San Francisco – Page 12 – Seen and Heard International

Explosion of orchestral and vocal color in San Francisco from works by Simon, Price, Brahms and Franck

10/05/202219/02/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Melody Wilson (mezzo-soprano), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Anthony Trecek-King: director), San Francisco Symphony / Earl Lee, Akiko Fujimoto, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductors). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 17.2.2022. (HS)

Melody Wilson (mezzo-soprano) and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductor) in Brahms’s *Alto Rhapsody* © Stefan Cohen

Takashi Yoshimatsu and the SF Symphony show how to soar like a bird through music

10/05/202214/02/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Wu Man (pipa), San Francisco Symphony / Perry So (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 11.2.2022. (HS)

James Lee Wyatt III plays the singing bowls in Takashi Yoshimatsu’s *The Age of Birds* (c) Stefan Cohen

Sasha Cooke premieres some delectable songs among the 17 written for her during the pandemic

27/03/202201/02/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various, Sacha Cooke: ‘how do I find you’: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Kirill Kuzmin (piano). Presented by San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 30.1.2022. (HS)

Yuja Wang and Michael Tilson Thomas team up to spin gold from Liszt in San Francisco

27/03/202229/01/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Liszt, Mahler: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 27.1.2022. (HS)

Alexander Barantschik (concertmaster), Nadya Tichman (associate concertmaster), Michael Tilson Thomas, Yuja Wang (c) Stefan Cohen

Golden-voiced Golda Schultz finds common ground with dramatic songs by women composers

27/03/202224/01/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States This be her verse: Golda Schultz (soprano) and Jonathan Ware (piano). San Francisco performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 21.1.2021. (HS)

Vital Shostakovich and Prokofiev from Gauthier Capuçon and Michael Tilson Thomas

27/03/202221/01/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Gauthier Capuçon (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 20.1.2022. (HS)

Mahan Esfahani is supreme at the harpsichord in Walt Disney Concert Hall

20/02/202213/12/2021 by Laurence Vittes

United States Colburn Celebrity Recital – Byrd, Bach, Andriessen, Scarlatti: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 8.12.2021. (LV)

Mahan Esfahani rehearsing at Walt Disney Concert Hall © Curtis Berak

Tetzlaff-Young connection in Elgar’s Violin Concerto energizes San Francisco Symphony

16/01/202206/12/2021 by Harvey Steiman

United States Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Simone Young (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 4.12.2021. (HS)

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