United States Various: Javier Perianes (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 4.11.2021. (HS)
Music by Ligeti and Chin overshadows Mozart and Mendelssohn at San Francisco Symphony
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Hillborg’s Kongsgaard Variations make a compelling pairing with Bronfman’s Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3
United States Hillborg, R. Strauss, Beethoven: Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 28.10.2021. (HS)
Bryce Dessner’s new concerto lights a fiddle fire under the San Francisco Symphony
United States Various: Pekka Kuusisto (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 22.10.2021. (HS)
Nicholas Phan and Brooklyn Rider find meaning in song at PIVOT
United States Various, PIVOT Festival [1]: Nicholas Phan (tenor), Brooklyn Rider (Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen [violins], Nicholas Cords [viola], Michael Nicolas [cello]). Presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 21.10.2021. (HS)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jeremy Denk, Claire Chase and the SFS take wing with colorful bird music
United States Various, ‘Exotic Birds’: Jeremy Denk (piano), Claire Chase (flute), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 17.10.2021. (HS)
Elza van den Heever, Matthew Ozawa and Eun Sun Kim bring distinction and glory to SFO’s new Fidelio
United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.10.2021. (HS)
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony gleams under Salonen’s baton in San Francisco
United States Various: San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 7.10.2021. (HS)
High-energy season opener for Esa-Pekka Salonen’s San Francisco Symphony
United States San Francisco Symphony’s ‘Re-Opening Night’: esperanza spalding (bass and vocals), Leo Genovese (piano), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Ravi Coltrane (tenor sax), dancers from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 1.10.2021. (HS)
