# MTT and Emanuel Ax play Beethoven at Davies Symphony Hall, September 26, 2013

[MTT and Emanuel Ax play Beethoven](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2013-2014/MTT-and-Emanuel-Ax-Beethoven)  
2013-09-26  
[Davies Symphony Hall](http://www.sfsymphony.org)  
[201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+Van+Ness,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, September 26, 2013

## Set One

[7:58 PM most of the orchestra onstage; 8:00 PM lights down, announcement, tuning]

### Mahler: Blumine

1. [8:03 PM] Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): _Blumine_ (bouquet of flowers) (1884)  
[[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/MAHLER-Blumine-(1).aspx|SFS Program Notes]]  
[work ends 8:11 PM; pause to reset the stage]

### Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37

1. [8:19 PM; tuning]  
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 (1803)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/BEETHOVEN-Concerto-No-3-in-C-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx)
2. Allegro con brio
3. Largo
4. Rondo. Allegro  
[work ends 8:56 PM]

### Encore (solo piano): Robert Schumann: “Des Abends”

1. [8:58 PM] Robert Schumann (1810-1856): _Des Abends_ (Evening) in D-flat Major, from _Fantasiestücke_, Opus 12. No. 1/8 (1837)  
[set ends 9:01 PM]

## Set Two

Short pieces by Copland, Debussy, Delius, Grieg and Rachmaninoff

[9:17 tuning, lights, MTT enters and strikes up the band]

### Copland: Music from the Film "Our Town"

1. [9:24 PM] Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Music from the Film _Our Town_ (1940)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/COPLAND-Our-Town,-Music-from-the-Film-Score.aspx)  
[work ends 9:35 PM]

### Debussy: La Plus que lente

1. [9:36 PM] Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Plus que lente (1910)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DEBUSSY-La-Plus-que-lente.aspx)  
[work ends 9:42 PM]

### Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

1. [9:43 PM] Frederick Delius (1862-1934): On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DELIUS-On-Hearing-the-First-Cuckoo-in-Spring.aspx)  
[work ends 9:49 PM]

### Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44

1. [9:49 PM] Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Valse Triste, Op. 44 (1903)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/Sibelius-Valse-triste.aspx)  
[work ends 9:55 PM]

### Rachmaninoff: "Vocalise", Op. 34

1. [9:55 PM] Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): "Vocalise", Op. 34, No. 14/14 (1912)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/RACHMANINOFF-Vocalise,%E2%80%9D-Opus-34,-no-14.aspx)  
[work ends 10:00 PM]

### Delibes: Cortège de Bacchus, from Sylvia, Suite for Orchestra

1. [10:01 PM] Léo Delibes (1836-1891): _Cortège de Bacchus_, from _Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane_, Suite for Orchestra (1876)  
[SFS Program Notes](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DELIBES-Cortege-de-Bacchus,-from-Sylvia.aspx)  
[work ends 10:m PM]

## Performers

* [Emanuel Ax](http://emanuelax.com/): piano;
* [Michael Tilson Thomas](http://www.michaeltilsonthomas.com/): conductor, music director.

### Members of the San Francisco Symphony

* Mark Inouye: trumpet;
* ?: cimbalom (via electronic keyboard);  
Other symphony members vary by program, [see the current list](http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors).


## Notes

As is not unusual, Stephen Smoliar gives this show a somewhat acerbic [review](http://www.examiner.com/article/mtt-presents-a-beethoven-piano-concerto-with-seven-dwarfs-at-davies) for the Examiner, but I found it to be an enjoyable evening, particularly because the program was more varied than usual.

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