Esa-Pekka Salonen and Leila Josefowicz with the S.F. Symphony

Davies Symphony Hall (201 Van Ness San Francisco, CA 94102)

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Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor of Philharmonia Orchestra in London and Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic collaborates with violinist Leila Josefowicz and the San Francisco Symphony in an evening of epic proportions. Josefowicz performs Salonen's Violin Concerto, a piece that was composed for her and was described as "pure, euphoric poetry" by the Los Angeles Times. Soprano Christine Brewer joins the Symphony for excerpts from Wagner's apocalyptic Götterdämmerung. The evening also includes Sibelius' Pohjola's Daughter, a tone poem based on a scene from the Kalevala, Finland's national epic.

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Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness

San Francisco, CA 94102

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415-864-6000

More Information About Esa-Pekka Salonen and Leila Josefowicz

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http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=50118

Quotes & Highlights

"Ms. Josefowicz gave a thrilling performance ... playing with gleaming sound, supple technique and , amazingly, from memory."— The New York Times

Description

Two ardent champions of contemporary composition, Maestro Salonen and violinist Leila Josefowicz have collaborated numerous times, and in fact, his Violin Concerto was composed for her. A four movement work that covers a wide range of emotions, the piece, with its “brilliant surface and wonderful sound” (The New York Times), presents a vivid complement to the ever-reverberant sounds of Wagner as witnessed in excerpts from his unforgettable Ring cycle.

Artists:

* Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
* Christine Brewer (soprano)
* Leila Josefowicz (violin)
* San Francisco Symphony

Program:

* Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
* Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto
* Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
          --Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
          --Siegfried’s Funeral March
          --Brünnhilde’s Immolation

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