With music directors splitting time across continents, the orchestra invents the role for the 30-year-old pianist-conductor.
A fatigued Herbert Blomstedt nearly came to grief during a performance of Mahler's massive Symphony No. 9 with the SF Symphony.
Led by Kedrick Armstrong, the orchestra performed Dett’s 1932 oratorio The Ordering of Moses — it deserves to be played more often.
The composer’s thorny Selah received a stunning performance, but Tchaikovsky’s Mozartiana brought delight.
