KARINA CANELLAKIS & ALISA WEILERSTEIN

Conductor Karina Canellakis leads the SF Symphony and cellist Alisa Weilerstein in a concert featuring Richard Strauss' stunning Don Quixote for solo cello and orchestra. One moment brilliant and triumphant, the next farcical, sometimes sad, the music paints a nuanced portrait of Cervantes' complicated and compelling title character. The program also features Lili Boulanger's D'un soir triste, a brooding work she wrote shortly before her death at age 24, and Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra, brimming with folk-inspired melodies and sweeping musical gestures.

CONDUCTORS & PERFORMERS

Karina Canellakis CONDUCTOR
Alisa Weilerstein CELLO
San Francisco Symphony

PROGRAM

Don Quixote - Richard Strauss
D'un soir triste [San Francisco Symphony Premiere] - Lili Boulanger
Concerto for Orchestra - Witold Lutoslawski