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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