San Francisco Symphony: MTT Conducts Semi-Staged Debussy Program
Davies Symphony Hall, Between Hayes and Grove (201 Van Ness San Francisco, CA 94102)
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The last date listed for San Francisco Symphony: MTT Conducts Debussy was Saturday January 14, 2012 / 8:00pm.
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David Robertson conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a program of 20th-century classics, featuring guest pianist Marc-André Hamelin in a unique Maurice Ravel concerto. George Gershwin's famous Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most popular American classical works, and possibly the greatest fusion of orchestral and jazz influences ever written. The concert features Maurice Ravel's La Valse, an homage to Viennese waltz filled with dark undertones reflecting the chaos of post-World War I Europe. Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand was also influenced by the Great war -- it was originally written for Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm during World War I. Elliott Carter's powerful Variations for Orchestra, another 20th-century masterwork, opens the program. Arrive an hour early to hear conductor David Robertson in conversation with San Francisco Symphony Artistic Planning Director John Mangum. Learn More
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37 Goldstar Member Reviews
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Written on Jan 20 2012Great orchestra, great seats and an unusual performance with visual images, singers up on scaffolds and the chorus was impressive. Obviously MTT LOVES the Debussy piece!
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Written on Jan 18 2012Great conductor! Great seat!
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Written on Jan 17 2012The SFS Orchestra & Chorus completed a masterful program that included multi-media projection with many wonderful sounds, showing off some of the great playing that we have come to expect from this grand band of music makers. The Debussy had many shimering string moments and soloists on all levels - brought together with narration by the great Frederica von Stade. Opening with a Czech gem by Janacek that showed off the marvelous brass.
cmgallagher
Written on Jan 17 2012I loved it all! The venue, wild / different classical music. For my date it was his 1st symphony. He had a vertigo attack (racing heart rate, sweaty/clamy). We left @ intermission.
I will definitely return :-)
More Information About San Francisco Symphony: MTT Conducts Debussy
Website
http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=50350
Description
Originally composed as incidental music to a mystery play of the same name, Debussy's large-scale work features a massive orchestra, a full chorus, and three soloists. The tale of the twice martyred St. Sébastian will be narrated by the enchanting Frederica von Stade who provides an introduction to each of the five sections.
The Orchestra's performance of Debussy's sweeping score will be accompanied by a newly created multi-media treatment by critically acclaimed director-designer Anne Patterson that features projected visuals and staged elements meant to bring the pageant-like, gothic, nature of the work to life.
Artists:
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano
Frederica von Stade, narrator
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Anne Patterson, director and designer
Program:
Janáček, Sinfonietta
Debussy, Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
About the Ticket Supplier: 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.