Michael Tilson Thomas brings his 2011-2012 concerts with the San Francisco Symphony to a close with performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at Davies Symphony Hall (June 27, 28, 29, 30). The program also includes Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46, written in memory of Holocaust victims. Shuler Hensley will narrate. Soloists Erin Wall, Kendall Gladen, William Burden and Nathan Berg join MTT, the Orchestra and the San Francisco …
From June 21 to 23, MTT leads the San Francisco Symphony in semi-staged performances of Bartók’s one-act opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. The opera, based on the French fairy tale “Bluebeard” by Charles Perrault, will come to life at Davies Symphony Hall with specially designed projections. Bass-baritone Alan Held sings the role of Duke Bluebeard, and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung portrays his new wife Judith. Bartók’s opera will be presented alongside Liszt’s …
From June 14 to 17, MTT leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program of Late Romantic composers at Davies Symphony Hall. Chinese-born pianist Yuja Wang joins the orchestra for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. The concert also includes Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane – inspired by the Italian court dance – as well as Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 3.
Michael Tilson Thomas has announced a new partnership between music publisher Boosey & Hawkes, the New World Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony called New Voices. The program will, over the course of each season, guide an emerging composer from the Americas through the process of commissioning, composing and performing new work. Canadian composer and pianist Zosha Di Castri is New Voices‘ inaugural composer, and her work will be performed …