“What a treat it was! Miraculously the Pacific Chamber Orchestra only gets better each year – more precise and more lush in its interpretations of thrilling music and more emotionally enveloping.

Last weekend’s concert was an unusual and totally successful pairing of the baroque with the tango! In both halves of the program a quartet of violins outdid themselves. You could not help but be swept along almost the whole range of that instrument, at times with dazzling speed and always with intonation that vibrated in your entire body. An additional treat was hearing the oboe d’amore, an enchanting instrument hauntingly played.

Bravi to all, and especially to the music director, Lawrence Kohl, for leading this very precious asset in the Bay Area arts treasure chest.”

Julie Motz of Art’s Desire – KWMR FM www.instagram.com/julieannmotz/