Thomas Wilkins leads the SF Symphony in a program full of the rhythms, blues, and swagger of jazz. Leonard Bernstein's Three Dances from On the Town and Duke Ellington's Harlem paint the sights and sounds of New York City. Grammy award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis joins for Erwin Schulhoff's Hot-Sonate--a 1930 work banned by the Nazis and then long forgotten--followed by John Williams' effortlessly cool Escapades from the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can.
ARTISTS
Thomas Wilkins
CONDUCTOR
Branford Marsalis
SAXOPHONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Leonard Bernstein
Hot-Sonate
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Erwin Schulhoff
Escapades
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
John Williams
Harlem
Duke Ellington
show less
ARTISTS
Thomas Wilkins
CONDUCTOR
Branford Marsalis
SAXOPHONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Leonard Bernstein
Hot-Sonate
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Erwin Schulhoff
Escapades
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
John Williams
Harlem
Duke Ellington
Thomas Wilkins leads the SF Symphony in a program full of the rhythms, blues, and swagger of jazz. Leonard Bernstein's Three Dances from On the Town and Duke Ellington's Harlem paint the sights and sounds of New York City. Grammy award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis joins for Erwin Schulhoff's Hot-Sonate--a 1930 work banned by the Nazis and then long forgotten--followed by John Williams' effortlessly cool Escapades from the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can.
ARTISTS
Thomas Wilkins
CONDUCTOR
Branford Marsalis
SAXOPHONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Leonard Bernstein
Hot-Sonate
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Erwin Schulhoff
Escapades
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
John Williams
Harlem
Duke Ellington
read more
ARTISTS
Thomas Wilkins
CONDUCTOR
Branford Marsalis
SAXOPHONE
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Leonard Bernstein
Hot-Sonate
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Erwin Schulhoff
Escapades
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
John Williams
Harlem
Duke Ellington
show less
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201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
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