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Lapses belie Berlin Philharmonic's sterling rep

Or at least, I wouldn't. Statistically speaking, you probably feel otherwise. The hall was packed on both Friday and Saturday nights to hear the orchestra, under Music Director Sir Simon Rattle, storm its way through Brahms, Schoenberg and a splash of ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Berlin Philharmonic,  Simon Rattle

CD: Sweelinck, Psalms and Motets

The vocal music of Dutch master Jan Sweelinck represents the last great flowering of the Northern Renaissance, but he's often overshadowed by his better-known predecessors. These sacred works - settings of the French Psalms along with such Latin texts ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Nov 2009

Music review: New Century Chamber Orchestra

Scored for 23 string players, this work is a major test for any instrumental ensemble. It has hints of orchestral writing - there are passages in which the musicians join forces to produce a big, stirring chordal texture - but for the most part it's a ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (musician),  William Bolcom

Review: Symphony's vibrant Brandenburg

Both results were in evidence in Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday night, when concertmaster Alexander Barantschik led his colleagues through an all-Bach program centered on three of the Brandenburg Concertos. The most powerful parts of the evening - ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tim Day

S.F. Opera's trick: Fiery flash leaves no ash

During Act 1 of Verdi's "Otello" at the San Francisco Opera, a mob gathers to exult in Otello's victory over the Turkish fleet. In the course of the celebration, a woman with a torch ignites two small bonfires - and then a full-size effigy of a Turkish ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2009

Review: Joyce DiDonato's sublime gift of song

Yet I doubt that even her biggest local fans - and yes, I am one - could have foreseen the vigor, the subtlety or the sheer vocal splendor that DiDonato brought to her Monday night recital in Herbst Theater. Appearing under the aegis of San Francisco ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Harold Arlen

Make it a cool, cultural yule

Article:Make it a cool, cultural yule:/c/a/2009/11/13/PKSN1AGJOJ.DTL Article:Make it a cool, cultural yule:/c/a/2009/11/13/PKSN1AGJOJ.DTL Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Few things bring out the cyclic patterns ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ford Motor Company,  Barack Obama,  White House

CD: Brahms Symphonies

Classical For an inviting foretaste of this week's two-night Davies Symphony Hall visit by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, you could hardly do better than their new box set featuring live recordings of the four Brahms symphonies. (These ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Simon Rattle,  Berlin Philharmonic

Strike up the seasonal sounds

Article:Strike up the seasonal sounds:/c/a/2009/11/13/PKSN1AGJP5.DTL Article:Strike up the seasonal sounds:/c/a/2009/11/13/PKSN1AGJP5.DTL Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index San Francisco Symphony: Ragnar Bohlin, who ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ian Howell,  Ford Motor Company,  Barack Obama,  White House

Music review: Bychkov with S.F. Symphony

The extramusical developments emerged at the beginning of Thursday's exciting matinee concert in Davies Symphony Hall, when Operations Director Andrew Dubowski took the stage to announce that Gautier Capuçon - the dynamic young French cellist scheduled ...

From JOSHUA KOSMAN, San Francisco Chronicle,  14 Nov 2009

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