Yefim Bronfman Plays Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the San Francisco Symphony
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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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Maestro
Written on Nov 30 2010
SF Symphony did well itself in playing Brahms's Festival Overture and Bergs pieces, I really liked them. However they could do much better, playing in ensemble with Yefim Bronfman. His play was powerful, sparkling and energetic and Brahms's Piano Concerto interpretation was remarkable (bravo Maestro!). In fact the orchestra tried to accomplish their own tasks. I wish maestro MTT were more sensitive and responsive to the soloist. The third movement's "fugato" seemed totally disassembled (probably required more rehearsals time for the orchestra players).
In addition I'd like to express the people's opinion, that applauding after each movement is totally unacceptable, it shows that vast majority of listeners are rude and uneducated in that. At one point I thought there would be a good practice to hang a screen above the orchestra saying "please DO NOT applaud yet". It seemed that Mr. Bronfman started the concerts 3-rd movement without a pause just to avoid the applause.
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Steve Cohen
Fine opening piece, and the special event of the evening was the wonderful interpretation and performance by the orchestra and pianist. Well worth the time and effort.Written on Nov 29 2010
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frank2471
Great selection of pieces. The evening opened with Brahms's "Akademische Fest Overtuere". Then followed "Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite" by Alban Berg. Michael Tilson Thomas prefaced this with a brief address to the audience about the development of western music: its trajectory of increasing chromaticism and dissonant harmonies.Written on Nov 29 2010
After the intermission Bronfman entered the stage for the performance of Brahms's First Piano Concerto.
All the performances were outstanding. The audience broke into applause after the first movement of the piano concerto. It was not possible to not be touched by this.
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http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=43016
Quotes & Highlights
- Inside Music, an informative talk with Laura Stanfield Prichard, begins one hour prior to the concert.
Description
Virtuoso Yefim Bronfman joins the Orchestra for Brahms’s monumental First Piano Concerto, a staggering masterpiece from the composer’s twenty-fifth year. The program prefaces this work with the jovial Academic Festival Overture and music by Alban Berg, the early twentieth-century modernist most influenced by Brahmsian Romantic pathos. The sensual Lyric Suite is a musical love letter to Berg’s mistress—written in code!
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
San Francisco Symphony
Program:
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
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