Listening Post /Brief reviews of select releases
20 May 2012, 8:40 am
Jazz Punks, “Smashups” (Foam@The Mouth Records). If you’re not already used to this idea, you should be getting there. It’s not kitsch and it’s not just “novelty” music either, it actually flirts with ingenuity.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone who excelled in art song, dies at 86
18 May 2012, 1:52 pm
The singer was unmatched in art songs by Schubert, Schumann and Wolf.

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Thinly Disguised: New Release from Paul Cienniwa "Harpsichord Music for a Thin Place"
16 May 2012, 12:20 pm
So, what exactly is a 'thin place'? Paul Cienniwa describes his vision; a€oeA thin place is the threshold between the ordinary and the spiritual. The listener is brought here through the beautiful, stately elegance of the harpsichorda€(TM)s most introspective repertoire.a€ This definition provides insight into Mr. Cienniwaa€(TM)s (Sin-'e-wa) new recording and helps elevate ...

Q-C Choral Arts concert to remember former member
12 May 2012, 4:03 pm
The Quad-City Choral Arts concert Sunday afternoon is serving as a memorial to Brian Nelson, a longtime member of the group who died in March at age 60.

On the Town: Where to go, what to do Friday
4 May 2012, 1:22 pm
Want to get out and make a night of it? Here are a few tips from The Chronicle's Datebook staff on where to go and what to do around the Bay Area Friday evening. Take your pick: Check out our mini-review of a...

Wellesley Choral Society features Bach family in last concert of season
3 May 2012, 1:30 pm
Wellesley Choral Society concludes its 2011- 2012 season with a concert dedicated to the music of several generations of the Bach family — in other words the concert is a musical family tree.

Bay Area arts picks, May 3
3 May 2012, 2:40 am
DANCE San Francisco Ballet: The 2012 season winds down this weekend as the company performs "Don Quixote," with new staging by Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov. 8 p.m. Thurs., 2 and 8 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m Sun. War Memorial...

Passion and renewal
29 April 2012, 10:56 am
105th Bach Festival reflects on choir's perseverance The 105th Bethlehem Bach Festival is a celebration of renewal as much as it is a testament to one man's passion for the music of J.S. Bach. Much of the history of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem revolves around the tenacious commitment of its founder, J. Fred Wolle, to presenting Bach's major choral works, leading to the choir's formation in 1898.

Music at Emmanuel presents Westminster Kantorei
23 April 2012, 9:05 am
On Sunday, April 29 at 4 p.m., Music at Emmanuel presents Westminster Kantorei with special guests, the Select Choir of Daniel Boone High School, Birdsboro. Admission is free.

The World Premiere Production of The Enchanted Island, a New Baroque Fantasy, on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the ...
23 April 2012, 8:46 am
William Christie conducts the work, which uses arias by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others to tell a new story featuring characters from Shakespeare's The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream