# San Francisco Symphony & Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, November 24, 2021

[Daniel Stewart](http://danielpatrickstewart.com/) conducts the [San Francisco Symphony & Chorus](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2021-22/SOUND-FURY)  
[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, Wednesday, November 24, 2021

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## Tentative Program

* Anna Clyne: _Sound and Fury_ [West Coast Premiere]
* Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

## Set One: Clyne: Sound and Fury

[7:35 PM] {lights down; announcements; concertmaster out for formal tuning}  
[7:37 PM] {Daniel Stewart enters, gives a promo talk on the Clyne piece}

Anna Clyne (b. 1980): _Sound and Fury_ (2019) [West Coast Premiere]

01. [7:41 PM] _Sound and Fury_  
[7:57 PM] {set ends; applause and bows; all off after a minute or so}

## Set Two: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

[8:16 PM] {lights down, choral performers out to fill the terrace seating above the stage}  
[8:18 PM] {concert tuning}  
[8:20 PM] {Daniel Stewart enters}

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125 (1824)

01. [8:21 PM] I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
02. [8:36 PM] II. Molto vivace  
{brief pause for the vocal soloists to enter the center terrace and be seated}
03. [8:48 PM] III. Adagio molto e cantabile—Andante moderato
04. [9:03 PM] IV. Finale: Ode, “To Joy”  
[9:08 PM] {the Chorus unmasks}  
[9:27 PM] {show ends; bows and applause until 9:30 PM}

## Performers

### San Francisco Symphony & Chorus

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

* [Daniel Stewart](http://danielpatrickstewart.com/): conductor.
* David Xiques: assistant choral director;  
[performers vary by program](http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors/SFS-Chorus/Chorus-Roster).

### Vocal soloists

* [Michelle Bradley](https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Michelle-Bradley-Soprano-1129571737192255/): soprano vox;
* [Jennifer Johnson Cano](https://www.jenniferjohnsoncano.net/): mezzo-soprano vox;
* [Mario Chang](http://www.mariochang.com/about): tenor vox;
* [Rod Gilfry](http://www.rodgilfry.com/): baritone vox;

## Notes

What with weirdness in BART scheduling lately, I head over to SF early, and end up arriving at Davies Hall just a few minutes after the start of tonight's "Inside Music" talk by Elizabeth Seitz. It was kind of interesting, but since I didn't take notes, I can't really offer much in the way of opinion, except to say that she's not as engaging as Robert Greenberg. Anyways, listening to the talk was a good way to kill time before the show!

I don't remember having seen Daniel Stewart conduct before. In his favor, he worked the entire show from memory: no music stand whatsoever. On the other hand, this also meant no baton. His hand gestures were certainly very emphatic, but only sporadically seemed to have any sort of time-keeping function. In other words, I couldn't really figure out what he was doing up there, beyond making a spectacle of himself arranging cascades of sound like a symphonic version of an air guitarist.

Clyne's piece was pretty interesting. I'd like to hear it again ... and ta-da! Looks like a 2020 performance is up at [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6pcwUcsgKQ).

It was great to hear Beethoven's Ninth again: note to self, do it again before 2030!

[Program Notes](https://sfsymphony.encoreplus.app/c/11-24-27-beethoven-9/)

Joshua Kosman posted a typically churlish [review](https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/review-sf-symphony-chorus-makes-a-superb-return-to-davies-symphony-hall) with SFGate.

Stephen Shaw posted a more positive [review](https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/conductor-rise-makes-occasion-out-his-sf-symphony-debut) with SFCV. Major props also to Stephen for mentioning the KDFC stream archive for this show; thanks to his comment, you can listen to the show yourself!

Set One {{:2021:2021-11:SFS_211207-1.mp3|Set One}} and Two {{:2021:2021-11:SFS_211207-2.mp3|Set Two}}

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