SF Symphony Chorus are the shining stars of this “Resurrection”

By Donna Stoering, 30 June 2016

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Reviewed at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco on 29 June 2016

Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"

San Francisco Symphony

Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor

Karina Gauvin, Soprano

Kelley O'Connor, Mezzo-soprano

San Francisco Symphony Chorus

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

Bach-inspired Mendelssohn in San Francisco

Edward Sava-Segal, 17th February

An exquisite rendition of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang makes one wonder why the work is not part of the regular repertoire.

****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.

*****

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Donna Stoering

Donna is a lifelong musician who has served as an Artistic Ambassador for both the UK and USA to countries worldwide. An award-winning recording artist, concert pianist, educator, composer and social entrepreneur, she is also a frequent commentator and contributor to international journals and television programs about music. A former Marshall Scholar and Artist in Residence at Oxford, she has taught master-classes on performance, pedagogy or arts management at most major music conservatories worldwide. Founder/Artistic Director of a global music organization (listenforlife.org), Donna continues to teach and perform worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, and recital partner with opera stars of the Met, Bolshoi, Royal Opera and La Scala.

Mahler and the SF Symphony Chorus are the shining stars of this “Resurrection”