San Francisco SoundBox
with Yuja Wang, Nico Muhly & Esa-Pekka Salonen
A glimpse of the future
With their innovative »SoundBox« format, the San Francisco Symphony regularly transform their otherwise rather unglamourous rehearsal location into one of the city’s hottest concert venues. The orchestra invites the most creative minds in the contemporary scene to curate pioneering programmes with musical guests. After two performances in the Grand Hall, the orchestra’s members bring their Hamburg visit to a close by turning the Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall into a »SoundBox«, accompanied by their chief conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the star pianist Yuja Wang.
The creative mastermind behind the evening is the American composer and pianist Nico Muhly, who has been working closely with the orchestra for many years. Alongside his own music, the programme also includes some of the most exciting contemporary composers, including his two compatriots Caroline Shaw and Billy Childs, and one work by Salonen. These are juxtaposed with composers such as John Dowland and Johann Sebastian Bach in a perfect combination of tradition and the future.
Performers
Mitglieder des San Francisco Symphony
Yuja Wang piano
Nico Muhly curator
conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
conductor Ross Jamie Collins
Programme
SoundBox: Codes
Nico Muhly
Two Motets
Upright / aus: Useful Expressions
Peter Maxwell Davies
Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavanes
Nico Muhly
II Codeshare / aus: Useful Expressions
Caroline Shaw
Blueprint
John Dowland
Time Stands Still / Bearbeitung von Nico Muhly
– Interval –
Thomas Adès
Les baricades mistérieuses
Johann Sebastian Bach
Preludio / aus: Partita für Violine solo Nr. 3 E-Dur BWV 1006
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Fog (Fassung für Ensemble)
Nico Muhly
III Shortcut / aus: Useful Expressions
Billy Childs
Prelude and Allegro / aus: Four Portraits für Cioline solo
György Kurtág
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Sonatine aus der Kantate BWV 106 »Actus tragicus«) / Bearbeitung für Klavier
Spotlight
Multiverse Esa-Pekka Salonen