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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Robin Ticciati at San Francisco Symphony

Photo of Davies Symphony Hall, a two-story building on a street corner. The corner facade of the building is curved. Above the ground floor are two glass-walled floors. Those floors are lit up. The sky beyond is blue.

Davies Symphony Hall
Photo by Lisa Hirsch

Quite a difference of opinion between myself and Joshua Kosman as to last week's SFS program of Jörg Widmann's (first) violin concerto and Mahler's fourth symphony:
A couple of comments:
  • Joshua Kosman knows the Widmann better than I do, although my preparation did include listening to the Tetzlaff recordings a couple of times with the score.
  • My companion and I were both mesmerized by the piece, which came across well.
  • I heard a couple of very bad Mahler performances last year (Dudamel, Shani) and heard nothing like that in Ticciati's Mahler. 

 

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2 comments:

  1. MatthewJanuary 24, 2023 at 7:37:00 PM PST

    I have to agree with Kosman here. I found Ticciati's tempos were all over the place in the Mahler. More importantly, Ying Fang was absolutely stunning as the soprano soloist.

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  2. Lisa HirschJanuary 24, 2023 at 7:40:00 PM PST

    Yes, she was. Most beautiful soprano voice that I've heard in a long time.

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