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Corigliano’s exhilarating Saxophone Concerto premières in San Francisco

09/04/202209/04/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Timothy McAllister (saxophones), Daniel Binelli (bandoneon), San Francisco Symphony / Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 7.4.2022. (HS)

John Corigliano, Timothy McAllister and Giancarlo Guerrero © Harvey Steiman

In Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, Josefowicz and Salonen outdo The Rite of Spring in San Francisco

18/06/202212/03/2022 by Claire Seymour

United States Elizabeth Ogonek, Stravinsky: Leila Josefowicz (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 10.3.2022. (HS)

Leila Josefowicz and Esa-Pekka Salonen © Brittany Hosea-Small

Liszt, Scriabin and a Fang Man world premiere deliver a feast of maximalist music

10/05/202206/03/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Wu Wei (sheng), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 3.3.2022. (HS)

Sheng player Wu Wei, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony © Kristin Loken

Beethoven’s ‘Creatures’ from Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony is strange but tuneful

10/05/202227/02/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Beethoven: Keith David (narrator), Hillary Leben (animator), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 24.2.2022. (HS)

Animation of Terpsichore and the Graces dance by Hillary Leben (c) Stefan Cohen

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

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Corigliano’s exhilarating Saxophone Concerto premières in San Francisco

In Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, Josefowicz and Salonen outdo The Rite of Spring in San Francisco

Liszt, Scriabin and a Fang Man world premiere deliver a feast of maximalist music

Beethoven’s ‘Creatures’ from Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony is strange but tuneful

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

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

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

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