Music For A Modern Age - San Francisco Symphony at San Francisco Symphony

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony perform a thrilling musical program framed by dynamic dancers and illuminating imagery in a one of a kind multi-sensory experience.

Featuring the movers and shakers of the American contemporary classical music scene, this concert event is a must see spectacle.

Hear Antheil's A Jazz Symphony, an audacious work inspired by the spirit of jazz, Latin American music and French modernism, and be the first to witness the West Coast Premiere of MTT's own song cycle of Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind.

Behold the revolutionary originality of Charles Ives' From the Steeples and the Mountains, a masterwork in experimental acoustics that's both wildly powerful and poetically precise, along with fellow non-conformist Lou Harrison, who caused a stir when he fused classical orchestral sound with the exotic rhythms of the South Pacific....

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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony perform a thrilling musical program framed by dynamic dancers and illuminating imagery in a one of a kind multi-sensory experience.

Featuring the movers and shakers of the American contemporary classical music scene, this concert event is a must see spectacle.

Hear Antheil's A Jazz Symphony, an audacious work inspired by the spirit of jazz, Latin American music and French modernism, and be the first to witness the West Coast Premiere of MTT's own song cycle of Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind.

Behold the revolutionary originality of Charles Ives' From the Steeples and the Mountains, a masterwork in experimental acoustics that's both wildly powerful and poetically precise, along with fellow non-conformist Lou Harrison, who caused a stir when he fused classical orchestral sound with the exotic rhythms of the South Pacific.

Projection, choreographic, and scenic elements for "A Jazz Symphony" and "Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind" courtesy and property of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy. All rights reserved.

The Jun 25 concert benefits the Orchestra's pension fund.

Conductor/Performers

Michael Tilson Thomas
conductor

Measha Brueggergosman
mezzo-soprano

San Francisco Symphony
Mikaela Bennett
vocalist

Kara Dugan
vocalist

Nadya Tichman
violin

Kiva Dawson
dancer

Erin Moore
dancer

Peter Dugan
piano

Patricia Birch
director and choreographer (A Jazz Symphony)

James Darrah
director (Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind)

Adam Larsen
projection design

Clyde Scott
projection design

Luke Kritzeck
lighting design

Mark Grey
sound design

Program

Ives
From the Steeples and the Mountains

Ives
The Unanswered Question

Michael Tilson Thomas
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind (West Coast Premiere)

Harrison
Selections from Suite for Violin with American Gamelan

Antheil
A Jazz Symphony

Category: Live Music

Date and Time: Friday June 23, 2017 at 7:30pm to Sunday June 25, 2017 at 2:00pm

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