Compare and Contrast 4

Or, what a good agent can get you.

San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala:

• Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man


• Crawford Seeger, Andante for Strings


• Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine


• Ravel, Shéhérazade


• Puccini, “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca), “O mio babbino caro” (Gianni Schicchi)


• Prokofiev, Scenes from Romeo and Juliet

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Renée Fleming, soprano


Los Angeles Philharmonic Opening Night Gala:

• Berlioz, "Love Scene" from Romeo and Juliet


• Ravel, Shéhérazade


• Boccherini/Berio, Ritirata notturna di Madrid


• Puccini, “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca), “O mio babbino caro” (Gianni Schicchi)


• Berlioz, "Ball Scene" from Romeo and Juliet

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Renée Fleming, soprano

True, not the same Romeo and Juliet.