Organization

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Animator

Hillary Leben

Singer

James McVinnie

Organ

Soprano

Lauren Snouffer

La Fiancée

Mezzo-soprano

Kayleigh Decker

La Mère

Tenor

Paul Appleby

Le Fiancé

Baritone

David Soar

Le Père

Others

San Francisco Symphony Chorus

Orchestra

San Francisco Symphony

California Festival: From the Edge

San Francisco

United States

Davies Symphony Hall

California Festival: From the Edge: Octet for wind instruments Stravinsky (+2 More)

Public

Octet for wind instruments

Breathing Forests

The Wedding

Approved

Rising young composer Gabriella Smith conjure the spaces and sounds of California, responding to landscapes both urban and rural, geographical and metaphysical. Igor Stravinsky depicts a festive, folk-inflected Slavic wedding in his ballet Les Noces, augmented by Steven Stucky’s orchestration and artist Hillary Leben's vivid new animated shorts. Stravinsky’s Octet for Winds and Brass, a uniquely scored neoclassical work, was inspired by a late-night dream.
 

This concert is part of the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music

Enrich Your Experience

    Hear from composer Gabriella Smith in a preconcert discussion before Friday’s performance.
    Learn how sounds become pictures in a preconcert discussion with artist Hillary Leben before Saturday’s performance.
    Head to the lobby bar to sip your way through the West Coast with beer and wine from California.

English

California Festival: From the Edge by Stravinsky, Smith, Gabriella, From (2023/2023), Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, United States

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