Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Los Angeles Opera's James Conlon James Conlon always ranks near the top of best American conductors lists, having conducted every symphonic and opera orchestra of note, and recorded a bazillion albums (and winning two Grammys along the way)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Verdi's Requiem at the SF Symphony James Conlon conducted a superb Verdi requiem with the SF Symphony five years ago, so we were not particularly surprised he delivered again last night with the same score. Technically, without the score,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: James Conlon at the SF Symphony James Conlon, the LA Opera music director is in town for two weeks conducting the SF Symphony, the past week in the Pictures at an Exhibition and this week in the Verdi Requiem
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Joshua Bell at the SF Symphony Joshua Bell must have in his attic a painting of himself looking old and playing out of tune. We were convinced the picture on his website were all softly lenses and careful airbrush.
Arts & Entertainment Philistine: Verdi's Requiem A shiny light was squarely placed on Verdi's score: all the details came out brightly, all the nuances were expertly underlined. That delicate, masterfully controlled introduction only lead to more of the same
