The year 2012 is making a great start, with classical and dance programs galore. Here are recommended events for aficionados of great music, both traditional and contemporary. SF Ballet Program 3 San Francisco Ballet’s “Program 3” — featuring three pieces — opens with Bolshoi director Alexei Ratmansky’s “Carnival of the Animals,” last performed here in 2003. It is choreographed to 14 movements of Saint-Saëns’ famous score. Read More