program
Entr’acte
(San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
Violin Concerto
(San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
Symphonic Dances
performances
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Sponsorship
Thursday matinee concerts are endowed by a gift in memory of Rhoda Goldman.
Juraj Valčuha’s appearance is supported by the Louise M. Davies Guest Conductors Fund.
Event Description
Born and raised in Iran, composer Behzad Ranjbaran has always been mesmerized by the sounds of the kamancheh, an ancestor of the Western violin. Dedicated to megastar Joshua Bell, who performs its San Francisco Symphony premiere, Ranjbaran’s Violin Concerto plays with east and west, with Persian music and tonalities wafting in and out. Esteemed Slovak conductor Juraj Valčuha and the Orchestra open the program with Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s haunting Entr’acte, inspired by Haydn’s string quartets. Then, Rachmaninoff’s beloved Symphonic Dances—the composer’s final manuscript, where we hear him taking leave of his craft with a hymn of thanks and praise.
