Month: October 2016

  • New Debussy album from MTT & San Francisco Symphony

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    Photo courtesy San Francisco Symphony “Debussy’s work cannot be judged on the musical level alone”, writes Edward Lockspeiser – Author of Debussy: His Life and Mind – in an online article for Encyclopaedia Britannica.  “There is not only poetry in his music;” he observes, “there is often an inspiration from painting”.  Debussy  did indeed possess…

  • SFJAZZ Collective performs – and records – the music of Miles Davis

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    Each year, the SFJAZZ Collective – the ensemble of star performers and composers regarded as some of the finest in the world of jazz today – pays tribute to the works of a modern jazz master.  Previously – in a series of performances which also includes a selection of the Collective’s own compositions – they…

  • Pablo Heras-Casado & Alisa Weilerstein guest with San Francisco Symphony

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    Always a welcome visitor to San Francisco, Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado returns to Davies Symphony Hall this week to lead the San Francisco Symphony in Mozart’s Symphony No 29, Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, and the Schumann Cello Concerto, with guest artist Alisa Weilerstein. Principal Conductor of Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, New York, and Principal Guest Conductor…

  • San Francisco Opera restages acclaimed production of ‘The Makropulos Case’

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    The intriguing case of a woman who has lived for over 300 years, and her search for a missing formula to extend her lifespan even further, provide the backdrop to Leoš Janáček’s dramatic opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Case) – the latest production by San Francisco Opera in a season which has already demonstrated the…

  • Stephen Hough plays Saint-Saëns with Tortelier & Monte-Carlo Philharmonic

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    He’s been described by Musical America as “truly an exquisite player”, The Economist has written of “the technical finesse and idiomatic authority he brings to every piece he plays”, and The Times refers to him as “the effortlessly mellifluous pianist”. This is British pianist Stephen Hough, the guest soloist appearing with Yan Pascal Tortelier and…

  • Rebeck does it again for San Francisco Playhouse

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    Take a work by an award-winning playwright, add a liberal measure of perfectly paced direction, blend in the talents of four superb actors, season with a sprinkling of slightly dark humor, add a dash of San Francisco Playhouse magic, and you have a stage show of superlatives – the commissioned world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s…