Arts & Entertainment Talking Herrmann, Hitchcock, And Vertigo: An Interview With Kim Novak Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo may be the greatest movie of all time. It wouldn't be in that conversation without great acting performances by Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, and a sumptuous score by Hollywood
Arts & Entertainment SFist Previews Tonight's Mercury Soul At Ruby Skye An interview with local composer Mason Bates, and some notes on the SF Symphony Opening Night. Mason Bates is a bridge between two musical worlds, classical and techno. With a PhD in composition
Arts & Entertainment SFist Previews The New Classical Music Season What's coming up this Fall for SF Opera, the SF Symphony, the New Century Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Opera Parallele, SF Performances, and Cal Performances. Opera in the Park, the free
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews SF Symphony Principal Bassoonist Stephen Paulson This week and next, the SF Symphony hosts guest conductor Ton Koopman. Ton is short for Antonius, so there's some Dutch trivia for you. Koopman, who visits regularly, focuses almost exclusively on baroque
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Composer Cynthia Lee Wong; Plus A Review of Michael Tilson Thomas's 70th Birthday Concert Cynthia Lee Wong became the second New Voices composer selected by the San Francisco Symphony, the New World Symphony (MTT's youth orchestra in Miami) and music publisher Boosey & Hawkes. The reward for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Violinist Gil Shaham, Plus Reviews Of <i>Partenope</i> And <i>Tosca</i> At SF Opera First, a few classical music items: After 38 years of companionship, SF Symphony musical director and most famous acronym MTT has tied the knot with his partner Joshua Robison. Congratulations, Michael! It looks
Arts & Entertainment SFist Previews: The LPO and Stéphane Denève at Davies Symphony Hall Back-to-back Rach: the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed last night the Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, and up-and-coming French conductor Stéphane Denève will lead the San Francisco Symphony this week
Arts & Entertainment Photo Gallery: Marissa Meyer, Nicky Hilton and Nancy Pelosi at the SFS Gala The SF Symphony Gala happened two weeks ago, but that won't stop us from going all Us Weekly on you with pictures of the well-heeled at the glamorous party. These patrons dropped up
Arts & Entertainment Free Opera In Golden Gate Park This Sunday And 21 More Ways To Enjoy The Classical Music Season The classical music season has arrived and there's so much to see and hear that it's tough to pack into just one post. But, whether you're curious or a seasoned fan, a great
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: The SF Symphony Britten Festival If the opera is named after your character, you better be up for the task. Stuart Skelton delivered big time as Peter Grimes. A search on this website for Stuart Skelton yields a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Soprano Susanna Phillips You may have heard soprano Susanna Phillips in the Metropolitan opera broadcast of Cosi Fan Tutte a month ago. She's a regular on that stage due to her charming stage presence and gorgeous
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: SF Symphony Clarinetist Carey Bell Today, San Francisco Symphony principal clarinetist Carey Bell will stand in front of the orchestra for Nielsen's clarinet concerto, led by Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt. Blomstedt, of course, was the music director prior
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Conductor Lionel Bringuier I was shocked when I found out that French conductor Lionel Bringuier, who makes his San Francisco Symphony debut tonight, performed live on French TV as a 14-year-old boy for the Victoires de
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Symphony Harpist Caught Kaepernicking It appears that noted SF Symphony musicians have had a change of heart when it comes to major league sports and proper respect, care of this shot showing harpist Douglas Rioth pulling a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Re/Current At The SF Symphony To all the gifts Steve Jobs gave us, the iPhone, the iPad, and most importantly, Toy Story, we must add Mason Bates' B sides, performed last Wednesday by the composer on the stage
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: SF Symphony Cellist Peter Wyrick On Thursday, the Berkeley Symphony will borrow a seasoned musician from across the Bay rather than import a teenage mutant prodigy soloist. Peter Wyrick, whose regular gig is associate principal cellist with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Britten's War Requiem Britten's War Requiem overlaps the timeless liturgy of the mass in Latin (complete with children choir!), organ, a soprano and a full orchestra with the English-language poetry of Wilfred Owen, set to the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Crissy Broadcast, Joshua Roman, Edwin Outwater and more... What a busy last week-end, with Lisa Bielawa's Crissy Broadcast at Crissy Field, rising star cellist Joshua Roman with the SF Chamber Orchestra, former SF Symphony resident conductor Edwin Outwater's return at the
Arts & Entertainment The Classical Music Week in Review Classical music hit for the cycle last week, with a solo recital, an orchestral performance and an opera that were all exceptional. András Schiff: the Hungarian pianist and scholar returned to share his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Previews: Classical Music for Kids Five family performances worth checking out: the SF Opera Community Open House tomorrow, the collision of the SF Chamber Orchestra with the Circus Bella, the Peter and the Wolf with the SF Symphony
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Zosha Di Castri with the SF Symphony The New Voices project, a collaboration of the New World Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony (both MTT-led) and the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes to get young composers to write for large orchestra,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: SF Symphony Opening Night We expect a good time from an opening gala at the SF Symphony. After all, there's an open bar, fancy (or "fancy," in some cases) attire, and everyone rejoices over the new musical
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Beethoven Recordings and Writings As the Fall season for classical music is upon us, you can bet on this: even though 2013 is an anniversary year for Verdi, Wagner, Britten or Lutowslavsky, you'll hear more Beethoven. Ludwig
Arts & Entertainment A Touch Of Class For Jerry Garcia's 71st Birthday At Davies (By Angela Zimmerman) Grateful Dead fan or not, it's impossible to deny the impact of Jerry Garcia, especially living here in the Bay Area. Had he survived the health and addiction issues that
Arts & Entertainment Giveaway: Tickets to the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration with Warren Haynes & the SF Symphony Celebrate Jerry Garcia’s 71st birthday with this ground-breaking orchestral program, featuring Garcia’s original compositions, and timeless standards that were hallmarks of Garcia and the Grateful Dead's shows. Collaborating with the Symphony,
