# Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Steven Isserlis at Miner Auditorium, October 8, 2014 [Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra](http://www.philharmonia.org/october-2014/) with special guest soloist, [Steven Isserlis](http://stevenisserlis.com/) 2014-10-08 [Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center) [SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en) 8:00 PM, Wednesday, October 8, 2014 [[2014-10-08-1|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2014|Up to the 2014 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2014#October_events|Up to the 2014 event list!]] ☸ [[2014-10-09|On to the next event!]] ☸ ## Tentative Program * Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major, K. 319 >> replaced with Haydn: Symphony No. 57 in D major * Boccherini: Concerto No. 7 in G Major for Violoncello, G. 480 * C.P.E. Bach: Concerto in A Major for Violoncello, Wq. 172 * Haydn: Symphony No. 67 in F Major ## Set One [8:00 PM tuning; lights down] ### Haydn: Symphony No. 57 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony No. 57 in D major; Hob.I:57 (1774) 01. [8:03 PM] Adagio – (Allegro) 02. [8:11 PM] Adagio 03. [8:21 PM] Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio 04. [8:26 PM] Prestissimo [work ends 8:30 PM] ### C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major [8:34 PM tuning] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Concerto in A Major for Violoncello, Wq. 172, H. 439 (ca. 1753) 01. [8:36 PM] Allegro 02. [8:43 PM] Largo con sordini, mesto 03. [8:51 PM] Allegro assai [work ends 8:58 PM] ## Set Two [9:22 PM lights down, announcements] ### Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 7 Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): Concerto No. 7 in G Major for Violoncello, G. 480 01. [9:26 PM] Allegro 02. [9:35 PM] Adagio 03. [9:39 PM] Allegro [set ends 9:44 PM] ### Dmitry Kabalevsky: unidentified dance for solo cello 01. [9:44 PM] Dmitry Kabalevsky: unidentified dance for solo cello [work ends 9:47 PM] [9:49 PM; tuning] ### Haydn: Symphony No. 67 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony No. 67 in F major (ca. 1776) 01. [9:51 PM] Presto 02. [9:57 PM] Adagio 03. [10:05 PM] Menuetto & Trio 04. [10:08 PM] Finale: Allegro di molto -- Adagio e cantabile [show ends 10:15 PM] ## Performers ### Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra [Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra](http://www.philharmonia.org/) * Paul Avril: horn; * Elizabeth Blumenstock: violin; * Danny Bond: bassoon; * Phoebe Carrai: cello; * David Daniel Bowes: viola; * Lisa Grodin: principal viola; * Paul Hale: cello; * Maria Ionia Caswell: viola; * R.J. Kelley: principal horn; * Katherine Kyme: concertmaster, violin; * Tyler Lewis: violin; * Anthony Martin: principal second violin; * Nicholas McGegan: conductor, music director; * Carla Moore: violin; * Maxine Nemerovski: violin; * Ellie Nishi: viola; * Gonzalo X. Ruiz: oboe; * Marc Schachman: principal oboe; * Andrew Schwartz: bassoon; * Sandra Schwartz: violin; * William Skeen: cello; * Timothy Spears: contrabass; * Noah Strick: violin; * Tanya Tomkins: principal cello; * Hanneke van Proosdij: harpsichord; * Jolianne von Einem: violin; * Lisa Weiss: violin; * Gabrielle Wunsch: violin; * Laurie Young Stevens: violin; * Kristin Zoernig: principal contrabass. ### Steven Isserlis * [Steven Isserlis](http://stevenisserlis.com/): cello. ## Notes Tonight's show reinforced for me what a top-notch ensemble the PBO is. Not that there was any doubt in my mind -- I'm only expressing my satisfaction with tonight's exquisitelyp performed program. As often happens, the opening symphony from Haydn offered many surprising stops, twists and turns, for such is the nature of Haydn's compositional skill. Just when you think you've latched on to his plan, he modulates to a different key, or breaks the rhythm, or tosses off some other unexpexted change. Wonderful! I'm tempted to say this first work was my favorite from tonight's concert, but really, each piece was rewarding in it's own way. Second on tonight's program was the C.P.E. Bach cello concerto, featuring Stephen Isserlis. Like the opening work, thbis piece was full of pleasing surprises, and hearing it tonight compells me to survey CPE's compositional catalog further -- that the apple fell from the same tree as his immortal father suggests that I will find many more tasty musical morsels! For the second half of the program I moved downstairs to sit next to my mom and her friend Monique in row G towards stage right -- a far better spot to watch Isserlis, and much more engaging than my original seat in the balcony. I noticed that while Isserlis had music open on a stand before him, he hardly glanced at it, playing mostly with his eyes closed, or casting his head back and eyes heavenward as if to pull the score into memory and through his fingers as they flew across the fretboard of the violincello. Sublime! If I had to pick nits, I'd say that the Boccherini concerto was a bit light-weight compared to the Bach, and probably ought to have remained in the first set rather than being swapped into the second, but no one asked for my opinion before making that switch. The final symphonic work was also quite good, though without Isserlis, my ears naturally shifted back to listening to the sonority of the PBO and trying to follow the various melodic lines that danced through Haydn's composition. Hearing two of his compositions on the same evening gave me a good appreciation for his genius -- both seemed fresh and interesting, and made me interested in hearing more! Stephen Ledbetter's [program notes](http://www.philharmonia.org/wp-content/uploads/October-2014-Program-Note.pdf). Stephen Smoliar posted an informative [review](http://www.examiner.com/article/philharmonia-baroque-presents-haydn-the-context-of-two-cello-concertos) for the Examiner. The Opera Tattler [added their $0.02](https://operatattler.typepad.com/opera/2014/10/steven-isserlis-philharomina-baroque.html). {{tag>music Philharmonia_Baroque_Orchestra Steven_Isserlis Miner_Auditorium Paul_Avril Elizabeth_Blumenstock Danny_Bond Phoebe_Carrai David_Daniel_Bowes Lisa_Grodin Paul_Hale Maria_Ionia_Caswell R.J._Kelley Katherine_Kyme:_concertmaster,_violin Tyler_Lewis Anthony_Martin Nicholas_McGegan Carla_Moore Maxine_Nemerovski Ellie_Nishi Gonzalo_X._Ruiz Marc_Schachman Andrew_Schwartz Sandra_Schwartz William_Skeen Timothy_Spears Noah_Strick Tanya_Tomkins Hanneke_van_Proosdij Jolianne_von_Einem Lisa_Weiss Gabrielle_Wunsch Laurie_Young_Stevens Kristin_Zoernig}} [[2014-10-08-1|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2014|Up to the 2014 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2014#October_events|Up to the 2014 event list!]] ☸ [[2014-10-09|On to the next event!]] ☸