United States Copland, Britten, Shostakovich: Toby Spence (tenor), Robert Ward (horn), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 19.6.2014 (HS)
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Denk and Stucky Have Fun With ‘Classical Style’
United States Haydn, Stucky: Brooklyn Rider (Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen, violins; Nicholas Cords, viola; Eric Jacobsen, cello), soloists, The Knights (orchestra), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 20.6.2013 (HS)
Musical Theater Meets Opera in Colorful Show Boat
Kern, Show Boat: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, John DeMain (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 1.6.2014 (HS)
Dutoit Fashions a Luminous Fauré Requiem
Poulenc, Stravinsky, Fauré: Susanna Phillips (soprano), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 28.5.2014 (HS) Poulenc: Gloria Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Fauré: Requiem Conductor Charles Dutoit has, in previous appearances with the San Francisco Symphony, energized the music with a signature vital, propulsive approach. In … Read more
In Russian Program, Hvorostovsky Excels at Shostakovich
United States Glinka, Borodin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and others: Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bass baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.5.2014 (HS)
Sparks from Wang and Tilson Thomas in Prokofiev and Debussy
United States Fauré, Schubert, Dvořák, Grieg, Prokofiev, Litolff, Debussy: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.5.2014 (HS)
Communication and Tight Rapport Make Heartfelt Shostakovich Trio
United States Debussy, Brahms, Shostakovich: Alexander Barantschik (violin), Peter Wyrick (cello), Anton Nel (piano), presented by San Francisco Symphony, Legion of Honor (museum), San Francisco. 11.5.2014 (HS)
Schulhoff Trumps Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky Trumps All
United States Schulhoff, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Mark Inouye (trumpet), San Francisco Symphony, James Conlon (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, 24.4.2014 (HS)