Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Erin Wall and the SF Symphony Robin Holloway wrote his opera, Clarissa, in 1976; it wasn't premiered until 1990, for a performance run in London that MTT attended. MTT was so excited by the music, he asked for an
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: MTT conducts Stravinsky, Bernstein, Ravel. The SF Symphony intended to present Threni this week, one of the few twelve-tone works of Stravinsky. Intriguing, definitely. But visa issues would not let the vocal ensemble EXAUDI, cross the pond, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Composer Victor Kissine Charles Ives was such an avant-garde composer in his time, his place in the musical canon still has to be explained. To us. By MTT. Yet, it's a testament to his lasting influence
SF News MTT & SF Symphony Win Big at Grammys Find more videos like this on San Francisco Symphony Social Network Hey, did you watch the Grammys? Neither did we. Tough Love, Celebrity Rehab, and a most excellent Brothers & Sisters (where Kitty
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Yo-Yo Ma At The Symphony Yo-Yo Ma is one of the world's most celebrated musicians, his name one of the most recognizable. To wit: he played for millions of people at Obama's inauguration, and has won tons of
Arts & Entertainment Lang Lang at the SF Symphony Gala The SF Symphony waltzed us into the new '09-'10 music season on Wednesday night, with a sparkling opening night gala. The evening started with complimentary champagne in the hallways of Davies Symphony Hall,
Arts & Entertainment Gil Shaham and the SF Symphony The SF Symphony journey from Schubert to Berg is coming to an end this week, with a final program combining Berg's Violin Concerto with Schubert's Mass in E flat major. We believe that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Schubert Lied, Berg Too The SF Symphony journey from Schubert to Berg continued on Wednesday with an intimate exploration of some lieder and chamber music, as well as the Lulu suite. The directions for the voyage (which
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Michelle DeYoung The SF Symphony kicks off its Schubert and Berg journey with a mix-and-match of the Viennese composers. Tonight, and repeating through Saturday (the last show in Cupertino), we hear Berg's Seven Early songs,
Arts & Entertainment SF Interviews Piano Sensation Yuja Wang Yuja Wang will dazzle us this week at Davies Symphony Hall, playing the dastardly difficult Prokofiev piano concerto #2 with MTT. Here she plays the concerto's scherzo with the YouTube symphony orchestra. She
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Anne-Sophie Mutter The Sofia Gubaidulina residency with the SF Symphony continues tonight and tomorrow with the US premiere of her Violin Concerto No. 2, , with the magnificent Anne-Sophie Mutter as the soloist, for whom the
Arts & Entertainment MTT Joins YouTube Symphony Project "'Classical' music does not need gimmicks OR marketers/managers," hrumphs an SFGate commenter. Oh, but it does. Joining the likes of Gavin Newsom with this here YouTube craze your father just heard about,
Arts & Entertainment Brahms' ein deutsches Requiem And yet, we went, twice, and had a great time. We saw MTT lead a muscular piano concerto No. 2 with Leif-Ove Andsnes, a pianist who'd keep his cool in a pressure cooker.
Arts & Entertainment Ives Got Music, Who Can Ask for Anything More? In the program notes, we see that this violin concerto was written for and created by Ferdinand David, a violinist virtuoso friend of Mendelssohn. SF Symphony Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik happens to play on
