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Bach-inspired Mendelssohn from Sir András Schiff and the San Francisco Symphony

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Reviewed at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco on 17 February 2019
Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 4 in A major, BWV1055
Bach, Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV1068
Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 7 in G minor, BWV1058
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), Op.52
Jennifer Mitchell, Soprano
Margeret Lisi, Mezzo-soprano
Michael Jankosky, Tenor
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony
Sir András Schiff, Piano, Conductor
Ragnar Bohlin, Choirmaster / chorus director
Full symphonic grandeur from Salonen and the SF Symphony
****1
Finnish footprints in San Francisco: Salonen conducts Sibelius
****1
Hail and farewell: MTT’s last Mahler in San Francisco
****1
MTT offers familiar and unfamiliar Stravinsky in San Francisco
****1
A phenomenally multi-layered Mahler 3 in San Francisco
*****
Finnish music matters
***11
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