program
[San Francisco Symphony Premiere]
Piano Concerto No. 3
performances
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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.
