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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Holy New Music Director, Batman!


Esa-Pekka Salonen
Photo: Minna Hatinen, courtesy of San Francisco Symphony


Esa-Pekka Salonen and SFS released E-PS's first season as music director, and hoo boy, it is something. Briefly, after a five-minute look at the press release and season calendar:

  • Lots of new music and old music new to SFS
  • Multiple opera performances, including Elektra (Goerke, Magee, other good folks!) and Bluebeard's Castle 
  • Themes!
  • New guest conductors
  • New guest soloists
  • Composers I spotted: Adès, Ginastera, Chavez, Salonen, Price, lots of others
  • MTT: four weeks, mostly old favs, but including the Missa Solemnis
  • Blomstedt: two weeks
More later, and if you want to check all of this out yourself, you can read the calendar and press releases at SFS.
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2 comments:

  1. JSCFebruary 26, 2020 at 2:11:00 PM PST

    Such an exciting season! I've renewed my subscription and will sit down and figure out my exchanges, add-ons, and two freebies soon.

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  2. Lisa HirschFebruary 26, 2020 at 2:23:00 PM PST

    IT IS!! I am really thrilled.

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