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Category: San Francisco Symphony

  • Concerto No. 20 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 466

    * Notes * Radu Lupu played Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 last weekend with the San Francisco Symphony. Lupu certainly was comfortable with the material. He was heavy on the pedal in the Romance. The slower bits were most unclear and slightly mushy. Lawrence Foster conducted, and for the most part it was fine. However…

  • Große Messe No. 17 in C minor K427

    * Notes * Ingo Metzmacher conducted Stravinsky's Orpheus and Mozart's C minor Mass last weekend at San Francisco Symphony. The former is ballet music, I had no ear for it, I found it rather dull, though it had some pretty moments in the harp part. Perhaps it would make more sense in the context of…