# San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, June 4, 2015

[San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2014-2015/Spanish-Seductions.aspx) presents _the Rhythms and Romance of Spain,_ featuring Charles Dutoit, guest conductor, and piano soloist, [Javier Perianes](http://www.javierperianes.com/)  
2015-06-04  
[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, June 4, 2015

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## Set One

[7:59 PM tuning, lights down, announcements]

### Ravel: Alborado del gracioso

01. [8:02 PM] Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): _Alborado del gracioso_ (Morning Song of the Jester), (1918)  
[work ends 8:09 PM; pause to rearrange some of the chairs; 8:12 PM tuning]

### Falla: Noches en los jardines de España

Manuel de Falla y Matheu (1876-1946): _Noches en los jardines de España_ (Nights in the Gardens of Spain), (1916), featuring [Javier Perianes](http://www.javierperianes.com/)

02. [8:14 PM] №1: _En el Generalife_ (In the Generalife)
03. [8:24 PM] №2: _Danza lejana_ (A Distant Dance) >>
04. [8:35 PM] №3: _En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba_ (In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba)  
[set ends 8:38 PM]

## Set Two: Ravel: L’Heure espagnole

[9:00 PM lights down, announcements]

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): _L’Heure espagnole_ (the Spanish Hour), G.49 (1909) (ca. 52 min)

01. [9:01 PM] (Introduction)
02. [9:04 PM] Scène 01: "Señor Torquemada..."
03. [9:06 PM] Scène 02: "Totor!"
04. [9:08 PM] Scène 03: "II reste, voilà bien ma change!"
05. [9:10 PM] Scène 04: "II état temps, voici Gonzalve!"
06. [9:13 PM] Scène 05: "C'est fait, l'horloge est à sa place"
07. [9:15 PM] Scène 06: "Maintenant pas de temps à perdre!"
08. [9:16 PM] Scène 07: "Salut à belle horlogère!"
09. [9:19 PM] Scène 08: "Voilà!..Et maintenant à l'autre!"
10. [9:20 PM] Scène 09: "Évidemment, elle me congédie"
11. [9:22 PM] Scène 10: "Voilà ce que j'aooelle une femme charmante"
12. [9:24 PM] Scène 11: "Monsieur, ah! Monsieur!"
13. [9:25 PM] Scène 12: "Enfin, il part!"
14. [9:28 PM] Scène 13: "Voilà l'objet!"
15. [9:30 PM] Scène 14: "Ah! vous, n'est-ce pas, preste!"
16. [9:32 PM] Scène 15: "En dépit de cette inhumaine"
17. [9:34 PM] Scène 16: "Voilà ce que j'appelle une femme charmante!"
18. [9:37 PM] Scène 17: "Oh! la pitoyable aventure!"
19. [9:39 PM] Scène 18: "Voilà!... Et maintenant, Señora"
20. [9:43 PM] Scène 19: "Mon cell anxieux interroge"
21. [9:45 PM] Scène 20: "ll n'est, pour l'horloger"
22. [9:46 PM] Scène 21: "Pardieu, déménageur, vouz venez à propos"
23. [9:50 PM] Quintette Final  
[show ends 9:50 PM]


## Performers

* Charles Dutoit: conductor;
* [Javier Perianes](http://www.javierperianes.com/): piano;
* symphony members vary by program, see [the current list](http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors).


### L’Heure espagnole cast

* [Jean-Luc Ballestra](http://jeanlucballestra.com/) as _Ramiro_, a muleteer: baritone vox;
* Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as _Torquemada_, a clockmaker: tenor vox;
* [John Mark Ainsley](http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/singers/tenor/john-mark-ainsley) (not [Benjamin Hulett](http://www.benjaminhulett.com/) as originally cast) as _Gonzalve_, a student poet: tenor vox;
* [Isabel Leonard](http://isabelleonard.com/) as _Concepción_, Torquemada's wife: mezzo-soprano vox;
* [David Wilson-Johnson](http://www.davidwilsonjohnson.com/) as _Don Iñigo Gomez_, a banker: baritone vox.


## Notes

Tonight's show was quite fun. The first half set the mood with Spanish flavors appropriate to the second set main course, Ravel's outrageously funny _Spanish Hour_, presented without staging, but with engaging theatrics imparted by skill in voice and expressive looks on the part of the soloists. Another great night at the symphony, yay!

Stephen Smoliar posted a uniformly positive [review](http://www.examiner.com/article/shortage-of-melody-is-no-detriment-to-charles-dutoit-s-delightful-sfs-program) of tonight's performance for the Examiner. My only quibble with that piece is that the photo included of Isabel Leonard is not nearly as becoming as her actual appearance last night.

[Isabel Leonard with muppets](http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130423155917/muppet/images/c/c6/Isabel_Leonard.jpg)

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