Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
To commemorate the opening of The Walt Disney Family Museum, the San Francisco Symphony plays a program of music heard in such classic Disney films as Fantasia, Cinderella, and Pinocchio. The program includes Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, plus Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and many more.
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A great evening. Davies Hall is beautiful and classy. As far as the performance goes, I could have done without the operatic version of "Someday my Prince will come." Couldn't they have had a singer from one of the broadway musicals come over? Otherwise a nice evening.
It was a stirring performance. The SF symphony is top notch.
I really enjoyed this. There were instrumental pieces - classical music from Fantasia and Snow White and so on. I liked this the best, especially the William Tell Overture, the March of the Dwarfs and the Sorceror's Apprentice. There was also a soprano who sang songs like "Someday my Prince will Come" and "When You Wish Upon a Star". This was good too, though I liked the instrumental stuff better. I did love her singing "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins though.
The Davies Symphony Hall is comfortable and there is a free cloakroom (tips only) that very few people used. (It's probably different in winter). There were overpriced cakes and sandwiches for sale.
There were quite a few children in the audience and most of them were bored. There was a boy in front who kept turning around and pulling faces - not at us, but it was very distracting. Thankfully half the kids were taken home at half time and only the well-behaved ones remained. I can understand why you would take your kids to something like this, especially with the Disney connection, but most kids don't have the patience to sit through symphony music.
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Relive the magic of your childhood favorites as the San Francisco Symphony heralds the opening of The Walt Disney Family Museum in a special concert celebration. Reminisce with timeless tunes from Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and recapture the thrill of Fantasia through classic repertoire of Dukas, Mussorgsky, Beethoven, and more.
Edwin Outwater, conductor
Lisa Vroman, soprano
San Francisco Symphony
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
David / Hoffman / Livingston: “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” from Cinderella
Morey / Churchill (arr. Bishop): “Some Day My Prince Will Come,” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major
Mussorgsky / Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on Bald Mountain
Grieg: March of the Dwarfs, from Lyric Suite
R.M. Sherman / R.B. Sherman: “Feed the Birds – Tuppence a Bag,” from Mary Poppins
Washington / Harline (arr. Bishop): “When You Wish Upon a Star,” from Pinocchio
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
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.