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| Wednesday 22-May-13 08:00pm |
 Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CARobertson leads Ravel and Gershwin |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 22-May-13 08:00pm Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer. When Gershwin asked to study with him, Ravel said "It is better to write good Gershwin than bad Ravel." The jazz-influenced Concerto for the Left Hand was written for a pianist grievously injured during the First World War. The dark undertones of La Valse, an homage to Viennese waltz, suggest a furious farewell to gentility in post-war Europe. Elliott Carter's powerful Variations for Orchestra, another 20th-century masterwork, opens the program. | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 06:30pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 24-May-13 06:30pm Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer. When Gershwin asked to study with him, Ravel said "It is better to write good Gershwin than bad Ravel." The jazz-influenced Concerto for the Left Hand was written for a pianist grievously injured during the First World War. The dark undertones of La Valse, an homage to Viennese waltz, suggest a furious farewell to gentility in post-war Europe. Elliott Carter's powerful Variations for Orchestra, another 20th-century masterwork, opens the program. | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer. When Gershwin asked to study with him, Ravel said "It is better to write good Gershwin than bad Ravel." The jazz-influenced Concerto for the Left Hand was written for a pianist grievously injured during the First World War. The dark undertones of La Valse, an homage to Viennese waltz, suggest a furious farewell to gentility in post-war Europe. Elliott Carter's powerful Variations for Orchestra, another 20th-century masterwork, opens the program. | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 10:00am |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 29-May-13 10:00am Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Thursday 30-May-13 02:00pm Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto and New World Symphony |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:00pm Dvořák's Cello Concerto and New World Symphony Thrilling yet moving, powerful yet tender, Dvořák’s New World Symphony is an enormously popular work sure to enthrall listeners young and old. It anchors a program focused on the music of Dvořák, whose works are often a delight of folk color and gypsy flavor. Also on the program is his enticing Cello Concerto, with its elegiac song to a lost love. French cellist Gautier Capuçon, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for his “eloquent and tonally resplendent playing,” does the honors in the popular and plaintive concerto. | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:00pm Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Thursday 6-Jun-13 02:00pm Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist. Sibelius was not given to lengthy explanations of his works; after all, he believed “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” Nonetheless, he called his heroic Second Symphony “a confession of the soul.” | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 7-Jun-13 08:00pm Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist. Sibelius was not given to lengthy explanations of his works; after all, he believed “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” Nonetheless, he called his heroic Second Symphony “a confession of the soul.” | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:00pm Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist. Sibelius was not given to lengthy explanations of his works; after all, he believed “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” Nonetheless, he called his heroic Second Symphony “a confession of the soul.” | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:00pm Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist. Sibelius was not given to lengthy explanations of his works; after all, he believed “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” Nonetheless, he called his heroic Second Symphony “a confession of the soul.” | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Jonathan Biss plays Schumann |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Thursday 13-Jun-13 02:00pm Jonathan Biss plays Schumann Schumann’s lilting, effervescent concerto started out as a shorter piece, but virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck—his wife—urged him to expand it. Fortunate decision, that, as it has long ranked among the world’s most beloved concertos. Jonathan Biss, hailed as a “musician’s musician,” does the honors. Schubert wrote this jubilant, warm-hearted Third Symphony at 18. Fedele, Ivan (b. 1953), Scena (US Première) | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Jonathan Biss plays Schumann |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 14-Jun-13 08:00pm Jonathan Biss plays Schumann Schumann’s lilting, effervescent concerto started out as a shorter piece, but virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck—his wife—urged him to expand it. Fortunate decision, that, as it has long ranked among the world’s most beloved concertos. Jonathan Biss, hailed as a “musician’s musician,” does the honors. Schubert wrote this jubilant, warm-hearted Third Symphony at 18. Fedele, Ivan (b. 1953), Scena (US Première) | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Jonathan Biss plays Schumann |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 15-Jun-13 08:00pm Jonathan Biss plays Schumann Schumann’s lilting, effervescent concerto started out as a shorter piece, but virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck—his wife—urged him to expand it. Fortunate decision, that, as it has long ranked among the world’s most beloved concertos. Jonathan Biss, hailed as a “musician’s musician,” does the honors. Schubert wrote this jubilant, warm-hearted Third Symphony at 18. Fedele, Ivan (b. 1953), Scena (US Première) | ||
| Monday 17-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA John Goldman Tribute Concert |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Monday 17-Jun-13 08:00pm John Goldman Tribute Concert Join us in celebrating the extraordinary leadership of outgoing Symphony President John Goldman. Pianist Jeremy Denk makes a special appearance, and Rachmaninoff’s glorious Second Symphony anchors the program. Programme to include: | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 10:00am |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 19-Jun-13 10:00am The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal Stravinsky’s music has been a passion of Michael Tilson Thomas’s since he met the composer while studying at USC. Fitting that the music of Stravinsky plays a prominent part in the season. Audience favorite Gil Shaham interprets the exuberant, lilting, and vibrantly expressive concerto, while the SFS dives into The Rite of Spring. | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 19-Jun-13 08:00pm The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham Stravinsky’s music has been a passion of Michael Tilson Thomas’s since he met the composer while studying at USC. Fitting that the music of Stravinsky plays a prominent part in the season. Audience favorite Gil Shaham interprets the exuberant, lilting, and vibrantly expressive concerto, while the SFS dives into The Rite of Spring. | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Thursday 20-Jun-13 02:00pm The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham Stravinsky’s music has been a passion of Michael Tilson Thomas’s since he met the composer while studying at USC. Fitting that the music of Stravinsky plays a prominent part in the season. Audience favorite Gil Shaham interprets the exuberant, lilting, and vibrantly expressive concerto, while the SFS dives into The Rite of Spring. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Stravinsky's Russian Roots |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 06:30pm Stravinsky's Russian Roots The joyous Les Noces “depicts” a wedding the way an Altman film uses scraps of conversation to tell a tale, and boasts four pianists on stage. One hundred years ago, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Stravinsky and Monteux—legends all—triggered the most scandalous evening in ballet history with the premiere of The Rite of Spring. The combination of Stravinsky’s revolutionary music and Nijinsky’s startlingly un-balletic choreography caused a riot. Now universally admired, the music has lost none of its freshness and power. | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Stravinsky's Russian Roots |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm Stravinsky's Russian Roots The joyous Les Noces “depicts” a wedding the way an Altman film uses scraps of conversation to tell a tale, and boasts four pianists on stage. One hundred years ago, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Stravinsky and Monteux—legends all—triggered the most scandalous evening in ballet history with the premiere of The Rite of Spring. The combination of Stravinsky’s revolutionary music and Nijinsky’s startlingly un-balletic choreography caused a riot. Now universally admired, the music has lost none of its freshness and power. | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Chamber Music with members of the San Francisco Symphony |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm Chamber Music with members of the San Francisco Symphony | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA West Side Story in Concert |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Thursday 27-Jun-13 08:00pm West Side Story in Concert In a partnership for the ages, two Broadway legends—Bernstein and Sondheim—took Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from Verona in the 1500s to New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, replacing the Montagues and the Capulets with American and Puerto Rican street gangs. Their unforgettable work, with tunes universally loved, comes alive in a dynamic concert version, the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance. | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA West Side Story in Concert |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm West Side Story in Concert In a partnership for the ages, two Broadway legends—Bernstein and Sondheim—took Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from Verona in the 1500s to New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, replacing the Montagues and the Capulets with American and Puerto Rican street gangs. Their unforgettable work, with tunes universally loved, comes alive in a dynamic concert version, the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance. | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA West Side Story in Concert |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 29-Jun-13 08:00pm West Side Story in Concert In a partnership for the ages, two Broadway legends—Bernstein and Sondheim—took Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from Verona in the 1500s to New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, replacing the Montagues and the Capulets with American and Puerto Rican street gangs. Their unforgettable work, with tunes universally loved, comes alive in a dynamic concert version, the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance. | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA West Side Story in Concert |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Sunday 30-Jun-13 02:00pm West Side Story in Concert In a partnership for the ages, two Broadway legends—Bernstein and Sondheim—took Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from Verona in the 1500s to New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, replacing the Montagues and the Capulets with American and Puerto Rican street gangs. Their unforgettable work, with tunes universally loved, comes alive in a dynamic concert version, the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance. | ||
| Tuesday 2-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA West Side Story in Concert |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Tuesday 2-Jul-13 08:00pm West Side Story in Concert In a partnership for the ages, two Broadway legends—Bernstein and Sondheim—took Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from Verona in the 1500s to New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, replacing the Montagues and the Capulets with American and Puerto Rican street gangs. Their unforgettable work, with tunes universally loved, comes alive in a dynamic concert version, the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance. | ||
