JOSHUA KOSMAN’S CLASSICAL MUSIC PICKS
Santa Rosa Symphony: Conductor Michael Christie takes his turn in the succession of music director candidates, leading music by Bernstein, Prokofiev and Dvorák, with piano soloist Anna Fedorova. 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, and 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12. Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. www.srsymphony.org
James Ehnes: The quietly probing Canadian violinist is accompanied by pianist Orion Weiss in a recital of works by Beethoven, Poulenc and Strauss. 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. www.chambermusicsf.org
Nicola Benedetti: The dynamic young Scottish violinist joins the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in an all-Beethoven program featuring the Violin Concerto and Fourth Symphony. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland. www.calperformances.org
“At the Statue of Venus” and “Trouble in Tahiti”: Opera Parallèle presents an operatic double bill of one-acts by Jake Heggie and Leonard Bernstein. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, Feb. 18. SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St., S.F. www.op eraparallele.org
Dorothea Röschmann: The renowned German soprano is joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau for a recital of songs by Schubert, Mahler, Schumann and Wagner. 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley. www.calperformances.org 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18. Weill Concert Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park. gmc.sonoma.edu