# San Francisco Symphony with Sasha Cooke & Ryan McKinny at Davies Symphony Hall, January 12, 2020

[San Francisco Symphony](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2019-20/MTT-Mahler-Love-Lyricism.aspx) presents _MTT & Mahler: Love & Lyricism_, featuring soprano [Sasha Cooke](http://sashacooke.instantencore.com/web/home.aspx) and bass-baritone [Ryan McKinny](https://ryanmckinny.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)  
2:00 PM, Sunday, January 12, 2020

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## Set One

[2:00 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

### Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

01. [2:03 PM] Heitor Berlioz (1803–1869): Overture to _Benvenuto Cellini_ (1837)  
[segment ends 2:13 PM; pause to reset the stage]

### Michael Tilson Thomas: Meditations on Rilke

Michael Tilson Thomas (b.1944): _Meditations on Rilke_ (2019) (World premiere)

02. [2:17 PM] _Herbsttag (Autumn Day)_ (SC)
03. [2:28 PM] _Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen (I live my life in growing orbits)_ (RM)
04. [2:31 PM] _Das Lied des Trinkers (Song of the Drunkard)_ (RM)
05. [2:37 PM] _Immer wieder (Again, Again)_ (SC)
06. [2:44 PM] _Imaginärer Lebenslauf (Imaginary Biography)_ (SC/RM)
07. [2:50 PM] _Herbst (Autumn)_ (RM)  
[2:59 PM; work and set end; lots of applause and bows; break time!]

## Set Two

[3:21 PM lights down, tuning; pause for entrance of SC & MTT]

### Mahler: Four Songs From Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911): Four Songs From _Des Knaben Wunderhorn_ (1892–1893)

01. [3:24 PM] _Rheinlegendchen (Little Rhine Legend)_
02. [3:27 PM] _Das irdische Leben (the Earthly Life)_
03. [3:30 PM] _Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Where the Fair Trumpets Sound)_
04. [3:36 PM] _Urlicht (Primeval Light)_  
[3:41 PM; work ends; applause; pause to reset stage]

### Ravel: La Valse

[3:46 PM; tunning; MTT out to start the final work]

01. [3:47 PM] Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): _La Valse_ (1920)  
[set ends 4:00 PM; applause for a few minutes, then all done for the day]

## 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).

### Special guests

* [Sasha Cooke](http://sashacooke.instantencore.com/web/home.aspx): mezzo-soprano vox;
* [Ryan McKinny](https://ryanmckinny.com/): bass-baritone vox.

## Notes

Another fine afternoon with MTT and the SF Symphony. Really good, if romantic art-classical songs are the thing you want to listen to! I'm not normally a fan of that genre, but it was good enough to keep my attention at least 90% of the time! It will be interesting to find out what the various self-appointed expert critics have to say about the show, and whether or not they feel MTT measures up to the standard set by Mahler.

Janos Gereben posted a [promo article](https://www.sfcv.org/music-news/michael-tilson-thomass-rilke-songs-in-sf-symphony-world-premiere) for the show at SFCV.

Steve Winn posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-symphony/mtt-wears-his-composer-hat-in-meditations-on-rilke) of the show at SFCV.

_Meditations on Rilke_ appears on a new release from SFS Media: read more about that on their [info page](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Discover-the-Music/SFS-Media/TilsonThomas).

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