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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
Set One
[7:58 PM most of the orchestra onstage; 8:00 PM lights down, announcement, tuning]
Mahler: Blumine
- [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]
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
- [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 - Allegro con brio
- Largo
- Rondo. Allegro
[work ends 8:56 PM]
Encore (solo piano): Robert Schumann: “Des Abends”
- [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]
Set Two
Short pieces by Copland, Debussy, Delius, Grieg and Rachmaninoff
[9:17 tuning, lights, MTT enters and strikes up the band]
Copland: Music from the Film "Our Town"
- [9:24 PM] Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Music from the Film Our Town (1940)
SFS Program Notes
[work ends 9:35 PM]
Debussy: La Plus que lente
- [9:36 PM] Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Plus que lente (1910)
SFS Program Notes
[work ends 9:42 PM]
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
- [9:43 PM] Frederick Delius (1862-1934): On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)
SFS Program Notes
[work ends 9:49 PM]
Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44
- [9:49 PM] Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Valse Triste, Op. 44 (1903)
SFS Program Notes
[work ends 9:55 PM]
Rachmaninoff: "Vocalise", Op. 34
- [9:55 PM] Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): “Vocalise”, Op. 34, No. 14/14 (1912)
SFS Program Notes
[work ends 10:00 PM]
Delibes: Cortège de Bacchus, from Sylvia, Suite for Orchestra
- [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]
Performers
- Emanuel Ax: piano;
- Michael Tilson Thomas: conductor, music director.
Members of the San Francisco Symphony
- Mark Inouye: trumpet;
- ?: cimbalom (via electronic keyboard);
Other symphony members vary by program, see the current list.
Notes
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.
