Alexander Scriabin's symphonic poem Prometheus, The Poem of Fire celebrates synesthesia and cosmic unity. Devised by San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Cartier in-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent, the San Francisco Symphony and Cartier present a multisensory production of Prometheus. This collaborative world premiere combines dynamic musical and light performance with olfactory curation, subsuming audiences in Scriabin's creative vision more than a century after the piece of total art was composed.
Learn more about the Symphony's collaboration with Cartier.
Prometheus is paired with Béla Bartók's bloodthirsty fairy tale Duke Bluebeard's Castle, in which the composer reimagines Bluebeard as a tragic, yet appealing loner. Bartók's music is pure Hungarian: all tangy modal harmonies and skipping, stomping, folk-flavored rhythms.
ARTISTS
Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
PIANO
Mathilde Laurent
PERFUMER
Michelle DeYoung
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Gerald Finley
BARITONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
Alexander Scriabin
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Béla Bartók
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Learn more about the Symphony's collaboration with Cartier.
Prometheus is paired with Béla Bartók's bloodthirsty fairy tale Duke Bluebeard's Castle, in which the composer reimagines Bluebeard as a tragic, yet appealing loner. Bartók's music is pure Hungarian: all tangy modal harmonies and skipping, stomping, folk-flavored rhythms.
ARTISTS
Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
PIANO
Mathilde Laurent
PERFUMER
Michelle DeYoung
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Gerald Finley
BARITONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
Alexander Scriabin
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Béla Bartók
Alexander Scriabin's symphonic poem Prometheus, The Poem of Fire celebrates synesthesia and cosmic unity. Devised by San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Cartier in-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent, the San Francisco Symphony and Cartier present a multisensory production of Prometheus. This collaborative world premiere combines dynamic musical and light performance with olfactory curation, subsuming audiences in Scriabin's creative vision more than a century after the piece of total art was composed.
Learn more about the Symphony's collaboration with Cartier.
Prometheus is paired with Béla Bartók's bloodthirsty fairy tale Duke Bluebeard's Castle, in which the composer reimagines Bluebeard as a tragic, yet appealing loner. Bartók's music is pure Hungarian: all tangy modal harmonies and skipping, stomping, folk-flavored rhythms.
ARTISTS
Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
PIANO
Mathilde Laurent
PERFUMER
Michelle DeYoung
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Gerald Finley
BARITONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
Alexander Scriabin
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Béla Bartók
read more
Learn more about the Symphony's collaboration with Cartier.
Prometheus is paired with Béla Bartók's bloodthirsty fairy tale Duke Bluebeard's Castle, in which the composer reimagines Bluebeard as a tragic, yet appealing loner. Bartók's music is pure Hungarian: all tangy modal harmonies and skipping, stomping, folk-flavored rhythms.
ARTISTS
Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
PIANO
Mathilde Laurent
PERFUMER
Michelle DeYoung
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Gerald Finley
BARITONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
Alexander Scriabin
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Béla Bartók
show less
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