CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL: FROM THE EDGE

Rising young composer Gabriella Smith conjure the spaces and sounds of California, responding to landscapes both urban and rural, geographical and metaphysical. Igor Stravinsky depicts a festive, folk-inflected Slavic wedding in his ballet Les Noces, augmented by Steven Stucky's orchestration and artist Hillary Leben's vivid new animated shorts. Stravinsky's Octet for Winds and Brass, a uniquely scored neoclassical work, was inspired by a late-night dream.

ARTISTS

Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR

Lauren Snouffer
SOPRANO

Kayleigh Decker
MEZZO-SOPRANO

Paul Appleby
TENOR

David Soar
BASS

James McVinnie
ORGAN

Hillary Leben
ANIMATOR

San Francisco Symphony Chorus

San Francisco Symphony


PROGRAM

Octet for Winds and Brass
Igor Stravinsky

Breathing Forests
[First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Gabriella Smith

Les Noces
Igor Stravinsky (orch. Steven Stucky)