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San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, January 8, 2014

MTT conducts Beethoven and Bates featuring the San Francisco Symphony
2014-01-08
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA
8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Set One

[7:57 PM the musicians takes their places; 8:00 PM lights down, announcements, tuning]

Beethoven: Romances for Violin and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Romances for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Alexander Barantschik

  1. [8:03 PM] Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Op. 40 (1802)
    [8:09 PM pause for a moment]
  2. [8:10 PM] Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 (1798)
    [set ends 8:18 PM; pause ~5 min to reset the stage]

Mason Bates: the B-Sides

Mason Bates: the B-Sides for orchestra & electronica (2009), dedicated to MTT

  1. [8:25 PM] Broom of the System
  2. [8:30 PM] Aerosol Melody (Hanalei)
  3. [8:34 PM] Gemini in the Solar Wind »
  4. [8:00 PM] Temescal Noir »
  5. [8:00 PM] Warehouse Medicine
    [set ends 8:48 PM]

Set Two

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 in A

[9:09 PM noodling; 9:10 PM lights down]

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 in A major (1812)

  1. [9:11 PM] Poco sostenuto – Vivace
  2. [9:26 PM] Allegretto
  3. [9:34 PM] Presto – Assai meno presto (trio)
  4. [9:43 PM] Allegro con brio
    [set ends 9:53 PM]

Performers

Notes

As is not that unusual, the Symphony made an unannounced switch in the program, swapping out Mason Bates' Alternative Energy for +the B-Sides_. While I understand they may have compelling reasons for the change, it's awful frustrating to advertise one thing when tickets go on sale and then deliver something entirely different!

Stephen Smoliar posted a promo article on the Examiner website,

Mason's program notes are posted on his website,

Joshua Kosman posted both a promo interview and a show review at SFGate.

I enjoyed the show, though I was mightily distracted with a cold – trying to suppress a cough the whole night makes for a poor listening experience! With the program subtitled as “The Power of Beethoven. The Energy of Today” it was pretty clear that MTT and SFS were trying to give Bates a bit of a marketing push. But aside from somehow implying this anoints Bates as the “new” Beethoven, I heard little in common between the two. Bates writing is quite modern, and while interesting, has minimal overlap with Beethoven's compositional style.

This program repeats daily through Saturday, January 11.

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