Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Handel's Alceste (Whelan/Snouffer/Sheehan) (03/05/2025)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performs Handel's Alceste. Featuring guest conductor Peter Whelan, soprano Lauren Snouffer, and tenor Aaron Sheehan. 

Concert: Natalie Dessay Farewell Tour (03/01/2025)

 

Natalie Dessay Farewell Tour. 

Concert: Marc-Andre Hamelin (02/08/2025)

Awesome Marc-Andre Hamelin performace at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre

感謝好友的招待。神級技巧的鋼琴家，一生必須去聽一次現場。

Concert: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) with soprano Julia Bullock (01/19/2025)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) with soprano Julia Bullock.

The Golden Age of the Baroque

Concert: Voices of Music - Seicento - Italian Music of the 17th Century (10/25/2024) (Sherezade Panthaki)

Wonderful Voices of Music opening concert of 2024-2025 season.

Seicento - Italian Music of the 17th Century, featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki.

Concert: Handel's Partenope (SF Opera) (06/28/2024)

 

Handel's Partenope.

First time at the SF Opera (after having resided in the Bay Area for more than 20+ years). Wonderful SF opera debuts by Julie Fuchs and countertenors Carlo Vistoli and Nicholas Tamagna.

Not necessarily the best singing and playing (modern instruments and phrasing unavoidable unfortunate letdown, among all things), but most definitely the most entertaining and humorous performance of a Handel opera to date.

「要先安撫好他的情緒，不然還真Partenope(怕他鬧唄)！」

Concert: Jakub Józef Orliński with Il Pomo d’Oro - BEYOND (04/14/2024)

Jakub Józef Orliński with Il Pomo d’Oro BEYOND tour. 

Concert: Rachel Barton Pine & Jory Vinikour (04/05/2024)

Rachel Barton Pine and Jory Vinikour present an all Bach concert.

Concert: La Morra (03/01/2024)

Fantastic concert by Ensemble La Morra , introducing me to pieces out of my usual early music diet.

Concert: Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek (02/24/2024)

 

Such a unique program by Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek. Amazing performances throughout!

Concert: Sasha Cooke (02/04/2024)

Sasha Cooke recital of art songs.

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Double Espresso (02/02/2024)

Phlharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Double Espresso. Richard Egarr joined by wife Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya on the J.S. Bach double harpsichord concertos. 

Concert: Kronos Quartet: Five Decades (01/27/2024)

Kronos Quartet: Five Decades. A break from my usual repertoire.

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Dido and Aeneas (12/02/2023)

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. John Butt returning to Berkeley to guest conduct PBO.

Concert: The English Concert - Handel: Rodelinda (11/19/2023)

 

The English Concert presents Handel's Rodelinda. Great way to head into Thanksgiving break.

「Rodelinda(我的琳達)人美心也美！」

Concert: Le Consort - A Journey Through Baroque Europe (11/08/2023)

 

Fabulous concert from young French early music ensemble Le Consort.

Concert: Voices of Music - Mainly Mozart (10/28/2023)

 

Voices of Music 2023-2024 season opening concert series. Going Classical with Mainly Mozart.

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Garden of Good and Evil (with Tim Mead) (10/18/2023)

PBO opening concert of 2023-2024 season, with the wonderful British countertenor Tim Mead.

Concert: Ensemble Mirable - Beyond Bach and Handel (09/30/2023)

Great SFEMS 2023-2024 season opening concert.
Ensemble Mirable. Beyond Bach and Handel: More Baroque Gems.

Music at Menlo: Overture Concert I (07/21/2023)

Returning to Music @ Menlo after almost 20 years. Finally catching a live performance by young rising Taiwanese violinist Paul Huang.