Alexander Barantschik Plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall (201 Van Ness San Francisco, CA 94102)
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The last date listed for Alexander Barantschik Plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony was Saturday April 9, 2011 / 8:00pm (Pre-Concert Talk Begins at 7:00pm).
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Conductor David Robertson, of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program of great contrasts. The evening begins with a bang, as Rossini's Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri starts things off. This widely recorded and performed piece opens slowly, leading up to a joyous burst of music. Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 follows, showing off the bold and colorful style of the composer's youthful pieces. Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 closes out the evening. This complex piece combines intense calm and peacefulness with moments of intense turmoil and is one of the works that best embodies the spirit of its composer. Learn More
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My parents didn't like the opening work, commissioned by the symphony and premiered the week of this concert, but otherwise it was a lovely program, pairing the Mendelssohn concerto (one of my long-time favorites) with Ralph Vaughan Williams' "London Symphony." I especially enjoyed the program notes' explanation of certain sounds of the city (e.g., lavender-seller's bell, hansom cab) evoked in the work, which I would not have picked out otherwise.Written on Apr 11 2011
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Website
http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=42956
Quotes & Highlights
- Inside Music, an informative talk with Susan Key, begins one hour prior to concerts.
Description
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Alexander Barantschik violin
San Francisco Symphony
Program:
Thomas Larcher: Red and Green (San Francisco Symphony Commission-World Premiere)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
The celebrated 1742 Guarnerius del Gesu violin played by San Francisco Symphony concertmaster Alexander Barantschik is presumed to be the very instrument on which the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto was premiered in 1845. Don’t miss a genuinely unique opportunity to hear this most beloved of concertos performed on the instrument which likely introduced it to the world! The violin is generously on loan to the SFS from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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