CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL: TO THE EDGE

In Kínema Esa-Pekka Salonen's lyrical imagination takes flight via five cinematic scenes for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra. Emerging Black Composers Project winner Jens Ibsen grew up in the Bay Area, where he soaked up samba, soul, R&B, and progressive metal along with the music of Ghana and the African diaspora--all influences you might detect in Drowned in Light, a world premiere. Igor Stravinsky's turbulent Symphony in Three Movements, which he called his "war symphony," reflects the rampant destruction in Europe and Asia.

ARTISTS

Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR

Carey Bell
CLARINET

San Francisco Symphony


PROGRAM

Kínema
[First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Drowned in Light
[San Francisco Symphony Commission and World Premiere]
Jens Ibsen

Symphony in Three Movements
Igor Stravinsky