San Francisco

John Adams’s new piano concerto sashays with flair in world premiere with the San Francisco Symphony

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United StatesUnited States Ives, Adams, Orff: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Susanna Phillips (soprano), Arnold Livingston Geis (tenor), Will Liverman (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Girls Chorus (director: Valérie Saint-Agathe), San Francisco Symphony / David Robertson (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.1.2025. (HS)

Tenor Arnold Livingston Geis enacts the roasted swan in Carmina Burana, as soprano Susanna Phillips flinches © Brandon Patoc

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Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet find ravishing sonorities in a San Francisco recital

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United StatesUnited States Various: Anthony McGill (clarinet), Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman [violins], Mark Holloway [viola], Brandon Vamos [cello]). San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 3.12.2024. (HS)

Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Anthony McGill, Brandon Vamos and Mark Holloway © Harvey Steiman

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Anthony Roth Costanzo connects with the San Francisco audience in a wide-ranging program

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United StatesUnited States Various: Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor), Bryan Wagorn (piano). San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 19.11.2024. (HS)

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo (right) and pianist Bryan Wagorn bask in a standing ovation in San Francisco © Harvey Steiman

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The San Francisco Symphony creates gorgeous moments in Fauré’s Requiem

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United StatesUnited States Fauré, Fujikura, Ravel: Liv Redpath (soprano), Michael Sumuel (bass-baritone), Heléne Grimaud (piano), San Francisco Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Symphony / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 15.11.2024. (HS)

Kazuki Yamada

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Disappointing Beethoven Ninth from Eun Sun Kim Sun and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Beethoven, Symphony No.9 in D minor: Jennifer Holloway (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Kwangchul Youn (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 26.10.2024. (HS)

[l-r] Jennifer Holloway (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Kwangchul Youn (bass), with the Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera conducted by Eun Sun Kim © Cory Weaver

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Thomas Wilkins, Michelle Cann and the SF Symphony transmit the juice in Gershwin and Bernstein

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United StatesUnited States Bernstein, Gershwin, Still: Michelle Cann (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Thomas Wilkins (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 25.10.2024. (HS)

Pianist Michelle Cann embraces conductor Thomas Wilkins after their Rhapsody in Blue © Harvey Steiman

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