The performance captured cornerstones of the David Byrne experience: confusion and childlike wonder.
The student musicians are excited to perform dances from West Side Story.
Her SF Performances recital was powerful, playful, virtuosic, and dramatic.
Running July 4-19, the summer season features premieres by Jake Heggie and John Corigliano, plus performances by Renée Fleming and Wynton Marsalis.
The conductor distilled The Ring of the Nibelung at the SF Symphony, and Gautier Capuçon played Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto.
Guest conductor Robert Spano led the orchestra in a concert featuring composers who have lived in the state.