A wide-ranging program jumped from percussion to Debussy’s harp concerto to Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium).
In a refreshing departure, the S.F. Symphony, with guest conductor Susanna Mälkki, highlighted the music of Finland.
Guest conductor Mälkki led the symphony through a program of Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev.
In Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica and Hector Berlioz’s Les nuits d’ete, sound color is deployed in the evocation of light.
Christina and Michelle Naughton were the highlight of the orchestra’s October concert set.
András Schiff led the S.F. Symphony through a fantastic if oddly organized program.
Filled with music and ideas from outside the concert hall, Ted Hearne's new work opens doors, but it was not the only fresh performance at Davies this past week.
The orchestra dedicated its season opener to the maestro with a program of Beethoven and Schumann.
In his performance of the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2, Kenneth Renshaw shows he is a soloist to watch.
The performance by the Russian concert pianist was absolutely astonishing and matched by MTT and his musicians.
