Sight and sound converge in Pictures at an Exhibition as Modest Mussorgsky translates the canvases of his late friend Victor Hartmann into music. Now a twist: Bay Area artists Liz Hernández and Fernando Escartiz unveil newly commissioned artwork in response to each of Mussorgsky's musical pictures. Over more than seven prolific decades, Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas has developed her own distinctive style: lyrical and cerebral, tender and fierce. Her Latest receives its U.S. premiere in these concerts. Meanwhile Augustin Hadelich brings his eloquent artistry to Antonín Dvorák's rousing and rhapsodic Violin Concerto.
ARTISTS
Ludovic Morlot
CONDUCTOR
Augustin Hadelich
VIOLIN
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Latest
[San Francisco Symphony Commission and U.S. Premiere]
Betsy Jolas
Violin Concerto
Antonín Dvorák
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
show less
ARTISTS
Ludovic Morlot
CONDUCTOR
Augustin Hadelich
VIOLIN
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Latest
[San Francisco Symphony Commission and U.S. Premiere]
Betsy Jolas
Violin Concerto
Antonín Dvorák
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Sight and sound converge in Pictures at an Exhibition as Modest Mussorgsky translates the canvases of his late friend Victor Hartmann into music. Now a twist: Bay Area artists Liz Hernández and Fernando Escartiz unveil newly commissioned artwork in response to each of Mussorgsky's musical pictures. Over more than seven prolific decades, Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas has developed her own distinctive style: lyrical and cerebral, tender and fierce. Her Latest receives its U.S. premiere in these concerts. Meanwhile Augustin Hadelich brings his eloquent artistry to Antonín Dvorák's rousing and rhapsodic Violin Concerto.
ARTISTS
Ludovic Morlot
CONDUCTOR
Augustin Hadelich
VIOLIN
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Latest
[San Francisco Symphony Commission and U.S. Premiere]
Betsy Jolas
Violin Concerto
Antonín Dvorák
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
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ARTISTS
Ludovic Morlot
CONDUCTOR
Augustin Hadelich
VIOLIN
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Latest
[San Francisco Symphony Commission and U.S. Premiere]
Betsy Jolas
Violin Concerto
Antonín Dvorák
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
show less
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