Bach-inspired Mendelssohn in San Francisco

By Edward Sava-Segal, 19 February 2019

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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

Lois Silverstein, 6th October

Sayaka Shoji and Salonen remain in close dialogue in a riveting performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto.

****1

Finnish footprints in San Francisco: Salonen conducts Sibelius

Lois Silverstein, 14th March

As the news breaks that Esa-Pekka Salonen will be leaving at the end of his San Francisco Symphony tenure, he conducts the music of his fellow Finn, Jean Sibelius.

****1

Hail and farewell: MTT’s last Mahler in San Francisco

Cameron Kelsall, 25th January

After 50 years of performances with the San Francisco Symphony, including a quarter-century tenure as Music Director, Michael Tilson Thomas chooses Mahler’s Fifth Symphony for his final subscription concert.

****1

MTT offers familiar and unfamiliar Stravinsky in San Francisco

Edward Sava-Segal, 29th September

In a program including both modernist and neoclassical works, Michael Tilson Thomas and the SFO emphasized the common traits characterizing Stravinsky's entire ouevre.

****1

A phenomenally multi-layered Mahler 3 in San Francisco

Theodora Serbanescu-Martin, 29th June

Michael Tilson Thomas, Sasha Cooke, and choristers from the Pacific Boychoir and San Francisco Chorus come together in a phenomenal performance of Mahler's all-encompassing Third Symphony.

*****

Finnish music matters

Hilary Stroh, 26th October

Vanska celebrates Finland's musical heritage with the San Francisco Symphony

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

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