San Francisco Symphony Performs Verdi's Requiem
Davies Symphony Hall (201 Van Ness San Francisco, CA 94102)
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The last date listed for Verdi's Requiem was Friday October 21, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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David Robertson Conducts Dvořák at Davies Symphony Hall
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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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12 Goldstar Member Reviews
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Taylor C.
I haven't been particularly happy with the opera season this fall but by stepping across Grove Street to Davies Symphony Hall I attended the operatic event of the season. Italy's greatest opera composer wrote what is arguably the most operatic requiem mass the world has ever heard and the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus and a quartet of truly great opera singers, all conducted by James Conlon just about blew the roof off the place last Friday night. The standing ovation the audience gave the performers was immediate and it was well-deserved.Written on Oct 25 2011
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rebecca
Great chorus. Tenor was a bit lacking in projection, but the other three lead singers were excellent. Fantastic piece.Written on Oct 25 2011
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Monti
It's my first time at SF Symphony....and I got a front row seat. AMAZING!!!!Written on Oct 25 2011
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More Information About Verdi's Requiem
Website
http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=49754
Description
Verdi’s Requiem, for orchestra, four soloists, and double choir, is a colossal setting of the Catholic mass. Now a standard of the choral repertoire, and operatic in its scale and grandeur, it may never have existed if not for the ill-fated collaboration by several Italian composers to honor the life of Rossini with a requiem in his honor. Verdi expanded his contribution to this project into the emotional and revered work we know today.
James Conlon
conductor
Sondra Radvanovsky
soprano
Dolora Zajick
mezzo-soprano
Frank Lopardo
tenor
Ain Anger
bass
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony
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.