
Atos Trio: Deep communication in an intriguing program Feb. 16, 2010
SA Symphony: High craft on the podium, poetry on the guitar Feb. 14, 2010
Pianist Haochen Zhang: Flying fingers, connected to a probing mind Feb. 13, 2010
Camerata San Antonio: Bohemian music, international standard Feb. 9, 2010
Austin Lyric Opera: Madcap fun, musical charm in Chabrier's "The Star" Feb. 2, 2010
SA Symphony, Stewart Goodyear: Quicksilver agility, golden touch Jan. 30, 2010
Olmos Ensemble with Linda Poetschke: Gerswhin at the center Jan. 21, 2010
SA Symphony with Nancy Zhou: Promising début in the Sibelius concerto Jan. 16, 2010
2009
Voci di Sorelle: An uneven repast, but the sorbet sparkled Dec. 8, 2009SA Symphony: A triumphant return and a first-class début Nov. 21, 2009
Austin Lyric Opera: In this 'Bohčme,' the stage is all the world Nov. 13, 2009
Shanghai Quartet: Standing on whole tradition to reach beyond it Nov. 11, 2009
Olmos Ensemble: A chemistry lesson, in French Nov. 5, 2009
Nemanja Ostojic: In his guitar, the big box of Crayolas Nov. 3, 2009
Camerata San Antonio: From Russia, with goulash Oct. 28, 2009
Soprano Linda Poetschke: In 25th anniversary recital, the naked truth Oct. 19, 2009
SA Symphony: Vigor on the page , and on the podium Oct. 17, 2009
SA Symphony: A violinist true to the many ways of Prokofiev Oct. 10, 2009
Organist Paul Jacobs: A gifted orchestrator, fleet of foot and hand Oct. 8, 2009
Lark Chamber Artists: A string quartet with a bang-up fifth Oct. 6, 2009
SA Symphony: From Weilerstein, extraordinary depth and intensity Sept. 26, 2009
Olmos Ensemble: Music of two worlds, off-kilter and on Sept. 24, 2009
San Antonio Opera: A 'Butterfly' with ideas, some of them brilliant Sept. 12, 2009
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Beethoven, Clarke, Elgar July 18, 2009
Cactus Pear Music Festival: A strangely beautiful Lorca setting July 13, 2009
Cactus Pear Music Festival: Listening to a conversation, having a 'Lark' July 11, 2009
San Antonio Opera, 'Il Trovatore': If you've got it, flaunt it June 13, 2009
Round Top Festival: The wit was French; the wisdom, too June 9, 2009
SA Symphony, Elmar Oliveira: Mendelssohn with machismo May 30, 2009
SOLI, Timothy Jones: Music fit for a king, and a world, gone mad May 27, 2009
Olmos Ensemble: An elegantly crafted new Lyric Quintet by Bill Ross May 22, 2009
SA Symphony, Rossen Milanov: Russia resists invaders; Brits hail one May 9, 2009
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Torgul: Ecstasy, joy and sweet moxie May 2, 2009
Jon Nakamatsu: Built for speed, and sometimes more April 30, 2009
Albers Trio: Three ways of being Modern, with poise April 22, 2009
Austin Lyric Opera: Poulenc's 'Dialogues' speak compellingly April 20, 2009
Composers Alliance: Blackbirds will sing April 8, 2009SA Symphony, Komatsu, Wright: A Dvorak Sixth in high style April 4, 2009
SA Symphony, Chang, Grams: Violinist gives old master new energy March 28, 2009
SA Symphony, Judd, Wolfram: Epic retold, with compelling authority March 21, 2009
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Master thief does it again March 17, 2009
Olmos Ensemble, Poetschke, Epperson: A grand night for singing March 11, 2009
"La Curandera": Comic opera finds composer Rodriguez in top form March 4, 2009
SA Symphony: Harrell serves Elgar concerto at peak of ripeness Feb. 14, 2009
Sergio and Odair Assad: New Brouwer sonata wears virtuosity lightly Feb. 10, 2009
SA Symphony: Assad concerto is the draw, conductor Vajda the marvel Feb. 7, 2009
SW Guitar Festival: Denis Azabagic, A sculptor in sound Feb. 7, 2009
SW Guitar Festival: Dunne, Gast shine in new Balentine piece Feb. 5, 2009
Austin Lyric Opera, "Rigoletto": A radiant Gilda, but where's Dr. Phil? Feb. 2, 2009
SA Symphony: In taut Shostakovich Tenth, the demons wore jackboots Jan. 24, 2009
Fretwork, Clare Wilkinson: Music of Purcell, antique and progressive Jan. 20, 2009
Camerata S.A.: Violinist Jiang contributes to a gutsy 'Ghost' Jan. 12, 2009
2008
Pianist Carolyn True: Music from a tough and tender America Dec. 18, 2008SA Symphony: Canadian guests anchor a leisurely "Messiah" Dec. 13, 2008
SOLI: A wisp of a piece by Elliott Carter leaves 'em wanting more Nov. 13, 2008
SA Symphony, Scott Yoo: Beethoven, Mozart with American accent Nov. 8, 2008
Olmos Ensemble, pianist Warren Jones: Haydn sonata in full color Oct. 30, 2008
Pianist Christopher Guzman: Rising star, en route to Tongyeong Oct. 25, 2008
SA Symphony with de la Parra, Gorra: A conductor of rare insight Oct. 25, 2008
Cellist Carter Brey: Huge, muscular, robust musicianship Oct. 21, 2008
Camerata S.A. with Tal Perkes: Flute and friends in birdland Oct. 20, 2008
SA Symphony with Campestrini: An elegant Mahler Fifth Oct. 18, 2008
SA Symphony with Seaman, Orli Shaham: Deeply satisfying Oct. 4, 2008
SA Opera's "Carmen": Once past the lap dance, a good show Sept. 29, 2008
Olmos Ensemble: A superb flutist, new in town, goes to town Sept. 18, 2008
Camerata San Antonio: A beguiling rediscovery -- and a great loss Sept. 16, 2008
Cactus Pear 4: Two auspicious new works close festival July 21, 2008
Cactus Pear 3: A centrist and lyrical American program July 18, 2008
Vocally, 'Tosca' eludes San Antonio Opera's grasp June 28, 2008
Verdi's Requiem in Austin: Text at the fore, the music resounds June 22, 2008
Olmos Ensemble: Obscure music, lustrous performances June 4, 2008
SA Symphony: Rachleff bids adieu with all cylinders firing May 31, 2008
SA Symphony: Lintu, Groh radiate power and light May 17, 2008
SA Symphony: Frank dazzles, Frautschi sizzles, Berlioz fizzles May 10, 2008
Composers Alliance: Points of view about order, illness May 6, 2008
Camerata San Antonio: Tales of beauty, youth, death and life April 26, 2008
New theater is double-edged sword for Austin "Carmen" April 20, 2008
SA Symphony with Gaffigan: High-def, low-ego Beethoven and Ives April 12, 2008
SA Chamber Choir: Enlarging the space of music April 7, 2008
SA Symphony, Campestrini, Sant'Ambrogio: Moments of truth, and beauty April 5, 2008
Camerata: Switching from servant to master, sometimes well March 31, 2008
Violinist Elina Vähälä: Fine Finnish finish in the details March 26, 2008
SOLI with dance: Imperfect but intriguing collaboration March 19, 2008
Turtle Island String Quartet: Recombinant (musical) DNA March 17, 2008
S.A. Symphony, music of Led Zeppelin: Stairway to bloat (March 9, 2008)
Samuel Adler tribute: An American pragmatist and his progeny (Feb. 28, 2008)
Camerata, Ken-David Masur: The conductor sings, beautifully (Feb. 25, 2008)
Orion String Quartet: Beethoven informs a new work, and vice versa (Feb. 18, 2008)
SA Symphony, James Galway: Piper must be paid, but by whom? (Feb. 16, 2008)
SA Symphony, Boyd, Kirshbaum: Generous Dvorak, soaring Brahms (Feb. 9, 2008)
SA Symphony, Seaman, Yang: Deep pleasure in fastidious focus (Feb. 2, 2008)
SA Opera's "L'elisir d'amore": Pathos rises through the froth (Jan. 26, 2008)
Trio Solisti, clarinetist Alan Kay: Linking plain and Parnassus (Jan. 21, 2008)
Peter Serkin with the SA Symphony (Jan. 19, 2008)
Lawrence Brownlee: Stylish and agile young tenor (Jan. 16, 2008)
SOLI at Blue Star: Six living American composers (Jan. 11, 2008)
