# San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, September 28, 2016

[San Francisco Symphony](http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2016-2017/Yuja-Wang-and-Stravinsky-Firebird.aspx) presents a concert featuring [Mark Inouye](http://www.inouyejazz.com/) and [Yuja Wang](http://www.yujawang.com/)  
2016-09-28  
[Davies Symphony Hall](http://www.sfsymphony.org)  
[201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+Van+Ness,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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## Tentative Program

* Bright Sheng: “Overture” to _Dream of the Red Chamber_ (SFS Commission)
* Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
* Stravinsky: _Le Chant du rossignol_
* Stravinsky: _The Firebird_ Suite (1919 version) 

## Set One

[8:00 PM lights down, announcements, tuning]

### Bright Sheng: “Overture” to Dream of the Red Chamber

Bright Sheng (b. 1955): _Dream of the Red Chamber_ Overture (2016; World premiere, SFS Commission)

01. [8:03 PM] (Opus)  
[work ends 8:12 PM; pause to reset some of the stage hardware; ready to go again by 8:15 PM]

### Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (1933), featuring Yuja Wang and Mark Inouye

01. [8:16 PM] _Allegretto_
02. [8:22 PM] _Lento_
03. [8:29 PM] _Moderato -- Allegro con brio_  
[work ends 8:38 PM; applause and bows; offstage and back a few times]  
   
**Yuja solo Encore**
04. [8:40 PM] _?_  
[set ends 8:44 PM; off after another minute or two for applause]

## Set Two

[9:04 PM lights down, tuning]

### Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): _Le Chant du rossignol_ (1917)

01. [9:m PM] (opus)  
[work ends 9:27 PM]

### Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

[9:28 PM tuning]

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

01. [9:30 PM] _Introduction_
02. [9:32 PM] _The Firebird and Her Dance_
03. [9:34 PM] _Round Dance of the Princesses_
04. [9:39 PM] _King Kaschei's Infernal Dance_
05. [9:44 PM] _Lullaby_
06. [9:48 PM] _Finale_  
[show ends 9:50 PM; applause and bows for a few minutes, then all off]

## Performers

### San Francisco Symphony

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

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

### Soloists

* [Mark Inouye](http://www.inouyejazz.com/): trumpet;
* [Yuja Wang](http://www.yujawang.com/): piano.

## Notes

Hearing Bright Sheng's opening Overture suggested to me that perhaps I should have tried harder to see his opera too, which premiered across the street at the War Memorial Opera House earlier this month (and had a final performance on 9/29). Hard to say. Although it's certain that seeing the opera would have been expensive! Anyways, I enjoyed hearing the work, with it's _exotic tinge_ of Chinese modalities and percussion effects, and it disposes me to look forward to hearing more of his works on future SFS programs.

Yuja Wang was brilliant in her performance of Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 in C minor, and luckily, we got an encore from her afterwards. Maybe someday I'll even find out what it was!

I really enjoyed the second half of the concert -- all Stravinsky -- though as with other pieces by Stravinsky, I got kind of distracted trying to keep my place (and thereby spot the movement changes) when I really should have just leaned back and listened. Anyways, the _Infernal Dance_ was great fun, with the magnificently galumphing brass and woodwinds, and the finale was a thrilling this time as every other performance I've heard ... it makes me want to leap to my feet and shout for joy at the end! Fortunately for the other audience members, I usually manage to restrain myself to simply clapping.

Janos Gereben posted an enthusiastic [review](http://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-symphony/the-sf-symphony-packs-its-bags-for-asia-with-style) of the following night's performance at SFCV, as did Joshua Kosman, [posting](http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Yuja-Wang-dazzles-in-Shostakovich-concerto-9517207.php) for SFGATE. I guess everyone loves Yuja!

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