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Category Archives: Music
Coming Up: Missa solemnis, Take 2
My final subscription concerts of the season with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are happening this weekend. Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct us in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. It has been such a joy to come back to this piece and be able to take it to the next level. Continue reading
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A Musical April – Beethoven, Handel, Musikmesse
April is turning into a very musical month. First, a marvelous San Francisco Symphony program of Handel and Mozart. On Tuesday, the release of the first recording I’ve made with the Chorus: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The next day, Musikmesse begins in Frankfurt. Continue reading
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Coming Up: Dutoit Conducts Poulenc and Berlioz
We have a great program coming up with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus! Maestro Charles Dutoit will be conducting two wonderful French choral works: Poulenc’s Stabat Mater and Berlioz’s Te Deum. Continue reading
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Peter Sellars’ Ritualization of the St. Matthew Passion
This is an absolutely stunning, deeply profound performance. If you are a fan of Bach, or of Peter Sellars work, you simply must see and hear this. Continue reading
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Bruce Springsteen in Oakland
Thirty-four years ago, I went to see my first Bruce Springsteen show. That date remains the best rock concert I’ve even been to. But wow, Bruce’s concert last night in Oakland sure comes close. Continue reading
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A Chorister’s Preview of SFS Season 101
I’m looking forward to our first San Francisco Symphony Chorus rehearsal on Tuesday with our director Ragnar Bohlin. The Symphony’s 101st season offers a different set of delights for the singers from last year’s landmark centennial season. Continue reading
The End of the Centennial Season
Saturday night was the last concert of the amazing San Francisco Symphony centennial season. This program was a great one for the chorus: Ligeti’s a cappella Lux aeterna, Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw, and Beethoven’s Ninth. Continue reading
California Bach Society – Handel Anthems
I’ve been meaning to check out one of the California Bach Society’s concerts ever since hearing about the great work that Paul Flight was doing with the group. Tonight we heard a delightful program of Handel Anthems. Continue reading