San Francisco Symphony highlights German Composers and German Talents with upcoming Concerts
San Francisco Symphony has some amazing concerts coming up showcasing not only German composers Richard Strauss and Robert Schumann but also acclaimed German baritone Matthias Goerne, Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck and German violinist Veronica Eberle, “one of the most promising violin talents to emerge from Germany in recent years”. (wikipedia)
San Francisco Symphony invites our CaliforniaGermans members to enjoy these concerts with an exclusive discount of 25% . Tickets must be purchased following the links in this post.
Each concert features an informative talk that begins one hour prior to concerts. Free to ticketholders.
R. STRAUSS AND SCHUMANN WITH IGOR LEVIT
April 27-29, 2017 at 8:00 PM Davies Symphony Hall
Hailed as “one of the essential artists of his generation,” (The New York Times) Igor Levit performs Schumann’s exhilarating Piano Concerto. Then, envision breathtaking Roman ruins and sweeping rural landscapes in Richard Strauss’ first tone poem, Aus Italien, inspired by the young composer’s trip to Italy. Tickets are available here.
conductor: Fabio Luisi
piano: Igor Levit
On the program:
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Richard Strauss
Aus Italien
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SHOSTAKOVICH WITH MATTHIAS GOERNE AND TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH
May 25-27, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Davies Symphony Hall
Experience a powerful program of music that grapples with questions of life, death, and fate. Shostakovich’s Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti is brought to life by German baritone Matthias Goerne, praised for a voice that is dark and rich, filled with “red-hot dramatic intensity.” (Bachtrack) Then, Tchaikovsky’s soaring Fifth Symphony fills the hall with its massive orchestral texture and unforgettable melodies. Tickets are available here.
conductor: Manfred Honeck
baritone: Matthias Goerne
On the program:
Shostakovich
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
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MENDELSSOHN’S SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
May 17-21, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Davies Symphony Hall
Guest conductor Roberto Abbado leads Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Scottish. Characterized by vivid pictorial imagery, the music dances and sings the beauty of the stormy Scottish countryside. Plus, German violinist Veronika Eberle brings “introverted intensity and interpretive boldness” (The New York Times) to Schumann’s lyrical Violin Concerto. Tickets are available here.
On the program:
Busoni
Music from Turandot Suite
Schumann
Violin Concerto
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Even though associated with Christmas and winter time, many of the arias are songs we all heard and sang as little kids all year round. I certainly remember singing and dancing to “Bruederchen komm tanz mit mir, beide Haende reich’ ich Dir” or “Suse, liebe Suse, was raschelt im Stroh”. Do you? 