Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony with Renée Fleming at Davies Hall, January 10, 2013

San Francisco Symphony
2013-01-10
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA
8:00 PM, Thursday, January 10, 2013

[8:00 PM go, lights down]

[ends 8:25 PM]

[8:27 PM go]

? 7 parts

[set ends 8:48 PM]

[9:11 PM go!]

• La Delaïssádo
• Malurous qu’o uno fenno
• Baïlèro
  [work ends 9:26 PM]
  
  [9:30 PM tunin']

• “De l'aube à midi sur la mer” - très lent - animez peu à peu “From dawn to midday on the sea” - very slow - animate little by little (B minor)
• “Jeux de vagues” - allegro (dans un rythme très souple) - animé “Play of the Waves” - allegro (with a very versatile rhythm) - animated (C sharp minor)
• “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” - animé et tumultueux - cédez très légérement “Dialogue between wind and waves” - animated and tumultuous - give up very slightly (C sharp minor)
  [show ends 9:59 PM]

• Michael Tilson Thomas: conductor;
• Renée Fleming: soprano vox;
• unidentified members of the San Francisco Symphony.

• Achille-Claude Debussy
• Robin Holloway
• Marie-Joseph Canteloube
• Jeux
• La Mer

Sigh, seated off to the side again.

As might be guessed by anyone familiar with the night's repertoire, the performance is lush, and while Stephen Smoliar takes Fleming to task over her delivery, I find her performance to be warm and engaging.

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