Witness the coming together of extraordinary artists. MTT leads the Orchestra in the World premiere of a new work by one of America's most celebrated and oft-performed living composers, John Adams.
Then, fiery Daniil Trifonov tackles a concerto by a pianist widely considered to be among the greatest of all time: Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was almost 100 years ago that Rachmaninoff took a seat in New York's Aeolian Hall for the premiere of a new kind of music, one that blended jazz and classical idioms. That piece was George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Two years later, Rachmaninoff answered with his athletic Fourth Piano Concerto, a blend of American jazz, Russian folksong, Orthodox chant, and tonal Modernism.
Rounding out the evening with a classic, MTT conducts Robert Schumann's five-movement Symphony No. 3, an optimistic and buoyant vision of the Rhine.
Conductor/Performers
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
Daniil Trifonov
Piano
San Francisco Symphony
Program
John Adams
I Still Dance (Co-commission by SFS & Carnegie Hall, World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann
Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
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Then, fiery Daniil Trifonov tackles a concerto by a pianist widely considered to be among the greatest of all time: Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was almost 100 years ago that Rachmaninoff took a seat in New York's Aeolian Hall for the premiere of a new kind of music, one that blended jazz and classical idioms. That piece was George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Two years later, Rachmaninoff answered with his athletic Fourth Piano Concerto, a blend of American jazz, Russian folksong, Orthodox chant, and tonal Modernism.
Rounding out the evening with a classic, MTT conducts Robert Schumann's five-movement Symphony No. 3, an optimistic and buoyant vision of the Rhine.
Conductor/Performers
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
Daniil Trifonov
Piano
San Francisco Symphony
Program
John Adams
I Still Dance (Co-commission by SFS & Carnegie Hall, World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann
Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Witness the coming together of extraordinary artists. MTT leads the Orchestra in the World premiere of a new work by one of America's most celebrated and oft-performed living composers, John Adams.
Then, fiery Daniil Trifonov tackles a concerto by a pianist widely considered to be among the greatest of all time: Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was almost 100 years ago that Rachmaninoff took a seat in New York's Aeolian Hall for the premiere of a new kind of music, one that blended jazz and classical idioms. That piece was George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Two years later, Rachmaninoff answered with his athletic Fourth Piano Concerto, a blend of American jazz, Russian folksong, Orthodox chant, and tonal Modernism.
Rounding out the evening with a classic, MTT conducts Robert Schumann's five-movement Symphony No. 3, an optimistic and buoyant vision of the Rhine.
Conductor/Performers
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
Daniil Trifonov
Piano
San Francisco Symphony
Program
John Adams
I Still Dance (Co-commission by SFS & Carnegie Hall, World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann
Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
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Then, fiery Daniil Trifonov tackles a concerto by a pianist widely considered to be among the greatest of all time: Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was almost 100 years ago that Rachmaninoff took a seat in New York's Aeolian Hall for the premiere of a new kind of music, one that blended jazz and classical idioms. That piece was George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Two years later, Rachmaninoff answered with his athletic Fourth Piano Concerto, a blend of American jazz, Russian folksong, Orthodox chant, and tonal Modernism.
Rounding out the evening with a classic, MTT conducts Robert Schumann's five-movement Symphony No. 3, an optimistic and buoyant vision of the Rhine.
Conductor/Performers
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
Daniil Trifonov
Piano
San Francisco Symphony
Program
John Adams
I Still Dance (Co-commission by SFS & Carnegie Hall, World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann
Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
show less
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