Michael Tilson Thomas conducts John Cage’s avant-garde ballet, The Seasons, March 23–26 with visualization conceived by MTT with projections designed by video artist Clyde Scott and lighting design by Luke Kritzeck.
A provocative canvas of color palettes designed to bring viewers into a deeper realm of imagery associated with each season, the projections and lighting were created for an earlier performance at the New World Symphony in 2016 and have since been further developed and re-worked for these performances. The concerts also feature Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra. SFS Principal Tuba Jeffrey Anderson is featured in the U.S. premiere of concertante for tuba and orchestra, Europa and the Bull by Robin Holloway on March 23 and 24.
A SFS co-commission with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Europa and the Bull is inspired by the tale and paintings of Jupiter’s pursuit of beautiful nymph Europa as he woos her in the form of a bull, portrayed by the tuba. The work received its world premiere in Liverpool in October 2015. Violinist Nicola Benedettireturns on March 25 and 26 to perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1.
The month of March concludes March 30–April 2 with MTT conducting a program of two of Mahler’s Adagio from Symphony No. 10 and Symphony No. 1. MTT’s Mahler recordings with the San Francisco Symphony have garnered seven Grammy awards.
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