Elim Chan
Photo courtesy of San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony has, very unusually, added a program to a blank spot in June, between James Gaffigan's one-night-only special event and Tianyi Lu making her orchestra series debut. I wonder what it could mean.
Elim Chan, who has been excellent in her previous appearances, leads this juicy, if solidly 19th-early 20th c., program:
Friday, June 5, 2026, at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 7:30pm
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Overture to
HECTOR BERLIOZ Les nuits d’été
RICHARD WAGNER Prelude and Lie
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La mer
Tickets: $29–89
Well that IS interesting. Elim Chan is on my short list for MD and would be quite a coup for SFS. Perhaps a rare good move by the current board? It has frequently been reported she's being courted by several top orchestras.
ReplyDeleteI've heard the same. I should use the headline for concerts by other potential SFS candidates. She is on my own short list.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know! Another chance to hear Sasha Cooke is always welcome. I think this was her first song cycle with the SFS after doing Iolanthe. I recall MTT kneeling and kissing her gown during the bows, it was so good.
ReplyDeleteI can't recall, myself, but that sounds entirely possible! If only SFS had a public performance database.
ReplyDeleteI'm busy digitizing all my concert programs so I can search them on my Mac - and recycle most of the paper - but I haven't gotten to the SFS programs yet.
ReplyDeleteI wish someone would donate enough money to put a front end on the existing performance database.
ReplyDeletePublic front end, that is.
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