San Francisco

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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Magnificent orchestral work under Eun Sun Kim elevates SFO’s Tristan und Isolde

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United StatesUnited States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 23.10.2024. (HS)

Anja Kempe (Isolde) and Simon O’Neill (Tristan) in the Act II love duet © Corey Weaver

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Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto creates a giddy ride in its San Francisco debut

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United StatesUnited States Beethoven, Salonen, Debussy: Rainer Eudeikis (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 18.10.2024. (HS)

Rainer Eudeikis (cello, front l) and Jacob Nissly (bongos and congas, front r) © Brandon Patoc

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Majestic Brahms Symphony No.4 from Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony

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United StatesUnited States Shostakovich, Brahms: Sayaka Shoji (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 4.10.2024. (HS)

Violinist Sayaka Shoji plays Shostakovich’s Concerto No.1 with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting © Stefan Cohen

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