# San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, November 30, 2014

[San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2014-2015/Brahms%E2%80%99s-Second-Symphony.aspx) presents [San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org) featuring guest conductor Susanna Mälkki and piano soloist [Jeremy Denk](http://jeremydenk.net/)  
2014-11-30  
[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)  
2:00 PM, Sunday, November 30, 2014

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## Tentative Program

* Griffes: _The White Peacock_
* Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring Jeremy Denk
* Brahms: Symphony No. 2

## Set One

[2:01 PM lights down, announcements]

### Griffes: The White Peacock

01. [2:03 PM] Charles Griffes (1884-1920): _The White Peacock_ (1919)  
[work ends ~2:11 PM; pause to rearrange chairs, then ready to go at 2:12 PM]

### Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

Béla Bartók (1881-1945): Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 (1945), featuring Jeremy Denk

01. [2:15 PM] Allegretto
02. [2:23 PM] Adagio religioso
03. [2:32 PM] Allegro vivace  
[set ends 2:39 PM; applause for a few minutes, then set break]

## Set Two: Brahms: Symphony No. 2

[3:01 PM lights down, tuning]

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (1877) 

01. [3:03 PM] Allegro non troppo
02. [3:19 PM] Adagio non troppo
03. [3:29 PM] Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
04. [3:35 PM] Allegro con spirito  
[set ends 3:44 PM]

## Performers

### San Francisco Symphony

[San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org)

* [Jeremy Denk](http://jeremydenk.net/): piano;
* Susanna Mälkki: guest conductor;
* [Michael Tilson Thomas](http://www.michaeltilsonthomas.com/): music director;
* symphony members vary by program, see [the current list](http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors).


## Notes

Hard to say much at six weeks remove. LOL. I'm glad I went; Denk is darn good. I still don't really like Brahms all that much -- to my ears he's somewhat of a long-winded bore. Luck of the draw goes against you sometimes; makes for another learning opportunity of one sort or another!

Stephen Smoliar posted a [laudatory review](http://www.examiner.com/article/m-lkki-s-return-to-davies-balances-modernism-with-retrospective-classicism) of last night's show (a repeat of the same program) for the Examiner; Jeff Dunn posted a similar [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/San-Francisco-Symphony/M-lkki-Unlocks-a-Jewelbox-at-S-F-Symphony) for SFCV.

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