Harvey Steiman – Page 34 – Seen and Heard International

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

Spektral Quartet creates its own environment in a world premiere from Samuel Adams

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

United States Glass, Schubert, Samuel Adams: Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon, Maeve Feinberg [violins], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]) Presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 13.2.2022. (HS)

Maeve Feinberg, Clara Lyon (violins), Doyle Armbrust (viola), Russell Rolen (cello) © Jocelyn Chuang

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)

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