San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, September 19, 2019

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony, with special guest Daniil Trifonov
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
2:00 PM, Thursday, September 19, 2019

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

Program Notes

1. [2:04 PM] John Coolidge Adams (b.1947): I Still Dance (2019, World Premiere, co-commission by SFS & Carnegie Hall)
   [work ends 2:11 PM; Adams out to bow]
   [2:12 PM; brief pause while the stagehands set up the piano for part two]

[2:19 PM the piano is up!]
[2:21 PM SFS tuning; then MTT & DT out for part two]

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, (1926) Opus 40

Program Notes

1. [2:22 PM] Allegro vivace
2. [2:33 PM] Largo
3. [2:40 PM] Allegro vivace
   [work ends 2:49 PM; applause for DT, MTT & SFS; DT back for an unidentified miniature]
   
   Encore
4. [2:51 PM] Aleksandr Scriabin (1872–1915): Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 3 (1903)
   [set ends 2:52 PM; all off for break]

[3:13 PM lights down, band out, tuning]
[3:14 PM MTT out]

Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Opus 97, Rhenish

Program Notes

1. [3:14 PM] Lebhaft
2. [3:25 PM] Scherzo: Sehr mäßig (in C major)
3. [3:33 PM] Nicht schnell (in A♭ major)
4. [3:40 PM] Feierlich (in E♭ major)
5. [3:45 PM] Lebhaft
   [set ends 3:52 PM; all off after a minute or so for applause]

• San Francisco Symphony members vary by program;
  see the current list.
• Michael Tilson Thomas: conductor, music director;
• Daniil Trifonov: piano.

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Jeff Kaliss posted a nice promo article for SFCV.

Georgia Rowe posted a promo article with the Mercury News.

James Ambroff-Tahan posted a review in the SF Examiner.

Joshua Kosman posted a review of the show in the SF Chronicle Datebook.

Today's photo gallery comes from ol' squinty!

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