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The world premiere of Nico Muhly’s new Baroque-inspired Piano Concerto is surrounded by three other unmissable & underrated works of time-hopping, genre-swapping proto-postmodernism: the cerebral mischief of Paul Hindemith’s raucous 'Ragtime', based on a theme by J.S. Bach; Edward Elgar’s inventive transcription of Bach’s Fantasia & Fugue in C minor; & Hindemith’s Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'. The last takes a 16th-century artist’s struggles against repression as the basis for a majestic symphonic triptych.-------
ARTISTS:
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano
San Francisco Symphony
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PROGRAM:
'Ragtime' (Well-Tempered)
Paul Hindemith
Piano Concerto [SF Symphony Commission and World Premiere]
Nico Muhly
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Edward Elgar)
Symphony, 'Mathis the Painter'
Paul Hindemith
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CONCERT EXTRAS:
Friday, September 27 & Saturday, September 28 from 6:30pm–7:00pm: A preconcert talk with composer Nico Muhly, moderated by Benjamin Pesetsky, will be presented from the stage. Free to all ticketholders.
Alexandre Tharaud’s appearance is generously supported by the Shenson Young Artist Debut Fund.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
San Francisco Symphony, 233 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States,San Francisco, California
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