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2024-03-05 06:00:48
From beginner to maestro — for the Final Forte, John DeMain reflects on a life in music
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2023-05-20 18:44:00
Britten War Requiem at SFS
Davies Symphony HallPhoto by Lisa HirschHere's what I had to say about Philippe Jordan in 2018, when I saw him conduct Tristan und Isolde at the Paris Opera;Philippe Jordan, who will leave Paris for Vienna in 2020, conducted, and was variable. His pacing of that last scene in Act II was masterly; elsewhere, he could be wayward. Neither of the performances I saw caught musical fire in the way this opera can blaze; the orchestral sound was on the muddy side, though without more experience of the opera house, I can’t determine whether the acoustics of the Opéra Bastille, my seats, or his conducting had the greatest responsibility for this. His pacing was sometimes bizarre: for example, Isolde’s Transfiguration reached its greatest climax far too early, so that the final climax was anticlimactic. He was much better in Michel Jarrell's Bérénice:Philippe Jordan’s meticulous conducting balanced a big orchestra beautifully with the voices […]
2023-05-13 15:47:00
Rafael Payare at SFS
Davies Symphony HallPhoto by Lisa Hirsch(I'm hoping to get access to a photo of Rafael Payare, but until then....)Rafael Payare, who is the music director of the San Diego Symphony and of the Montreal Symphony, made his debut with San Francisco Symphony this week. He led the orchestra's first performances of William Grant Still's Darker America, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Bruce Liu, and Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.I'd never heard the Still before; it's a moody excursion into the world of Black Americans, for a smallish orchestra. To give you an idea, Mark Almond (French horn), Mark Inouye, and one of the trombonists were seated next to each other in the row where, I think, the clarinets and bassoons usually live. I wasn't taking notes and won't say much beyond that it was well played as far as I can tell.The Beethoven was a late addition to the […]
2023-01-04 05:00:00
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 8 (Ursula Dütschler)
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)Twelve Progressive Lessons, Op. 32Six Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, Op. 20Ursula Dütschler, Fortepiano(Period Instruments)Brilliant Classics 95982 (2020)[Flac & Scans]
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