my classic Beethoven: San Francisco Symphony Performs Beethoven's Fifth
Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Rated 3.9 by 19 members who went.
James Gaffigan conducts the San Francisco Symphony and pianist Jeremy Denk in an all-Beethoven program at Davies Symphony Hall. The evening opens with the gripping Coriolan Overture and heroic Emperor Concerto before concluding with one of classical music's most enduring and popular works, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
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14 Member Reviews
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Katie
Member since 2007
2 Reviews
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Excellent performance; excellent venue. Pianist was sublime, and conductor was exciting to watch.
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Valerie Camarda
Member since 2008
1 Reviews
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I"ve been to 3 of the summer series of concerts at the San Francisco Symphony and all have been wonderful! My husband and I love the young conductor. If you have the chance run and catch a concert. You'll swoon just like we did!
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Goldstar Member
Member since 2007
1 Reviews
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Great seating, magnificent performance.
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Cristina F.
Member since 2008
2 Reviews
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Lynne Dempsey
Member since 2004
8 Reviews
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Thrilling music, great seats!
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rgh
Member since 2007
5 Reviews
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My mother & I had a wonderful time! The conductor was brilliant, as was the pianist, and the whole orchestra!
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Goldstar Member
Member since 2007
5 Reviews
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Brilliant program - great seats. Symphony for $15 - that's unbeatable!
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karen fong
Member since 2009
1 Reviews
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Loved it!!! Absolutely a wonderful earful of perfect music.
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gowherever
Member since 2009
2 Reviews
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Magnificent, heart-warming, inspiring.
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Goldstar Member
Member since 2004
3 Reviews
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Beautiful, familiar music seen and heard at a good price. Wonderful.
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Goldstar Member
Member since 2007
1 Reviews
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excellent seats and an excellent performance! thanks :)
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Goldstar Member
Member since 2008
3 Reviews
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This event was a delight from start to finish! It was the first time we had the pleasure to see the young, highly spirited and very capable James Gaffigan conduct. Wow! is all I can say! We will look forward to his upcoming face on the world symphony screen.
Jeremy Denk is a master who didn't miss a beat and blended seamlessly with our accomplished symphony.
What can you add enthusiastically enough to fault Beethoven's 5th?? A masterpiece.
Thanks Goldstar! Michelle Klurstein
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sylli42
Member since 2009
1 Reviews
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A really lovely hall and a good concert. They played a great first piece, though the second piano concerto really stole the show. The pianist was delicate and the music was Beethoven at his best.
All wrapped up in a stirring rendition of his 5th symphony. The famous first movement followed by the equally beautiful, but lesser known, rest of the symphony.
A great night out!
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C.C.
Member since 2006
33 Reviews
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Superb concert in SFS's Summer series; best of Beethoven's popular classics. Seats were pretty good, considering the price.
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Website: http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=38058
<p>James Gaffigan, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano</p>
<p>"Thus Fate knocks at the door!" That’s how Beethoven described the harrowing motif that launches his majestic Fifth Symphony. my classic Beethoven promises a riveting musical experience: the gripping Coriolan Overture, the incisive musicality of pianist Jeremy Denk in the Emperor Concerto—a signature work of Beethoven's "heroic" style—and the symphony that changed the landscape of Western music: Beethoven’s Fifth.</p>
<p>Program:
Beethoven - Coriolan Overture
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5</p>
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present more than 220 concerts each year from September through July in a variety of genres, with SFS musicians performing classical concerts, holiday favorites, summer pops events, free outdoor concerts, special series for families and children, plus presentations of visiting guest artists and orchestras from around the globe. The San Francisco Symphony also takes its unique style to audiences world-wide, touring nationally and internationally every year. The SFS is currently recording all the Mahler symphonies on its own media label and has recently launched Keeping Score, a national, multi-year, multi-media project bringing classical music to millions of Americans via TV, radio, the Internet and more.