# San Francisco Symphony with Yuja Wang at Davies Symphony Hall, May 22, 2014

[Michael Tilson Thomas](http://www.michaeltilsonthomas.com/) conducts the [San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2013-2014/MTT-and-Yuja-Wang-Rachmaninoff%E2%80%99s-Piano-Concerto-No.aspx) featuring [Yuja Wang](http://www.yujawang.com/)  
2014-05-22  
[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, May 22, 2014

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## Original Program

* Tchaikovsky: _the Tempest_
* Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DEBUSSY-Images-pour-Orchestre.aspx|Debussy: Images pour orchestre]]

## Revised Program

* Tchaikovsky: _the Tempest_
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-%C2%A0Piano-Concerto-No-1-in-D-flat-major,-Op.aspx|Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DEBUSSY-Images-pour-Orchestre.aspx|Debussy: Images pour orchestre]]

## Actual Program

* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/Faure-Pavane.aspx|Fauré: Pavane]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/SCHUBERT-Entr%E2%80%99acte-No-3-from-Rosamunde,-D-797.aspx|Schubert: Entr’acte No. 3 in B-flat major, from _Rosamunde_]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DVORAK-Legends-for-Orchestra,-Opus-59,-no-6.aspx|Dvořák: Legend No. 6]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/GRIEG-The-Last-Spring,-Opus-34,-no-2.aspx|Grieg: The Last Spring]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-%C2%A0Piano-Concerto-No-1-in-D-flat-major,-Op.aspx|Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/LITOLFF-%C2%A0Scherzo-from-Concerto-Symphonique-No-4,-O.aspx|Litolff: Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique No. 4]]
* [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/DEBUSSY-Images-pour-Orchestre.aspx|Debussy: Images pour orchestre]]


### Set One

[8:01 PM lights down, announcements]

#### the Miniatures

01. [8:06 PM] Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924): Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50 (1886)
02. [8:13 PM] Franz Schubert (1797-1928): Entr’acte No. 3 in B-flat major, Andantino, from _Rosamunde_, D.797, Op. 26 (1823)
03. [8:20 PM] Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904): Legend No. 6, from Legends for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1881)
04. [8:25 PM] Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907): _Våren_ (The Last Spring), Op. 33, no. 2 (1881)  
[work ends 8:31 PM]

#### Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953): Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 (1912),  
featuring [Yuja Wang](http://www.yujawang.com/), piano  
(written and performed as a single movement)

01. [8:33 PM] Allegro brioso
02. [8:4m PM] Andante assai
03. [8:4m PM] Allegro scherzando  
[work ends 8:51 PM]

#### Litolff: Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique No. 4

Henry Charles Litolff (1818–1891): Scherzo (2nd movement) from Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Op. 102 (ca. 1852),  
featuring [Yuja Wang](http://www.yujawang.com/), piano.

01. [8:52 PM] Scherzo. Presto  
[work ends 8:59 PM to wild applause from the masses; set ends 9:01 PM]

### Set Two

[9:22 PM lights down, announcements]

#### Debussy: Images pour orchestre

Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918): _Images pour orchestre_ (1912)

01. [9:23 PM] Gigues
02. [9:31 PM] Ibéria: Par les rues et les chemins
03. [9:38 PM] Ibéria: Les parfums de la nuit
04. [9:45 PM] Ibéria: Le matin d'un jour de fête
05. [9:m PM] Rondes de printemps ("Round dances of spring")  
[show ends 10:00 PM]


## Performers

* [Michael Tilson Thomas](http://www.michaeltilsonthomas.com/): conductor, music director;
* [Yuja Wang](http://www.yujawang.com/): piano;
* symphony members vary by program, see [[http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors|the current list]].


## Notes

While it was kind of annoying to walk in and find that tonight's program had been changed AGAIN, the opening miniatures were interesting enough, and I appreciated hearing them, particularly the closing piece by Grieg.

I was quite happy with my seat tonight; while not quite good enough for a view of Yuja's keyboard work, the sound was excellent, with great resonance-- like my head was inside the piano. Her concerto and "encore" were both appropriately flashy, with lots of fortissimo runs and crashing chordscapes. Makes me look forward even more to next year's solo recital!

Debussy's closer was also quite nice. I think I enjoyed the second movement, _Iberia_, with its obligatory Spanish tinge, best of the three.

Stephen Smoliar posted a laudatory [[http://www.examiner.com/article/yuja-wang-teases-out-the-music-sergei-prokofiev-s-first-piano-concerto|review]] of the show for the Examiner.

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