# San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, June 2, 2022

[Ruth Reinhardt](https://ruth-reinhardt.com/) conducts the [San Francisco Symphony](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2021-22/DANIIL-TRIFONOV-PLAYS-BATES) in a program featuring [Daniil Trifonov](http://www.daniiltrifonov.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, Thursday, June 2, 2022

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## Tentative Program

* [Lotta Wennäkoski](https://lottawennakoski.com/): Helsinki Variations [San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
* [Mason Bates](https://www.masonbates.com/): Piano Concerto [San Francisco Symphony Commission & Premiere]
* Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 5

## Pre-concert Talk

* [Sarah Cahill](http://www.sarahcahill.com/), speaker;
* [1:00 PM] {SC out promptly for today's lecture ... maybe 100 folks present? Could be more: I didn't count very carefully!}
* [1:30 PM] {SC wraps things up ... that's what I call timing!}

## Set One

[1:55 PM] {SFS last-minute practicing}  
[2:05 PM] {announcements; concertmaster entrance; concert tuning}

### Wennäkoski: Om fotspår och ljus

[2:06 PM] {recorded statement from Lotta Wennäkoski}  
[2:08 PM] {enter Ruth Reinhardt}

[Lotta Wennäkoski](https://lottawennakoski.com/) \(b. 1970): _Om fotspår och ljus (Of Footprints and Light)_—Helsinki Variations (2019) [San Francisco Symphony Premiere]

01. [2:09 PM] _opus_  
[2:22 PM] {work ends; applause; RR exit; pause to rearrange things onstage a little bit}

### Bates: Piano Concerto

[2:23 PM] {Mason Bates out to talk about his piece whie the stage hands do their thing}  
[2:26 PM] {concert tuning}  
[2:27 PM] {enter DT, RR}

[Mason Bates](https://www.masonbates.com/) \(b. 1977): Piano Concerto (2021) [San Francisco Symphony Commission & Premiere], written for, dedicated to, and featuring [Daniil Trifonov](http://www.daniiltrifonov.com/)

01. [2:27 PM] I
02. [2:n PM] II »
03. [2:n PM] III  
[2:55 PM] {work ends; applause; DT & RR joined by MB onstage; principals off briefly}  
[2:56 PM] {principals back for a bit more applause; all off for set break after another minute or so!}

## Set Two: Dvorák: Symphony No. 5

[3:15 PM] {SFS last-minute practicing}  
[3:18 PM] {concert tuning}  
[3:19 PM] {enter RR}

Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 5 in F major, Opus 76 (1875; revised 1887)

01. [3:19 PM] _Allegro ma non troppo_  
[3:32 PM] {brief pause at end of movement I}
02. [3:32 PM] _Andante con moto_
03. [3:40 PM] (unidentified tune \#1)  
[3:47 PM] {brief pause at end of movement III}
04. [3:47 PM] Finale: Allegro molto  
[4:00 PM] {applause; much hooting and stomping}  
[4:00 PM] {RR off and then back}  
[4:02 PM] {show ends: time to hit BART for the ride back to the East Bay!}


## Performers

### San Francisco Symphony

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

* [Esa-Pekka Salonen](http://www.esapekkasalonen.com/): music director;
* symphony members vary by program;
 see [the current list](http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors).


### Special guests

* [Ruth Reinhardt](https://ruth-reinhardt.com/): conductor;
* [Daniil Trifonov](http://www.daniiltrifonov.com/): piano.

## Notes

A nice afternoon at the Symphony. Wennäkoski's piece was rather insubstantial: no particular message that I could detect aside from lots of sound exploration.

Bates work was performed without any pause, and at first listen, I couldn't tell at all where things should break.
It certainly was interesting. Very busy. Lots to listen to from both Trifonov and the symphony. Sooner or later a formal recording should appear ... or maybe an informal one? According to the [review page](https://www.masonbates.com/2022/01/18/piano-concerto-reviews/) at Bates' site, this was the 9th performance, and the premiere (or a proximate night) was streamed twice earlier this spring.

And after a pleasant break on the south side sun deck, it was time for a bit of the old rum-pum-pum and twiddle-dee-dee from Dvorák. First time that I can recall hearing this work in performance. Good stuff!

David Bratman posted an enthusiastic [review](https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/mason-bates-reaches-new-heights-sf-symphony) of the following night's performance at SFCV.

[Program Notes](https://sfsymphony.encoreplus.app/c/06-0205-trifonov-plays-bates/feed) or {{:2022:2022-06:20220602pn.pdf|program notes}}

Victoria Looseleaf posted a [promo/interview](https://www.sfcv.org/articles/artist-spotlight/ruth-reinhardt-takes-podium-sf-symphony) with Ruth Reinhardt about a week in advance of the gig. 

{{tag>music San_Francisco_Symphony Ruth_Reinhardt Daniil_Trifonov Davies_Symphony_Hall Sarah_Cahill}}

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