# Chick Corea at Davies Symphony Hall, November 10, 2019

[San Francisco Symphony](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2019-20/Piano-Recital-with-Chick-Corea,-From-Mozart-to-Mon.aspx) presents _From Mozart to Monk_, a solo piano concert featuring [Chick Corea](http://www.chickcorea.com/)  
[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)  
7:30 PM, Sunday, November 10, 2019

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[{{:2019:2019-11:corea_poster.jpg?300|Today's promo poster}}]

## Set One

[7:38 PM; lights down; CC talks a bit about his history playing in SF and his first composer pairing: Mozart & Gershwin]

01. [7:44 PM] (unidentified Mozart piece) »
02. [7:48 PM] _Someone to Watch Over Me_ (Gershwin)  
[7:55 PM; CC talks about how studying a score is like conversing with the composer]
03. [7:57 PM] Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915): Prelude in E minor, Op. 11, No. 4 (1888), mvt I: Lento
04. [8:03 PM] _Waltz for Debby_ (Bill Evans)  
[8:11 PM; CC talks about Scarlatti & Jobim]
05. [8:14 PM] (CC improvisational prelude for Scarlatti) »
06. [8:16 PM] (unidentified piece by Domenico Scarlatti) »
07. [8:21 PM] _Desafinado_ (Jobim)  
[set ends 8:27 PM; CC tells us it's time for break!]

## Set Two

[8:51 PM; lights down; more stories from Chick, who dedicates the first tune to the memory of Paco de Lucia]

01. [8:53 PM] The Yellow Nimbus  
[9:03 PM; CC explains that it's time to play the game of _musical portraits_; asks for volunteers from the audience]
02. [9:05 PM] Portrait of Carol  
[9:08 PM; pause to recruit another volunteer: Adrian the painter]
03. [9:08 PM] Portrait of Adrian  
[9:11 PM; CC announces the next game: 4 hands improv! Volunteers?]
04. [9:11 PM] (duet with Chad)  
[9:16 PM; pause to recruit another volunteer ... has to be a female ...]
05. [9:17 PM] (duet with Kim)  
[9:20 PM; Chick says that next he's going to play a number of his _Children's Songs_]
06. [9:22 PM] _Children's Song No. 1_
07. [9:24 PM] _Children's Song No. 3_
08. [9:25 PM] _Children's Song No. 4_
09. [9:29 PM] _Children's Song No. 6_
10. [9:32 PM] _Children's Song No. 9_
11. [9:34 PM] _Children's Song No. 10_
12. [9:38 PM] _Children's Song No. 12_  
[set ends 9:46 PM; Chick takes a bunch of iphone shots of the crowd; heads offstage while we hoot & holler for more]  
   
**Encore**  
[9:47 PM; Chick talks awhile about how his tune _Spain_ evolved from Rodrigo's _Concierto de Aranjuez_]
13. [9:50 PM] _Concierto de Aranjuez_ (Rodrigo) »
14. [9:55 PM] _Spain_ (Corea)  
[show ends 10:00 PM; CC off like a rocket!]


## Performers

* [Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea](http://www.chickcorea.com/): piano.

## Notes

Yowza!

Chick's only solo performance of the year, tonight was one of those great shows that's hard to really classify. Presented without amplification of the piano, I'm *really* glad that I had a seat up close in the second row -- all the better to focus on the magic-making in front of me! The pairing of classical and jazz/popular pieces in the first half was really cool ... even if Monk didn't make it onto the list (awww, I feel cheated!). And the playfulness of the second half was something really rare ... I don't recall ever seeing something like that at a show before. Did it work? Well yeah, well enough! Hopefully the show was a big enough success that they'll bring him back next year for a reprise gig!

{{tag>music Chick_Corea Davies_Symphony_Hall Armando_Anthony_Corea}}

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