ESA-PEKKA SALONEN & JULIA BULLOCK

SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and classical singer Julia Bullock joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestra for a program that sings the American story in works by George Gershwin and Margaret Bonds. Reena Esmail's Black Iris takes its title from the eponymous Georgia O'Keeffe painting and grapples with the recent #metoo movement. The program closes with Maurice Ravel's ravishing Daphnis et Chloé, telling the story of two lovers and their wildly adventurous lives.


ARTISTS

Esa-Pekka Salonen - CONDUCTOR

Julia Bullock - SOPRANO

San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony


PROGRAM

Black Iris
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Reena Esmail

"Somebody from Somewhere"
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
George Gershwin

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Margaret Bonds

"Summertime"
George Gershwin

"Winter Moon"
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Margaret Bonds

"Soon"
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
George Gershwin

Daphnis et Chloé (complete)
Maurice Ravel