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
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)
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
Promoter: HamburgMusik
Location
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Elbphilharmonie
Kleiner Saal
The Recital Hall, designed in contrast to the Grand Hall in the classic »shoebox« style, offers seating for up to 550 people.
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Arrival time
The Elbphilharmonie is a special building situated in a special place. Allow for plenty of time for getting to the Elbphilharmonie and the way to the concert area. We suggest visitors arrive at the Elbphilharmonie Plaza not later than 30 minutes before the start of the concert or event. Late seating is not guaranteed and latecomers may not be admitted to the concert hall.
Concert tickets for the Grand and Recital Halls authorise a visit to the Plaza from two hours before the start of the concert or event. Visitors to the Kaistudios require a separate Plaza ticket to visit the Plaza.
Admission times:
Events without pre-concert talk:
Recital Hall Foyer: 60 minutes before the start of the event
Recital Hall: 30 minutes before the start of the eventEvents with pre-concert talk:
Recital Hall Foyer: 90 minutes before the start of the event
Recital Hall: 15 minutes before the start of the talkIf a pre-concert talk is offered for this event, it is noted above under PROGRAMME.
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Finding your seat
All visitors enter the building via the main entrance. Admission takes place in the entrance foyer and is by concert ticket only. The »Tube«, an 82-metre-long, curved escalator, leads visitors up to the Plaza following admission
The Recital Hall is situated on the 10th floor and can be accessed via a stairway or lift. A cloakroom is located in the Recital Hall foyer.
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Cloakroom
Walking-stick umbrellas, handbags larger than DIN A3 (42 cm x 30 cm) as well as sport bags, backpacks and suitcases must be checked in at the cloakroom. Wheeled walkers be handed in at the hall entrances. Baby carriages can be left with the service personnel at the Plaza. There are additional lockers in the corridor leading to the ticket shop/box office on the ground floor/entrance area.
Jackets may be taken into the hall.
Cloakroom fee: €2.00
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Seat preview
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Getting here
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Platz der Deutschen Einheit
20457 HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie can be easily reached by bus, underground, bicycle and ferry.
The nearest stops include:
Underground line U3: Baumwall
Underground line U4: Überseequartier
Bus 2, 111: Am Kaiserkai (Elbphilharmonie)
Bus 6: Auf dem Sande (Speicherstadt)
Ferry 72 (from Landungsbrücken pier): »Elbphilharmonie« pier
StadtRAD (bicycle sharing system) stations: U Baumwall (Elbphilharmonie) and Am Kaiserkai / Großer GrasbrookMultistorey car park in the Elbphilharmonie (open 24/7, 435 parking spaces):
Please note that visitors to the Elbphilharmonie should use the entrance marked »Elbphilharmonie«. The entrance »Elbphilharmonie Hotel« is reserved for »The Westin Hamburg« hotel guests.Please find more information about prices and advance booking of the discounted flat rate on this page: arrival by car
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Accessibility
All halls and spaces are accessible for visitors with disabilities. More information at www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/accessibility.
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Photography and video recordings
It is forbidden to take photographs or record videos during a concert or event. Video recordings and photography are permitted for private purposes only on the Plaza and in the foyers as well as before the start or following an event in the concert hall, provided that you respect the privacy of other visitors and do not interfere with regular business operations. Employees may not be photographed or filmed.
Photography, audio or video recordings of concerts and events are strictly prohibited.
Event-related video recordings or photographs for editorial or commercial purposes must be authorised by the Press Office of the Elbphilharmonie.

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