MTT and Emanuel Ax play Beethoven at Davies Symphony Hall, September 26, 2013

MTT and Emanuel Ax play Beethoven
2013-09-26
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA
8:00 PM, Thursday, September 26, 2013

[7:58 PM most of the orchestra onstage; 8:00 PM lights down, announcement, tuning]

1. [8:03 PM] Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Blumine (bouquet of flowers) (1884)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 8:11 PM; pause to reset the stage]

1. [8:19 PM; tuning]
   Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 (1803)
   SFS Program Notes
2. Allegro con brio
3. Largo
4. Rondo. Allegro
   [work ends 8:56 PM]

1. [8:58 PM] Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Des Abends (Evening) in D-flat Major, from Fantasiestücke, Opus 12. No. 1/8 (1837)
   [set ends 9:01 PM]

Short pieces by Copland, Debussy, Delius, Grieg and Rachmaninoff

[9:17 tuning, lights, MTT enters and strikes up the band]

1. [9:24 PM] Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Music from the Film Our Town (1940)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 9:35 PM]

1. [9:36 PM] Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Plus que lente (1910)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 9:42 PM]

1. [9:43 PM] Frederick Delius (1862-1934): On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 9:49 PM]

1. [9:49 PM] Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Valse Triste, Op. 44 (1903)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 9:55 PM]

1. [9:55 PM] Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): “Vocalise”, Op. 34, No. 14/14 (1912)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 10:00 PM]

1. [10:01 PM] Léo Delibes (1836-1891): Cortège de Bacchus, from Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane, Suite for Orchestra (1876)
   SFS Program Notes
   [work ends 10:m PM]

• Emanuel Ax: piano;
• Michael Tilson Thomas: conductor, music director.

• Mark Inouye: trumpet;
• ?: cimbalom (via electronic keyboard);
  Other symphony members vary by program, see the current list.

As is not unusual, Stephen Smoliar gives this show a somewhat acerbic review for the Examiner, but I found it to be an enjoyable evening, particularly because the program was more varied than usual.

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