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Benjamin Beilman leads the New Century Chamber Orchestra with JungHae Kim
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, November 11, 2017
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[8:02 PM lights down, performers out, welcoming comments from BB]
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704): Battaglia à 10, for 3 violins, 4 violas, 2 violone, and continuo, C.61 (1673)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971): Concerto in D, AKA Basle Concerto (1946)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 (1718)
[9:06 PM lights down, performers out]
Andrew Norman (b.1979): _Gran Turissmo_, for violin octet (2004), performed by Beilman, Harms, Stone, Sor, Mayforth, Guirao, Yokas & Atladottir
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, (1810) arranged for string ensemble by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
First set was pretty darn good. The Biber work was quite novel, with the third movement exhibiting astonishing dissonance for a work from that time period. Made the Stravinsky piece seem kind of staid! And then closing with Bach was great. More Bach! Beilman seems well qualified to lead the band, despite his tender age. I'd certainly go see him again, especially in a small group setting or recital.
It was a little surprising to me that the show ended without an encore, but given the sparse audience and the tepid response to the Beethoven (plenty of polite applause, but no hooting or hollering), I guess we got what we deserved!
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