by MerciSF | 11-01-2023 | Agenda, Music, News, See All Classic MusicDavies Symphony HallDebussyFrench artist in San FranciscoMessaien
World-renowned French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony to play Debussy, Messiaen and Villa-Lobos. Transcendent and voluptuous, Claude Debussy’s Prélude à L’Après-midi d’un Faune is imbued with a gentle luster that...
by MerciSF | 19-10-2022 | Agenda, Music, See All Classic MusicDavies Symphony HallFrench artist in San Francisco
Cellist Gautier Capuçon joins Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony for the U.S. premiere of the Cello Concerto by heralded film and concert composer Danny Elfman. Danny Elfman’s Cello Concerto is a San Francisco Symphony commission. Elfman has scored...
by MerciSF | 12-01-2022 | Agenda, Music, See All Classic MusicDavies Symphony HallFrench artist in San Francisco
Written for celebrated cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto brings the audience into a musical conversation between two close friends, as soloist and orchestra trade ideas, jokes, and emotions. Longtime collaborators Music...
by MerciSF | 26-11-2019 | Agenda, Music, See All Christmas CarolsDavies Symphony HallSF Girls Chorus
In celebration of the festive season, San Francisco Girls Chorus returns to Davies Symphony Hall for its popular annual holiday concert A Ceremony of Carols. Following the culmination of its summer tour of England and France, San Francisco Girls Chorus brings two...