From Missy Mazzoli, a soothing ‘Sanctuary’ at San Francisco Symphony’s Soundbox

United StatesUnited States Marcos Balter, Mario Diaz de Leon, Missy Mazzoli, Meredith Monk, John Luther Adams: Missy Mazzoli (curator and synthesizer), Marnie Breckenridge (soprano), Mario Diaz de Leon (synthesizer), Lorna Dune (DJ and synthesizer), members of the San Francisco Symphony / Edwin Outwater (conductor). Soundbox at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 7.2.2020. (HS)

Edwin Outwater conducts Arvo Pärt’s ‘Silentium’, from Tabula Rasa (1977)

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Depth, wit and something to chew on in Los Angeles Opera’s new Eurydice

United StatesUnited States Matthew Aucoin, Eurydice: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Los Angeles Opera / Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. 1.2.2020. (HS)

Danielle de Niese as Eurydice, with Kevin Ray, Raehann Bryce-Davis and Stacey Tappan as the Three Stones
(Photo: Cory Weaver, courtesy Los Angeles opera)

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Improvisation from Chernyavsky, Kadarauch, and members of the San Francisco Symphony

United StatesUnited States Soundbox, Principia: David Chernyavsky (curator and violin), Katie Kadarauch (curator and viola), Scott Pingel (curator and bass), members of San Francisco Symphony / Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductor), Soundbox at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.12.2019. (HS)

Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductor)

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Stuart Skelton soars singing Siegmund with the San Francisco Symphony

United StatesUnited States R. Strauss, Wagner: Emily Magee (soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Ain Anger (bass), San Francisco Symphony / Simone Young (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 15.11.2019. (HS)

Stuart Skelton (l), Emily Magee (r), Simone Young (conductor)
and the San Francisco Symphony (c) Stefan Cohen

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