San Francisco Symphony presents From Mozart to Monk, a solo piano concert featuring Chick Corea
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Sunday, November 10, 2019

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[7:38 PM; lights down; CC talks a bit about his history playing in SF and his first composer pairing: Mozart & Gershwin]

1. [7:44 PM] (unidentified Mozart piece) »
2. [7:48 PM] Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
   [7:55 PM; CC talks about how studying a score is like conversing with the composer]
3. [7:57 PM] Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915): Prelude in E minor, Op. 11, No. 4 (1888), mvt I: Lento
4. [8:03 PM] Waltz for Debby (Bill Evans)
   [8:11 PM; CC talks about Scarlatti & Jobim]
5. [8:14 PM] (CC improvisational prelude for Scarlatti) »
6. [8:16 PM] (unidentified piece by Domenico Scarlatti) »
7. [8:21 PM] Desafinado (Jobim)
   [set ends 8:27 PM; CC tells us it's time for break!]

[8:51 PM; lights down; more stories from Chick, who dedicates the first tune to the memory of Paco de Lucia]

1. [8:53 PM] The Yellow Nimbus
   [9:03 PM; CC explains that it's time to play the game of musical portraits; asks for volunteers from the audience]
2. [9:05 PM] Portrait of Carol
   [9:08 PM; pause to recruit another volunteer: Adrian the painter]
3. [9:08 PM] Portrait of Adrian
   [9:11 PM; CC announces the next game: 4 hands improv! Volunteers?]
4. [9:11 PM] (duet with Chad)
   [9:16 PM; pause to recruit another volunteer … has to be a female …]
5. [9:17 PM] (duet with Kim)
   [9:20 PM; Chick says that next he's going to play a number of his Children's Songs]
6. [9:22 PM] Children's Song No. 1
7. [9:24 PM] Children's Song No. 3
8. [9:25 PM] Children's Song No. 4
9. [9:29 PM] Children's Song No. 6
10. [9:32 PM] Children's Song No. 9
11. [9:34 PM] Children's Song No. 10
12. [9:38 PM] Children's Song No. 12
    [set ends 9:46 PM; Chick takes a bunch of iphone shots of the crowd; heads offstage while we hoot & holler for more]
    
    Encore
    [9:47 PM; Chick talks awhile about how his tune Spain evolved from Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez]
13. [9:50 PM] Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo) »
14. [9:55 PM] Spain (Corea)
    [show ends 10:00 PM; CC off like a rocket!]

• Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea: piano.

Yowza!

Chick's only solo performance of the year, tonight was one of those great shows that's hard to really classify. Presented without amplification of the piano, I'm really glad that I had a seat up close in the second row – all the better to focus on the magic-making in front of me! The pairing of classical and jazz/popular pieces in the first half was really cool … even if Monk didn't make it onto the list (awww, I feel cheated!). And the playfulness of the second half was something really rare … I don't recall ever seeing something like that at a show before. Did it work? Well yeah, well enough! Hopefully the show was a big enough success that they'll bring him back next year for a reprise gig!

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