SF Chamber Orchestra

I've seen their ads, but never managed to get to one of their concerts... until now.

It's more casual than, say, an SF Symphony or SF Opera. The conductor wore bright red socks (this is called out in the survey insert in the program, so it's not like I look for such things). And he turned around and said "you can clap anytime you feel like, but that's why we print the program with the movements".

There's a 30-minute talk before the concert. Not on the scale of the MTT series, but informative and light.

Best piece of the evening: Valerie Coleman: Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
It's not that I didn't like the others. I've heard them before, and this one was unusual in a good way.