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2023-05-13 15:47:00
Rafael Payare at SFS
Davies Symphony HallPhoto by Lisa Hirsch(I'm hoping to get access to a photo of Rafael Payare, but until then....)Rafael Payare, who is the music director of the San Diego Symphony and of the Montreal Symphony, made his debut with San Francisco Symphony this week. He led the orchestra's first performances of William Grant Still's Darker America, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Bruce Liu, and Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.I'd never heard the Still before; it's a moody excursion into the world of Black Americans, for a smallish orchestra. To give you an idea, Mark Almond (French horn), Mark Inouye, and one of the trombonists were seated next to each other in the row where, I think, the clarinets and bassoons usually live. I wasn't taking notes and won't say much beyond that it was well played as far as I can tell.The Beethoven was a late addition to the program; […]
2023-02-05 23:32:00
emergency shelter intake form at San Francisco Sypmphony
[…] the song as an homage to a dear friend, now deceased. I gotta say that knowing Kahane's demographic and that of father, pianist/conductor Jeffrey Kahane, I bet that there was Lehrer in the household. Okay, turns out that I am privileged to introduce the Kahane family to Tom Lehrer.I know that a couple of the songs sounded influenced by minimalism; there are significant ostinatos, etc.There was gorgeous solo playing from Robert Ward (French horn) and Mark Inouye (trumpet). In the third song, there is a big French horn solo at the start, and the second time around I realized that it picked up on melody in the second song.Keyboard player Marc Shapiro worked very hard and very brilliantly, way at the back and alternating between celesta and piano.Kahane's text-setting is really good.I wish I'd squeezed in something about the many times the words reflect the heartless impersonality and brutality of the […]
2022-05-17 17:38:00
[…] Demondrae Thurman - Euphonium, Professor of Music Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Conrad Jones - Principal Trumpet Nashville Symphony William Leathers - Principal Trumpet Designate New York Philharmonic Christopher Martin - Principal Trumpet Richard Deane - Assoc. Principal/Acting Principal Horn Leelanee Sterrett - Third Horn/Acting Assoc. Principal Horn Joseph Alessi - Principal Trombone Philadelphia Orchestra Jeffrey Curnow - Associate Principal Trumpet Jennifer Montone - Principal Horn San Francisco Opera & Ballet Orchestras Adam Luftman - Principal Trumpet San Francisco Symphony Mark Inouye - Principal Trumpet Robert Ward - Principal Horn Jonathan Ring - Second Horn Jessica Valeri - Fourth Horn Timothy Higgins - Principal Trombone Jeffrey Anderson - Principal Tuba Jacob Nissly - Principal Percussion Jonathan Dimmock - Organist
2022-03-24 00:35:00
Goings-on at San Francisco Symphony
[…] violin concerto on it. Denis Bouriakov, principal flute of the LA Philharmonic, program with Song of the Flaming Phoenix Sébastian Jacot, principal flute of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, in the Ogonek/Stravinsky program. He's the guy with the wooden flute, a novelty in a US orchestra Austin Huntington, principal cellist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Liszt/Scriabin) Rainer Eudeikis, principal cello of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Creatures of Prometheus) If you've missed SFS principal trumpet Mark Inouye, he has been on leave but expect to be back soon.
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