# Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony with Renée Fleming at Davies Hall, January 10, 2013


[San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org/)  
2013-01-10  
[Davies Symphony Hall](http://www.sfwmpac.org/symphonyhall/sh_index.html)  
[201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, January 10, 2013

## Set One

[8:00 PM go, lights down]

### Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Jeux, L.126 (1912)(ca. 17')

[ends 8:25 PM]

[8:27 PM go]

### Debussy (Arr. Holloway): C'est l'extase -- Poems of Paul Verlaine (San Francisco Symphony Commission, World Première) (2012)(ca. 22')

? 7 parts

[set ends 8:48 PM]

## Set Two

[9:11 PM go!]

### Marie-Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957): Three Songs from Chants d'Auvergne (1923; 1927)

  - La Delaïssádo
  - Malurous qu’o uno fenno
  - Baïlèro  
[work ends 9:26 PM]  
   
[9:30 PM tunin']

### Debussy: La Mer, L.109 (1905)

  - "De l'aube à midi sur la mer" - très lent - animez peu à peu //"From dawn to midday on the sea" - very slow - animate little by little// (B minor)
  - "Jeux de vagues" - allegro (dans un rythme très souple) - animé //"Play of the Waves" - allegro (with a very versatile rhythm) - animated // (C sharp minor)
  - "Dialogue du vent et de la mer" - animé et tumultueux - cédez très légérement //"Dialogue between wind and waves" - animated and tumultuous - give up very slightly// (C sharp minor)  
[show ends 9:59 PM]

## Performers

  * [[http://www.michaeltilsonthomas.com/Home.aspx|Michael Tilson Thomas]]: conductor;
  * [[http://www.reneefleming.com/|Renée Fleming]]: soprano vox;
  * //unidentified// members of the San Francisco Symphony.

## Links

  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy|Achille-Claude Debussy]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Holloway|Robin Holloway]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canteloube|Marie-Joseph Canteloube]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux|Jeux]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mer_(Debussy)|La Mer]]


## Notes

Sigh, seated off to the side again.

As might be guessed by anyone familiar with the night's repertoire, the performance is lush, and while [[http://www.readability.com/articles/nygzcypk|Stephen Smoliar]] takes Fleming to task over her delivery, I find her performance to be warm and engaging.

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