GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES

YUJA WANG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

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Artists

Yuja Wang

Piano

San Francisco Symphony

program

Tumblebird Contrails 
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Gabriella Smith
Nyx
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Piano Concerto No. 3

Sergei Rachmaninoff
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performances

Davies Symphony Hall

Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 7:30PM

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Davies Symphony Hall

Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 7:30PM

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PRESENTING SPONSOR OF
THE GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES

These concerts are generously sponsored by Nellie and Max Levchin and the Athena T. Blackburn Endowed Fund for Russian Music.

Event Description

Yuja Wang returns for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s epic Third Piano Concerto. Unfurling from a simple melody sung by the piano, the work grows in complexity and scope culminating in a torrent of bravura. Two contemporary pieces by composers with local connections complete the program: Bay Area native Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails is an ode to the rugged beauty of Point Reyes, and Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s tone poem Nyx depicts the mysterious figure from Greek mythology. 

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