# Ludovico Einaudi's Elements at Herbst Theatre, October 5, 2016

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/events/2016-17/1005/ludovico-einaudi) presents [Ludovico Einaudi](http://www.ludovicoeinaudi.com/)'s Elements featuring [Francesco Arcuri](http://www.francescoarcuri.com/), [Alberto Fabris](http://www.albertofabris.net/), [Redi Hasa](https://www.facebook.com/redi.hasa.3), [Riccardo Laganà](https://www.facebook.com/riccardolagana), and [Federico Mecozzi](https://www.facebook.com/federico.mecozzi.1)  
2016-10-05  
[Herbst Theatre](http://performances.org/)  
[401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Wednesday, October 5, 2016

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## One Set

[8:06 PM lights down, announcements, waiting in the dark, band out]

01. [8:07 PM] _Petricor_
02. [8:12 PM] ?
03. [8:19 PM] ?
04. [8:24 PM] ?
05. [8:34 PM] ?
06. [8:40 PM] (long solo piano piece; new groove at 9:01 PM ... same tune, new section?)
07. [9:05 PM] ?
08. [9:11 PM] ?
09. [9:18 PM] ?
10. [9:27 PM] ? (not quite _Dear Prudence_)
11. [9:34 PM] ? (musical saw at 9:37 PM)
12. [9:40 PM] ?  
[set ends 9:49 PM; applause and group bow, then all off for an encore break]  
   
**Encore**
13. [9:52 PM] ? (solo piano) »
14. [9:58 PM] ?  
[show ends 10:05 PM; all off after another minute for bows & applause]


## Performers

* [Francesco Arcuri](http://www.francescoarcuri.com/): guitar, xylophone, waterphone, saw, kalimba, percussion;
* [Ludovico Einaudi](http://www.ludovicoeinaudi.com/): piano;
* [Alberto Fabris](http://www.albertofabris.net/): live electronics, bass, synthesizer;
* [Redi Hasa](https://www.facebook.com/redi.hasa.3): cello, electric cello;
* [Riccardo Laganà](https://www.facebook.com/riccardolagana): calabash, steel drum, percussion, vibraphone;
* [Federico Mecozzi](https://www.facebook.com/federico.mecozzi.1): violin, electric violin, guitar, keyboard.

## Notes

I listen to the start of tonight's Giants-Mets wildcard match-up on the radio at home, then in my car as I head to West Oakland BART. A quick trip across the bay, followed by a quick hustle to BeerHall and I'm seated at a table, watching the middle of the game. Madbum is dominating! But Snydergaard is blazing too. A great game if you prefer a pitcher's duel to a slugfest! 7:48 PM I dash for Herbst. 7:57 PM upstairs and in my seat, yay! 8:02 PM still waitin... how 'bout them Giants?

{{:wip.png?nolink}}  **Whoa!**  This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}}

I'm pretty sure that tonight's gig reproduced an expanded-for-performance version of Einaudi's 2015 album, _[Elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elements_(Ludovico_Einaudi_album))_, for the first tune of the night was most certainly the opening tune off the album, _Petricor_. As I'm not familiar with the rest of the album, I can't really say how slavishly they followed it, but it sure looked like Einaudi was flipping through a LONG score as the night's program unwound. To my surprise, I couldn't tell whether or not the other musicians were reading also music. It seems funny to me that they might have memorized their parts while the composer hadn't!

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