SALONEN CONDUCTS VERDI’S REQUIEM

Crude as a gut punch, tender as a kiss, Verdi's Requiem translates the medieval Latin mass for the dead into the vivid and visceral idiom of Italian opera, bringing divine scripture to the streets, and vice versa. Opening the program is a set of three choral works by Gordon Getty, a longtime friend of the Symphony and one of San Francisco's most celebrated composers.

ARTISTS

Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR

Leah Hawkins
SOPRANO

Karen Cargill
MEZZO-SOPRANO

Mario Chang
TENOR

Peixin Chen
BASS

San Francisco Symphony Chorus,Jenny Wong, director
San Francisco Symphony

PROGRAM

Intermezzo from Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Gordon Getty

Saint Christopher
Gordon Getty

The Old Man in the Snow
Gordon Getty

Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi


Illustration by Shout